Tonight was very strongly focussed on Forward Back steps and Grapevines. They're close cousins in the movement family.
We recapped the basic Forward Back stepping pattern and worked on ways to manage changing the lead foot. I was working on two different kinds of changeover - the new students were using my "take a step out" versions, and the more experienced students were using my "add a step in" versions. I'll video the Changeover techniques and add the vid to the Playlist and add it in here.
Beginner level Changeover:
Higher level Changeover:
Then we moved on to the Grapevines, which are the same basic stepping pattern, but moving sideways. For travelling a distance, I use the 7 step version, and I use the 3 step version for very short distances, or changing my direction. But I forgot to cover the 3-step version! I'll do that next week.
I've got a couple of Grapevine vids. The first one was filmed in poor lighting during lockdown!:
This one's a lot clearer, but maybe not so expansive:
We did a short bit of Abdominal practice, to remind our abs that they are going to be needed over the next few weeks, and had a bit of fun with belly rolls.
We used Kidda by Natacha Atlas in the Abs practice, and there was a request for the music, it's on Spotify. I can't get the right link, but you should be able to find it just by searching "kidda". Here is the YouTube video:
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