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Old 24th-February-2006, 12:18 PM   #274 (permalink)
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Re: Learning Tango

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Originally Posted by JonD
The most peculiar thing is when someone goes into "permanent ocho" mode.
That's exactly what happened last night! Were you watching or what?

I felt like I could just let go and she'd carry on going through ultra-fast ochos for some reason

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Originally Posted by JonD
Mind you, if I don't try to speed things up then I'll probably never force myself to learn to cope with the increased speed and the movement just doesn't work in slow motion. David is probably right - damn him!

Well, to be fair to Keiji and Kicca, that's what they were saying - and of course, you do eventually have to speed it up, so there's an argument for saying that you should learn it at speed and get it right. Because you'll need to do both in a social setting, at least if you want to keep in time to the music, and so that recreates what the requirements are for the move.

The danger is, of course, that you get more sloppy when you're doing it fast. Especially for me, because I'm naturally sloppy anyhow, being brought up in the mean streets of MJ.
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