Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Salsa Hammerlock and Hammerlock with double turn

In 33rd class, we learnt Hammerlock and Hammerlock double turn.

Hammerlock steps:
After doing a complete basic step,
1: Male partner does step 1 of open break. He starts giving leads to female partner, with his left hand for a right turn (clockwise), forming an inverted C. She does her basic step 1.
2: He does step 2 of open break, giving inverted C leads. She does basic step 2.
3: He does step 3 of open break, giving inverted C leads. At end of this position, his left hand (holding her right hand) should raise above their heads. She puts her right foot turned 90 degrees to her right (clockwise), so that it will help her taking a right turn.
5: She starts rotating towards her right (clockwise), with weight on her right foot. She picks up her left foot, crosses over right foot and places it down, turning 180 degrees clockwise. He does a side step with his right foot. Both partners keep on holding their hands.
6: He does step 6 of side step. She completes her right turn, now with weight on her left foot.
7: He does step 7 of side steps. She shifts weight on right foot and brings her left foot forward.

Now both the partners are in Hammerlock position.
From this position there are many ways to come back to normal position.

In first variant, after reaching in hammerlock position, both partners do basic steps 1,2 and 3, and then he leaves her left hand, which she brings back in front from her left side and he holds it again with his right hand.
Following video shows steps for Hammerlock turn and first variant (easiest) to come back to normal position:

Second variant is single left turns. After reaching in hammerlock position, she does a left turn to come back to normal position.

Third variant is double turns, where she performs double left (counter-clockwise) turns and they both end up switching their positions. After reaching in hammerlock position,
1: He does open break. She does basic step 1.
2: He pulls her left hand by his right hand, so that she gets momentum to take double turns towards her left (counter-clockwise). He picks up and puts his right foot a bit ahead and left to its initial position, giving her space to rotate. He also starts raising his left hand (holding her right hand). She also steps forward with her left foot and starts rotating to her left raising her right hand.
3: After pulling her left hand, he leaves it. He continues stepping forward and rotating her. She keeps on rotating counter-clockwise and moving forward. At end of step 3, he should have turned clockwise by 90 degrees.
5: She keeps on rotating. He also completes his 180 degrees turn and reaches at her position.
6: While rotating she can go a bit farther, so he should make sure to cover the distance, while doing steps 5,6, and 7.
7: At end of step 7, both partners end up in normal positions, facing each other. He again holds up her left hand with his right hand.

Following video shows steps for Hammerlock with double turns:

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