| Getting detailed 'locking' instruction either in person or | | | | What getting detailed 'locking' instruction does is drill |
| through another method is necessary in order to | | | | many of these basics into you and in conjunction |
| sweeten your locking skills with many of its | | | | with the learning of routines, these two things will |
| intricacies. | | | | enable you to really master the basics of the style. |
| It is not uncommon for talented lockers to take | | | | The details that enable the 'locking' to come alive |
| many years to get to where they are; often the | | | | should be practised simultaneously with the moves so |
| place where they start to feel real improvement is | | | | that they become interlocked and are not two |
| where they feel that they have harnessed a greater | | | | disparate elements. |
| understanding of the style. | | | | The moves must have feeling behind them, you |
| For at its core it is quite simple once you understand | | | | should not be doing moves just because they exist. |
| things such as why you are are stopping the | | | | They should have a voice; they should say something |
| movements in certain ways, but it may take a while | | | | about how you are feeling in that moment. |
| before you can incorporate these into your 'locking' | | | | And due to the creative expression possible in |
| and it actually feels like a normal thing to do rather | | | | 'locking', the way you do a move may not necessarily |
| than a burdensome operation. | | | | be the same as another person but both can be a |
| Regaling in the music and just 'feeling' it is where | | | | realization of that unmistakeable feeling where you |
| many of us want to go. We want to go to that | | | | feel funky and just want to dance and revel in the |
| place of expression where the moves just seem to | | | | joy. |
| come out effortlessly and stylishly. This is where we | | | | Just like no two people will have exactly the same |
| can begin talking about something called 'freestyle.' | | | | thoughts, no two people will freestyle in exactly the |
| In 'locking' it is a skill to be able to freestyle as well as | | | | same way. They may look similar when dancing a |
| to dance routines. As it is a style that encourages | | | | routine in unison as a group, but when freestyle is at |
| your own personality and character there are | | | | play they must each have their own entity. |
| elements that only you can bring to the dance that | | | | When you are feeling the music and are in the |
| will come out when you freestyle. | | | | moment, your freestyle will often fuel its own |
| Also freestyle encourages your own thoughts to | | | | creativity. It is easier to feel the music if from the |
| come out right in front of you and is a process of | | | | moment you begin, the funk is present. |
| continual development as you aim to be able to | | | | Many of the intricacies of locking allow for this - the |
| express what you feel at will...to express it on | | | | stylistic elements should actually make the dance |
| command as soon as the music kicks in and just be | | | | easier to perform rather than be a hindrance if you |
| there. | | | | practice them correctly. |