[Tango-L] Why is it so hard to walk?

[Ming Mar]

Eero Olli writes:
>Some men have hard time converting the music to weight 
>shift. They hear the rhythm (they can clap it) but they 
>are not able to figure out where their body should be 
>during the beat.

If you do a clapping exercise in a group, it doesn't mean 
that these men can hear the rhythm in the music.  It only 
means that they can see and hear their fellow students 
clap.  A true test would be to have the students clap 
individually.

>A good exercise is a slow milonga. I don't remember the 
>name of the step (double step-walk?): you reach out with 
>one foot, stop with a small weight on the forward foot, 
>and step again one inch longer with the same foot (this is 
>resembles the prolongement used in tango). 

I don't know if the step you're describing has a name.  You 
would use this step in milonga traspie.