| In Lindy Hop we have the ABG, the Accidental Boob Grab. This happens doing a lindy turn with follows who don't keep their shoulders square with the leaders.
It goes like this. The leader starts bringing the follow forwards. The leader starts to turn his frame clockwise and starts reaching for the follow's left shoulder blade fully expecting the follow to keep her shoulders square. Unfortunately, the follow keeps going straight and doesn't turn her frame and the space that the leader was expecting to be occupied by the follows back is actually occupied by her left boob.
A variation on this is the Boob Squash. In this case, the leader does get his hand on the follow's shoulder blade but the follow doesn't keep square and squashes her "ample charms" (as Lou put it!) all along the leader's right arm.
I think I've only experienced a handful of ABGs but Boob Squashes happen all the time.
Getting back to Gus' problem. One way to minimise it with a Catapult is that when you bring the follow into your left hand side, keep your left elbow in at your side and offer your hand. So when the follow takes your hand your forearm should be well below the danger zone..(unless you're dancing with a follow much smaller than yourself). Unfortunately this probably doesn't do much for the look of the move.
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