Anonymous. Stand upright. Knees slightly relaxed, but not bent. Put the weight of the body onto the balls of the feet but not letting the heels leave the floor Do not alter the upright position of the body. You are now in the correct position to commence a Walk.
Looking at picture two. The back heel is still on the floor. The moving foot has changed from the ball of the foot to a heel. At this time I would say the heel should be leaving the floor.
As the supporting heel does leave the floor the moving leg is being pushed untill at the end of the stride we are suspended between two straightish legs. On the heel of the front foot and the toe of the back. The weight continues to move forward intill it reaches that neutral position where the knees are again flexed. I would say by some of your remarks it leads me to believe that your teacher still lives in a bygone age. They would not have had such flexed knees in the beginning or at the end of the step in those days, in fact they would have been straight. Thoes days are gone forever.
For the purpose of this description. "Take the weight over the left foot only and proceed . You know where that came from don't you.
Does that answer your question about being balanced over the foot.
Knees bent at the beginning and at the end", which becomes the beginning of the next step. Of course the knee is bent in picture two. Who would arrive on a bent knee and then straighten it when the next step calls for a flexed knee on which the ball of the foot is moving. You should try that on two straight legs.
Surly you don't still preach that the weight is never equally distributed between the front foot and the back foot at the same time.. And do you still believe that the foot front or back doesn't go to the last part of the toe.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by asking me if the standing is or isn't bent.
I can assure you since day one I have not altered a thing. What I wrote then is what I write now.
Would you call the knees straight on picture three. I would. Not as straight as in the Rumba, but for describing modern they are.
straight.
The answer to one of your questions. Is the knee bent yes.
I will continue by saying. It is soon to be straight. How could it not be especially if the push is right to the end of the toe.
I'd better put you right on one thing. Because the weight is split as in picture three it is balanced. Do you remember those old fashioned scales where the potatoes were on one side and the weights were on the other, and the balance was equall.
Keep learning you might get there one day, but not very soon unless you get rid of that ego thing.
One last thing . We are never off balance never.