Ganchos, Boleos and Kicks - Intermediate - Kick Between The Legs

Kicks between the legs require that the leader have a clear start and stop lead and that the follower have a good connection between legs and torso.

But there do exist couples where a kick between the legs would not be a good idea:

Perhaps No Kick Between the Legs

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Song Title:: Follow Through
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00:20: That’s kind of kooky and fun.
00:22: I agree.
00:26: Breaking it down; we go side together,
through together.
00:30: Here as I go forward I go momentum, catch.
00:33: So I throw to give her momentum
and as I am doing that...
00:37: ..I’m counterweighting with my body.
I’m exaggerating here.
00:40: Do that again.
That’s hard to coordinate.
00:42: So it’s side, forward, throw, catch.
00:46: So you see I rock back to my heel...
00:50: ..and then I step when she hits the peak
of her boleo.
00:54: And he’s calling this back thing,
it’s a back boleo.
00:57: A linear boleo.
00:58: So I pull back as I’m sending her out.
So you see my arms extend a little bit.
01:04: I’m exaggerating right now so it’s easier to see.
01:14: And - go for it.
01:15: I was thinking that it’s very important when we kick forward,
for us to end sharply.
01:20: So if we kick forward and we keep on going,
can you show that in that camera?
01:25: Just kick forward and keep on going.
01:28: No I didn’t mean that. I just meant that the leg
kind of didn’t have an ending to it.
01:34: It just loses a lot of it’s specialness.
01:37: So instead of going pop in,
you go - .
01:43: And it just stutters away like a boat or something,
when the motor dies.
01:48: Now the women will never do that.
01:50: You just want a really sharp ending to it.
01:52: Which means you’re going to tense all of the
top muscles on your leg...
01:56: ..all the way down from the top of the thigh.
02:05: So we have the throw and then
after it hits your body ladies….
02:09: ..then it goes into your leg.
And then we’ll throw back, leaders.
02:12: So you see I bring her towards me
and I lean forward.
02:14: And then that throws her leg forward
as I’m pulling her towards me…
02:17: ..and as I lean back,
that’s the ending of that kick.

Series:: Ganchos, Boleos and Kicks - Intermediate
Tags:: Intermediate, Kick, Vocabulary