(Bachata) Hammerlock Variations — Soft Musicality with Breath & 2-Count Prep ✨ Sora & Dalkong LATIN Open Class

“The line across her lower back lifts first — click — and then you go down bit by bit.”

CONTEXTExplaining the position that bends the follower forward in a hammerlock variation

“Keep your neck as long as you possibly can, lead with your abs lifting first, and go slow. Just let your arm release — but don't lift your own shoulder, keep it down and let the turn happen from there.”

CONTEXTExplaining the details of coming back up out of the bent-over position

“You take the energy going sideways and the energy going down, and draw a little half-circle with them.”

CONTEXTExplaining wrist handling and the direction of energy in the prep for the break

“When you're traveling and you stop on the break, if you give the feeling of tapping a wall once with your elbow energy, your partner can go out, hit just with the hips, and come right back.”

CONTEXTExplaining how to lead the hip return on the break

“It's not collapsing — you start from the right hip and do just one half-circle, hitting deep with the hips, and come back.”

CONTEXTExplaining the starting point and the path of the hip circle

“Your left hand is the block position. You give the frame of the position, she takes my lead clearly, and then you carry it hip, hip, hip — and it's much better to think of an "&" count in between. Then the circle gets really smooth.”

CONTEXTExplaining frame and the count concept from the C-fork position

“Hips, upper body, whatever it is — you have to be able to isolate. That's the only way you can express your own thing on your own.”

Stressing why body isolation matters when you're expressing a move by yourself