Mollinetes are the simple FORWARD-SIDE-BACK-SIDE pattern that goes on and on forever. And typically, you’d mark each step as you change weight fully to that one foot. FORWARD is when you land forward on one foot, SIDE is when you land sideways into one foot. But what if you were to change that up?

This was something many teachers tried to teach me, but I just didn’t “get it”. You can never just push something, you must also absorb it at the same time. It is 2-way communication through all parts of your body at all times. You must give AND receive. Some people only give and others only

How much should I train for tango? Nobody knows. This is personal. How much should one eat? How much should a person work out? Tango isn’t a pre-determined social routine like showering everyday. You can do as much or as little of it at your own pace. Nobody cares but you. Ok fine, there are

This is a simple trick I picked up not too long ago. It’s to lead double-time movements using ONE impulse, not three! Many of us already do that for turns (during back-side-forward) but we still lead other double-times using 3 impulses. Besides the unnecessary noise, I think it’s less enjoyable and also doesn’t help the

There are many tango dancers that cross-train in other exercises and physical training to complement their tango training. I’ve tried a handful of them myself and can share what I like and don’t like about each one.

I have the widest feet of anybody I know (and I know because I checked) and will tell you that the search for the perfect tango shoes continues to elude me. The problem is that many Argentineans are genetically Italians and their common shoe shape is modeled after the Italian foot (which is a narrow

One of the hardest things to figure out is setting the perfect embrace. It often feels like the embrace needs to be many things for many purposes, and all at once. While some people would rather just focus on an comfortable embrace and not care about function (or leading fancy moves), I would say your

Here’s goes another one of those “hell-if-I-know” tango topics. I think I had this problem more than most leaders I’ve seen out there. And I blame it on my lean-frame body-type as well as my lighter-springy footwork tendency from a lifetime of sports. The stockier guys or those with more body weight never seemed to