Bachata Dance Steps: Hammerlock Turns

Video Transcript

"All right. Similar to the Cuddle is the Hammerlock. It's an outside turn, hanging onto the other hand. So we'll show you first. It's going to look like this. We do half our basic. One, two, three, we slide it out. Five, six, we get ready on our pause. Since it's an outside turn, we're going to be using the outside hand. And this time, we're going to hang onto the other hand. So we give her the turn, one, two, three. And notice how her arm just wraps behind her back. And we want to extend this hand to make her face us. We don't want to stop here, because then she won't turn all the way around. We want to extend the hand so that she squares off, and we're even. You can also wrap your thumb around the front of her hip to get her to face you. So she doesn't go, you can just use that thumb to make her go. So here we are, and we can hang out here and do a basic for a second. Six, seven, one, two, three, and we just unwrap her, five, six, seven. We'll show you on the other side. One, two, three, prep the outside hand. Give her the turn, five, six, seven. Make her face you. We can hang out and do a basic. That's optional. Five, six, seven, lift it up to get ready and let her know we're going to turn again. Then unwind, two, three, back to basic, six, seven. And that is the Hammerlock."