When it comes to learning movements such as the au cortado - the one that Joan is doing in the photos - you must realize that the larger movement is made up of so many tiny pieces. It is best not to jump ahead to progressions that are beyond your capabilities. People will typically get ahead of themselves after they watch someone do the movement effortlessly. I am guilty of this too but I have learned to recognize that behind the beauty of efficiency is hours of hard work. Whether it is the very first progression of a movement or a finalized product (if there even is such a thing), efficiency in movement is beauty and the eye recognizes this.
So take a look at the two photos below of Joan. Joan has spent a solid 6 months playing with the first progression of the au cortado (heel to butt, leg straight, flat hand, shoulder over the wrist). As she became stronger and her wrists adapted to the weight required to perform the movement, she moved to the second progression, which was to add the jump. This is what she is currently working on.
In the second photo you can see that she is conservative with her jump. She holds back from taking her hips and shoulders over the wrists. In the first photo her heel is neatly tucked into her butt and she is almost perfectly stacked over the wrists. These details are what count. It is clear to the untrained eye that the movement in the first photo looks "right." Had Joan not taken the time to work on those little details of the first progression and yes, made them beautiful, she could not have progressed to this second level.
Congratulations Joan. And as an aside, how cool is it that she can teach her two grandsons how to do the au cortado?
Keep Moving and Stay Young!
Darci
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