Arm Only Climb

Also known as:

Silks

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Level 2

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Climbs
Arm Only Climb Aerial Silks Intermediate Climbs Video Tutorial
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Arm only climb is a challenging one! It’s a full body workout that involves strength, coordination, and timing to succeed. This video goes over some progressions and drills that we use for students who are learning this climb.

We think it’s important to give students small goals on their way to the big goal, so there’s lots of opportunity for success along the way, and this video covers a few ideas on how to do that. The beginning drills for this climb are accessible to most students, even though they are challenging, and working on them builds great core and upper body strength in the process.

Become an Aerial Fit Online member to access the video for Arm Only Climb. This in-depth video will explain how to properly train this skill. It also includes cross references to the most important Building Blocks, Common Mistakes, Related Drills, Ground Drills, Variations, Next Steps and Sequences.

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Building Blocks & Prerequisites

Some of the most important aerial silks skills, related movements, and prerequisites from our aerial video tutorial library that students should be very comfortable doing to succeed at Arm Only Climb.

Teaching Tools

Common Mistakes & Solutions

These are the most common mistakes we see with students when they are learning how to do the aerial silks skill Arm Only Climb and detailed directions on how to fix these problems to make the skill look and feel easy.

Related Aerial Drills

These similar aerial silks skills and aerial drills are helpful to troubleshoot and help with problems. Students don't need to have mastered the Arm Only Climb to work on these related skills and drills. These drills may help your students make important connections and answer the question "What am I doing wrong?".

Ground Drills for Aerialists

These are some of our favorite ground drills for aerialists for Arm Only Climb. They can be used as part of the ground warm up or as part of the aerial class teaching progression.

Aerial Silks Variations

These are different variations of Arm Only Climb. Students should be very comfortable with the current skill before working on these different or more advanced variations. They can be used for further exploration, managing students with different levels and adding variety to aerial silks choreography.

Planning Ahead

Next Steps

These are the next steps we teach to our aerial silks students after they’re comfortable with Arm Only Climb. The next steps can be started right away and they lead toward specific future goals which are often the most advanced aerial silks skills.

Future Goals

These are some of the more advanced silks skills that build on the strength and control taught in Arm Only Climb. They are not the next immediate steps, but rather long term planning goals.

Sequences

Aerial Silks Sequences, Transitions and Combinations

These are aerial silks sequences, transitions, and combinations that include the aerial skill Arm Only Climb. They are fun, creative, and challenging sequences from our aerial video tutorial library.

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