(Bachata) Please stop drifting forward~~ that up-down frame wave you do every single day — Gatz & Honey, LATIN Chuseok relay workshop

“Going back, there has to be resistance against the pushing force — it's not just moving forward and back, the energy has to pull and then collide.”

CONTEXTExplaining the direction of force and the resistance during the forward-back travel in an up-down frame wave

“You have to press firmly into that back foot — that's how the body can settle its weight in and hold it.”

CONTEXTExplaining how to weight the back foot in the frame wave

“You have to use it all the way to here when you pull — that's how you can get fully onto the front foot on the way up.”

CONTEXTExplaining the range of weight transfer in the pull-and-push motion

“When you push, it should feel like you're going up and over.”

CONTEXTExplaining the directionality of the pushing motion in the frame wave

“We use front and back with the frame staying out in front. You can't pull your arms back — then you can't give and take the frame with each other.”

CONTEXTCorrecting the common mistake of the elbows getting pulled back in the push, and explaining the principle of keeping the frame

“Your elbow does get pulled in a little as the chest opens, that's true — but if you yank it back like this, the two of you can't give and take the frame anymore.”

CONTEXTExplaining the distinction between the chest opening and the elbow moving