Locking Dance Basics: How to Do the Lock

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1. Posture: sit into one hip, that leg straight, the other knee up on its toes, like the camel walk. 1:13
2. Elbows: pin the hands to the hips, locked and loaded, then drive the elbows forward. 2:33
3. Hands: grab as if holding a bar, turning them in, and flex to hold the lock strong. 3:39
4. Add funk: curve the body in with the shoulder as you lock. 4:47
5. Other options: push up as if gripping bicycle handles, or lock with open hands. 6:18
6. Prep and lock: pull up into the prep, hands down to the hips, then lock. 7:16
7. Double lock: bounce in the hip and slap the elbows forward twice. 8:30
8. Drill: prep and lock on alternating sides, four eight-counts at each of four speeds. 9:44
9. Variations: lock at a lower level, on a lifted leg or with the legs crossed. 12:38
10. Freestyle demo: the lock used in a short locking freestyle. 13:45

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.