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Originally posted by DavidB
Very good point. What exactly is an 'advanced' move? |
I agree, not a very easy distinction to make. Anything beyond your current abilities, or just within reach, might be considered advanced, but then where do you draw a general line.
Using the current Ceroc classification of moves, there are about 24 Beginners moves. All easy enough to be taugh and learnt on a first night.
After that, there are about 430 Intermediate moves! This is where the distinction becomes problematic. Many of the (so-called) intermediate moves are easy enough that they could have been classified as Beginners moves, but we had to select only a few to keep the Beginners class manageable.
Some of the Intermediate moves however are much harder, and require a level of experience over and above the usual, just to get them. Those could be called advanced, but as Gadget points out, one man's tricky move is another's favourite easy move.
The last 50 or so moves, are classified Red / Orange, because they should not be taught in normal classes, either because they are too difficult (or even time-consuming to teach), or because they are not safe to teach in a large class. Those again (mostly lifts / drops / etc...) are also advanced!
This is all moot, because at the end of the day, you can make the most basic of Beginners moves as advanced as you like by adding style, footwork, etc... to it!
Franck.