7-14 HIP TURN The Hip Turn as a Stroke Component is strictly the product of the Knee Bend and the Waist Bend. Not otherwise could the weight be shifted and the Shoulder Turn Axis be tilted without moving the Head. A Hula Hula flexibility allows the Hips and Shoulders to be independent but coordinate and so avoid Right Elbow – and – Hip interference and its “Roundhousing” Throwaway (4-D-0) during the Start Down – the Delivery Line ROLL PREPARATION (12-3-22).

Except for its being, in itself, the Weight Shift, the Hip Turn is a motion permitting – rather than causing – the other effects, actions and motions of the Pivot. Weight Shift is strictly a HIP MOTION. Substituting a Head Motion and/or Knee Motion will make Swaying inevitable.

The Hip Turn can be used to control or modify Hip Action Variations and prevent Zone #1 (9-1) exaggerations. See 2-N and 7-16.

7-15 HIP ACTION The Hip Action Category is included to separate the “motion” of the Hips form any work they may accomplish.

The work the Hip Action does, is to lead and pull the Shoulder back and down in varying combinations. This has very valuable applications. Forgetting to shift the weight to clear the Right Hip is difficult if the Hips are initiating the Shoulder Turn – in either direction. Study 2-N and 7-3. With Swingers using the Arc of Approach (2-J-3), this actuation may be executed as a “throwing” of the Right Shoulder by the Hips as in 10-19-C.

Hip Action must not be haphazard. It is a Pivot Component that must be carefully timed and sequenced to sustain the continuity and spacing of the Pivot Train (of Components). Omitting the Hip Action unintentionally will disrupt the Feel as well as the continuity of the entire Pivot. See 6-B-3-O regarding Pivot Rhythm.