(Bachata) Body-use basics on the road to 100 cambrés~ served with that signature Dalkong movement😍✨ Sora & Dalkong LATIN open class

“When we lead like this, don't get drunk on your own moment — look at the lady. You have to check that she's come back around.”

CONTEXTExplaining the lead/follow principle that the lead must check on their partner after a turn

“From here on it's freestyle, nothing set. You can do whatever you want.”

CONTEXTMarking the freestyle stretch where you can move freely after a certain step

“Instead of letting your elbow keep creeping up and your shoulder riding up with it, imagine someone pulling you down by the shoulder blades.”

CONTEXTExplaining how to build steady tension in the lead frame — arms open — without tightening up the upper body

“That gives you a little pressing energy, and that's where resistance comes from. The guy has to receive it too — that's when tension gets fun.”

CONTEXTExplaining how tension builds between partners when you keep that shoulder-blades-pressed-down feeling

“That's why they tell you to hold a baseball in your armpit. Otherwise your elbow keeps floating up.”

CONTEXTSuggesting the tuck-something-under-your-armpit drill for holding your frame

“Your solar plexus shouldn't tip or drop. Lock the lower back first, then lengthen one side of your waist and shorten the other.”

CONTEXTCorrecting how to use the solar plexus and the sides of the waist in cambré

“If it feels awkward going back, just squeeze the side of your waist diagonally as you go.”

CONTEXTExplaining how to fix that uncomfortable feeling when your body drops back in a cambré

“Keep using that diagonal line and your muscles will be sore at first, but you'll get to where you can do it without cranking your lower back. Otherwise you're bending from the back and the injuries get serious.”

CONTEXTExplaining how moving along the diagonal line protects your lower back from injury

“Thirty a day is already too brutal for most people, but Korean guys should be able to control about 100 cambrés and keep them flat.”

CONTEXTStressing the importance of drilling cambré and building the strength to control it

“When the guy just keeps pushing through going 'I got it, I got it,' it's uncomfortable. Just let it go.”

CONTEXTActing out — in dialogue — what's wrong with a lead who muscles through