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Vertical Figure Eight

When your kneeling you will be relying on your thigh and butt

muscles to execute the moves. The move is very similar to what

you do standing except you no longer use the bending and

straightening of your legs to pick up slack from the other leg. So

kneeling, relax the right thigh a little and drop that hip down.

Next tense the right buttocks and push the right hip up to the

side. Now, relax the left thigh a little and let the left hip drop as

you pull the right hip up and then bring it down and in back to

center. Then tense the left buttocks and push the left hip up to

the side and repeat as desired.

Reverse Vertical Figure Eight

When your kneeling you will be relying on your thigh and butt

muscles to execute the moves. The move is very similar to what

you do standing except you no longer use the bending and

straightening of your legs to pick up slack from the other leg. So

kneeling, tighten your right buttocks and lift your right hip up and

push it out to the side. Now, relax the right buttocks and thigh

and tighten the left buttocks. Drop the hip and pull it in as you

lift the left hip up. Push the left hip out to the side and relax the

left hip and thigh then drop the left hip and pull it in. Repeat as

desired.

Hoizontal Figure Eight

On your knees sitting up straight, push your right hip backward

and transfer your weight onto the right knee. Now push your

right hip out to the side, to the front, and then pull it back in and

push the left hip backward and transfer your weight onto the left

knee. Now push the left hip out to the side, to the front, and

then pull it back in. Try to keep it parallel to the floor.

Reverse Hoizontal Figure Eight

On your knees sitting up straight, push your right hip forward and

transfer your weight onto the right knee. Now push your right hip

out to the side, to the back, and then pull it back in and push the

left hip forward and transfer your weight onto the left knee. Now

push the left hip out to the side, to the back, and then pull it

back in. Try to keep it parallel to the floor.

Undulation to the Side

Keeling, lean over to one side and support the weight of your

body on that arm. The leg on the side your leaning to will also

be supporting your weight. The other leg is free and you may

straighten it out or keep it where it is. Now Undulate push the

ribs forward and the pelvis back. Next, push the ribs up and the

pelvis goes back to center. Then, pull the ribs back and tuck the

tailbone under you. finally, you return the ribs and hips to

center. Try to smooth it out.

Undulation to the Front

Keeling, lean back and support the weight of your body on that

one of your arms or both arms if you need to. Top of the ankles

and feet will also be supporting your weight. Now Undulate push

the ribs forward and the pelvis back. Next, push the ribs up and

the pelvis goes back to center. Then, pull the ribs back and tuck

the tailbone under you. finally, you return the ribs and hips to

center. Try to smooth it out.

Shimmy

Kneeling with the pelvis tucked underneath you comfortably,

tense the right buttocks and thigh. Next, tighten the left

buttocks and thigh while relaxing the right. The movement

comes from the thighs and buttocks the weight is balanced

over the legs.

Twist

On your knees sitting up straight twist your right hip forward

causing your left hip to go back, then twist your left hip forward

causing your right hip to twist back. Try to keep your hips

parallel to the floor while twisting you should not lift the hips up.

The move can be done softly by keeping the movments fluid and

even or the can be done sharply by making the movments more

rigid.

Slide

On your knees sitting up straight, to start the weight should be

distributed evenly to both knees. Now keeping the torso still and

without changing height, slide your hips out to one side and then

back to center and out to the other side. Do not twist the hips

and try to keep the hips parallel to the floor at all times.

Small Hip Circle

This can be done on your knees sitting up straight and just

pushing the hips out a little bit to the right, front, left, back. Or

in basic kneeling position by tightening the right buttocks as

your hips go out to the right a little and up. Then, tighten both

the right and left buttocks and tuck the pelvis then relax the

right buttocks as your left hip goes out to the left and down.

Now relax the left buttocks as the hips release back.

Large Hip Circle

There are two ways to do a large hip circle. One way is on

your knees sitting up straight with your knees just a little

further apart then usual, slide the hips out to the right, then

bring them around to the front, slide them around and out to

the left, around behind, and finally around back to the right.

The weight will switch from knee to knee as opposed to legs

or feet. Keep it parallel to the floor. The other way is on your

knees sitting up straight with your knees close together. Now

go to sit back but insdead of sitting back on your legs and

feet, sit to the right of them on the floor. Now lift your knees

up and the lay them back down to the left, this should cause

your body to pivot. Now, lift your hips back up over the feet,

up and over, sitting down to the right of your legs again.

Repeat four times to make one circle. Don't just plop down

when you sit you should rise and sit slowly, evenly, gently,

and gracefully.

Hip Sway

Kneeling, the weight should be distributed evenly to both legs.

Now keeping the torso still and without changing height, slide

your hips out to one side and lift on that side. Then, drop the hip

and bring it back to center and out to the other side and lift the

hip.on that side. Drop the hip down and bring it back to center.

This should cause your hips to form a "u" shape. Smooth it out

so it flows softly from side to side.

Sitting to Lying (Transition)

Just as in the large hip circle we are going to sit down to the

right of our legs. When you are sitting to the right of your legs

straighten your leg(s) out to the left and support you self with

your right hand. From here you can slide your hand till you

rest on your elbow or all the way down till your lying on your

side on the floor. From here you may stay on your side or

you can roll on to your back or stomach.

Nearly every move that you can do standing you can do kneeling. This is in no way a compleat listing of floorwork moves. However since there are so many moves that are done I chose to list the most commonly used moves. I also tried to make sure you got an example from each of the categories for stading moves unles the category is non specific for standing or keeling (i.e. hands, arms, head, etc...). If there's a standing move that you would like to do in floorwork but can't figure out how to do it on the floor or need help perfecting it you can e-mail me and I'll try to help you.