[Tango-L] mario, left hand, Yes, you can learn tango from youtube

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

--- "Nussbaum, Martin" <mnussbau at law.nyc.gov> wrote:

> Sometimes you "engage" the embrace in the frame and it is
> felt in the followers right hand, sometimes less. What
others call "muscle tone." 

I prefer the terms "structure" or "presence" - there 
should be enough that the woman keeps the shape of her
embrace.  "Muscle tone" conjures up images of contracting
the biceps.  I think I actually use my back muscles. Lately
I've been working on creating this structure by engaging
the abs through to the arm.  Makes a big difference in
overturned ochos and such.

Mario, that doesn't mean that you should think of using the
woman's right arm as a point of leverage.  It sounds as if
this is what you had in mind before your revelation.

A common problem I encounter when I lead is the women
pulling in with their right arm instead of reaching for the
man's left arm.  It's as if the women don't realize that
they are responsible for keeping the embrace, too.  It's
not just the man embracing their partner. She needs to
embrace him, too.

Trini de Pittsburgh


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