Last edited by David Bailey; 1st-November-2007 at 04:47 PM.
Franck.
There's an A.P.P. for that!
If only more teachers did that. Very few do teach the lead, though. The vast majority just tell people to step back (be it a specific foot, or not, Franck! ) For example, these phases might sound familiar from many a MJ class...
"Semi-circle and step back"
"Lower the hand & step back"
Many teachers I know teach the lead for the step back, but very few will teach men to control which foot the lady steps back on. For example, some good teachers in MJ (like Andy ) will talk about frame, connection and describe the lead to get the lady to step back, but I would like to hear from Andy which technique(s) he uses to teach the leads so the ladies step back on a specific foot?
I know it's possible and I often do it in workshops, but I wonder what technique you use to teach the guys to 'lead the correct foot' in your regular classes?
Franck.
There's an A.P.P. for that!
I can claim no credit for how I do this. I was taught by Roger Chin (therefore it works best if you're 5'7" or shorter ). I only give this tip every month or two as you can tell people things too often. What I say to the guys is that, in the open hand hold, we need the lady to step back right on beat 1 and that we need to get the lady's weight onto their left foot on beat 8 of the previous musical phrase to do that. I explain that we need to lean to the right and that will naturally take the lady's weight onto her left foot. From there a subtle pressure into the lady's hand will get her to step back with her right foot. When I teach it this way it always seem to work.
Don't you get it? The specific foot thing here isn't important. It's the fact that a teacher is teaching someone to LEAD their partner to STEP BACK.
We're not discussing which foot it should be - but the means of teaching the technique to lead a move. I would've thought that would have interested you enough not to do some random splitting?
No it isn't.
How many MJ classes have you been to where the teacher actually teaches someone to lead the lady to step back?
OK - so Franck, Drathzel & Andy Mc do. But they are in the minority here.
As a follower, I really appreciate those teachers who make a difference. And as a member of this forum I would like to be able to discuss it in the correct thread, instead of some random one that you have created.
Please move my posts back.
My hand seems to magically semi-circle by itself half the time during lessons. I've just given up explaining that I should be the one doing the semi-circling. It's even funnier when it semi-circles the wrong way as the follower pre-emps and leads the semi-circle the way the teacher is explaining to the lead (being the opposite direction).
I just cba to correct people now.
oooh, toying with the big boss man's posts - brave moveMoved from the pet hates thread - DJ
I feel a revolution coming - down with the King
I think most posts here should be split to a thread on 'when should threads be split' since they have nothing to do with which foot you step back on. (To which the answer is obvious. You step back on the foot you are not standing on.)
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