Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 25

Thread: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

  1. #1
    Registered User johnthehappyguy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Posts
    345
    Rep Power
    10

    Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    I arrived at a CerocScotland class last night to do the freestyle.

    The intermediate lesson was still going on and I was very surprised to see one of the moves being taught:-

    Standing facing partner
    holding one hand.
    Bring follower towards you
    Stop follower coming closer by placing your hand on her upper inner thigh and pushing her backwards.

    To be fair, I did not hear the actual instruction when the move was first taught, but all the leaders I observed in the class were doing it that way.

    Several ladies who did not attend the class were more than a bit shocked when this move was tried during freestyle.

    I felt it was not really appropriate for a freestyle.

    Am I just too much of a fuddy duddy ?

    John

  2. #2
    Papa Smurf
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Planet Scathe
    Posts
    12,528
    Blog Entries
    6
    Rep Power
    18

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    just be glad that wasn't the week they were teaching the crotchapult

  3. #3
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    London & environs'
    Posts
    3,938
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    I know someone who leads with his inner thigh.

  4. #4
    Commercial Operator
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Northeastern Parts
    Posts
    5,221
    Rep Power
    14

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    I'm surprised the big bowl of car keys in the middle of the room didn't tip you off that you'd just walked into the wrong venue.

  5. #5
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    St Neots, Cambs
    Posts
    699
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by johnthehappyguy View Post
    I arrived at a CerocScotland class last night to do the freestyle.

    The intermediate lesson was still going on and I was very surprised to see one of the moves being taught:-

    Standing facing partner
    holding one hand.
    Bring follower towards you
    Stop follower coming closer by placing your hand on her upper inner thigh and pushing her backwards.

    To be fair, I did not hear the actual instruction when the move was first taught, but all the leaders I observed in the class were doing it that way.

    Several ladies who did not attend the class were more than a bit shocked when this move was tried during freestyle.

    I felt it was not really appropriate for a freestyle.

    Am I just too much of a fuddy duddy ?

    John
    Someone said to me at the weekend that a friend of his had thought Ceroc was some kind of swapping venue....................

    I've never heard of a move like this. You're not a fuddy duddy - I'd never do a move like this myself and I'm fairly certain that most follows I know would not expect such a move to be led on them. I often block on the outside of the follow's hip but the chances of mis-aiming mean that inside of the thigh is a definite no-go area.

    Where was this taught? I'm suspecting that either the teacher was smoking something or the class was suffering from mass hysteria

    Agent 000
    Licensed to Dance

  6. #6
    Senior Member Minnie M's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    Hove Actually
    Posts
    7,924
    Rep Power
    14

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat View Post
    I'm surprised the big bowl of car keys in the middle of the room didn't tip you off that you'd just walked into the wrong venue.
    ahhhhhhhhh......... the other room being the "Swing" room

    I had that prob when I first learnt Lindy, I asked my son to google me some swing sites for me to try out


    --ooOoo--
    Age is a question of mind over matter, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter
    Leroy (Satchel) Paige (1906-1982)

    Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, Minnie, made her film debut, along with Mickey, in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928.
    That date is recognized as her official birthday.

  7. #7
    Commercial Operator StokeBloke's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Stoke-on-Trent
    Posts
    2,366
    Rep Power
    10

    Cool Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    This move is really nice... but I lead it almost like a side-to-side, then push away on the hip... inner thigh.... ummmmm... nice variation, I'll have to give that a try.

    Talking of inappropriate places to put your hand when dancing, am I the only one who has ever free spun a partner and then reached out to take their upper arm... only to find that they have decided to double spin and their elbow suddenly feels like the front of a bra

  8. #8
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Glasgow
    Posts
    590
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by johnthehappyguy View Post
    I arrived at a CerocScotland class last night to do the freestyle.

    The intermediate lesson was still going on and I was very surprised to see one of the moves being taught:-

    Standing facing partner
    holding one hand.
    Bring follower towards you
    Stop follower coming closer by placing your hand on her upper inner thigh and pushing her backwards.

    To be fair, I did not hear the actual instruction when the move was first taught, but all the leaders I observed in the class were doing it that way.

    Several ladies who did not attend the class were more than a bit shocked when this move was tried during freestyle.

    I felt it was not really appropriate for a freestyle.

    Am I just too much of a fuddy duddy ?

    John
    Hi John, it was nice to see you and have a dance last night.

    I was in the class you're talking about, and the instruction given was to block with the heel of the hand on the lady's hip. The teacher made a point of emphasising to the leads, in a humorous way, that it should be the hip and not any other part of the lady's anatomy.

    I was leading in the class so I can't offer any personal experience of how other leaders fared with this move, but I certainly made a point of checking with all the ladies I danced with that it was actually their hip I was making contact with.

    Only one man led this move on me in freestyle, and it was definitely my hip that he blocked!

    Quote Originally Posted by StokeBloke View Post
    This move is really nice... but I lead it almost like a side-to-side, then push away on the hip... ~snip~
    That's a pretty good description StokeBloke

  9. #9
    Registered User gamebird's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Posts
    750
    Rep Power
    8

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by firefly View Post
    Hi John, it was nice to see you and have a dance last night.

    I was in the class you're talking about, and the instruction given was to block with the heel of the hand on the lady's hip. The teacher made a point of emphasising to the leads, in a humorous way, that it should be the hip and not any other part of the lady's anatomy.

    I was leading in the class so I can't offer any personal experience of how other leaders fared with this move, but I certainly made a point of checking with all the ladies I danced with that it was actually their hip I was making contact with.

    Only one man led this move on me in freestyle, and it was definitely my hip that he blocked!



    That's a pretty good description StokeBloke
    See what happens when you miss the class John! Not fuddy-duddy, just missing out on the teaching bit!
    I was in the class and my hip was blocked by all the leaders (including Firefly - who did indeed check that it was my hip, though I did give the pointer to at least one bloke, who maybe wasn't paying attention, that the fingers should also probably be angled away from the followers crotch).
    One of the leaders also tried it on me tonight in Glasgow - and got the move spot-on. I even managed (on the second block) to raise my hands as we'd been shown - felt good.

    Not a fuddy-duddy for long if you can't tell a hip from an inner thigh!

    PS sorry I missed you for a dance - I meant to ask you but you'd left before I managed it

  10. #10
    Registered User martingold's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Posts
    1,864
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by StokeBloke View Post

    Talking of inappropriate places to put your hand when dancing, am I the only one who has ever free spun a partner and then reached out to take their upper arm... only to find that they have decided to double spin and their elbow suddenly feels like the front of a bra
    no your not

  11. #11
    Registered User
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Bedfordshire
    Posts
    352
    Rep Power
    8

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by Agente Secreto View Post
    Someone said to me at the weekend that a friend of his had thought Ceroc was some kind of swapping venue....................
    A friend of mine calls it "Ceroc Ceroc the knocking shop"

  12. #12
    Commercial Operator
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Northeastern Parts
    Posts
    5,221
    Rep Power
    14

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by StokeBloke View Post
    Talking of inappropriate places to put your hand when dancing, am I the only one who has ever free spun a partner and then reached out to take their upper arm... only to find that they have decided to double spin and their elbow suddenly feels like the front of a bra
    Errrrrrm - no - similar incidents have been known to happen. Occasionally. In the dim and distant past. Moving on...

    Actually - if you haven't listenened to the Yehoodi podcasts, there's a couple of discussions of this exact issue, one from the followers' point of view, and one from the leads POV.

    Follows POV: Podcast 1, at 12:20
    Leads POV: Podcast 5, about two minutes in

    Getting a little further off-topic, the podcasts are well worth a listen - yes, they're Lindy-based, but it's all partner dance - there are two different series, each being a free and frank exchange of views, one for leads, and one for follows. And they are very, very funny.

    Warning: as the series goes on, the guys get progressively closer and closer to the line, in terms of innuendo. The ladies, on the other hand, ignore the line completely. Not for the prudish

  13. #13
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Posts
    128
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by Agente Secreto View Post
    Someone said to me at the weekend that a friend of his had thought Ceroc was some kind of swapping venue....................
    Swapping? Dunno.... Swinging? Yeaaahh, Baby!

  14. #14
    Forum Bombshell - Our Queen! Lory's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    North London
    Posts
    9,918
    Blog Entries
    2
    Rep Power
    17

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    I confess, I've got a couple of little variations, where 'if' the opportinity presents itself, I grab the guys thigh and use it to push off of.

    I know, I'm bad!
    MODERATOR AT YOUR SERVICE
    "If you're going to do something tonight, that you know you'll be sorry for in the morning, plan a lie in." Lorraine

  15. #15
    Registered User Tiger Pants's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    Dundee
    Posts
    637
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lory View Post
    I confess, I've got a couple of little variations, where 'if' the opportinity presents itself, I grab the guys thigh and use it to push off of.

    I know, I'm bad!

    ........and I've got my wee step across thigh block thing which I love!

  16. #16
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Posts
    2,795
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tiger Pants View Post
    ........and I've got my wee step across thigh block thing which I love!
    So do I matey!

    DTS XXX XXX

  17. #17
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Welling
    Posts
    964
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by martingold View Post
    no your not
    I hear you also do a drop which if lead correctly can almost undress a lady!!!

  18. #18
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Location
    bedford
    Posts
    4,899
    Rep Power
    13

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by Georgious dancer View Post
    I hear you also do a drop which if lead correctly can almost undress a lady!!!
    Surely you mean "incorrectly"?

  19. #19
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Posts
    2,795
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Oh I daren't bother here! It's like walking blindfolded in an innuendo minefield.

    It is bound to end in tears, or infracktion points.

    It is just so easy, must resist.

    DTS XXX XXX

  20. #20
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    Welling
    Posts
    964
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: Leading with your hand on her inner thigh ? - surely not.

    Quote Originally Posted by bigdjiver View Post
    Surely you mean "incorrectly"?
    Oh no it was most certainly done correctly, I think I was just dressed incorrectly, well for dancing anyway!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Advice on leading a Step Accross.
    By Phil_dB in forum Beginners corner
    Replies: 22
    Last Post: 20th-November-2008, 04:09 PM
  2. (Learner) Leading Lady
    By purplehyacinth in forum Beginners corner
    Replies: 17
    Last Post: 30th-May-2008, 02:21 PM
  3. Leading: When does a push become a shove
    By Merovingian in forum Intermediate Corner
    Replies: 99
    Last Post: 1st-June-2006, 12:51 AM
  4. A Leading Question
    By robd in forum Let's talk about dance
    Replies: 50
    Last Post: 9th-September-2005, 02:10 PM
  5. Women leading...
    By Franck in forum Let's talk about dance
    Replies: 22
    Last Post: 15th-April-2002, 09:58 AM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •