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Hey guys in this video we want to talk about the Madrid step also known as the Dominican step also known as the swivel step to add to your basic.
So you don't have to constantly be doing basic side to side.
And again I'm joined by Natalie.
Hi everyone,
you need to know the basic really well and it's pretty much the lateral step where you go.
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So it's pretty much just step,
replace step tap,
step, replace step tap.
So you just have to add the body swivels and stepping diagonally in order to do this move.
So you swivel step diagonally step tap and then you open your body again move diagonally step
tap. 1234567 Tap.
So the most important part here is the swivel.
If you don't have the swivel is hard to lead and follow this movement.
So important is to use the body is not to use the hands.
If I have my frame with me and my body does the leading.
She will know what to do because my body is creating that swivel.
A common mistake is when they use too much of the hands like this.
This will end up feeling a bit rough.
You don't and you don't need this much to lead.
You just need your body to lead and you just keep it in your frame and then you just move your body and then it will create the swivel through your body.
Ladies for this move, you just want to make sure that you are following the guys' lead.
So you're not swiveling on your own,
you're swiveling because he's swiveling and you're connected to his frame,
so the connection point is at the palms,
so there's a little bit of tension forward from the guy and a little bit from you forwards,
but it's really minimal to be honest,
because I just keep my frame this way in my elbows A little bit forward 45°.
But I'm not like here because if I break my frame,
I'm not going to
feel Yeah,
delete. So you just want to make sure that you hold your frame and your stable and when the guy is stepping on the diagonal,
you'll feel the change the change in direction really naturally and you don't have to do anything extra.
Another thing is that you always remember that you're basically just doing basics,
so like you when you step to the left,
your hip is always in the opposite direction.
So when you just swivel, I just have that in my mind that it's going to be the opposite side and that really helps me and it's basically just a basic,
yep, and there are two holds that we can do this in the open hold where both hands,
I'm sort of cupping the lady's hands,
but I'm not putting any pressure,
I'm just having it on the inside and also on the outside of her hands so that when I go back or when I go forward she
can feel the direction because I have her hands at all times.
Or I can have this connection as well like in the back of her shoulder blades.
So I just have to keep my frame and when I need to go back I have her frame to pull but I'm not
pulling with my hands it's just my body is moving back and my frame comes with me so that she can feel the change of directions.
A common mistake for the followers is when they don't keep the tap,
they see that this is something a little bit different.
And then they sort of forget their their basic and they don't tap on four or eight.
Yeah, we can show you what we mean by that.
So a common mistake that I see is when they don't tap like this 1234 and they don't they don't tap so that
when a five it's hard to get the weight transfer correct.
Yeah. So for girls you just have to remember that in bachata,
you always tap on the floor in the eight,
even if it's two steps, it's always step tap step,
tap 1234 is a step because you have to transfer your weight to the foot and then make sure that you're ready to go on the next step.
If you put your foot down, you can't go.
Yeah. So a good rule of thumb for the followers is just you just do your basic stuff.
Yeah. Yeah. Even though you don't know what's happening,
just keep your basic.
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