Dips

Dips #

Piston into dip #

On 1 and 2 do a [piston] like in a [single-arm turn-in]. The step 2 is backwards with the right leg and the right leg should be ready to support your full weight and her weight, so position it in a stable position. On 3 and 4 put your arms under her arms such that your forearms (palmaris longi) are placed flat under and across the middle of her triceps long heads. Always keep your arms as parallel as possible and perpendicular to your body, and do not put your forearms under her armpits as not to invade her personal space. On 3, bend your right knee to initiate the dip. The knee on your left leg should not be bent; it should be locked. On 4 hold the dip. On 5 and 6 stand back up and lead the follower on a 180 deg clockwise turn into open position. On 7&8 do an anchor step.

Left side inside chain turn to dip into starter position. #

This is an 6 beat pattern elongated into an 8 beat pattern because the anchor step is 4 beats to allow the follower to go into closed position. The actual dip happens on beat 5.

Start from an [open] position. Lead a left-side inside chain turn up to step 4. On this pattern you are facing 9 o’clock on steps 4 thru 8.

For the footwork, you always stay on the left side of the slot. This means that you do not step across on step 4, instead. On 5 and 6 you don’t do any footwork. You must stand up straight with split weight on your feet. If anything, there should be a little bit more weight on you right leg because the follower is going to dip to the left. Be extremely careful that you are not using your arms to encourage or push the follower into the dip. In the contrary, you should be preemptively provide resistance to your right. Do not add any force towards the direction in which the follower is dipping. It could be catastrophic. Instead preemptively apply force in the opposite direction in which the follower is dipping. This is specially important whenever you are holding the follower by the waist and the right shoulder. It is easy to try to use your hands to encourage the follower into a dip, but do not do that. It is up to the follower to dip as much or as little as she wants.

After the dip, the follower should be looking at 12 o’clock and you should be perpendicular, looking at 9 o’clock.

The dip happens on 5, the follower begins to stand up on 6, and then on 7 8 you shift your weight onto your right foot while the follower does a 0.5 turn clockwise as you “unwind” her from your right arm. At this point you should be in a [starter] position.

From here you can step across as if doing a continuous whip and repeating steps 4 and 5 of a continuous whip. Then stop doing continuous whips and signal this by relaxing your arms and allowing the follower to settle. Then do a inside chain turn from [starter] position.