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114 THE STRUT
BEGINNING WITH A POSE ON STEP 1, THE STRUT STEP STARTS ON 8, AND ENDS
ON 36. THEN THE CHARACTER GOES INTO ANOTHER POSE ON 42. THE ACTION IS COMPLETE AS IS AND CANNOT BE HOOKED UP INTO A CYCLE. THE WALK IS SIMILAR
TO THE STRUT, EXCEPT IN THE STRUT THE HIGH POINT IN THE ACTION IS WHEN
THE FOOT CONTACTS THE GROUND, AND THE LOWEST POINT IS WHEN THE FOOT IS LIFTED. (IN THE WALK THIS IS REVERSED.) MISSING NUMBERS IN THIS ACTION ARE
IN-BETWEENS; SOME ARE UNEVENLY SPACED. WHEN AN IN-BETWEEN IS UNEVENLY SPACED, A CHART IS MADE NEXT TO THE EXTREME SHOWING THE IN-BETWEENS POSITION. ALL OF THESE DRAWINGS ARE EXTREMES. BELOW ARE THE IN-BETWEEN CHARTS THAT WERE PUT ON THEM.

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