Recent content by Nik

8.8 years ;)

Play the drums. One of the best ways to learn beat value and timing. Other instruments create melody while percussion instruments deal strictly with beat values and rhythm. Helped me out tremendously.

Sounds like the instructor has more serious problems.

Oh lord

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igor & polina, gary, and beverly were not here saturday night.

s***** (bleep!) [moderated by latingal - sorry Nik, our guidelines are PG-13! Hope your practices get better soon!]

Take a break for sure, just not for too long. I watch a few videos, find some new music, and it all comes back.

P90X. Swimming is awsome.

Wish I knew all this... lol

This will happen more and more as you progress... There are many things that could be thought about or focused on while creating a movement, I think that at different times you are focusing on different things. And its when you look back at something you have already understood, you can view it...

For me losing or watching tapes where I really sucked is the best motivation

Oh well now I def have to go.

What helps me is to think about the rest of the body and how it is traveling through my standing leg. As soon as you place your foot, think of how the body can rearrange for the next step while travling over your "standing leg". This is something you must practice but you will discover there is...

I start out with stretching, warming up my legs, and listening to dance music, although you can skip the last one :). Then I get my partner and start lightly dancing our ruitine, lightly meaning not full power but still doing everything that needs to be done. If you're alone, just start...