CARTWHEEL LAB

Repatterning movement from the ground up

Wednesdays 530-630p : June 3- June 24

June Wednesdays at The Movement Standard

The cartwheel is one of the clearest expressions of coordination, rhythm, timing, and orientation in movement practice.

For some, it represents a return to play. For others, it becomes a gateway into locomotion, soft acrobatics, hand balancing, inversion, and more fluid movement capacity. But most people never actually practice the cartwheel. They attempt it.

This month-long LAB is designed to change that.

Whether you are building your very first confident cartwheel or refining more advanced entries, exits, shapes, and directional changes, this series is structured to help you develop the underlying conditions that allow the movement to emerge with more ease, clarity, and adaptability.

This is not about memorizing one “correct” technique.

It’s about developing:

  • better orientation in space

  • more coordinated weight transfer

  • stronger and softer hands

  • improved timing and rhythm

  • confidence moving sideways and upside down

  • elastic connection through the body

  • adaptability inside movement transitions

Over four Wednesdays, we’ll progressively explore foundational mechanics, developmental drills, locomotion patterns, and creative variations that help the cartwheel become less of a trick and more of a usable movement language.

Who This Is For

This LAB is open to:

  • complete beginners

  • students rebuilding confidence

  • movers wanting cleaner mechanics

  • handstand and soft acrobatics practitioners

  • current TMS students wanting more variation and flow development

All levels are welcome. Progressions and regressions will be provided throughout.

What We’ll Explore

Foundations

  • hand placement

  • entry and exit mechanics

  • safe weight transfer

  • spinal organization

  • leg pathways

  • rhythm and momentum

Developmental Progressions

  • low cartwheels

  • elevated variations

  • step-in entries

  • directional changes

  • one-handed preparations

  • locomotion integration

Advanced Explorations

  • smoother transitions

  • soft landings

  • flow patterns

  • creative entries/exits

  • cartwheel variability and adaptability

The LAB Format

The LAB format allows us to go deeper than a traditional class.

Rather than constantly moving on to new material, we spend time:

  • refining

  • repeating

  • observing

  • adjusting

  • integrating

Students receive direct feedback, individualized progressions, and weekly focuses to continue practicing between sessions.

Results tend to come from: high exposure · low pressure · consistent attention

Schedule

Wednesdays in June
5:30pm–6:30pm

June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24

Pricing

LAB Tuition: $225

Limited spots available to keep the group small and allow for individual attention.

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