Russian Dance Tutorial

Russian Dance Tutorial.

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Important points are:

1. Your full body weight will be descending onto a spot the exact size of your heel repeatedly every other second so warm up and stretch first, make sure that your legs, bones, joints can handle it before you try this.

2. It's more about a continuous bouncing movement than a balancing act, balance comes only when the heel/kick technique is mastered and done too fast to think about balance (balance will happen naturally with speed and correct technique).

3. I'm not Russian, nor am I trained in this dance professionally (if indeed such a qualification exists). I was drunk at Leeds Festival 2006 and decided to try to "do the Russian dance" and somehow just did it immediately while drunk as I wasn't doubting my ability or balance. So you could say I'm a natural born Russian dancer I suppose, I've never practiced this in my life it literally just happened that I could do it.

For what it's worth for 4 years this video was also the ONLY Russian dance tutorial video on YouTube which amazes me.

I've recently worked out the higher level Russian dance using the calf muscle in place of the heel. If you get really good like the Russian soldiers videos online, it's all in the calf and thigh it seems, holding yourself higher than with our heel method. I suspect that it's a combination of the two positions that was originally used, just letting everybody know. Thanks for watching folks! :)

If you need further inspiration try this:

http://youtu.be/rNXKuwhhC1c

Thanks to flyMyshka for identifying the correct term for this apparently Ukrainian dance called 'hopak.'

It's also been seen on Australia's Got Talent here:

http://youtu.be/2dNyBN8wZ7E

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[rflcanela]

!, As a Dominican, Love this sooo much!! i love the Russian culture. This is soo intriguing to me, thank you!! Awesome!!

[protheory]

@rflcanela That's brilliant, so glad you enjoyed the video!

[MilitaryGB]

so should i practice squating low?

[protheory]

@MilitaryGB Yes I would try it slow first and work up to it full speed, the balance will come the faster you go!

[TheMuscle572]

Thanks dude for the video iam allmost there

[TheKretchet]

Remember keep your back straight! This video rocks! Thanks man

[tekkenbich33221]

i can do it!!!!FINALY AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS.THANKS MAN.

[wanderdark666]

I'm all most there

Your my fricking HERO

[protheory]

@ThePowerExcess No problem, glad I could help! It really is like riding a bike with the balance, you just have to ride the flow kinda thing and the balance will come. Looking forward to seeing a video of you in action some time!

[ThePowerExcess]

@protheory That did it! it all clear to me now!

Still got some minor pain but the movement is much more fluid. All that is left is work on the balance.

You were most helpful, thank you for that!

[protheory]

@ThePowerExcess You're welcome! Sorry, my bad on this point. I realised earlier that there is a double rest going on here. Your back leg does rest on your heel but at the same time your heel is up as you should be on your toes also on the same back leg. So you support your weight on your heel, which in turn is supported by your toes enabling you to rest on your heel in a higher position than a flat foot (i.e. your toes keep the heel up to land on). Hope this helps you, good luck!

[ThePowerExcess]

@protheory Thanks for the quick reply! It was on point.

However i can see that on the video you rest the curled leg (back leg) on its toes rather than its heel. So how am I supposed to support my weight on my heel since only my toes touch the ground?

Thanks again for your help!