| Name | Grip | Initial Signal | Description |
| Pretzel Walk | No signal | ||
| Manhattans | |||
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Half Nelson Left Hand Nelson |
L to R | Man Breakthrough Signal | The man removes his R from his R hip and moves it over and past the joined arms. As he steps forward and to the L, he turns counter-clockwise and ducks under the joined arms, bending his R elbow to move under her R arm to make contact with nothing as he completes the turn, while the lady just walks straight through (2 beats). Then return. |
| Octopus Squiggly Turn | Both hands | No signal | The man does a normal Octopus under his own R arm and steps back (4 beats). The man leads the lady under his L arm to reach the position where he is facing the lady's back (2 beats), then drops his R (as for the normal Octopus, spins on his R under his own L arm and drives it through (2 beats). This is quite a rapid move - the man has about one beat to get his spin done. Having driven his L through, with the lady's R in it, the man leads a (double) Lady Spin, where the lady remembers to step forward into her clockwise walking turn. |
| (lasso dip - different?) |
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