for late and adult beginer ....follow your dream ! all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 5 [ Write answer ]  [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Re: id like to know what can i do to keep from locking my arms and legs written by Bob at  on 24.11. at 16:54:11 - as answer to: id like to know what can i do to keep from locking my arms and legs by mike@ ralphandmike@msn.com at Quite simply, don't lock them.  Maybe it helps to understand how to straighten limbs.  The idea is to make them as long as possible.  So you pull them out from the hand/foot in a direction away from your body.  The goal isn't to move your knee/elbow back, which would result in locked limbs --- it is to move the hand/foot as far away from the body as possible, which results in lengthened limbs.  This is practiced in every ballet exercise. Answers to this message: [ Write answer ]  [ Forum ]  [ New messages ]