Posts Tagged ‘hammerlock’

Salsa dancing lesson video. This move is called the DPS lock combo because you place the follow’s arms in a similar fashion to the way the ‘Department of Public Safety’ (DPS) places yours if you ever get arrested by them. The reason for this name is because its a variation on both creating a wrap with the lady, but also having both arms in a kind of hammerlock position.
This salsa combo is kind of tricky to perform, so practice it various times at home to get the timing down: especially the mechanics of moving around the lady and moving their arm down (so you don’t break it). http://addicted2salsa.com/videos
Duration : 0:3:48
http://addicted2salsa.com/2006/07/14/salsa-dance-18-getting-out-of-hammerlocks/
So, one of our members asked about different ways of getting out of dance hammerlock positions. In this episode, I show you a couple of simple ways and one slick/combo way.
Duration : 0:4:2




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