Expanded Intermediate Vocabulary - Gancho Inside

One thing that we haven't talked about with ganchos so far is interesting to think about now that you've done a few ganchos. This is the quality of the contact. So for the followers who are gancho-ing back or the leaders, if you are gancho-ing a follower, think, "do the thighs fit in a pleasing way?" or "is it like a handshake but of the leg?" Similarly, is the pressure reasonable? If you don't contact at all, that's no fun. Or it can be too heavy. Just like a handshake, it can be too hard.

For the gancho-er, even though you don't hang out there, you want the bounce off your partner's leg to be a pleasant experience for both of you.

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00:05: This is Patti and Alex.
They are very beloved students of ours.
00:08: Pattie studied with us for, is it,
two and a half years now?
00:12: Alex for almost three.
00:14: They're going to show a whole ton of different ways
to do ganchos.
00:18: In fact, we’re doing a whole series about ganchos
because everybody always loves them.
00:22: And so, we’re going to have a lot of different variations.
00:24: So, first they’re going to show inside
and outside ganchos the normal way.
00:31: Alright, give it a go.
00:32: And let’s actually have you start
facing the camera here and go for it.
00:44: Okay, and I believe that’s a gancho we’ve taught already.
00:51: And that's not.
00:52: But it’s the same idea that you have her
kicking on the inside of the guys leg...
00:56: ..it can be either leg.
00:59: So, when you’re doing the gancho on the first side,
01:02: We’ve talked about that a lot.
01:03: Let's show two ways. So there’s one way where, in the freno,...
01:06: ..you’re here and then when she walks over,
kicks, the other leg's on the other side and goes deeper.
01:22: And so that’s sort of the deeper version.
01:24: That’s a harder version.
01:26: For many people harder version, harder on balance.
01:29: If you are doing the other side.
01:37: Right here,
I’m making a comment so I’m pausing them.
01:40: They're like "freeze!".
01:41: Comment: he really overturned her a lot.
01:44: So, for the followers, you really have to think about
pivoting around the guy.
01:47: Otherwise you’ll end up way too far. Keep going.
01:52: And freeze. Actually go into the gancho and then freeze.
01:55: Freeze, okay, don’t move.
01:57: Now I've got you Alex. Patti just sort of unhook,
untangle yourself.
02:00: No no you don't untangle Alex.
02:02: I think David is having way too much fun freezing people.
02:05: Okay now, Alex freeze.
Patti move out.
02:10: So, for the leaders, if you look at his leg,
this is sort of fun.
02:13: If you look at his leg,
you’ll notice the heel is popped.
02:16: It’s turned out at the knee.
The body is back but the leg is forward.
02:19: Is it not the case that
more heel popping is the better?
02:23: The more room it is.
02:25: The more room you get?
02:26: You need at least enough.
02:27: So, if his heel was down, and if his body was forward,
then there’s no room for me to stand here.
02:35: So it pushes her out of the way
and there’s very little room for the ganhco.
02:38: If he picks up his heel, there’s now room.
02:41: And if he moves back a little bit,
there’s now lots of room to kick.
02:45: That was a good gancho David.
02:47: Now let’s do that again.
I like this whole freeze thing. It’s fun.
02:50: So give it a go.
02:52: Yes, yes. Same one.
02:54: Now right there, freeze.
02:58: Now, if he draws his foot back, I want you to notice
that she went around him going back.
03:04: She’s almost turned away from him.
03:05: Notice how open her hips are
and how much she’s going around the circle of him.
03:09: I’m going to do it wrong.
03:12: D: She’s like…
N: Lucky Alex.
03:15: Let’s see you gancho me now.
03:19: A: Nope.
D: Keep going.
03:21: Make it work. Make it work
03:22: Make it work?
03:23: Make it work.
03:25: Good.
03:28: N. That was terrific.
D. Just for fun. You can always make it work.
03:30: And, actually, for real,
if I were to make it work - screw me up.
03:35: If we go into this gancho,
the principal is i want her to go around me.
03:38: But if she doesn’t -
actually make it really big.
03:43: I want them to see that I really have to work.
03:47: Alright and I’m like.
03:48: You’ll send her a postcard.
03:53: Right, so that’s a bad thing.
03:54: But, idea: you want your leg towards the follower’s back leg.
03:57: So wherever she goes…
04:03: N. Good gancho.
D. The passion.
04:05: So, for the leaders, make sure you go to the follower...
04:08: ..if she doesn’t go where you expect.
04:09: But, on the other hand, make sure you don’t have...
04:12: ..any unexpected surprises.
04:14: So how do you do that, Alex?
04:17: N. Magic.
D. Magic.
04:18: They’re like, "You didn’t tell us we’d have to talk."
04:21: I didn’t. Bad David.
04:24: N: Naughty David.
D: Naughty David.
04:24: So, we go side, change. I want you to think that
you pivot the follower around you.
04:28: So it goes, in my hand you’ll see,
I hold her in so she can’t go away.
04:34: So we go, side change, pivots around,
leg very turned out, bang there’s our gancho.
04:41: Show each once more.
04:46: And we’ll just be here like proud parents.

Series:: Expanded Intermediate Vocabulary
Tags:: Vocabulary, Intermediate, Gancho