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title: 6 Course Recap I
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date: 2026-04-28T08:02:00.567Z
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## FOCUS 
- This lesson recaps the course 'Exploring Axes', focusing on practicing weight and axis shifts, sways, and transitions between them to build clarity in movement.
## TIP & TRICKS:
- Shift 100% weight into each foot with a clear axis shift every beat.
- Resolve on an axis after passing through split weight, feeling the moment in the middle.
- Keep sways in the lower body with the upper body relaxed, especially at higher tempos.
- Use a step, step, sway, sway pattern, adjusting the size of upper body rotation as desired.
- Take time transitioning out of sways, treating it as a smooth movement.

##REMEMBER
- Distinguish between full weight/axis shifts and partial shifts that create sways.
- Maintain active lower body movement while keeping the upper body relaxed and not leading.
- Mix and match patterns with a partner, focusing on clear transitions between steps and sways.
- Sways involve split weight where the body stays centered without fully shifting to one side.
- Practice variations like big sways to invite partners or leads peeling away for dynamic interaction.
