Half-eight hip key

From Silkworms

half-eight hip key:

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i've seen this only as part of the set-up for the figure eight drop; but i'm breaking it out for comparison with other hip keys.

start with a straddle invert with the tail between your legs instead of to the side of your body; this is an unusual and usually discouraged position. hook a leg over the pole, and keep holding the pole with the hand on that side as well; with the other hand, wrap the tail once en dedans around the free leg's thigh, getting the wrap as high up in the crotch as possible. then unhook the knee and bring both legs together (the tail will dangle from between your legs); pike and key into the fabric with the wrapped thigh on top.

this looks a lot like a same side hip key, but after looping around your thigh the tail passes on a different side of the pole relative to your head.

uses/builds on: arguably same side knee hook, because it uses the same skills and similar movements, though because the tail starts between your legs rather than to the side of your body you don't technically do an actual same side knee hook.