Felix Cane Pole Dance Mastery : Advanced

I want so bad to give this DVD a 5 star rating! There are some fabulous stretches in here, things that you simply do not find on other DVDs. If you get through the entire DVD in one day, there shouldn't be a muscle in your body that hasn't been stretched in every direction.Felix is very good at explaining how a move should be done, and gives easier and harder moves for a lot of the stretches. The set is clear, so you can see what is happening, the camera is almost always focused where it should be. The music is great for stretching, though it is very soft so sometimes I'm not sure there is music playing, but that might be because I'm concentrating very hard on what I'm doing. I like that you can pick and choose which parts to stretch in each session. There are just so many good things to say about this DVD!However, along with the good also comes the bad. The warmup section does not have a voiceover, nor is she giving instructions, so there are times you are not facing the screen and she's moved on. The same issue happens with some of the stretches. There are stretches where you are literally face down on the floor and she does not que you to switch sides, get up, NOTHING. Her queing tends to be very good on the first side (if it's the type of stretch you do left and right), but then for the 2nd side she says nothing at all, and since you frequently aren't looking at the television, you have to guess when it's time to switch. It's frustrating enough to deduct one star from the rating. For the price, these errors should have been caught. Had it just been one or two times, I would have kept this a 5 star rating, but some of these positions you cannot do properly and watch the television to make up for the bad cues.

I was a bit torn choosing between Felix's Flexibility DVD and the ones Alethea Austin has available (I need both, right?). However, I'm glad I got the Felix one. I've heard that Alethea's are more specific to back and legs and that her stretches use the pole. Felix's covers the whole body and all the moves are off the pole (so you can watch it someplace else besides your pole room). I'm not sure if I can remember all of the sections offhand, but they include glutes, hamstrings, back, splits and straddles, shoulders, and wrists. I was afraid that Felix might not have enough splits stretches given all of the other parts she covers. However, there are plenty and a lot of them were new to me. I really appreciated the shoulder stretches because that's the part I neglect the most. With this DVD, it's easy to skip around to what you want using the chapter selection. The "extras" section on this one has additional stretches you can do. This DVD relies on a lot of visual cues vs. talking. I don't mind at all, since I think I'm more of a visual learner. Felix seems kind of hyper during the warm up, which isn't bad, but it's different than the slow warm-ups I usually see on other peoples' DVDs. She busts out some crazy mountain climbers! Something I did not know about the DVD before buying was that Felix sometimes utilizes a resistance band. I happened to have some, but it might throw you off if you weren't prepared. Lastly, each stretch is done at your ability level. She offers variations to make things easier/more difficult. I noticed that on move variations, Felix sometimes used yoga blocks, but you don't need yoga blocks for the basic stretches. Felix holds each stretch for 30 seconds on the video, but she says that you can do each one up to 2 minutes.

I have not watched all the videos but the stretching video is great. I also watched through the intermediate video and honestly I just love to watch Felix Cane she is an amazing artist. Everything she does is so smooth and that is what I hope to learn from these videos. I can do much of what is on them but I need a lot of improvement to make them look beautiful. I did not watch the beginner video but I would advise a beginner to take it easy and start with the first video because the intermediate video assumes you have a basic knowledge.I am sure anyone who would like to learn pole dancing will benefit from these videos but they are also great for people that need to improve or advance the skills... or in my case become a little more graceful. I think a lot of people might feel like the videos are a little advanced when they watch a pro you just have to remember she has been doing it for a long time and it will take time to acquire the level of grace and flexibility and strength. Go at your own pace and master a few things then move on the the next thing.

I think this is a really good quality video set. She teaches a lot of moves and has good instructional technique. She starts at very basic levels and each move builds upon one another. She shows different variations on a lot of the moves so that you can incorporate your own style or learn how to work the move into a routine. She doesn't just show you the move, she shows you the move with good technique (for example when to arch your back, lowering or raising your hips, and proper angles and placement of body parts). She doesn't just gloss over things or assume you caught everything. You can adapt the moves for professional performance level dancing or for the bedroom. Felix cane really teaches you how to perform rather than just show off tricks. The set may seem pricy but it is a really great value compared to other videos. Most pole instruction videos are around $25-35 per dvd and there are only 10 moves. Her dvd's have over 40 moves per dvd plus routines. Note to beginners, always do the full warm-up before starting. you will thank me later.

This DVD is wonderful. The warm-up actually warms you up, and the stretches are fairly easy to do correctly. After 3 weeks I've already seen an amazing development, and it can be used by people on both beginners and advanced levels. The only thing missing is constant a verbal que as to when to change into another stretch, as Felix forgets sometimes.

great flexibility lessons!!! I practise it every other day and it feels sooooo good....

Not as good as her other video's -She almost seems uncomfortable with floor work. There are other pole artists out there whose floor work is much better

Just what I was expecting, plenty of things to learn and achievable but not easy and some quite difficult but you get there after persistence

Cool dvd