🗓️ April 26, 2026

Summary

A few days leading up to this 1:1, I revisited my Beyond The Moves (BTM) portal, where I found and watched a couple videos on attitude and facial expressions. Looking into this area was triggered by Kev’s Kitchen session that occurred a couple days prior, earlier in the week, when I had (once again) found myself entranced by Jess’s rounds, her ability to draw us spectators, into her world.

Key Takeaways 🔐

• Walking – with intensity and intention. Run around and move like you are a “boxer”, bobbing and weaving, angles
• Two parallel textures – say you are doing a farmer, one on the left and one on the right. On the left, can apply a (say) soft texture, and the on the right a hard texture. Similarly, small on the left, big on the right
• Riding the pocket – it’s important not only to land in the pocket, but to ride it. As Kashmire had pointed out, I’m not sitting in the music. In other words, when landing on the beat, keep moving through the beat instead of landing on the dot and then transitioning to the next step

Shortcomings

• Not finishing a step before transitioning to the next

Exercises

• Swing upper cut with arms – emphasizing the drive of the hips and legs