What about the future?

August 27, 2007

It was all isolations and footwork today. We also went into details of isolation enough that at the end after about an hour or so we had not covered anything hips and below.

The way I see it is that any regular practice even if done somewhat haphazardly should be helpful – unless it’s done really poorly. It's also good to be careful and do things properly do avoid injury.

To shines.

Core beat walks on odd beats or even beats

This is in theory simple except the devil was in the details. Don’t keep feet too far apart. Bend your knees as you step on the other beats then straighten on either beat where walk happens. Add in body positioning (maybe file it under body movement – it’s somewhat like doing figure 8s).

Another chassis on 8and1
1,2,3,5,6,7 Mambo basic (On2 of course)
8and R foot back in place (forward) and then L foot step back
1 R foot crossed over in front of L
and back to basic

Now with some turning (quarter and half turns)
1 R basic start – turn or twisting does not happen until after the first step
2 L cross over R turning quarter clockwise and braking
3 R in place – un-twist start a little after 3
5 L basic – now turned about half counterclockwise
6 back break and brake
7 L in place start turning half clockwise
8and chassis with R slightly crossed behind L and then L foot step back
1 R foot cross over in front of L
and back to basic with quarter turn/twist

We’ve seen something similar in Joe’s class
8 R toe next to L
1 R forward
2 L toe next to R turning quarter counterclockwise
3 L back to about the spot on 7 but turning another quarter counterclockwise (so facing back)
4 R toe next to L
5 R forward
6 L toe next to R turning another quarter counterclockwise
7 L back to about the spot on 3 but turning another quarter counterclockwise (back facing forward)
8 R toe crossed behind L
1 R back to basic

This will be the last On2 session for a while. We'll be taking a 2 week break.