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TOCA STUDENT · Lesson 13 · Kizomba technique

Good posture in kizomba is not a frozen position

Picture a thread pulling you from the crown of your head toward the ceiling. You grow tall without stiffening. Shoulders melt down, sternum open, lower back calm. Knees soft and never locked, because they are your shock absorbers. The weight drops into the middle of the foot.

Dawou Tarraxo, pioneer of Tarraxo. Good posture in kizomba is not a frozen position

Grounding is not heaviness. It is availability. If someone gives you a gentle push, you absorb it instead of tipping over.

Test it now. Walk while keeping exactly the same easy breathing.

Posture is the base of every kizomba, tarraxo and urbankiz movement.

Posture is a living organisation, step by step

  1. GOOD POSTURE IS NOT A FROZEN POSITION.
  2. A thread pulls the crown of your head toward the ceiling.
  3. You grow tall. You do not stiffen.
  4. Shoulders melt downward. Sternum open, lower back calm.
  5. Knees soft, never locked. They are your shock absorbers.
  6. The weight drops into the middle of the foot, not onto the heels.
  7. Grounding is not heaviness. It is availability.
Does your posture help you move, or stop you moving?

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Page 78 of The student's book by Dawou Tarraxo, the TOCA Method page this lesson comes from
The student's book · page 78

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T O C A

Two bodies. One connection.

TTouchThe connection with your partner. Feeling through contact, never through force.
OObservationListening to your partner’s body, energy and tempo.
CControlMastery of your own movement. Precision without tension.
AAwarenessFull presence: with yourself, your partner and the music.