The first block movement pattern we want to get used to when working on the one-arm handstand is dismounting. Dismounting starts on the Miami hold, which has one hand on the block and one hand on the floor.
You're going to pour some weight onto the hand that is the support arm.
Push the block away and catch yourself on the floor.
Your mission at first in the first few weeks is simply to be stable once you have brought the second hand back to the floor.
But eventually, quality is going to matter a hell of a lot, and being able to push the block away won't be enough. At that stage, once you are proficient dismounting from the Miami Fold into a two-hand handstand, you want to do a couple of things.
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1) stop at the moment at which you're about to push the block to load the support arm as much as possible. Hold it there with your hand on the block as light as possible for a few seconds before you push.
2) you want to mark a pause between the moment the hand that was on the block finds the floor and the moment you pour the weight into it again. So you're trying to keep the dismounting hand light even when it finds the floor. And after a second or so, pour some weight into it, forcing you to exert control in that step that usually is rushed.
3) you will start paying attention to your alignment in the process, aiming and bringing the opposite thumb cheek more and more aligned over the support shoulder as you take the hand to the block.
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