All Entries in the "breakdance" Category
Gettin’ Funky: Lockin’, Poppin’, the Boogaloo and The History of Funk Styles
Yo! Aight! So to all those homies been writin’ in to get on my case ‘bout only doin’ East Coast breaking and ignoring Cali—I told ya I’d get to it. I just wanted to wrap up East Coast moves first! (If you wanna check that out by the way see my history of it here: [...]
Breakdance Hops
Hops are for those B-Boys who are part gymnast. Hops are all about balance. They are not difficult moves to understand, but learning how to execute them takes a lot of physical strength, endurance and especially balance. If you don’t like hangin’ upside down, you will not be comfortable doin’ these. So get as comfortable [...]
Breakdance Suicides
Yo! If you ended up on this page lookin’ for a suicide tutorial and you are not a B-Boy, then you should definitely contact the Suicide Hotline for help. And then come back and check us out when you feel better homez! So Suicides are killer moves that B-Boys used to use to end it [...]
Breakdance Drops
Drops Drops are all about getting down onto the ground in a cool way. They are a transitional move, not really a move in themselves, but doing your time learning them will improve the flow of your Breakin’. Let’s drop right into it: Knee Drop It doesn’t get any easier than the Knee Drop. Here’s [...]
Breakdance Rollbacks
Ya don’t have to be a rocket scientist to get Rollbacks, but they do require a bit of balance and strength to pull off. A Rollback is basically a move to get you into the handstand or upside down position from a floor position, by rolling back into it. Once you get the basic Rollback, [...]
Breakdance Spins
Yo! If you want to make your opponent dizzy with your awesomeness, then Spins are the way to go! You will totally make their heads spin. But be careful, spins can make you dizzy too. On your head, on your hands, on your elbows, on your side, or on your back—if you can use it [...]
Breakdance Air Flares
Yo! If you ever wondered what it would be like to be a human top, then you found your move homz! Air Flares are the shit when it comes to spinning round with your feet in the air at an angle. If you’re sick of gravity F-ing with you, this is the move will make [...]
Flares
Yo! So we ripped flares from watching gymnastics. We just thought we could make what those dudes ‘n tights did on the pommel horse cool. So we took Flares and added some B-Boy flava to them. Flares is our version of what they do. The Basic Flare In the Basic Flare, it is Big Mo’ [...]
Breakdance–Swipes
Swipes Swipes are a type of Power Move involving the whipping of the legs while using the hands as plants. Baby Swipe So the Baby Swipe is the easiest of the Swipes-just about any B-Boy who does Power Moves has it ready to go in his or her back pocket. One of the things that [...]
Windmills
Windmills So Windmills are not the move you do first. These are advanced moves that are difficult to master and that will definitely leave you black-n-blue as you are getting schooled by them. But if you get on top of these moves you are on your way. Let’s get to it. The Basic Windmill This [...]
Chair Freezes
Basic Chair Freeze The Chair Freeze is a Classic B-Boy move. If you experienced the Break Dancing fad of the 80′s you no doubt remember seeing countless routines ending in some version of the Chair Freeze. So, of course, it got a bit played out. But now it is kind of retro in a cool [...]
Floats
Floats So, Floats were the beginning of power moves. They are an extension of Freezes like the Baby Freeze. You need balance more than strength for them and you need to get the technique down or else you can injure yourself. Hand Glide (Hand Spin) So yo! For you West Coast Poppers this ain’t “Gliding”-we’ll [...]
Babies
Baby Freeze The Baby Freeze is one of the most basic B-Boy freezes. (It could also technically be defined as a float since it involves aspects of both.) It requires you to hold up your body on one hand. Basically you need to pin the elbow of your plant hand against your ribs and then [...]
Breakdance – Freezes
Freezes So Freezes–as you probably already know–have nothing to do with your ice box. A Freeze is a move that comes to a complete stop as if some shutterbug suddenly snapped a photo of you. When done right they can really make a move POP! and get people into it. When not done that well, [...]
Breakdance -Top Rock Moves
Front Step (Sometimes called the Indian Step or Apache Step) Yo! Front Step is B-Boying bread-n-butter. B-Boys use it in the Cipher (B-boy dance circle) to get the ball rolling. The idea is to get into the beat before busting variations or dropping to the floor. Here’s how you do it: Step One Starting Position: [...]
