Attendee: Sharron
Today we worked on foxtrot.
1. On natural turn, at the end of the heel turn, need to turn the upper body as well, toward the partner, to prepare for the outside partner step next. This is similar to the end of the waltz running spin turn step, where it goes to outside partner in the next step as well. He definitely has told me about this many many times. But finally today I feel that I really get it and was able to produce it.
2. Swing in feather step. This one is a little frustrating. It is a subject that we have definitely spent many lessons on before, but I still don’t think I’m really getting it. Words that were said, include the following: I need to consciously let the partner pass, I need to swing my right hip, which should lead to the swing of the upper body into the left space (my space),
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Standard Lessons with Ikaika on 11/9/2010
Attendee: Sharron and Daniel
Today we covered 3 subjects.
1. Waltz, from outside spin to open natural: Sharron is in the inside of the turn, need to let Daniel pass
2. Foxtrot, Weave from promenade: The steps curve to the left from the beginning. Think of the standing leg/knee curving to the left, not the moving leg. And on the turning step, Sharron need to make sure not to rush to leave, get the weight on the right leg before leave.
3. Tango Link: ? maybe we talked about this last time.
4. Turning lock: I was complaining that Daniel pulled me off balance by shift his right arm in the last part when we are turning into promenade. Complain sustained.
Today we covered 3 subjects.
1. Waltz, from outside spin to open natural: Sharron is in the inside of the turn, need to let Daniel pass
2. Foxtrot, Weave from promenade: The steps curve to the left from the beginning. Think of the standing leg/knee curving to the left, not the moving leg. And on the turning step, Sharron need to make sure not to rush to leave, get the weight on the right leg before leave.
3. Tango Link: ? maybe we talked about this last time.
4. Turning lock: I was complaining that Daniel pulled me off balance by shift his right arm in the last part when we are turning into promenade. Complain sustained.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Standard Lesson with Ikaika on 11/8/2010
Attendee: Sharron
Last week we worked on Waltz swing a lot. So continued a little with a review on waltz:
1. Swing: 1 is split weight, start rising on the & after the 1, i.e. rise as shifting weight from the split weight position.
2. Regarding a question yesterday about the 3 from open natural to the outside spin: from the open natural to the outside spin, split weight on 3 , on & lower onto the heel of the left foot, then drive forward from the back of the foot. It is not receiving the weight to the ball of the foot directly, then move it back to the heel.
Tango: A lot of emphasize on using the foot/leg to move, not the upper body. This indeed made me feel more stable, instead of sliding around on the floor.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Standard lesson with Ikaika 11/5/2010
Attendee: Sharron
We have mostly worked on Waltz this week.
1. use standing leg more: this is emphasized a lot. When on the inside of the turn (natural turn, second part of the spin turn, etc), use the standing leg while monitoring the turning rate of the partner.
2. move in the direction of the standing foot. This is particularly important in the turning figures, such as running spin turn, weave, do not worry about turning too much, just move in the direction of where the standing foot is pointing to, while keep the weight toward the partner at the same time.
3. Keep both side of the hip toward the partner, along with the correct positioning of the right elbow, directed from the tilt of the leader's left hand, should feel like coming from under to fit in with the partner.
4. Swing: In watlz, during the step open natural followed by outside spin turn. He explained that 1 is the at split weigh position, then after that, the heel of the left foot (the back foot) lift up to start the rise, and pushing forward.
We have mostly worked on Waltz this week.
1. use standing leg more: this is emphasized a lot. When on the inside of the turn (natural turn, second part of the spin turn, etc), use the standing leg while monitoring the turning rate of the partner.
2. move in the direction of the standing foot. This is particularly important in the turning figures, such as running spin turn, weave, do not worry about turning too much, just move in the direction of where the standing foot is pointing to, while keep the weight toward the partner at the same time.
3. Keep both side of the hip toward the partner, along with the correct positioning of the right elbow, directed from the tilt of the leader's left hand, should feel like coming from under to fit in with the partner.
4. Swing: In watlz, during the step open natural followed by outside spin turn. He explained that 1 is the at split weigh position, then after that, the heel of the left foot (the back foot) lift up to start the rise, and pushing forward.
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