Limerick Tango

You’re tired. It’s been a long day spent hunched over your desk but still you make it to your tango class. You reach out your arms for the tango embrace with your palms facing the ground causing your shoulders to roll which destroys your posture and can potentially make the entire class a waste of time¹.

When you extend your arms for the embrace face your palms upwards, only turning them when the embrace closes. This will keep your shoulders upright and relaxed giving you one less thing to worry about.

¹Depending on what material is being covered.

Sir, I am a true labourer: I earn that I eat, get
that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s
happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my
harm, and the greatest of my pride is to see my ewes
graze and my lambs suck.

William Shakespeare > As You Like It > Act 3, Scene 2

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Usually a single edged cut and thrust weapon, such as a sabre, has more than one edge. The top third of the back of the blade is often given an edge to add to the blades thrusting ability. Such an edge is known as the false edge.

The false edge in tango is blindly practising technique, ingraining your movements with the soulless movements of an automaton. Yes your movements will have gained an edge in their precision but your dancing will lose something in the way of feeling. If you want to find feeling when you dance then it is essential that you have feeling when you practise.