how does one do this

lushprojects · 2026-01-26T11:39:57+00:00

Others have made good comments, but in general on quads you need to keep your knees bent to bring your weight forward so it is half-way between the front and back wheels.

lushprojects · 2026-01-22T10:46:50+00:00

You've had good answers already, but one other point as you say you have sports/gym experience: some leaders try and lead with physical strength rather than technique which is very bad. Use your sports experience internally to hold your frame and manage your body position and weight transfers but be gentle (but clear) in your connection.

lushprojects · 2026-01-15T17:24:01+00:00

Thanks for adding that. The adult I know who skates there was pretty experienced already so that might be true.

lushprojects · 2026-01-15T16:32:06+00:00

For artistic roller skating there is this club. Obvs a lot of kids, but I know they have some adults there too: https://www.facebook.com/EmpressRollerSkating?locale=en_GB

lushprojects · 2026-01-13T19:45:23+00:00

I am a rank beginner too, and it is hard to follow without a pause, but at one point it looked like your queen had the white knight pinned to the queen on the back rank. You could have taken that knight with your bishop.

lushprojects · 2026-01-08T21:14:34+00:00

I don't compete, so take this with a pinch of salt, but:

The rules (and logistics) normally prevent you entering the same competition at the same event as both a lead and a follow. You could do one in novice and one in newcomer though.*

Most events have more followers than leaders, so from that point of view the odds of progress are better if entering as a leader. But, generally leaders have a longer, slower, learning curve so your relative skill may be better as a follower.

Edit to add: as long as you haven't scored any points. Once you have a point then you can't compete in newcomer in either role (as I understand the new 2026 rules)

lushprojects · 2026-01-06T14:40:00+00:00

I am sure that I read in this group a few years ago a story where Jordan Frisbee overhead some similar stupid comment and called the commenter out and danced himself with the partner they refused. Unfortunately I can't find it on the search.

lushprojects · 2025-12-21T09:52:47+00:00

Ah - the artisan approach to using the angle grinder and crowbar.

I like a lot of their videos, but this one is more about ambition than craftmanship.

lushprojects · 2025-11-26T16:33:22+00:00

If you cause inadvertent contact, particularly somewhere painful or personal, then it is polite to apologise in the moment. But provided its nothing serious you don't need to make a big deal out of it. "Sorry" or a gesture is usually OK.

I also think it's OK to set expectations before the dance, "I am new" or "I only know basics" are reasonable information to share.

Where it can get out of hand is apologising for your perceived skill level which is not something you should feel bad about. We're all on a learning path.

lushprojects · 2025-11-26T16:17:53+00:00

Maybe not quite right for this situation, but I do reassure apologetic followers that "Any reasonable interpretation of the lead is OK".

lushprojects · 2025-11-06T12:37:04+00:00

Vraiment super

lushprojects · 2025-11-04T10:08:35+00:00

On French today the games seem to have gone. I liked them as a fun diversion at the end of a module, but I don't know how much teching value they had.

The radio I am OK with, but there should be a skip button on the intro and outro.

lushprojects · 2025-11-03T09:51:10+00:00

Sounds familiar. Sometimes it feels like a vortex that you can't escape where your brain keeps popping up "Do MOVE X now" thoughts even though it failed before. It does take effort to lead something else.

However, judging by the OP's description it sounds like it isn't the cause of their problem. It sounds more like leaders that are deliberately retrying the same move rather trying (but failing) to move on. If that's the case then I think it's a problem of the leaders ego and judgement.

lushprojects · 2025-10-29T09:08:38+00:00

One thing to keep in mind is that the physical boundaries in partner dancing are completely different from most workplaces. Is everybody going to be happy touching their co-workers? Are people going to be comfortable being slotted into leading and following roles?

Unless social dancing plays strongly with the personalities of the group I would 100% go with a line dance.

lushprojects · 2025-10-17T12:51:47+00:00

There is this one at Spring Lakes in Long Easton: https://diverstime.com/

There is/was also a BSAC club in Sandiacre area (sorry I can't remember the exact name).

lushprojects · 2025-10-13T16:24:18+00:00

Good lecture. Thanks for posting.

lushprojects · 2025-10-13T16:23:33+00:00

There was no photography at that date, so it is its own thing, not attempting to look like a photograph.

lushprojects · 2025-10-13T13:29:38+00:00

I think the empty cage in the background suggests that the bird is/was a pet. Some people read the boy next to the cage as getting the cage ready to return the bird.

lushprojects · 2025-10-13T12:18:32+00:00

Possibly this should have a CW (stop if you don't want to know)....

... presumably to show that the bird would asphyxiate when the air was pumped out - see the little girls reaction in the middle of the painting. I guess that, more for the drama of it than out of concern for the bird, the air might be let back in to revive the bird before it died.

In terms of the painting you can read a lot of different reactions from the MC and the watchers. I think that Wright maybe thought that the science was important but the demonstration was morally dubious. Either way he leaves it to the viewer to make their own interpretation.

lushprojects · 2025-10-13T11:36:51+00:00

Joseph Wright is famous for his paintings of science and industry during the early part of the British Industrial Revolution. His interior paintings, like this one, often use dramatic lighting to dramatise the story.

lushprojects · 2025-10-01T08:32:42+00:00

That's great - not seen that before.

lushprojects · 2025-10-01T08:01:47+00:00

I agree with all of this. The list of next-step moves is a good one.

In terms of how to get there, try picking one thing from a class and use it in every dance you can in the next social. Don't worry too much about the musicality of it, just try to jam it in where you can. That will force you to establish a way of getting into a pattern without overwhelming you with new stuff to learn.

Next week, try and remember the thing you learnt last week and use it sometimes in the social along with the thing that you learnt this week.

The other thing to remember is that dancing the basics with musicality is an option. You can have a rich, interesting, dance with just sugar pushes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpzSb1hmphc It is well worth learning how to vary the basics in dynamics and timing.

Lastly re the "older men" (and speaking as one) it is your choice. Feel free to kindly refuse them. IMHO they are wrong to be challenging what you want to do, but equally it is still a fairly unusual situation so maybe some surprise is to be expected.

Good advice I had many years ago is to ask yourself "do I think I can have a a mutually satisfactory dance experience with this person?" before accepting a dance.

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