Hooping in Harajuku

I have a million exciting hooping stories to share but I will start with this one...it is well past my bedtime!



There is always something going on in Harajuku and on Sundays the people really come out to play. Two Sundays ago on the way to Tokyo Freeze I did an impromptu hoop up where the Harajuku Girls hang out. I was surprised when Sonja sent me these photos that her partner Daan Archer took of me hooping around. I was in such a hoop cloud I didn't realise there were so many others mesmerized by the hoop.

Thanks Daan.

フープラバーズがガイペリーマンの番組に出演します。

昨日は、ガイペリーマンのラジオ番組でフープラバーズの収録があったために、原宿のcafe、montoakに行ってきました。
彼は18年間日本に住んでいて、インターナショナルラジオDJと言えば間違いなく彼ですね。キャリアバリバリです。
今回の収録は、彼自身の番組、guyperryman.comの中のTokyo Espressoというところで１週間放送されます。Deanneも初の出来事だったのでかなり緊張していますた。5日にわたりフープダンスのすばらしさを伝えていきます。
そして、TokyoMadeも金曜日の彼の番組の中に出ます。今回は、TokyoMadeと29日のイベントFragmentについて話してきました。初めての収録でかなり緊張しました。思っている事がいきなり本番になると話せなくなり、何回もNG出しました。
しかも英語だったのでなおさらです。放送は金曜日ですが、インターネットなのでいつでも聞けますよ。
ガイさんもFragmentには来てくれます。彼の番組は東京について話しているので内容も分かりやすく、英語の勉強にも良いかもですね。
ガイさんありがとう！！

HOOPLOVERS on Tokyo Espresso

Designed by Oshima of BROS WEAR DESIGNS

Tokyo Espresso is a 30 minute breakfast radio show hosted by Guy Perryman. The sleek and up to date, listen on demand program is known as The Hot Shot of Tokyo and a tuned in way to keep you in the know about all things happening in this wild and wonderful city, Tokyo.

I met with long time Tokyo dweller and radio superstar, Guy Perryman, yesterday and we got to talking about all things hoopy. As a result I will be featured on his radio program every day this week chatting about my love of the hoop and my passion to share the joy with you all.

Check out Guy's site guyperryman.com and have a listen to Tokyo Espresso, a shot of all things cool and happening in Tokyo.

Frozen Hoops

Photo by Artsy Tigger
We knew the Freeze had been scheduled for Sunday and although we were heading to Yoyogi park, not far from the stagnant action, we thought we were too late for the event and likely just run in to friends on the way and catch up on the details. Luckily for us just as we were passing over the bridge where the Harajuku girls hang out we were grabbed by photographer Martine Cotton and told that we had a about 30 seconds to get into position.

Dumping our hoops we watched around eagerly to get the signal from the lead freezer! In no time and without any commotion we were frozen in time for 5 minutes. As Leila spent her 5 minutes hunched over digging for her ipod, I had a good view of the happenings. Close by I could spy many couples and trios frozen in place while the rest of the crowd wandered, stared, giggled, and took photos. A few tourists came along side me and whispered, "Is it OK to take a photo?" Of course I could not respond and so I would love to see the pics of the group of men who took plenty of snapshots of them with their arms around me as I stood there like a statue.

A super cool event with plenty of stories to catch up on after wards. We headed to Yoyogi to swap Tokyo Freeze stories and share the hoop love.

Friday the 13th Hoop Jam

A Hoop Love class with an evil twist! (Un)lucky door prize to be given away - one free ticket to a 2hr HOOPLOVERS session of your choice!!

The Friday the 13th 2 hour Hoop Jam will explore breaks, isolations, multi-level hooping, jumps, turns, angle hooping, reversals, stalling and more!

A 2 hour class with time for personal practice.

Members 3000yen Non-members 4000yen

WEAR ALL BLACK (you must be able to prove that it is ALL black) AND GET IN FOR 2000yen WHETHER YOU ARE A MEMBER OR NOT!!

All levels welcome. This hoop jam is an opportunity to strengthen your hoop dance skills no matter what level you are at.

Reservations are essential. Please contact hooplovers@gmail.com

See hooplovers for more details.

Hooplovers(フープラバーズ)始動！！

お待たせしました！！
ついにHooplovers（フープラバーズ）のクラスが先週から始まりました。
インストラクターは東京メイドでもお馴染みのDeanneが指導します。
Deanneはオーストラリアでフープのライセンスを取得してきた日本では数少ないインストラクターです。
レッスンは通常２時間で、英語で行ないます。
場所は目黒のClaska（クラスカ）さんの３階のスタジオで今は、土曜日、日曜日を中心に行なっています。まだまだ日本では馴染みが薄いフープダンスですが既に海外では流行っています。

楽しみながら有酸素運動でさらに、筋肉も使うのでかなりエクササイズには良いですし、英語のレッスンですので英会話も勉強出来てしまいます。生徒さんも外国の方が多いので国際交流にもよいですよね！！
レッスンは２時間で４０００円、メンバーになると３０００円から受講できます。
詳しい情報はこちらから。

Bunny in PureCalma

My hoop hero and star spangled hoop lover Bunny Hoop Star has written a bubble filled piece of truth about the hoop movement. Check it out in PureCalma mag.

HOOPLOVERS Launch into the Spin

On the weekend when my favorite space in Tokyo right now, CLASKA Studio A, transformed from this...


to this...


then to this...


THIS...


AND THIS!!!!...


my heart did a little jig, my whole body couldn't stop smiling and I felt the hoop love swirling throughout the whole space!

The first HOOPLOVERS Beginner's Level 1 Workshop held at CLASKA on Saturday and Sunday was made possible by a group of intensely hot hoopers. I am forever grateful for what they brought to the space on the weekend - fun loving spirits, huge smiles, slinky bodies, a desire to work it, hot dance moves and courageous fire! Thank you Hoop Lovers!