Different Postures with Solana - Nov 2019
The Sweet Spot of Biomechanics
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15m
Karen describes and shows different postures of stretched versus working versus collected. She includes a comparison of Working Gaits with the poll the highest point and with the poll low. Karen took video from some normal training sessions and describes the different postures she asked for at different times.
This video is great for anyone who wants a better understanding of the working gaits.
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