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Old 01-24-2002, 11:08 PM   #19
Anat Amitay
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Circle Turn your body

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Originally posted by Abasan
Anat,

do you fix your body position so as to face only that one point at all time whilst doing the figure of 8 or do you turn your body as your walk?
Abasan,

You trun your body as you walk.
Think about surfing (with just the surf, not wind surfing). The movement you make with your body when riding the waves, when turning the surf 180 degrees. Of course on a surf board you don't move your legs, but a good surfer moves his body- and center - to control the surf board.
That is the idea of movement. On the ground, it's hard to learn to move that way if you don't use your legs. Research has found that walking in an 8 shape makes the body move in much the same way .
Good training!
Anat
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