Guys to look natural dancing salsa, really the first and most important rule is to LISTEN to the music and actually ENJOY it. See where the music changes, gets more intense, starts the chorus, other percussion instruments join in, etc. You need to be sensitive to that, and to let your body flow with it. Otherwise, even with these tips, you will still end up looking mechanical. Many non-latino salsa students tend to become salsa-bots, and that ain't good. Learn to appreciate the music first.
It's a language thing. Spanish/Latin is more emotionally embracing. When people learn to convey the emotion of the situation creatively in their dance, and not just in their head, they can can can, and a cha, cha, cha :)
Great tips, I'm a weightlifter and just decided to get into salsa classes for the cardio. I look even more awkward as a built guy dancing around but so far I'm loving it.
This video is very well done, it's much better compared to many others because it gives the necessary explanation of what is needed to correctly study the basic step, a fundamental technique which is, usually, not well teached. Who says it is too long doesn't care about beginners or doesn't know what salsa is.
This is the best salsa class you’ll ever have. It gives you, without the turning and twisting that others try to teach, the salsa moves as I’ve know them from the 80’s, when this dance became so popular.
I've been trying to figure out for months why my basic step doesn't look right...It was the arms!!! Great description about motion coming from the elbows...In just a few minutes, you made a big difference... Thanks Anthony!!
It's been such a pleasure to find addicted2salsa, I watch the videos everyday. Im a salsa lover since I was five years old. I know how to dance salsa, but I needed to know the technique by details, as Im focused to become a dance instructor. Anthony is great teaching, I have learned a lot from him. Just love your classes!
You have done an awesome job of explaining this! I salsa, cumbias, bachatas blah blah blah lol, and have for a long time here en las cruces. Took me a minute to get to the next level bc I didn’t have someone to lay it out how you do in this vid!! Thank you for helping everybody my friend!!
This video is very useful for a person, who has already taken a beginners class in salsa. It´s very difficult to handle all the information at the beginning, but with a help with this information clip it does let the beginner understand more about dancing salsa. I like it very much! :)
Moving the arms from the elbows, rather than the hands made an immediate difference in my styling. Also moving the feet past one another rather than in place also improved the look of my basic. All in less than 5 min!!!! Great tips...Thanks!!!
Freddy Ramos "Letting yourself go and enjoy with the music" means you can create any conversation you want with your partner. The salsa dance steps provide the vocabulary and "grammar rules" so you both can understand each other - otherwise if the lead only spoke English and their partner only understood French, it would be a very difficult romantic conversation.
Well said, Fred. I m a Shine the Beltbuckle person. But, that s only when I with my honey. I mix that with some on the 2 mambo steps and a few turns. This turn business is out of control and they dance like trained robots. They stick out on the floor like sore thumbs. However, it s all good. It keeps the salsa music alive and well.
+Addicted2Salsa hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to uncover how to belly dance video try Renkarter Belly Dance Report(do a google search ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.
I love your videos. I am super white and have started dancing with my Ecuadorian friend's family at parties and whatnot. It's a blast and I'm usually a very 'stiff' person but want to loosen up and learn to relax more. I think I see more salsa and my Ecuadorian dance partner in my future!
completely true, you just gotta feel it, get in front of your refrigerator where you can see yourself but not quite well and it looks like your partner. Try it and play some salsa and you just have to let your feet take control
BrekOnTwo is a salsa timing. You can dance salsa on1, on2, on clave, on BrekOnTwo.. or on whatever you want.. if you know what you are doing. BrekOnTwo was invented by Eddie Torres, in new york.. I think in the early '70. The scope was to teach people used to dance on1; to dance on 2! That is an harder thing for a nordamerican or for an european. You move your first step (left) on 1, and the second step (right) on 2. Doing this your right feet is on the same place of a dancer that started on 2.
I got a bowl and poured some ice cream with sprinkles and I thought about listening to some hector acosta because feeling a bit of Spanish tonight, then I realized I don't know how to dance so I look up dance tutorials 101 or how to dance step 1 and then I see this salsa one and I'm like, oohh yeah dancing with the style. I click this video and eat my ice cream and as I go on eating my icecream , were 5min in to the video and I've already learned so much! Thanks my man, you're the man. Voy a comenzar a bailar para poder ir a mas fiestas con extra confidencia con estos pasos tan chevere
WOW!!! my husband says i have two left feet and i have to addmitt I DO!! this video really really helped me. Actually it was the instructor that helped me because first i learned the basic steps on his first video then leaned how to spice it up with the right arms movements and how far you should step out. Thank you Anthony!!
Thnx! I really needed help looking more natural on the dance floor. I saw that my friends were doing the step slightly differently than I was, and the second and third tips were just that!
Anthony. You're simply the best. Ain't sure if it is reward for you, but noticing that random people got their style from you salsa club on the other side of the world must be satisfactory. Congrats, mate!
Thanks for uploading this! The part about using arms is very helpful in teaching my male students, who wonder why they can't look like I do when dancing!
I agree with Frivillig. At first, it will be hard because it's out of your comfort zone but eventually, you will feel at ease and you will wish you have started earlier. that was my case. I was too nervous during my first few classes but now I'm at "intermediate 1" and I'm always impatiently waiting for my next class. I wish I have started 2 years ago, when I first had the idea but was too shy to do so
I have a tutorial on how to incorporate the salsa step to hip hop and house. I hope my video is helpful. Let me know if you liked it. ruclips.net/video/_uV3K1h641U/видео.html
I have a tutorial on how to incorporate the salsa step to hip hop and house. I hope my video is helpful. Let me know if you liked it. ruclips.net/video/_uV3K1h641U/видео.html
I learned to dance salsa music in this way. I just want to say (being respectful) the only way to look natural is to feel the music. It's listen to the music with the heart! Having the guaganco and the clave in the blood!
With so many steps... how can anyone find enjoyment in such a dance. I'm of Cuban decent, and grew up watching family and friends dancing this with ease. Never understood this
Congratulations for all the amazing work that you are doing Anthony...!! You've choosed yourself a great mission...!! ;-) With millions of viewers around the world you are the mother Teresa of Salsa...!!! Great explanations, and the patterns can really be applied at the club...! Keep it on, and many thanks...!!!
The biggest problem newcomers to salsa dance have is when to step to the salsa music. Use a clave in your hand and beat it as you step, so your viewers learn to hear and step in time with the proper beat of instruments .This gives the dancer a better feel for the instruments in the music and the body follows in the rhythm. Good work.. keep dancing. Any video with shines/steps on 4 & 8 beats?
Amazing! Thank you so much. The first video I found to explain why my movement looked awkward to me. When I counted 1 (guy) my left shoulder went forward and it should have been the opposite. You look so smooth when you move, makes me look like a robot actually :-D
it's the same for women except you reverse the feet and direction of the step. The partner would step backward with the right on the 1 where he steps forward with the left, etc. The rest is identical and applies the same
Kevin Rameau, 4 and 8 are rests. You can count 1,2,3, 5,6,7 or like I learned.. 123and567and....I like this video. One simple thing makes it great is the white shoes on the dark floor. Very easy to follow.
Excellent description! Thank you. As a belly dancer, I keep going to that aesthetic, but the hips are different for salsa. Anyone know a video that focuses on that?
ouh super cool - I'm salsa dancer turned to kizomba - now watching this video actaully -there are still a lot of similarities in the way of good stepping in salsa. It took so much time to fix that bouncing beginner effect. But totally worth it :) Good tips!
GmanUyMVD Right :)Can't be performed solo. The only exclusion is when a couple splits to do 1-2 combinations. And in this video ... rotating shoulders forward is super stupid .... Don't try to argue anymore !
We're playing Smooth by Santana in my alternative strings class in school and we need to find a salsa or tango step to do while were playing our instruments this'll be fun
This man is a great teacher - so natural and smooth! can a lady follow this instruction with using opposite feet to get a feel for the step with staggered feet and a more natural gliding feel? thanks.
Thanks to you I learned this basic steps jaja, it was confusing for me to move my hand and feet correctly but I did it and I'm putting it to practice soon, thanks for your video =)
Now , 8:37 - Salsa teachers often explain this "natural arm movement". But that fits to natural going movement - forward action with transport and taking the heels for walking .Salsa Dancing has nothing to do with that . Forward and backward !! motion and sometimes every step toe heel or flat. But never as natural going !! So you cannot argue that it looks more natural by practicing natural arm movement . And indeed that complete action we see here looks a little unnatural ! But averall we like your videos - nice guy with very well teaching .
@twopaddles1 the four is silent because it's a pause. technically it's a count from 1-8 so 1,2,3 pause,5,6,7 pause the four and eight are silent pauses we count this way to remember to pause.
Don t misunderstand me. I m in favor of dance schools and instruction. But, some of us are "natural street dancers" and our timing is usually exact. I think that dance schools are the future of salsa. The night club frenzy is a thing of the past. So good luck to all you Fred Astairs out there and KEEP IT ON THE 2.
Big thanks :-). By the way - I love your website and it has been one of the most prominent sources of my improvement in salsa dancing - huge props for you! BTW, I'm also an engineer (well, almost ;-) ), although I do sth else professionially. Wow, I feel honored that you replied so fast to my question. Internet's awesome. I feel an almost tangible connection with one of my gurus (yup, you are one :-) ), even though your in the US and I'm in Poland :-). Great job, keep it up!
@bugtest The counts 4 and 8 are considered pauses in the steps. It is general convention to only count the numbers which actually have steps to them. We have a beginner video that explains the basics.
who else is taking these life lessons incase the moment arrives and you have the ammunition to create a memorable moment with a stranger
Yes yes yes
Me lol last weekend I learn on my own
I wanna learn so I can bust out dancing and surprise my husband who loves salsa 🤣
You remind me of my first gf lol
That’s EXACTLY what I am doing, and I dont even dance
Love how he teaches. Thank you for the upload. Trying to learn at age 75, from South Korea.^^
God bless you! 🙏🏼
Guys to look natural dancing salsa, really the first and most important rule is to LISTEN to the music and actually ENJOY it. See where the music changes, gets more intense, starts the chorus, other percussion instruments join in, etc. You need to be sensitive to that, and to let your body flow with it. Otherwise, even with these tips, you will still end up looking mechanical. Many non-latino salsa students tend to become salsa-bots, and that ain't good. Learn to appreciate the music first.
It's a language thing. Spanish/Latin is more emotionally embracing. When people learn to convey the emotion of the situation creatively in their dance, and not just in their head, they can can can, and a cha, cha, cha :)
Great advice. Thanks!
Well said. You're right
Fuckiin Serious
Drake So Drake So Shot
Great tips, I'm a weightlifter and just decided to get into salsa classes for the cardio. I look even more awkward as a built guy dancing around but so far I'm loving it.
Do you even really lift bro? What's your bench?
Yeah do you even lift bro?
Did you ever learn to dance salsa? Lol
salsa is the best for everything, I´m a boxer and salsa is my favorite dance, it help me with my movement inside and outside the ring.
Luffee oh me to I boxed for like 5yrs now I’m in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competing
I went to a dancing party yesterday and I felt so lame not knowing how to dance. I am DETERMINED to learn how to dance, thank you for your videos!
+yoitsrami I started a few months back- it's so much fun!! Go for it!!!
Exactly the same for me!!! 200%
So, what about it today?
Movement comes from the ELBOW! Master tip! ⭐️
This video is very well done, it's much better compared to many others because it gives the necessary explanation of what is needed to correctly study the basic step, a fundamental technique which is, usually, not well teached. Who says it is too long doesn't care about beginners or doesn't know what salsa is.
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This is the best salsa class you’ll ever have. It gives you, without the turning and twisting that others try to teach, the salsa moves as I’ve know them from the 80’s, when this dance became so popular.
This was so awesome for someone like me who has always had a passion for dance but needs to learn some basics and style, great tutorial! Thanks!!
I really like the way Anthony Persaud breaks the steps and counts down nice and slow. THX
I've been trying to figure out for months why my basic step doesn't look right...It was the arms!!! Great description about motion coming from the elbows...In just a few minutes, you made a big difference... Thanks Anthony!!
Never danced before and a girl asked me to salsa for the senior dance next year so guess who's dancing yo
Gunner Barenklau keep us updaated , hope you have a great time
He dead
Did you?
How'd it go?
He got lost in the sauce
It's been such a pleasure to find addicted2salsa, I watch the videos everyday. Im a salsa lover since I was five years old. I know how to dance salsa, but I needed to know the technique by details, as Im focused to become a dance instructor. Anthony is great teaching, I have learned a lot from him. Just love your classes!
best salsa hack I´ve seen, with slight change the basic steps looks greater!
You have done an awesome job of explaining this! I salsa, cumbias, bachatas blah blah blah lol, and have for a long time here en las cruces. Took me a minute to get to the next level bc I didn’t have someone to lay it out how you do in this vid!! Thank you for helping everybody my friend!!
This video is very useful for a person, who has already taken a beginners class in salsa. It´s very difficult to handle all the information at the beginning, but with a help with this information clip it does let the beginner understand more about dancing salsa. I like it very much! :)
Moving the arms from the elbows, rather than the hands made an immediate difference in my styling. Also moving the feet past one another rather than in place also improved the look of my basic. All in less than 5 min!!!! Great tips...Thanks!!!
BEST TEACHER ON RUclips!!!!! I TRIED SO MANY DIFFERENTS VIDEOS NOTHING LIKE THIS AND REALLY FAST LEARNING, THIS DUDE IS AMAZING!!!!
Wow, Anthony, you have tips for every level! I didnt think my basic step needed much improvement, but even here you've opened my eyes! Thanks!
All this time I've been dancing like a robot. Well that's all going to change now. Thanks for this lesson!
Freddy Ramos "Letting yourself go and enjoy with the music" means you can create any conversation you want with your partner. The salsa dance steps provide the vocabulary and "grammar rules" so you both can understand each other - otherwise if the lead only spoke English and their partner only understood French, it would be a very difficult romantic conversation.
Well said, Fred. I m a Shine the Beltbuckle person. But, that s only when I with my honey. I mix that with some on the 2 mambo steps and a few turns. This turn business is out of control and they dance like trained robots. They stick out on the floor like sore thumbs. However, it s all good. It keeps the salsa music alive and well.
Felix Santiago
+Addicted2Salsa hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to uncover how to belly dance video try Renkarter Belly Dance Report(do a google search ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.
quick quick slow!? una cagada el tiempo es binaire y 5 6 7 son ocho o uno dos
you can teach that with parents family and friends
Finally starting to crack the code. Excellent pointers. Thank you!
I love your videos. I am super white and have started dancing with my Ecuadorian friend's family at parties and whatnot. It's a blast and I'm usually a very 'stiff' person but want to loosen up and learn to relax more. I think I see more salsa and my Ecuadorian dance partner in my future!
completely true, you just gotta feel it, get in front of your refrigerator where you can see yourself but not quite well and it looks like your partner. Try it and play some salsa and you just have to let your feet take control
The one two three, five six seven works for me. Gracia's caballero.
I’m taking lessons at a studio so I can dance and impress people, these are good tips
This video was one of the best instructional videos -on salsa dancing. The rest are also great.
BrekOnTwo is a salsa timing. You can dance salsa on1, on2, on clave, on BrekOnTwo.. or on whatever you want.. if you know what you are doing.
BrekOnTwo was invented by Eddie Torres, in new york.. I think in the early '70. The scope was to teach people used to dance on1; to dance on 2! That is an harder thing for a nordamerican or for an european.
You move your first step (left) on 1, and the second step (right) on 2. Doing this your right feet is on the same place of a dancer that started on 2.
I got a bowl and poured some ice cream with sprinkles and I thought about listening to some hector acosta because feeling a bit of Spanish tonight, then I realized I don't know how to dance so I look up dance tutorials 101 or how to dance step 1 and then I see this salsa one and I'm like, oohh yeah dancing with the style. I click this video and eat my ice cream and as I go on eating my icecream , were 5min in to the video and I've already learned so much! Thanks my man, you're the man. Voy a comenzar a bailar para poder ir a mas fiestas con extra confidencia con estos pasos tan chevere
The first dance lesson without music. Interesting.
WOW!!! my husband says i have two left feet and i have to addmitt I DO!! this video really really helped me. Actually it was the instructor that helped me because first i learned the basic steps on his first video then leaned how to spice it up with the right arms movements and how far you should step out. Thank you Anthony!!
thank you, i love it, but even better as 5min videos. a 5min limit would make them perfect.
My favorite Salsa teacher.
Thnx! I really needed help looking more natural on the dance floor. I saw that my friends were doing the step slightly differently than I was, and the second and third tips were just that!
with this teacher you will learn maybe in 5 years.
Anthony. You're simply the best. Ain't sure if it is reward for you, but noticing that random people got their style from you salsa club on the other side of the world must be satisfactory. Congrats, mate!
Thanks for uploading this! The part about using arms is very helpful in teaching my male students, who wonder why they can't look like I do when dancing!
I agree with Frivillig. At first, it will be hard because it's out of your comfort zone but eventually, you will feel at ease and you will wish you have started earlier.
that was my case. I was too nervous during my first few classes but now I'm at "intermediate 1" and I'm always impatiently waiting for my next class. I wish I have started 2 years ago, when I first had the idea but was too shy to do so
@carlitosx21 Feel free to record yourself teaching the basic step and share it with us so that we can see what we have done wrong. Thanks.
Addicted2Salsa v
Lol I did the bounce thing...thanks!
Best Teacher Ever!
I'm so stoked I learned how to dance salsa in line 30 minutes with this one video 😁👌
I have a tutorial on how to incorporate the salsa step to hip hop and house. I hope my video is helpful. Let me know if you liked it. ruclips.net/video/_uV3K1h641U/видео.html
You learned all of these moves in 30 minutes? I am still going back to watch it again. Lol
And here I'm, watching his tutorials after 12 years
You are the best teache i ever meet online good job keep it up @👍👍💯
I have a tutorial on how to incorporate the salsa step to hip hop and house. I hope my video is helpful. Let me know if you liked it. ruclips.net/video/_uV3K1h641U/видео.html
Thanks for this great tips, I finally know why my flow doesn't look right, thank you.
I learned to dance salsa music in this way. I just want to say (being respectful) the only way to look natural is to feel the music. It's listen to the music with the heart! Having the guaganco and the clave in the blood!
Fantastic video. Practicing the basic step felt so uncomfortable until I watched this. Really helpful. Thanks a lot!
With so many steps... how can anyone find enjoyment in such a dance. I'm of Cuban decent, and grew up watching family and friends dancing this with ease. Never understood this
so i like that you talk a lot when you teach, it helps me :)
im hispanic but i never caught on to salsa & now im getting better .. thankyaaa ;)
Congratulations for all the amazing work that you are doing Anthony...!! You've choosed yourself a great mission...!! ;-) With millions of viewers around the world you are the mother Teresa of Salsa...!!!
Great explanations, and the patterns can really be applied at the club...!
Keep it on, and many thanks...!!!
Salsa! I know how to dance it I am just looking to see if I can get any thing new out of this vid. So far i did. Great video!
Thanks. This video helps me to 'dance' rather than just go through the motions. The movement now feels more natural...
A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!
The biggest problem newcomers to salsa dance have is when to step to the salsa music. Use a clave in your hand and beat it as you step, so your viewers learn to hear and step in time with the proper beat of instruments .This gives the dancer a better feel for the instruments in the music and the body follows in the rhythm. Good work.. keep dancing. Any video with shines/steps on 4 & 8 beats?
this guy is really good, makes it easy and fun
Easy to follow - The best!
i wanted to learn salsa better because my father is an amazing dancer that learned how to dance over the years but i have just gotten started
That "bounse" thing was my problem all along, didn't think about how much it ruiend my foot work
Amazing! Thank you so much. The first video I found to explain why my movement looked awkward to me. When I counted 1 (guy) my left shoulder went forward and it should have been the opposite. You look so smooth when you move, makes me look like a robot actually :-D
Thank you. You do a wonderful job of explaining this for men.
I wish you would show this for the women's part
it's the same for women except you reverse the feet and direction of the step. The partner would step backward with the right on the 1 where he steps forward with the left, etc. The rest is identical and applies the same
But should women be trying to take bigger steps though? They are already swinging their hips more than the guy.
So simply explained. Thank you!
I was watching a novela called un sueno llamado salsa and it made me wanna dance salsa.
AWESOME DUDE----- perfect explanations - perfect amount of talk.
You have just boosted my salsa!!!!!
Kevin Rameau, 4 and 8 are rests. You can count 1,2,3, 5,6,7 or like I learned.. 123and567and....I like this video. One simple thing makes it great is the white shoes on the dark floor. Very easy to follow.
thanks for making the video and spreading the dance of salsa to the world.
Excellent description! Thank you. As a belly dancer, I keep going to
that aesthetic, but the hips are different for salsa. Anyone know a
video that focuses on that?
ouh super cool - I'm salsa dancer turned to kizomba - now watching this video actaully -there are still a lot of similarities in the way of good stepping in salsa. It took so much time to fix that bouncing beginner effect. But totally worth it :) Good tips!
Fantastic! Love how detailed and complete he is. I just started learning and found this video a great help to take that awkward bounce out of my step.
This helped me I perform and every loved it thank u
Nice refinement to the basic.
i like danceing. thanks for showing us to dance.
Fantastic! Dude, you're the man. Really appreciate your videos.
great video! this is good for solo dancing but I hope I can use this with a partner as well.
Salsa can't be performed solo :)
Wrong, Lyubo Tsonev
GmanUyMVD
Right :)Can't be performed solo. The only exclusion is when a couple splits to do 1-2 combinations. And in this video ... rotating shoulders forward is super stupid ....
Don't try to argue anymore !
I getting married next week and I need to learn to dance both salsa and merengue. I feel like going into finals without havimg studied.
yeah... depends on how long you've practiced this.
howd you go?
@@AWGZM Well I must say, it went awesome! Enjoyed every second of it! 😊
@@thegreat1pr AMEN IM HAPPY FOR YOU
@@AWGZM Thanks!!
Thanks a lot finally I know how to dance Salsa
Keep up with the great work, great videos
We're playing Smooth by Santana in my alternative strings class in school and we need to find a salsa or tango step to do while were playing our instruments this'll be fun
This man is a great teacher - so natural and smooth! can a lady follow this instruction with using opposite feet to get a feel for the step with staggered feet and a more natural gliding feel? thanks.
Thanks to you I learned this basic steps jaja, it was confusing for me to move my hand and feet correctly but I did it and I'm putting it to practice soon, thanks for your video =)
You're a really good teacher. Great videos
I got lost
need to watch it again.
Good video and great information. Especially liked that you explained how to move your arms!
CHEVERE, super interesting ... I willlearn alot already since I am latina
@Jirus4
In salsa 4 is a pause. You usually don't count it. So it is 1,2,3 - pause (which is 4) - 5,6,7.
Mil gracias por compartir la información saludos cordiales bendiciones
Gracias amigo!! i love it
you can never explore basics enough. the more you explore your basic, no matter what dance you're doing the better dancer you are.
I like your lessons!
thanx Anthoni ,I found myself in salsa
4 and 8 count only as the pause, so he doesn't count them as actual steps people
thank you!
Thanx for uploading this video, it could help alot..
And its fun to dance
Just started to learn, this really helps. Thank you.
Now , 8:37 - Salsa teachers often explain this "natural arm movement".
But that fits to natural going movement - forward action with transport and taking the heels for walking .Salsa Dancing has nothing to do with that . Forward and backward !! motion and sometimes every step toe heel or flat. But never as natural going !! So you cannot argue that it looks more natural by practicing natural arm movement . And indeed that complete action we see here looks a little unnatural !
But averall we like your videos - nice guy with very well teaching .
Knew that,did that.Teaching that.Thx for the the vid,thx for your effort ^.^
@twopaddles1 the four is silent because it's a pause. technically it's a count from 1-8 so 1,2,3 pause,5,6,7 pause the four and eight are silent pauses we count this way to remember to pause.
good points ! thanks ! nice to see the "on 2 and 123- 567 showed as well .
The best explanation I have ever seen)) Thanks Anthony)) U R cool!!!!!
Don t misunderstand me. I m in favor of dance schools and instruction. But, some of us are "natural street dancers" and our timing is usually exact. I think that dance schools are the future of salsa. The night club frenzy is a thing of the past. So good luck to all you Fred Astairs out there and KEEP IT ON THE 2.
Big thanks :-).
By the way - I love your website and it has been one of the most prominent sources of my improvement in salsa dancing - huge props for you!
BTW, I'm also an engineer (well, almost ;-) ), although I do sth else professionially.
Wow, I feel honored that you replied so fast to my question. Internet's awesome. I feel an almost tangible connection with one of my gurus (yup, you are one :-) ), even though your in the US and I'm in Poland :-).
Great job, keep it up!
@bugtest The counts 4 and 8 are considered pauses in the steps. It is general convention to only count the numbers which actually have steps to them. We have a beginner video that explains the basics.