A better sacada/barrida/gancho etc.

A private session with S. this evening dealt with improving my close embrace ganchoes, and as well grafting ganchoes onto the sacada/barrida figure I picked up like a cold virus in my last Buenos Aires trip. By remembering to “lift” just a little (instead of instinctively hold the embrace “down”) on the forward and back [...]

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I and II of VI

I: In last week’s class with I and S (for G: спасибо!) a use for Isaac’s “man-tap” – going to the cross with the right leading forward, wind it around your back leg in a fashion similar to la caida before spring it forward for the first sacada. II: In tonight’s class (again, спасибо) a [...]

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Man-tap

Out of back ochos, do a “la caida” like gesture – with tap – with your left going around back before bringing it around to your front as she begins a back step. Her step thus sweeps your left; she steps over; you remember to pivot cleanly on the forward leg – if you do [...]

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Perfecting barridas..

Class with Isaac and Sharna tonight refining barrida technique. One cool figure discovered by accident is to do the contra-rotating boleo and then a barrida on the back step. Drills: Out of back ochos, as the follow rotates counter clockwise, pivot on your right forward before collecting and then using the right to drag. Mix [...]

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