Double Sword Day 3: Overhead Flower
with Sabina Storberg
from Mastering the Double Sword
Welcome back for day three of our double sword series! Today, we’re taking the overhead flower you already know and doubling the challenge. This move is all about smooth transitions and creating beautiful, expansive shapes above your head. • What We’re Mastering: We are learning the double sword overhead flower. We’ll start with our hands crossed, bring the swords just above our heads, and then extend them out wide. • The Foundation: To really feel confident here, you’ll want to be well-versed in the single sword overhead flower before we bring both hands into play. • What to Expect: We’ll practice several high-repetition sets of ten together. We’ll start standing to get the feel of the hand cross—practicing with the left hand above and then the right—before adding a lower body component to move from side to side. • Pro Tip: The key is to keep your swords on the "outside" so they have plenty of space and don't hit each other as you flow. Take a deep breath, find your space, and let’s get those swords moving!
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rae_littlestar
10 days ago
I received my second sword today! 🎉 I especially enjoy the overhead flower movement, so once I got the double outside flowers down, I jumped to this tutorial. The double sword overhead flower is fun! I like to integrate it with practicing the cross-legged stance for future use at the end of a flow. Also, I just wanted to mention a small note for your quality control team: my first sword has a blade that is too thick to make the whoosh sound, but my new sword is thin enough that it will not only whoosh, but it also “sings” when making flowers at rapid tempos. I love them both; they are like two sisters; one older and stuck in her ways and the other younger and more flexible. I call them Ai-Ling (Big sister) and Mei-Ling (Little sister). 🤭💗⚔️✌️
Double Sword Day 3: Overhead Flower
Welcome back for day three of our double sword series! Today, we’re taking the overhead flower you already know and doubling the challenge. This move is all about smooth transitions and creating beautiful, expansive shapes above your head.
- What We’re Mastering: We are learning the double sword overhead flower. We’ll start with our hands crossed, bring the swords just above our heads, and then extend them out wide.
- The Foundation: To really feel confident here, you’ll want to be well-versed in the single sword overhead flower before we bring both hands into play.
- What to Expect: We’ll practice several high-repetition sets of ten together. We’ll start standing to get the feel of the hand cross—practicing with the left hand above and then the right—before adding a lower body component to move from side to side.
- Pro Tip: The key is to keep your swords on the "outside" so they have plenty of space and don't hit each other as you flow.
Take a deep breath, find your space, and let’s get those swords moving!