Welcome back to 20 moves in 20 days. Today we are going to talk about Chinese. The Chinese are another type of turn, kind of on a turning and run the moment. So, shimmies, unlike suit news, are actually a chain of turns that are continuous. So the students have a break in between the shinies do not so they're going to be one long chain, ideally, from the time you start to the time that you want to finish. And so normally what that's going to look like is from one into the room to the other.

Okay, so we're gonna go ahead and get started on these. I will give you a quick demonstration right and left, and then we will dive right in. So from here, all you're gonna do is step up and then turn. Yes, and then other side Okay, so I have to caveat in haste. I'll say that a lot of times when people first learn Chinese are really frustrated by them. Because they're, they're harder than STUDENT NEWS.

And keeping one long chain of turns going is is difficult. I mean, it took me a long time to feel like I could do a good Shinae. So I would just say give yourself some space on this one too. But, um, so I think the easiest way to think about these is also in half turns. So if you were to break them down, from here, I am stepping on my right. And then I'm going to step left face the back.

Then I'm going to step right to face the front, left to face the back, right face the front, left to face the back. Okay, right, left, right, left, right. So on and so forth. So if you think about them is that you're alternating your steps every time right, left, right, left, right, left. But if you think about it in terms of the facings, back, front, back, front, back front, it's gonna be a lot easier. And then if you think about them as like a long chain, it feels more daunting that way.

So going from the left, I do step left first. And immediately I'm going to close my hands and just keep them here. Of course, the other option is to keep them on your hips all time up to you. So from here, I'm going to face the back, I'm going to go 1212121212, so on and so forth. So again, if you want to practice them slowly, that's a good way to think about it. Now, I would also say that with the shinies winning practice them slowly.

It's a good way to start. But it also is a little bit challenging in the sense that that takes a lot more control than when you go faster. So, again, just feel that even though you're going to park slowly to start, it actually gets easier the more you do it because the faster you get the actually, the easier it is. It's easier to keep your balance and everything like that. Good thing I'll say is, people tend to be more successful when they're very focused on being straight up and straight down. As soon as you start letting things go like arching or anything like that your shoulders coming forward, anything where the alignment is off between, shoulders, hips, feet, that's when things start kind of usually getting wonky, and then you'll like fall off and you know, off a Demi point and that's not as fun.

So try to keep everything nice and aligned the whole time. The other hint I would give you is to not give up So like when you're going across the floor and say at some point you just kind of stumble, you might fall on, you know, back onto your heels or whatever, don't give up where you are start again. Because what I often see happen is when people first start them, they only get a couple in and then you know, and then they'll lose their balance, and, and so on. But the more that you do it, the little further you get every time is worth a celebration, right? Because progress. So just wherever you are, don't worry about it, you will build up to full shinies where you can span the entire space that you have to work with.

But if you don't have that ability right now, it's not a big deal. Okay, those are your shinies I encourage you to play around with them. You can even play with some different hands. If you're feeling super adventurous hands on your hips. You can do all sorts of crazy things days. But I do encourage you to work on the technique of them.

And if you have any questions, reach out Of course, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.