Drag - Tango Technique
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- Here's the bonus piece, which is that when dragging,
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- number one, I will start the drag
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- before she's off the foot.
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- So right now she's standing on two feet.
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- And so then I have plenty of time to grab her foot
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- and create just a little bit of pressure.
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- And so I can feel that pressure
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- before I'm completely over the foot and I might collect,
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- Right? So if I
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- do this, if I say, oh, I'm gonna time it perfectly,
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- He lost his Chance, you know, oh, let me drag her.
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- On the other hand, if I say, well, let me drag her now,
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- Then I know I,
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- I'm not gonna just collect the way I would've.
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- Pretty much every step.
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- Uh, next thought is notice
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- that there's this bend of the knee.
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- So right now, both of our legs are straight,
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- and then they bend,
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- and then it goes through, and then it straightens.
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- So our shins are touching. So yeah, through the drag.
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- So what if you practice this on your own?
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- You can do this, uh, let's say, uh, with me now,
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- if you were here, you'd bend
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- and straighten, bend and straighten.
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- And so you can just mimic this a few times
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- to get the coordination so
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- that when you do it with a partner, it feels natural.
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- And then also for the follower, not only does the leader
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- create this pressure early,
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- after he creates the pressure, does the follower then say,
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- I'm gonna pull my foot back as fast as I can.
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- No, she'll say, I equate the gentle pressure too,
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- so I can create a little connection between the foot. So
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- I'm pressing into him a little bit as he presses
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- to move my foot so that both
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- of us know something important is happening.
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- Now, one thing to keep in
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- mind, actually, let's do it up here.
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- One thing to keep in mind is
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- that anytime there's a disagreement between
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- what the body says and
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- what the foot says, what do you listen to?
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- Body's gonna win. So if the body's saying, go over here
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- and your feet are touching, does
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- that mean you shouldn't move your foot?
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- No, you go over there.
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- But if the body gives that signal
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- and the feet are touching, then you can stay connected.
