JULIA GORIN "QUESTIONS & ANSWERS" No8. "LA PISADA"

"LA PISADA" (the way we discharge the weight from one foot to another) should feel different in TANGO, VALS and MILONGA.
Extracts from the intervie with the graet maestro FACUNDO POSADAS - an amazing milonguero of the old formation.TRUE MAESTRO!
The main thing in what he said is that it is very subtle, but we have to search for the difference in our pisada - the way we discharge the weight. In order to have control of that - we need to understand that none of the joints should be blocked, and can have independent movement, i.e. do not involve the rest of the body in its movement, unless planned.
The quality of walking would greatly depend on the way one uses our "suspension" mechanisms - i.e. the knees and ankles