On Thu, Jun 25, 2015, Ron Blechner wrote: > On Jun 25, 2015 10:48 AM, "Aahz Maruch via Callers" < > [email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote: >>> >>> My main concern is how to acquire that tension/counterweight in a >>> swing, if you do not lean back. >> >> Let momentum do the work. The way I teach swinging, I tell people >> to stand nose-to-nose. Then I tell each of them to take a small >> half-step to the left. If they twist, I tell them to go back to the >> nose-to-nose and explain that it is critical that they stay facing >> the same direction when they move left. Then I have them go into >> ballroom hold and start walking forward, telling them to notice how >> the pressure of holding each other just naturally forces them into a >> circle. > > You don't find "nose-to-nose" makes some uncomfortable?
Hasn't happened yet AFAIK. I think most people understand that the phrase doesn't mean "smash your noses together". -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
