9:45 Doors open

10 am-11:15 am Parker RopeBoi’s approach to self-suspension

• Warm-up for self-suspension & exercises for improving hand dexterity and core strength for self-suspension
• Tips and techniques for self-suspending with less physical exertion, so one can last longer in the air without getting exhausted
• Knowing one’s own body and tying for one’s own body
• Tying and untying without seeing
• Tying and untying with one hand
• Using your toes, using toes to initiate self-suspension transitions (e.g. when hands are tied)
• Up-lines for self-suspension: specific upline knots, tying techniques, rigging gear arrangements, and upline management techniquess specifically for self-suspension (distinct from partner suspension)
• Demystifying jammed up-lines; how to un-jam jammed up-lines; fixing common mid-air self-suspension issues quickly and without panic

11:15am-12:15pm End-over-End and Side-to-Side Dynamic Suspension

• Features of different hip harnesses. Selecting a hip harness for dynamic (self-)suspension.
• RopeBoi Hip Harness
• Transitioning from upright, to face up, to inverted, to face down, to left side suspension, to right side suspension–all without changing the uplines. Controlling speed of movement. Continuous flowing movement vs. transitioning through a series of static positions.

12:15pm-1pm Break for lunch

1pm-2pm Open Loop Techniques for Self-Suspension: Building Blocks of Dynamic Movement

• RopeBoi breaks down their flowing self-suspension movements. RopeBoi distinguishes and demonstrates 12 distinct ways (plus variations) to engage and orient a body part that’s suspended in a simple single-column tie. Identifying, practicing, and internalizing when and how to apply these techniques forms the building blocks for smooth, controlled, dynamic movements and for self-transitions without using one’s hands. In a partial suspension exercise, participants learn and practice these techniques. Feel the difference of these different techniques in your own body and on your position in space. Then play around with combining these techniques in your own movement (in partial or even full self-suspension).
• Spinning as a crucial technique for self-suspension. How to initiate a spin from the floor, an overhead structure, or a standing structure. How spinning enables certain self-suspension transitions. Spinning vs. swinging.
• For advanced students: Learn a section of RopeBoi’s signature repertoire of dynamic self-suspension transitions on just a single-column tie

2pm-4pm Multi-point Dynamic Suspension (futomomo + ankle to thigh self-leveling system + chest line)

• RopeBoi’s favorite futomomo for self-suspension
• RopeBoi’s ankle-to-thigh dynamic self-leveling suspension tie, and techniques for how to maneuver into different positions with it
  Very useful knot for tying an in-line cuff on a signficantly loaded line (e.g. holding up much of your body weight)
  Elegantly simple multi-positional chest attachment, which can transform into waist line and then into hip harness or crotch rope
• Tying and untying while inverted
• Constructing a system of up-lines for dynamic self-suspension; factors and relative distances to consider and their implications for suspension positions and ease of movement
• Moving dynamically through many different suspension positions and transitions with this system
• Controlled lowering to the ground, including lowering in horizontal and inverted positions

4-5pm Putting it all together!
Practice and play around with putting together all of the self-suspension techniques covered in the workshop into your own dynamic self-suspension. Explore your range of mobility and how to change you position even. Practice responding to and fixing any minor issues you might encounter in the air. Receive individualized feedback and assistance on your self-suspension from the instructor.