How to walk on the catwalk well (need to be detailed)

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Introduction: Cat walk, also known as CAT WALK, the more professional name is platform walk. Refers to a stylized step used by fashion models during fashion shows. When walking, the left and right feet step on the midline between the two feet in turn, or the left foot steps on the midline a little to the right, and the right foot steps on the midline a little to the left, creating a beautiful rhythm. Cat walk is fashion

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Cat walk, also known as CAT WALK, the more professional name is platform walk.

Refers to a stylized step used by fashion models during fashion shows.

When walking, the left and right feet step on the midline between the two feet in turn, or the left foot steps on the midline a little to the right, and the right foot steps on the midline a little to the left, creating a beautiful rhythm.

The cat walk is a classic gait used by fashion models. It is said that cats also walk like this, hence the name.

There is another explanation for the origin of the word cat walk:

The model in English is MODEL, and the steps the model takes are naturally called MODEL steps, and the transliteration is cat walk.

It has something to do with MODEL and has nothing to do with cats (only its sound is taken, not its meaning).

The most interesting theory is that the catwalk was first invented by a famous woman in ancient China.

This woman is Sun Shou, the wife of General Liang Ji during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liang Ji was very ugly, but Sun Shou was charming and graceful. "Book of the Later Han·Biography of Liang Ji" wrote:

(Sun Shou) was beautiful in appearance but good at behaving like a demon, frowning and crying, She falls into a bun, bends her waist, and smiles with tooth decay, thinking she is charming.

The so-called bending step, according to research, is basically the same shape as the cat walk taken by models today.

Regardless of when and where the cat walk originated, everyone has to admit that this kind of walk can perfectly show the beauty of a woman's body. It is elegant, straight, and has a unique charm, which can be watched by everyone. The viewer gets maximum visual satisfaction.

The catwalk in the early years was very exaggerated, with the legs twisted to the left, then to the left, then to the right. It really made people worry whether they would accidentally twist into a twist.

Now that the natural style has long been the leader, the gap between the way the models walk and in real life has been greatly reduced, adding a touch of intimacy.

Some people may think that the cat walk is just walking.

This is also true.

But when you walk to the T stage, you can only walk beautifully, wonderfully and wonderfully.

If you really want to walk so beautifully, you have to pay the price.

Walking around with a book on your back is not allowed to drop it. This is a model training scene that everyone often sees.

In fact, there are many training items such as stance, breathing, eyes, and rhythm.

Cats can walk because they are naturally lazy and elegant.

If models want to walk the catwalk well, they can only achieve it through countless boring exercises.

One thing to note when models are walking on the catwalk is to not move their shoulders.

Also don’t hunch your back.

The next thing is to move the waist.

But the upper body cannot move.

Styling is also one of the main ones.

Catwalk is right.

But walking the cat walk is not just about moving your legs.

The legs are driven by the hip bones.

The key to walking on stage is to be stable. Put a book on your head so that it doesn’t fall when you walk. Also, don’t let your eyes wander, be approachable, and be with you. The background music and shooting, and the coordination of hands and feet are also very important. It doesn't mean that the higher you lift it, or the hand is spread out, it will look good. The main thing is to look at the matching of your clothes and music.

If possible, look at the model competition discs at home and try to figure it out.

When you appear on the stage, you cannot stand straight and face the audience, but you must be at a 45-degree angle with the audience.

When performing as a model, your steps should be slow and steady when walking on the stage, your legs should be tight, your toes pointed forward, walk in a straight line to the front desk, and stay at the front desk for a longer time.

When turning around, the movement should be slow, and attention should be paid to keeping the head, that is, the head should turn slower than the body, and try to give the audience as much face as possible.

When turning back again, pay attention to turning back, that is, turning the head faster than the body, leaving as little as possible to the back of the audience's head.

The movements are natural and appropriate, and the posture is graceful and generous.

So, as a model, how do you train your walking skills? Helen will teach you two basic and most important key exercises below:

1. Practice Standing posture

Requirements:

Standing:

You must stand straight, raise your head, raise your chest, and retract your abdomen. Everything should be flat. This is the minimum standing posture. The heels, buttocks, shoulders, calves, and back of the head are pressed against the wall, hands are lowered vertically, and the legs are held together in a standing posture for half an hour. If necessary, put a piece of paper between their legs to avoid laziness. .This is the corner setting method of the MODEL required course that Helen emphasized and guided everyone in the first training session, that is:

The five-point-in-a-line method.

2. Walking steps

Requirements:

Walk:

Raise your head, lift your chest, and retract your abdomen. Walk as if there is no one around and don’t look sideways. , neither fast nor slow, steady and steady. Swing your hips and twist your hips, but don’t move your upper body along with it. Keep your hands vertical and gently rock back and forth, it should be natural.

Specific:

① Keep the upper body still, practice the walking posture of the lower body - swing the hips (key point), walk in a straight line;

② Walk the upper body and lower body together, Practice how to swing your arms;

③Practice stopping, turning and standing postures when showing off;

④Strengthen overall training---Different styles of music require different steps The feeling; the matching of men and women tests the on-the-spot reaction ability and tacit understanding;

⑤The entire training will emphasize the integration of facial expressions

⑥The proper use of eyes exudes aura. God, it is as if the eyes are telling something at all times, and such eyes can penetrate all feelings.

Helen carefully organized and wrote this diary, mainly to let the company’s contracted models and etiquette staff benefit from it, lay a solid foundation for future training and performances, and increase personal theoretical knowledge. However, Helen has taught everyone the theoretical knowledge a long time ago. The key is to rely on everyone's unremitting and repeated practice to achieve the expected results.

Now, let’s make the following decomposed description of the requirements for each part,

1. Feet:

The foothold should be moderate, not completely on the heel. You also can't land with your heels and toes at the same time, as that would look quite awkward.

Beginners often make this mistake. It is recommended to place the heel facing forward.

You have to move quickly from heel to toe. You have to wait until the foot is completely stable before the other foot can come out.

Some people walk a little bumpy. The main reason may be that they rush to use the heel before the foot is stable. When climbing up deliberately, be sure to wait until the front foot is firmly planted so that the back foot can have the strength to climb forward. Move quickly to the front foot, keeping the center of gravity on the front foot.

When walking, the body is pushed out, not walked out.

When moving, the toes should always face the front of the body, because the feet are the extension of the legs, which can make the legs appear slender and more attractive. The feet cannot be adducted, and the legs should not be bent in general. It needs to be straight, otherwise it will look rickety.

2. Legs:

It is best to have a smaller gap between the legs when walking, or even no gap at all. This will make you appear slender and straight. If the gap is too large, the center of gravity of the thigh will move towards The sides are off to the left and right, and it will sway from side to side, lacking the basic essentials of a man's stability.

When the foot kicks out, the knee is used to find the music, which means that the knee is on the beat of the center of gravity, and the foot lands immediately.

Many people place the emphasis directly on their feet. This walking method makes people feel that the rhythm is very strong, but it is too stiff and lacks cushioning! When kicking out, it is recommended to go faster and stay longer after kicking out. If the speed is not controlled well, the feet will be light or wobbly. Many beginners have extremely light feet. The main reason is that when the feet are kicked out, It was caused by a lack of control over the speed and instability of the back foot pushing forward. We usually wear heavier leather shoes or boots during training. My feet used to be very light, but I solved it by tying sandbags.

If an ordinary person and a model walker are walking toward you at the same speed, you will find that the person who has learned to model kicks several times faster than the ordinary person, and the stay will be very long. , of course, I don’t advocate playing as fast as possible, as that looks unnatural.

3. Straddle:

Female models use their crotches to find music, but male models cannot move their crotches. This is sometimes a headache for male models. Part of the reason is that when the legs are kicked out, the straddle and leg force are not on the same plane. The friction of the knees at the beginning of walking is also one of the reasons why it is easy to move the straddle. Do not use your thighs to touch the knees for the sake of knee friction.

Look for more reasons and don’t be too impatient.

Actually, it is normal for male models to move their crosses. As long as it is not obvious, moving a little will make them look better than not moving their crosses.

4. Abdomen:

Don’t forget to keep your abdomen in check when walking, especially for female models. It is very indecent to expose your belly.

Some male models’ heads and upper bodies sway as a whole when walking, which is most likely caused by their lack of abdominal control or too soft waist.

It is recommended to do more waist exercises.

5. Arms:

Arm swing can be said to be the most difficult to learn.

We often say that we should use the big arm to drive the forearm, but very few people can actually use the big arm to swing. When you look in the mirror and see that the big arm is moving, the forearm is also moving. This is often the case. Sometimes you may think that the big arm is moving, which proves that the big arm is driving the forearm. In fact, it is the forearm that is driving the big arm or the axis joint is exerting force.

Personally, I think that when the big arm drives the forearm, it is the exertion of the triceps brachii, and it naturally swings a little lower behind the body.

The rear swing arm should be larger and the front swing arm should be smaller.

The speed of the rear swing arm is slower than that of the front swing arm.

When swinging the front arm, neither the big or small arms can exert force. It naturally bounces forward with the help of the rear swing arm.

When you reach the desired angle of the front swing arm, control your wrist to hit the accent.

Many people will use their wrists to suddenly stop the accent. This is right, but it is not natural. Many people even use their small arms to press down hard without using their wrists. Then swing your arms back.

The pursuit of arm swing is natural and powerful. It just needs to be comfortable and not awkward. Don’t swing it harshly just for the sake of swinging your arms.

6. Shoulders:

Shoulders and arms are related to each other. Poor arm swing will directly affect the effect of shoulder movement.

Many people mistakenly believe that moving the shoulders means swinging the shoulders left and right with the waist or using the big arms to lift the shoulders. In this way, the original purpose of shoulder and arm swinging will be lost. It can also be said to be unnecessary. I made this misunderstanding, but fortunately I found it in time and corrected it.

To move your shoulders, you need to keep your waist straight. During walking, you should use your shoulders as a pillar. When your big arm naturally drives your forearm to throw back, the muscles of your back (corresponding to the chest muscles) The muscle on the back that can form an inverted triangle) is pulling down and backward.

When the music is suitable, if the shoulder movement is particularly large, it will give people the feeling of being chic, arrogant, gangster and lawless. This is what many fashion designers want.

For beginners, I personally do not recommend moving the big shoulders, because moving the big shoulders will generally cause the following disadvantages: (1) One shoulder is high and the other is low (mostly the left shoulder is high and the right shoulder is low). Ten people will appear, but sometimes it is not obvious, and sometimes it is not there. If you move your shoulders today, it may not be the same height tomorrow; (2) If you don't move well, you will shake your shoulders left and right with your waist; (3) Swing your arms forward. Not natural enough, the arms will lift the shoulders harshly; (4) Not natural enough; (5) The left and right sides of the body are asymmetrical when walking; (6) One shoulder always appears as the accent; (7) ), it is obvious that the waist is shaking but it always feels like the shoulders are moving, etc.

If you have one shoulder high and one shoulder low, you can try to hit the emphasis of the music with both shoulders at the same time. Look in the mirror more often and use your back to feel what is wrong. As long as the method is correct, It will be corrected within a day or two at most.

It is best to move your shoulders slightly, or even not move your shoulders at all.

It doesn’t necessarily mean that you can walk and look good only by moving your shoulders. As long as you understand and figure it out bit by bit, once you get the feeling, walking on the T stage without moving your shoulders is also quite effective. Good-looking and passionate, even better than moving shoulders.

(As long as you feel good and famous, having one shoulder high and one shoulder low is also a FAI)

7. Head:

The main reason for shaking the head is to pay attention. The strength is not concentrated enough, and some are innate habits.

As long as you pay more attention to shaking or tilting your head when walking and find ways to correct it, it can still be solved.

When walking, you must not move your mouth randomly, nor close it too tightly. Just relax as usual. If there are some unnecessary movements, it will be very scary.

Generally, when walking from the backstage of the catwalk to the front stage, blinking two or three times is enough. Blinking too much will make you look unsteady, and it is not advisable for girls at the front desk to frown.

We need to see confidence from the eyes. It is best to have content. The key is to express it with the eyes according to the different music.

In many cases, your expression is greater than your body language.

8. Rhythm:

Music is composed of three parts: fast, medium and slow. Boys are required to play at medium speed, medium to fast and medium to slow.

Generally, for medium-tempo music, just move at the medium tempo. For fast and slow music, you can't hit every accent at the same time. That kind of movement is very awkward and ugly.

We can divide the two beats of slow-paced music into four, six or eight steps; the two beats of fast-paced music can be divided into half, quarter or even eight steps. One part to go.

There is a difference in speed between girls and boys. They can walk at slow, medium or fast speeds.

On the premise that you have mastered this rhythm, you can also walk with the music at your own speed; you can even play a piece of music at several speeds.

When a boy's left knee hits the accent beat, his right wrist and left shoulder also hit the accent beat. In fact, these three points of stress are not enough.

If you want to walk well, you need to be stable, have a sense of rhythm throughout your body, and use your body to absorb the music to exude passion and vitality.

Whenever a boy or girl passes in front of you, you should feel like the wind is blowing through you.

9. Shape:

For boys, the distance between the feet should not be wider than shoulder width, and the center of gravity should be placed on both feet or on the other foot.

Secretly exert force while being tight inside and loose outside. The posture should have clear lines, clear turns, and strength, and must express a certain content.

10. Turn around:

During the turning process, the body and hips should not be on the same plane. Turning slightly to the side can make the male model's shoulders wider and the female model's waist thinner and hips more upturned. .

11. Whole body:

Teachers often say:

Walking. Walking doesn’t mean walking fast, it means the integration of body and music. Together, there is a feeling of moving forward.

Boys generally move less than girls when walking on the stage. This requires boys to pay more attention to careful exploration. When walking on the stage, the eyes can look left and right, and the time allocation of looking is very important. Avoid even distribution of time looking left and right. , and to be dynamic, the time of five to five minutes will never be as rhythmic as that of seven to seven minutes. No matter in terms of expressiveness and camera sense, you need to know where the audience is? You must always think about grabbing the audience's attention. This all depends on the boys' understanding. grasp.

From the feet to the shoulders, to the hips to the head, as well as the movement of the eyes, these are all integrated, and we must pay attention to them when walking.

It should look natural. Boys don’t swing their arms deliberately just to swing their arms, and girls don’t move their arms just to move their arms.

When walking, your arms swing back naturally to form one with the entire body. Your limbs and eyes should appear very natural and confident, then you will do it.

12. Regardless of whether men or women walk on the stage, there is only one purpose, which is to express the charm and soul of the clothes. Never put the cart before the horse. As for how, it depends on the individual's cultivation and his ability to understand and perceive. Don’t use cool expressions. I think it should be based on the feeling of clothing and music to show whether it is cool, whether it is cheerful or something else. I often see male models who are cool because they have no expression on their faces, because the model is secondary, and the clothes are. Main.

You must have the confidence to perform on the catwalk. People with confidence will shine. Also, don’t be feminine. Many male models now walk on the catwalk very femininely, which makes them look uncomfortable. There are certain differences between men and women. Show it!

13. Actually:

Go to the catwalk when you have time. Even if the school roll call is at 9am and you arrive at school at 8:55, you still have to walk on the catwalk. Walk, don’t underestimate these 5 minutes. Maybe it’s just in these 5 minutes that the feeling will come up. No matter how you walk, you will look good and you won’t be able to find any fault. So walk more and practice more. As long as you pay more than others, you will get the same. More than others.

14. Keep a low profile in the audience:

There can be no perfect people in the world, nor can there be perfect model steps.

No matter how many teachers and students tell you that you are doing well, you must not think that you are great. If you are arrogant and arrogant, it is very likely that you will not only get worse, but also get worse. Pull away the friendship between friends and never live in your own world.

Always ask others to help you when walking on stage, so that they can intentionally find out your faults and your shortcomings.

Even if that person is not as good as you, even if that person is of the opposite sex, even if he doesn’t understand anything, as long as you ask, you will definitely get many questions that are difficult for teachers to find.

If you do well overall and the opponent does poorly, it does not mean that you are better than him in everything.

For example, the eyes, arm swing, rhythm and step size, etc., there will always be some highlights in the other party that are worth learning.

(Don’t you always comment every day that this person is not doing well and that person is awkward for a while? Look at the advantages of others! If you think it suits you, imitate them more. Over time, there will be many The sum of all the advantages of a person is yours, that is the real happiness! )

15. Be high-profile on stage:

Since you are studying modeling, you must Be confident enough and find a way to be more confident than anyone else.

When you stand on the T stage, you must get rid of all the stiffness in your body, insufficient arm swing, lack of rhythm, etc., and throw them away completely. You must think that your Body shape, appearance, skin, height, experience, model steps, etc., are all the best in the world. National CCTV champions, world champions, world supermodels, they are all far behind you. You are only temporary. It's just that Bole didn't discover it. In the future, you will be much better than them.

When you are confident on stage, you will naturally learn things very quickly.

Many people often say that they don’t feel at all walking in the past two days, and they can’t walk as well as they did in two days. Personally, I think it’s because their self-confidence is not as good as it was in two days, even if your steps sometimes are not as good as two days. It is natural for the weather to move well. As long as you are not too eager for success and think more about what went wrong, you will soon move very well, and it will be much better than before. The so-called progress is in It is formed after you think about it and then practice it.

No matter how good the teacher is, it is impossible to guarantee that he will be able to teach so-and-so well. The key is to learn to think more, practice more, and discover more.

Let’s walk on the catwalk in style! Because you are the best.

16. Footwork:

The model does not have too rigid steps. There is no requirement for how many centimeters the steps must take or how many centimeters the arms must swing. Even a beginner can only That's probably enough.

Let’s talk about my personal characteristics. I usually walk on the runway in the classroom. If I meet Chenchen and Teacher Kong, I will move my small shoulders and swing my arms very big forward and backward; if I meet Teacher Pingping, I will move slightly. The shoulders may not move, the front swing arm is small, the back swing arm is large, and the steps are relatively small; when meeting Chen Xin and Teacher Maomao, I will move the shoulders very large, the steps are very large, the back swing arm is very large, and the front arm swing is moderate.

In terms of music, if the tempo of the music is particularly fast or the emphasis is particularly heavy, I will take very long steps, move my shoulders very much, and walk at a medium to fast pace; if the tempo is average, I will Move your shoulders slightly, use your big arm to drive your forearm, the back swing arm is big and the front swing arm is small. The standard walking method; if the rhythm is very slow, you will walk at a medium speed and slow, both the big and big arms will use a little force, and the back swing arm will be small. , the front swing arm is lower than the rear swing arm, and the shoulders seem to be moving but not moving; if the music is cheerful, I will abandon all the essentials of model steps and walk with some bumps in the most relaxed and natural way.

Different people or music require different styles. You must take the steps that the audience wants according to the environment you are exposed to.

If the director asks you to change the fashion into a formal suit or a swimsuit, then you have to get out of that feeling.

Everyone has a different understanding of music, so if you feel that this kind of music should be performed, just go with it. If most people think that your performance is awkward, you have to start again. to understand this song.

17. Why:

Why does the teacher ask you to swing your front arm small and your back swing arm big? We can analyze it from a mechanical point of view. When you swing your arm back, the chest muscles are tightened. It can reflect the masculine side of a man; from an aesthetic point of view, the front swing arm is small, and you will find that it looks particularly good whether you take pictures from the front or from the side.

Taking big steps itself is a sign of confidence.

For heavy music, the steps should be heavier, and for light music, the steps should be lighter, so that they will match the music.

Before we take the first step on the T stage, we must think more about how you want to feel and what steps you want to take? What are you expressing? Your main purpose? And There are many, many, many. These should make us understand what we are doing. We must not think about anything every day and only know how to walk on the T stage!

18. Diversification:

When you have a fixed way of moving, try other ways of moving without ever forgetting the original basic way of moving. .

For example:

Only move the forearms but not the big arms; just don’t move the shoulders; you can walk at a fast speed with slow music; you can create several feelings with one kind of music Several speeds come out and so on.

Because people are alive, and model steps are also researched by people. When many people agree that your steps are also wonderful, you are doing the right thing.

19. Details:

When swinging the arm back, the wrist is prone to not being in the same straight line as the forearm, and the wrist is bent backward; when swinging the three-step buffer pose, the body has already Even if your forearm is steady and your wrist is still shaking; if you move your mouth or sigh when posing at the front desk; if you blink too frequently on the stage, you should pay attention to these.

20. Summary; All the above contents are only personal opinions. They are summarized based on what the teacher said and my own understanding. The contents do not represent the New Silk Road teaching method. If there are any mistakes, please point out and correct them in time. Male models do not There are standard walking methods, and the above may not be suitable for everyone. No matter how you walk the model, if the steps you take are only recognized by one or two teachers in our school, or even none, it proves that you still need to improve; if many teachers They say if you walk well, then you will succeed!

Everyone, come on and practice! The T stage is like a big stage in life for acting. I hope that everyone can become an excellent artist under the company in the future and have a bright future