Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Table of Contents
Title
Introduction
FAQS
Author
Ziveeman
Ziveeman
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5
Author
STIFF_UK
Redeyedol
AlphaTrion
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8
16
Author
Moochy Mania
bboyarfen
B-boy Jp
Maximum
NRAdam
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Author
BreakuRspinE
Goose
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Author
mr. Boogie
bboyCliche
BboyStylistics
Bboyhops66
Sum1datbboys
D.n.A
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The Basics
Title
Where Do I Start?
Newbies and Powermoves: What You Should Know
Toprock
Footwork
Title
6-Step
2-Step
3-Step
Helicopter/Coffee Grinder
12-Step
Drops
Title
Coin Drop
Suicides
Freezes
Title
Foundational Freezes
Airchair
Adding to your Airchair
One-Handed Airbaby
L-Kick/Nike Kick
Transitions
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Powermoves
Title
Windmill
Compilation of Milling Notes
Tips on Perfecting Windmills
Learning Windmills: Common Pitfalls and Solutions
Windmill Variations
Flares
Flares
Flare Problems + Answers
The Truth About Flares
Good Flare Practice Tips
Hopping Flares/King Flares
Circles
One-legged Swipes
Turtles
Turtles
Crickets/Jackhammers
Darkhammers/Hydraulics
UFOs
UFOs
UFOs
Headspins
Handglide
Handhops/Solar Eclipses
Halos/Tracks
Halos/Tracks
Airflares from Standing
Front Handspring/Front Tuck
Backflip
Spinning Flag
Author
Bboy Drizzt Do Urden
jleefl1202
Bboy Crescent
Mistah P
Swiper
Anubis2002
Unknown
Ek0
Bboy Angel
nidimin
Sekto|Z,
-SektorMarsio
Bboy Crescent
Bboy Drizzt Do Urden
President
ManHy xD and Bboy Du
X-Bobby
Bboy Drizzle Do Urden
Anubis2002
Anubis2002
D.n.A
-SektorAnubis2002
Kujo
Anubis2002
Mali-bootay
Hiddin Image
GrandMoren
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Author
ManHy xD
Break Master A
ManHy xD
Page
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Other Moves
Title
Broncos/Donkeys
Kip-up/Chinese Get-Up
Handstands
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Introduction
Hey there Bboys and new bboys,
This is my compilation of all possible stickied text guides on www.bboy.org (with
the exception of a couple, and for good reason) I figure that most bboys dont practice
near their computer, they probably practice at a gym or some sort of place like that.
Thats why Ive compiled these guides into one. I know how hard it is to watch a video
guide or read a text guide and remember how to do it when you go to practice the next
day, I compiled these guides so you can bring them around. No longer will you have to
keep on going back to the computer if youre at your house practicing, you can just look
at this guide. Its also convenient if you dont have Internet, you can just put it on a flash
drive and take it anywhere, so you can read it at school or work if youre bored =D (just
dont practice there).
Ive edited these guides for grammar so you dont have to wade through text like
u, itll seem like a regular book. Ive also removed all sentences relating to the forum
or something outside of the guide itself or pictures that I believe arent necessary. Some
guides I got very lazy and decided not to edit too much. Haha. I swear, editing peoples
writing is just like trying to teach a Bushman how to fly an airplane. Just impossible.
However, I have not edited these guides extensively and you may find some
inconsistencies, such as from the 2nd step of the 6-step (which it does not specify from
where you started, etc) or if it mentions something that you dont know, something that
is a given when these guide writers have not collaborated together, so youll have to
figure that out yourself unfortunately.
In addition, do not take these guides exactly as they say. Innovate! Come up with
your own variations after youve gotten these moves down! Watch other peoples videos
to get ideas (but dont bite). Also, videos are a much better way of guiding you than text,
so watch those as well. The problem with text guides is that you dont actually see what
the move does, rather the author is attempting to recreate the image in your head, which
is a problem because if you miss a word or two, your entire image of the move may be
skewed. So, as a solution, dont just use text guides! When youre done practicing and
relaxing at home on the computer, match these guides to the video guides on the internet
and see how they look.
Also, I am aware I am missing several guides that are essential, such as the knee
drop. If you are willing to write a guide, or found a text guide, please contact me on the
bboy.org forums or bboyzone.com forums at Ziveeman.
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FAQS
Who created these guides?
Various members of the bboy.org community.
Why were these guides chosen?
Because they were, for the most part, stickied on bboy.org. This signifies that a guide is
qualified enough to teach.
Why wasnt so-and-sos guide chosen?
Well, here were the rules for picking the guides. No video guides. Thats a given, of
course. You cant have a video guide on paper (if you can, PM me, Im interested). Any
guide thats dependant on other guide as a prerequisite is eliminated (however, the onehanded airbaby guide is an exception because its a popular, if not essential, freeze).
Also, any text guide thats dependant on video as well was eliminated. However, take
note that some of these guides do have video accompaniments that arent required to
understand, but used as a booster.
What use does this book have?
It was mainly for people to have a printer friendly version of these guides so they can
take it to their practice place, although it can be used as a centralized version of the text
guides so you dont have to fumble through all the forums to find a guide you need.
All in all, its basically a Game Boy version of bboy.org. It doesnt have everything the
bigger version has, but its good enough to bring around.
I know this is a long book so use a library or school printer to print it out, hehe. Then you
can use a three-hole puncher and make a binder for thisthatd be cool not to mention
efficient for everyone at your bboy practice to use. Dont keep this all to yourself! =D
Disclaimer
In no way, shape, or form are the authors of these guides or me liable for any injuries or
damages you or another being or object may incur. Do these moves at your own risk. Got
it? Good.
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Where Do I Start?
By STIFF_UK
Breakdancing
Okay - listen up. Most of the world know this dance as breakdancing. So you may be
surprised to hear, that that isn't the name of the dance.
The dance is actually called BBOYING.
The name breakdancing was actually dreamed up by some reporter who confused the
idea of dancing to the break (where a funk track is all drum) with the name of the dance hence "breakdancing".
The dance is called bboying whether you are a boy or a girl.
BBoying = the dance
BBoy = Break Boy (a boy who dances to the break)
BGirl = Break Girl (a girl who dances to the break)
TOPROCK - The stand-up part of the dance. Very important. This is where you can
really let loose and enjoy yourself. It's this part of the dance that you can play with the
music a lot.
"If you don't toprock before you go down and do footwork, you're not really bboying."
- Popmaster Fabel (Rock Steady Crew)
DROPS - This gets you from your toprock, down into your footwork.
The four basic drops are:
The sweep.
The back sweep.
The kneedrop.
The corkscrew.
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FOOTWORK - This is what most people know bboying as. When you are down on the
floor (usually on hands and feet) doing a lot of complex looking steps.
This is probably the most creative part of the dance.
As a starter, you should learn 6-step and 3-step (learn them BOTH ways). Then when you
have perfected them, start to move onto more technical stuff.
FREEZES - This is the traditional way to finish your throwdown (a throwdown is what
we call it when you visit the floor to take your turn)
The basic freezes to learn are:
Chair freeze.
Baby freeze.
Turtle freeze.
These are the most fundamental freezes and it is very important that you learn them early
on as a lot of other moves build on them.
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And now we move onto the POWERMOVES!!! Hopefully, you've worked on what I've
mentioned earlier on, and you're ready to take on these whipping bitches.
NOTE: Powermoves aren't something you're gonna learn in a day. They require a lot of
practice, patience, and for some, COURAGE. UNDERSTAND HOW THE MOVE
WORKS before you try to get VERY into it. Get to know how the motions and positions
work, and try out the moves slowly. And don't give up. Also, for you Bgirls who want to
learn powermoves, I don't mean to lower your self esteem or anything, but it WILL be
harder for girls. Girls have heavier lower bodies, and less strength than guys (although if
you PRACTICE, this won't be anything of a problem). But girls can achieve what we
guys do, so just practice and you'll get it. =P
COINDROP:
Very good way to generate momentum and drop into moves such as windmills and
backspins. Part of learning the coindrop is technique, another part is confidence and
courage, as you'll probably get a feeling that you might hurt yourself somehow.
RISKS: Bruising of legs, arms, shoulders, back, ankle, pretty much whatever lands
wrong and hits the ground, even your hand if you REALLY fuck up. Best to wear
something thick such as a thick sweater or something when practicing this. Also good to
practicing falling down on something soft, such as grass or carpet, as that will help
prevent injury. In extreme cases, you'll probably land VERY wrong and fracture
something.
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TOMBSTONE MILLS:
One of the hardest, if not the hardest, powermoves that exist. You MUST have babymills
down, be very very good with momentum, can do your powermoves very fast and
smooth, and have perfect form. Your legs are closed up together like in virgin flares and
you're hopping around like in babymills, this move requires perfect technique to be done.
RISKS: same as BABYMILLS/MUNCHMILLS.
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Toprock
By AlphaTrion
The Importance of Toprock
First off...It needs to be acknowledged that b-boying is first and foremost a DANCE. If
you don't know how to dance there's a good chance you'll never get too far in b-boying.
Toprock is also a lot more than just "making room for you moves." You've got to
remember that b-boying had already been around for a few years before the first b-boys
(The Nigga Twins are usually given credit for that) ever went down to the floor. So what
were people doing? Toprocking. Basically what this means is that no discussion of the
foundation of b-boying should ever be without Toprock. Toprock is really the only
surefire way to show that you know how to dance and how to rock a beat. Its also the
beginnning of any throwdown that you do so for most people its the first impression
they'll have of you. Sure you can have shitty toprock and a good blow-up...but why
would you want to do that? Grab the cypher or your opponent's attention right from the
start. In a set you want to show that you have everything so to be complete you NEED
toprock.
Toprock ConditioningThere's really no conditioning required for Toprock. It doesn't really require any major
straining on the muscles or any sort of complex momentum to figure like in power
moves. However, that does not mean toprock is without its difficulties. One tip that will
help is that before you start practicing your toprock, bounce from side to side on the balls
of your feet like a boxer. Try and get used to staying on your toes as much as possible.
Your toprock needs to be able to adapt and you need to be able to constantly move
therefore its important to stay on the balls of your feet so you can keep everything bouncy
and ready to change to variations in the music. It also helps you have smoother transitions
into your footwork, flips, freezes, or whatever you want to do from your toprock.
Toprocking with flat feet will make look slow and make it look like you're trying too
hard.
Song Structure
Almost all songs that we dance to in the west are made using a 4/4 pattern. What this
means is that there are 4 beats per measure (therefore 1 measure=4 beats). For example,
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Latin Rock:
I'm pretty sure this gets its name from the latin dances that inspired a lot of the early
uprockers and toprockers. This is a pretty difficult step so I wouldn't recommend trying it
until you've gotten the others down pretty well.
1. Stand with your feet together (but not touching)
2. kick your right foot out. When you kick you don't want to kick real high or hard or
anything just give a small kick straight out.
3. Now bring the ball of your right foot back down to the ground and hop and end up in
position 2 of the skip step.
4. Bring your right foot back and stand on the ball of your foot while kicking out with
your left foot.
5. Bring the ball of your left foot back down to the ground and hop and end up in position
4 of the Skip step.
Beginners: The kick from steps 2 and 4 should be on the 1st beat of a pattern (usually the
bass) and you should end up in the heel-toe position of steps 3 and 5 be on the snare.
Advanced: Try to alternate between this and the skip step.
Apache:
Again, this is another one that I'm not sure of the name. This is just what I call it, not
sure why. I think I heard someone a long time ago call it this, and it just stuck. If anyone
knows another name let me know. It's essentially just a variation on the indian step.
1. stand with feet together (but not touching).
2. Bring your right foot across and step down in front and to the side of your left. Similar
to Indian step but turn your torso a little more and step a little farther to the side. When
your right touchs, your left foot is going to come of the ground a little.
3. Bring your right foot back to center and kick out (same kick from the Latin step).
4. Put your right foot down and at the same time lift your left foot off the ground.
5. Bring your left foot around so it steps down to the right of your right foot and turn your
torso to your right side.
6. Bring your left foot back to center and kick out.
repeat.
Outlaw:
Sort of a cross between the latin rock and the backstep.
1. stand with feet together (but not touching).
2. Kick out with your right foot and then put the toe of your foot on the ground.
3. This is where it's gonna get complicated...Do a small hop off of your right foot do
another small kick again with right foot (not high) and put your heel down. It's barely
even a kick...your just going from the ball of your foot to the heel. AT THE SAME TIME
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6-Step
By Moochy - Mania
Start standing with your legs apart some (same as step 6)
1. Put your right hand on the floor a couple of feet in front of you,
then step your right foot in front of that so that your left knee bends .
2. Then cross your left foot behind your right foot (so that your shins are making sort of
an x) .
3. Step your right leg parallel to the left and put your left hand down so that you are in a
crab position facing up to the ceiling.
4. Then do exactly the same thing going around to the back - left leg crosses over the
right, lifting up your right arm
5. Right foot steps back.
6. Left foot steps sideways to get your legs parallel to each other and now you are facing
down to the floor, legs in the wide V where you started.
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2-Step
By bboyarfen
------ Way #1 -----I think this is the easier way but its kind of hard to explain .
1) Ok, first step get into the starting position for a six step (all fours facing towards the
floor).
2) You can go from a six step right into a 2 step from the 4th step. Its the one where your
right leg hits/sweeps around your left leg if your going CCW and the opposite if your
going CW.(I try sweep my leg a little when I 6 step)
3) Instead of just sweeping your leg kick hard so that both your feet get into the air. Its
kind of hard to explain but your really gonna do a sort of swipe move.
YOU CAN ALSO START FROM A CRAB POSITION
1) For CCW. Get in a crab position and stick your right leg out while keeping your left
bent. Make sure your right leg is in a position where you can easily kick it to your left
leg. Bring your left hand up like off the ground and put all your weight on the right.
2) Kick your right leg towards your left while throwing your left hand to the ground on
the right side of your body.
After the second step you should be back in the same position you started in then just get
your balance and kick again. Keep trying until you can go in continuous circles;
onceyouget that down its easy to work on going faster.
You can't just kick your legs and expect to end up back in the starting position. You have
to use your hips and twist. It might seem weird the first couple times you try.
-----Problems------When I first learned a 2 step I would push off the ground with my right foot after i kicked
it towards my left. Make sure you keep it smooth and kick your leg parallel to the ground.
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3-Step
By B-boy Jp
Step 1
From a sitting position on the floor. Bend one leg and keep the other straight. Depending
on what leg you bend that sides arm goes over. So for example if your left leg is bend
your arm goes over and touches the other side of the floor.
Step 2
Now get into a push up position. From there you raise your right hand, and put your left
leg where your right hand was.
Step 3
Drop your bum down (put the right leg next to your left leg) and you should be in the
position you started with. All you have to do now is switch the bend and straight leg
order. So if youre left leg is bend it goes straight and other way around. Then you start
from step 1 again.
EDIT - I had 2 posts where people got confused with the switching legs in step 3. Okay
when you have done one occasion of a 3 step you maybe end up with the wrong leg bend
when you are finished. Example you start with left leg bend and do your 3 step. When
you are finished you have the right leg bend. If this happens then do something what i
call a momentum jump. just transfer your weight from one leg to the other or simply just
switch legs. If you never had any problems like this then ignore it otherwise you will be
confused.
TIPS
+ Some professional B-boys shift their weight from the palm of their hand to their
fingers. Try it out if it works for you, well every bboy should do this. It is not exactly the
fingers all the weight is shifted on. it's the back of the knuckles (not sure what the correct
term is), meaning your palm is perpendicular to the ground while your fingers are flat and
parallel to the ground. (thanks to semo for clearing this up)
+ To get faster try the 3 step very slowly, then increase the tempo by a little bit every
time.
+ To add style and make them look better in general. Again go over it very slowly and try
to do whatever your trying to do. Then try doing it normal speed.
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Helicopter/Coffee Grinder
By Maximum
Helicopter Guide (Clockwise)
"Helicopter" (also known as "Coffee Grinder", "Ball & Chain" and "Clock")
Reverse all RIGHT to LEFT and Vice-versa for CCW
This is the helicopter guide I promised;
I'll include a written guide, a bitmap image of the starting position and a video (which is
not mine since I dont have a camera)
This move is easy, it shouldnt take long and the only difficult thing to explain is the
starting position.
1. Starting Position: Sitting on the floor, only toes touching the ground. Knees fully bent
and ass not touching the ground.
Stick out LEFT leg so that its straight and pointed North-West from you. Put LEFT hand
directly in front of you, on the floor, between your legs.
Put RIGHT hand on the floor on the RIGHT side of your RIGHT leg.
Youre now in the starting position
2. Begin moving your LEFT leg in a clockwise circle around u, when it reaches your
LEFT hand, pick your hand up and place it on the other side of your LEFT leg as your leg
slides by
3. Now your LEFT leg should reach your RIGHT hand. Again, pick your RIGHT hand
up slide your LEFT leg under and put your hand back down
4. Your LEFT leg should now be on the RIGHT side of u. Keep moving your LEFT leg.
When it comes to your RIGHT leg, hop with the RIGHT leg and quickly slide your LEFT
leg under.
5. Continue Sliding your LEFT leg around u. It should now be almost behind u- While it
is behindyouit should be bent at 90-140 degrees.
6. Move your LEFT leg aroundyouuntil its in the starting position once more.
Now those were the steps, here are the tips
1. your leg should be straight while its in front ofyouand bent while its in back of u
2. In an Ideal Helicopter, your moving leg NEVER touches the ground
3. This is a footwork move,youcan use it in your 6step, and it will be easier to understand
the 4 and 3 steps knowing the Helicopter
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12-Step
By NRAdam
12 Step - An official guide for bboys
12 Step are not hard as what you guys will think when you see a video of it. Actually it is
the easiest footwork available (I guess so). The 12 Step involves you rotating around
yourself taking 12 step in the process. In this guide all the 12 Step are explained
individually and it is also explained from the push-up position because it cannot be done
in the crab position. Any suggestions and queries could be reported. Hope this will help
ya guys out there!
Art Of 12 Steps :
Prerequisites: None, maybe knowing other footwork may help a bit.
Fact: This guide is for counter-clockwise(CCW) bboys. Clock-wise(CW) bboys will have
to change the left and rights.
The 12 step - A detailed guide for newbies
Starting Position:
The starting position of 12 step is also known as the the push-up position or invert bridge
position. Basically, you will have to stand on all fours(2 legs and 2 hands) and you should
be facing the ground. When in this position you'll be able to see nothing but the ground,
got it. This position is same as the second step of the 4 step.
Step 1:
From the push-up position, Place your left leg to the right side of your right leg. Oh shit,
this may get confusing!! This move is same as the 'first step' of the 6 step in the push-up
position but here, you will not have to place it too much in front of you like in the 6 step.
Step 2:
Now raise your right leg and move it 'over' the left leg and place it to the right of it.Now
you'll be in a push up position.
Step3:
Now raise your left leg and move it 'over' the right leg and place it to the right of it(Holly
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I know that all you guys out there are confused. Even i got confused on reading my
guide! The most important part is that after covering twelve steps you should be back on
your initial position, that is, you should complete one circle after completing all twelve
steps. This means that your third push up position should be opposite your first push up
position. That means that if you started doing six steps from '12AM' of a clock, you will
have to go to a push up position at 2AM, 4AM, 6AM, 8AM, 10AM and 12 AM. A nondetailed guides for referrers is also provided.
The 12 step - A non detailed guide for referrers.
Angle measurements are used taking 360 degree as one circulation.
Starting Position:
Start in a push-up position (At 0 degree)
Step1:
Move left leg to your right under your right leg.
Step2:
Move right leg so as to come back to the push up position. (At 60 degree)
Step3:
Move right leg to your right over your left leg.
Step4:
Move left leg so as to come back to a push up position. (At 120 degree)
Step5:
Repeat Step1
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Step6:
Repeat Step2 (At 180 degree)
Step7:
Repeat Step3
Step8:
Repeat Step4 (At 240 degree)
Step9:
Repeat Step1
Step10:
Repeat Step2 (At 300 degree)
Step11:
Repeat Step3
Step12:
Repeat Step4 (Back in 0 degree)
Continue...
I hope you understood my guide. Further comments, criticism, suggestions and queries
are to be reported.
TIPS:
1 Move your hips towards the sides while doing steps. This will create better fluidity as
we are supposed to rotate around like a stick with your hands as the pivot while doing
this move.
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PS:
I didn't write the hand movements to make the guide easier. Also it is pretty natural.
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1Stand legs apart in any comfortable position (Some say double shoulder width, some say
less, Id say anything over or equal to your shoulder width apart is ok) YOU and only
YOU should decide which position you start from, Ive seen peeps do it from almost
normal standing, but the smoothest and best looking is from double shoulder width apart.
2Look at the ground, spread your arms apart, "wind up" by throwing your arms to your
RIGHT (Twist your upper body right too)
Now BEND..!! Bend slightly forward, twisting your upper body back to the left and
throwing your RIGHT arm in front of your LEFT leg, but before your RIGHT Hand
touches the ground, kick (Or jump with) your LEFT Leg, both back and up, and slightly
to your right in a SMOOTH circular motion. Keep The leg STRAIGHT, its good form
above all.
3Here's a VERY IMPORTANT POINT, notice that you just TWISTED your body, this
means that the top of your head should be facing a bit to your left (Or North-East,
ifyouunderstand bearingslol)
4You have to jump with your RIGHT Leg as soon as your LEFT Leg leaves the ground,
now you dont have to kick the RIGHT Leg up as much as your LEFT Leg , just enough
to make it travel into the spinning motion itself.
5So now you should be in this position :- Right hand on the ground, body about 45
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8- Now kick both your legs towards your face (Yeah another U-shape!) , the manner and
sequence in which you kick your legs (i.e RIGHT or LEFT first, or even Both at the same
time) Depends on wether your gonna mill, backspin or spring up to your legs.
9- You got a coindrop!!!! Now go find someone to battle.. :P
Notes :1- What doyoudo with your left arm from the beginning? Its optimal use is for the wind
up (More momentum) If you keep it high and stretched out, it may cause you a lil trouble
putting it down in the right time, but it also would emphasize your motion, so its all up to
you.
2- Keep your legs STRAIGHT ALL ALONG, I cant stress how much form is important
in breakdance moves, a "Clean" move may be a common term in tricking and
gymnastics, but for moves like mills, coindrops and downrocks, there is no such term, its
either "RIGHT MOVE" or "WRONG MOVE".... So Stick to GOOD FORM.. Keep your
legs straight !
3- If your shoulder hurts, your either a- Dropping straight down, in which case you need
to focus on the circular motion involved, here's a helpful thing to do, stand in a place
where you can mark your left, right , front and back (a Square room is a good example)
now you want to drop down so that your legs go (for CCW) from back to right to front,
and your head looks to the left then UP to the ceiling (or Sky!).
And once your on the ground look at the space between your legs, if you see the wall (or
whatever) you started facing , then you've done it right if you see anything that was to
your left, you should practice mills, because thats even better (because that'd
meanyougot good spinning momentum) IF , however, you finished facing your right, or
just twisted around and faced your back, youre screwed, RE-READ the guide.
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Suicides
By Goose
Because suicides are drops, too.
Note: for all y'all who hate long-ass guides, I'm going to try to keep this as concise as
possible without sacrificing information. But be warned, there are many factors and
moves in a suicide, and I am trying to be as complete as possible, so this is definitely one
of the longer guides.
For those who don't quite know what a suicide is, it is a dramatic form of drop that gives
the viewers the impression that you have just killed yourself, as you flip or fall sideways
and land flat on your back or stomach. It looks like it hurts, and if done incorrectly, it
does. Like Hell.
This guide is designed to address the common problems one may encounter while
attempting suicides, therefore minimizing the risk of very painful or even serious injury.
Therefore, this guide couldn't possibly be very short because "do a frontflip and land on
your back... don't get hurt," quite frankly doesn't cut it. So, here we go.
=PART I: STRETCHING=
First you'd want to make sure your body is very loose and relaxed. Do all the stretches
known to man, and make sure you are RELAXED. Any sore muscles would really do a
number on your body. Stretch your arms and upper body extensively, for these muscles
will play a very important role. Once you have finished stretching, go find someplace
soft.
=PART II: MENTAL PREPARATION=
You are about to do a flip (front, back, whatever). Make sure you aren't going to chicken
out at the last second. Go find your mattress, put it on the floor, and practice front flips if
you know you have problems following through with a flip. If you cant use a mattress, go
on the grass, on your school's wrestling mat, trampoline, wherever there isn't a danger of
breaking your tailbone. Do it enough times so that you are comfortable. Tell yourself, if
you could do it on grass, you could do it on cement. Next comes the actual suicide
moves. I recommend practicing these on the grass with a blanket (unless you like
chlororphyll stains).
=PART III: PHYSICAL PREPARATION=
While you are practicing on grass, there are a few things to keep in mind:
1. RIGHT WHEN you hit the ground, straighten your arms, keep the hands palms-down,
and smack the ground with your whole arm. Not just your hand, or your forearm... I am
talking about the whole shoulder-to-fingertips arm hitting the ground at the same time.
Your palms should get red and uncomfortable by doing this. Take a short break, then
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Suicide 2: Front-side flip - I am going to describe this suicide for right-handed people.
From standing, you will take your right arm and swing it from slightly above the right
side of your head, to below your left hip as hard as you can. You should feel yourself
wanting to flip over and spin in midair, and that is exactly what you will do. During the
flip, your body will spin towards your left side, so be prepared: straighten you left leg (i
mean, LOCK YOUR KNEE and stiffen the muscles) while keeping your right leg bent.
Your left arm will also be straight and tense (palm down, again), as you keep your right
arm relaxed. YOU WILL LAND ON YOUR LEFT SIDE, as the whole of your left leg
hits at once, at the same time, your right foot lands right behind it, and your left arm
smacks the ground beside you. Remember to breathe out. Your right arm does whatever
the hell it wants, i usually just fold it over my chest. Remember, everything lands at once,
your WHOLE BODY acts as a shock absorber. Note, while doing this move, sometimes I
like to keep my right arm straight and in the air, giving the impression that some JuJitsu
man threw me over his shoulder. That's a good trick to play in team battles. For lefties:
just reverse left and right. It's the same thing.
Suicide 3: Face Falls - now these are dangerous. For both Boys and girls... because of...
extending anatomy. Due to this, a slightly different approach has to be used. Breathing
out is the same, but not the whole body landing simultaneously. Here, one would have to
use either arms or legs to protect these vital body parts. In all cases, ALWAYS TURN
YOUR HEAD TO ONE SIDE unless you really want an excuse for expensive nose
surgery.
1. Knee fall - notice this is different from the knee drop. From standing, you will kick one
leg out to the side, while the other completely bends BENEATH you. So, I kick my right
leg out to the side, as my left leg bends, and turns slightly to the right, so my thigh and
calves supports my chest. When I mean bend it, bend it as far as it could go. The knee
should be a few inches DIRECTLY below your chin. Make sure that when you leg bends
beneath you, it does it so fast that you actually have to FALL to the ground, and not just
float down. Turn your head to one side, and your hands land on each side of your head,
for support. Note: this move doesn't look that great from standing, its better if you jump
very high in the air, land straight into this. This is one of the easiest "suicides" (it
probably really isnt a suicide) but it still looks pretty cool with the right toprock.
2. Front Fall - From standing (easier if your legs are spread WIDE), simply fall forward
onto your face, but dont hit your face! Keep on your toes!! This is especially important
for guys with important packages south of the border. Stay on your toes. As for the face
thing, Practice first by stopping your fall usng your hands, so that your face comes only
inches of hitting the floor (turn head to one side, again). Even better, use your whole
forearm to stop your fall. As you practice, you could allow your face you get closer and
closer to the ground... eventually you could have both your arms outstretched above you
so that only your arms and chest hit, and not your face. Bgirls must be careful with this,
though ! Again, try this from the air.
3. Backflip suicide - Oh god i don't know. Good luck with this one, i can't even do a
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Foundational Freezes
By mr. Boogie
INTRODUCTION
Okay, here's my attempt to write a good guide. It's my first one, hope it'll help you guys
out. Before growing big, you should have the foundation down. That is for every aspect
of the dance, also for freezes. Thats why I made this guide for all the newcomers to the
dance, to teach you the foundational freezes so you can advance to a higher level.
This guide exists from the following freezes:
* Turtle Freeze
* Handglide Freeze
* Baby Freeze
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*Chair Freeze
* Combining
I'm sorry for the quality of the images, but it's just to give you an idea of what it looks
like.
Warm-up
Before you start practising any of these freezes make sure you are warmed up and do
some stretches. For freezes you have to use your wrists a lot, so your wrists are most
important to warm up and stretch. Start with a little jumping/running around to get
warmed up, swing your arms around and do some wrist rolls. Now that you're
warmed up go on with some stretches. At least make sure you're shoulders, arms and
wrists are warmed up and stretched. For stretches I recommend you to take a look at
bboy Mystic Monkey's guide: click here
Handglide Freeze
The handglide freeze is the same as the turtle freeze, but on one hand. I call it a
handglide freeze because this is the beginning position for a handglide, but its also
called a one-handed turtle. For this freeze you do exactly the same as with the turtle
freeze, except the use of only one hand. The free hand is placed at shoulder width in
front of you.
Baby Freeze
This freeze is a bit difficult to explain in words, but I'll try to do my best.
Step 1: Go sit in a squat position.
Step 2: Both your arms should be on the right side of your legs. So place your left
arm to the right of your legs. Your fingers should be pointing to the front and your
hand should be placed slightly before your legs. Your elbow (still left) will be
touching the outside of your right knee. Your hand has to be flat on the ground.
Step 3: Now for your right hand. Point your fingers to the back (so opposite to your
left, which is pointing to the front) and your hand should be flat. Place it at the same
line as your heels are.
Step 4: In this step you leave everything in the SAME POSITION except from your
right feet. Slide it to the front of you, the side of your body should fall and rest on
your right elbow now. As you slide your right feet to the front your ass can rest on
your left heel.
Step 5: The only thing you have to do now, is falling to the side (right side) with both
your elbows still supporting your body. So your left elbow touches the side of your
right knee and your right elbow touches the right side of your body. You can place
the right side of your head on the ground and just stay poised in this position. Once
you are comfortable with it, try to raise your head slightly above the ground and stay
balanced.
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Chair Freeze
If you don't know what the Chair Freeze looks like, take a look at the picture that I
linked to at the top of this page. There are 2 different ways to get into a Chair Freeze,
the first one is from Baby Freeze and the second one is from the ground, going into it
at once.
It's easier if you do it from Baby Freeze, but better if you can do it right away. So take
a look at both, maybe you can start out with doing it from the Baby Freeze to get used
to it and then practise doing it the second way.
From Baby Freeze:
Step 1: Get into the Baby Freeze.
Step 2: Place your right foot on your left knee.
Step 3: Place your left foot on the ground.
Step 4: Now place your left arm in your side.
Straight away:
You can do this by getting in a handglide position and immediately go into it, I don't
know any steps to explain this []
TIP: The further you arch your back, the more balance you get.
Combining
Once you master all of these freezes, you can start combining them. I don't have an
explanation for this, but these combinations just make common sense if you already
master all freezes.
FAQ
Here are just some questions that people asked me, not all of them, but only the most
important ones. If you have a question not mentioned in this FAQ feel free to ask me
or someone else in this thread!
Q: If you're doing the turtle freeze, should my toes touch each other like in the image,
or apart like in the video?
A: Remember this... bboying is a danceform wherein you can put all your creativity.
My guide is just to illustrate how a basic freeze is done. Put your own creativity in it
and develop your own style. Do it the way you think it looks best or you feel most
comfortable with. This is for all freezes.
Q: How long should it take me to learn each of these freezes now?
A: You'll probably get them in a couple of days if you practise hard, maybe even in
one day, or even some minutes. But don't be discouraged if you don't get them so
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Airchair
By bboyCliche
First of all remember that this freeze takes blood (literally), sweat and tears to learn. So if
you're the type that doesn't dedicate himself/herself to what he/she is doing it will take
you enormous amounts of time to be able to stay poised in this freeze.
Airchairs, one of the most stunning freezes out there.
If you don't know what it looks like:
One thing you should know is that the airchair is mainly about balance and flexibility.
Balance is gained by executing it with the correct technique (which you gain through
practice). And flexibility, mainly back, shoulder, and hamstring flexibility.
Stretches:
Hamstring Flexibility: Hamstring flexibility allows you to pike your legs. Piking is
bringing your legs (legs have to be straight) close to your body.
Piked Airchair:
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Static Stretches:
Toe Touches:
Static Stretch 1:
1: Sit down with your back perpendicular to the ground, right leg straight and left leg
bent at the knee with the foot beside your right legs thigh.
2: Reach for your right legs toes. If you can, try to put your head to your knees or shin.
3: Repeat stretch for your left leg.
Static Stretch 2:
1: Lie down on the ground. Legs and back straight.
2: Get your back perpendicular to the ground.
3: Now reach for your toes, if you can try to put your head to your knees or shin.
If youve just started working on these and they are hurting you a bit, do 1 set of 10
seconds before practice and 2 sets of 10 seconds after practice. If you can put your head
to your knees or shin then increase the time to 20 seconds.
Active Stretch:
This stretch can really hurt, but its probably the best stretch there is for piking airchairs.
Just ignore the pain.
1: Sit down with you back to a wall, legs straight and back perpendicular to the ground,
parallel to the wall.
2: Lift up your right leg. Keep it straight. Try to touch your head to your knee.
3: Remember to keep your back straight and parallel to the wall.
4: Repeat stretch for your left leg.
If you start to feel a burning sensation on a muscle beside your knee, that means you tore
a muscle. Thats a good thing. If you tear a muscle it grows back stronger. But usually
this burning sensation is really painful, so drop your leg straight away once you begin to
feel it. As I stated earlier this stretch is really painful, so before practice do only one set
of 10 seconds. Do 2 sets of 10 seconds after practice. If you are the flexible type then do
2 sets of 20 seconds.
Shoulder Flexibility:
Without shoulder flexibility you wont be able to stab an airchair.
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Ok this freeze is really easy you can get it within a day or two if you put your mind to it.
To develop shoulder flexibility just sit in your chair (pardon the pun). Stay poised in your
chair freeze for maybe 30 seconds at a time. You can do these basically anywhere, you
can watch TV in them, you can play Game Boy in them etc. Just do these a lot.
Shoulder Stretch 2:
I find this stretch a much better stretch than the chair freeze, as it also gets you used to the
airchair position. Remember that where you stabbed on the chair freeze is where you
shall stab for your airchair.
1: Stab your elbow into your sweet spot on your back. Use your free hand to stay
balanced if you are having trouble to without it.
2: Lift your legs onto a couch, maybe 1.5 feet off the ground. With the aid of your free
hand stay balanced.
3: Lift your free hand off of the ground and balance solely on your stabbed hand.
This might take some getting used too, as this is the airchair position. Stay in this position
maybe 30-40 seconds. Its not very hard to hold because of your legs on the couch. Just
like the chair freeze you have a free hand, so you can play Gameboy, watch TV etc. Just
enjoy yourself!
Back Flexibility:
Back flexibility is mainly so you dont hurt your back with your stabbed hands elbow, as
all of your bodys weight will be on it.
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Just jump into this position for a while. Dont worry these are so much easier to hold than
normal hollows. Hold these for like 15-20 seconds. Do 1 set before practice and 2 sets
after practice.
The Actual Airchair Guide:
Ok I would advise you, if you can to try and practice this everyday. For maybe 20-30
minutes. If you can do it in front of a mirror, or better yet record yourself; to see how
youre doing. Try to end each practice with you feeling a feeling of accomplishment;
dont stop because youre tired. Stop once you are feeling you have done something well
i.e. the airchair. Trust me on this one; it REALLY helps.
If you still dont know where your sweet spot is click here ; this might help a little.
Airchair from squatting:
1.Crouch down with your knees bent and your thighs resting on your calves.
2.Place your elbow in your sweet spot.
3.Lean back and put your hand on the ground, slide your legs forward so you arent
compact.
4.Shoot your legs up straight, you can try to grab your toes if you want. But remember
not to lean forward to do that, otherwise youll fall forward. Instead bring your legs
closer to your hands, instead of bringing your hand closer to your legs.
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5.Try to fall back down the same way you came up, you can jump out of airchairs by
shooting out your legs and moving them in an arc towards the ground.
You can choose to do either the leaned back or leaned forward way, the leaned forward
way seems easier. But its much harder to hold than the leaned back.
You don't have to pike your airchair if you wish. If you aren't going to pike then change
step 4 to:
4. Make your torso parallel to the ground, and slowly lift your legs shifting weight to
your stabbed hand. These type of airchairs are much much easier to hold than piked
airchairs.
If you are planning to do it this way then remember to place your elbow in the middle of
your back; but if you are planning on piking your airchair then place it lower on your
back.
Practice, practice, practice and you will find your equilibrium, record yourself to see your
mistakes or just session somewhere where there are lots of mirrors that you can see your
'whole body' in.
Soon enough you will have some sexy airchairs!
Once you're comfortable with the normal piked airchair, begin working on variations:
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Cross-Legged Airchair:
Unstabbed Airchair:
*Gasp* But how? It's not that hard guys. Mostly flexibility. If you can kick yourself in
the head then it won't be a problem. That's not reccommended though, but go ahead, tape
it if you can. Haha. Basic tips needed for this skill are:
1. When bringing your legs up and grabbing your toes take it a step further and wrap your
arm around one of your legs. The one that is on the same side as your stabbed hand is
best.
2. When you have grabbed your leg PUSH UP! I can't tell you how important this is.
Push up and back at the same time, this assures balance.
3. Try not to bring your head forward, you'll look like a retarded turtle and you'll fall
forward. Instead, keep it back. Bring your legs to your head, not your head to your legs.
It'll look better like this, trust me.
4. Again, flexibility. Hamstring flexibility is the main factor. Not flexible? Stick to the
stabbed. Get flexible.
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Unstabbed Airchair:
FAQ
If I got CCW can I do the airchair with my right hand?
Yes, of course you can. But it all comes down to difficulty. If you're doing a flare going
CCW and then you want to transition into an airchair onto your right hand it would be
pretty dang hard; if you were going CCW and decided to do it on your left it would be
significantly easier. It might look better transitioning into opposite arms, but then again,
not everyone is a Baek.
I keep falling backwards when I try to go into an airchair, what can I do? I keep
falling forwards when I try to go into an airchair, what can I do?
Airchairs are all about balance and being able to find your equilibrium. If you're falling
backwards then you should stab back more, if you're falling forwards then you should
stab more into the front. It's all about balance. Imagine yourself as a see-saw, when
nobody is on it then it will balance perfectly, it's being held up right in the center. Now, if
someone went on one side then it would fall on that side. Just like this you need to evenly
balance your weight out.
I can't find my sweet spot, help?
Okay, first you need to realize that it's YOUR sweet spot. It's not something I can
magically point out to you. I'm no leprechaun. You'll have to find it on your own. I have
included a video of VP holding an unpiked airchair for a while from different angles. It
should help you.
How long did it take you to have consistent airchairs?
If by consistent you mean being able to hold for a while then I would say around 3-4
months. In the first month I got used to that position and then I got around to actually
holding something.
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One-Handed Airbaby
By Bboyhops66
Editors Note: This guide refers to his own 2-handed airbaby guide often, however I
cannot locate this guide. If you can find a text guide or have Bboyhops66s 2-Handed
Airbaby Guide saved, please contact me, but in the meanwhile, youll have to manage =(.
I apologize.
This guide is for one-handed airbabies on your right arm. If you are doing them on your
left, simply switch the lefts and rights
1) Begin by getting into a two-handed air baby (refer to my previous guide for
instructions).
2) Lean your body to the right onto your right arm but try not to move your right elbow
or your right knee at all in any way. This will take some practice but is necessary to
learning the proper way to open your body up
3) As most of your weight is on the right, it is natural that you should pick up your left
hand. However, do NOT whip it up because you will be thrown off balance
4) Point your left arm upward towards the ceiling or in the direction your right arm
points. Left arm placement is not essential but i find it helps in balance.
*Remember that when you pick your left hand up, you will lose your balance. The
important thing here is to anticipate the off of balance before you take your hand away
5) As you pick your left hand up, your left leg will drift right. This is usually an
involuntary action and should be because it's really fucking hard to control the little
motion I'm talking about
6) As your left leg drifts right, try your best to lean backwards because if your leg drifts
too far, it won't have any room to go right and will go the only way it can: up. You will
then topple head-first into a somersault. This will happen plenty while you learn this
move so relax and be patient
*The cure for the somersaulting is to lean backwards, as stated above. By leaning
backwards, you move your leg downwards, instead of upwards, meaning you have
more control of your balance
THE NEXT TWO STEPS ARE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO COMBO
YOUR AIRBABYS INTO FOOTWORK SO READ THEM ONLY IF YOU INTEND
TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY CONFLICT WITH WHAT YOU LEARNED IN MY
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L-Kick/Nike Kick
By Sum1datbboys
Editors Note: These are two separate moves covered in one guide.
Ok this is my first ever guide. Ive noticed that a lot of beginners want to learn L kicks or
nike kicks.....so I made this. First of all, L kicks aren't that hard. It just takes practice to
hold them. You only need to hold them for about 1 - 2 seconds. People say that you need
to have really good 1 handed handstands to do these. Well guess what? You dont. I can't
even do 1 handed handstands but I have decent nikes.
Ok then, lets get started. (This is with your left hand)
1) Look at the ground where youre gonna put your hand.
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3) Swing your right foot up as you put your hand on the ground
(Keep looking at the ground it sorta helps you balance)
4) Now this is the part where most people stuff up... you gotta turn you hips slightly up
towards the sky so you can kick up (Kick towards your face) (Look to the front as well)
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Grab your kicking leg to help you balance. If you are flexible enough, you could try to
pull your leg in towards your body. It makes it easier to hold.
Now nikes are the same except that you bend you other leg as youre swinging your right
leg up.
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Stuff to remember
----------------------> Swing you legs hard to get up higher. (not too hard that you fall over)
>TURN YOUR HIPS
> The closer your legs are to your face, the better it looks. It's easier to balance as well.
Ok hope that helped. Remember... PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
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Transitions
By D.n,A
The freezes are going to be:
Baby freeze
Chairfreeze
Shoulderfreeze
If you don't know how to do the first two freezes, check out Mr. Boogie's
Foundational Freezes Guide, just look up at the beginning of the freeze section in
this guide.
This is a CCW guide.
Baby freeze
Prerequisite:
Baby freeze to handglide freeze can be very helpful, but isnt actually necessary.
Its simple, but needs practice in the beginning. This is how you do it:
Get into a baby freeze like this: put your arms on the side of your legs and just lean to
that side. Youll be in a baby freeze instantly. Now kick back with your left leg. Dont get
lazy, kick hard!! Well, now youre in the handglide freeze.
Once you master this one you want to be able to do handglide freeze --> baby freeze.
Read what I said in the baby freeze part (lower body) and youll know how to do this
one, plus if you do it from footwork itll be easier, because of the momentum and speed
you already got from the 6 step.
Upper body:
From the 6 step, do the first, second and third step. Now, as you do the forth step, your
upper body must turn to the right. When you switch arms (you always switch arms in the
6 step when you do the forth step), so when you switch from left arm to right arm, you
dont put your right hand down like you usually do. This time, you put your right hand
down with your fingers pointing to the BACK, but you turn your upper body, so your
face turns 90 degrees, which means when you look at your right hand, your fingers will
be pointing to the right, away from your feet. Now that you have put your right hand
down you want to put your left hand down also. Your left hands fingers will be pointing
to the front, but you have turned your upper body so when you look at your left hand,
your fingers will be pointing to the left, to your feet. When you put your left hand down
you must already stab with your same left elbow.
Lower body:
This is the next step. You now already have turned your upper body and have put both
your hands down. You also have made your forth step (from the 6 step). And now, raise
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Shoulderfreeze.
Ok this might be the hardest one.
Prerequisite:
None, except for shoulder freeze of course. And good understanding of the upper body
movement in the 2 other transitions.
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Windmill
By Bboy Drizzt Do Urden
Alright, I've resurrected my famous guide and added on details to it so its easier to
understand, and you'll be able to learn faster from it.
Since all ya peeps be asking bout the windmill, this post hopefully will help with all the
problems you have and for all that have other tips and guides of windmill, post them here
or site references of other sites that have good guides. Heres my NEW complete Guide,
Some steps are still the same::
(Counter Clockwise)
___STEP 1___
Get in a kneeling position and place left hand on ground in front of you with fingers
facing back towards you or to your left. Take right hand and place near where your head
would be if you leaned over your left arm. (Experts have told me its easier to start in a
kneeling position than that of putting a lot of weight on your arm in the handglide
position.)
___STEP 2___ - The Initial Kick
This is initiated by 1st picking your left leg up, (doesnt have to be straight out, or that
high) followed by swinging your right leg directly up and to your right side, try to get it
up high and directly to your right side of your body. This SHOULD now pull your left
leg towards and below your right leg. Now swing your left leg hard and low under your
right leg in a wide arc like your drawing out a circle with your foot. This action of left up
right up and out and left under should be like a boxers 1, 2, 3 punch, fast and smooth to
gain momentum onto your backside.
___STEP 3___ - The Collapse
While you are kicking your right leg up and sweeping your left under it you are going to
"collapse" literally your left arm so that you roll to your left upper shoulder to your back.
Pretty much this is like rolling off your arm and onto your upper back. The less weight
you put on your left arm the easier it is and faster you will start the mill. Also, push off
with your right hand to gain speed. Keep your legs open wide ALL THE TIME, and you
should now be on your UPPER back with your legs wide open in a V-Shape. Not too
high or low on your back, just so your hips are off the ground.
___STEP 4___
This is the part where you get your legs up behind you while facing down. When you
reach the V-Shape position on your back you are going to roll over your right arm to get
to your front side. To do this you must perform the most important 2 kicks of the
windmill. The 1st kick is initiated by kicking your left leg high up while rolling over to
your frontside, and hold that leg up, while swinging your right leg low under your left
almost near the floor. (You also want to push up with your right arm as you roll over it
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First of all... Make sure you know how you want your mills to look.
Some people spin on the ground more than they turn their bodies. These type of mills
generally have straighter legs and look smoother. In this case you need to know how to
whip your hips around kinda like when you're doing a flare (Easier than it sounds). Also
pushing your body off to the side with your hands will help with speed (speed with
respect to the ground as in bird's-eye-view... not rotation of your body).
Other people like to rotate their body around more than they spin on the ground. These
mills are generally more elevated and easier to do no-handers with. What I mean by more
rotation of the body is that it may take you 2-3 windmills just to get a 360 spin from a
bird's eye view... if you spin on the ground more it may only take you 1.5 - 2 mills. In
these mills, most people kick their right leg upwards (CCW) when they're linking
windmills (facing the ground) and that's what gets them more body rotations.
The Legs:
I'm assuming you can do mills now so I don't need to explain the movement of your legs.
Just remember to keep them straight and try locking your knees. To perfect your leg
movements however, you need to condition yourself. Most people can do wider splits
when they're bent down than if their back is straight. You need to stretch out your front
leg muscles located on your thigh by straightening (or even bending backwards) your
back as you do your split stretch. If you just can't seem to open you legs up any wider
when your back is straight, then close up your legs a little as you're rolling from shoulder
to shoulder on your back. The key is to keep your split constant - it helps your windmills
look smoother. Opening and closing your legs will eat up a lot of your momentum. One
last thing... bend your heel/ankle, don't point your toes outward. This should be natural
when you lock your knees. In my opinion it just looks weird when your toes are pointed
outward... your legs look extra long and your feet look extra small.
The Arms: (only if you use them)
As you all know, stabbing windmills aren't the best looking mills around. When you roll
off your shoulder to turn onto your hands, pushing off of your right shoulder (CCW) will
give you more elevation. This leaves less work to be done by your hands. Don't use your
hands to push off to get more height. Only use them for a little push off to the side so
your body keeps a good spin on the ground (if you have to). As you roll onto your hands,
your left hand should be placed about 0.5 - 1.0 ft away from your right hand (CCW).
Both your hands should be placed somewhere on the ground right under your neck, not
down by your gut like in stabbed mills. Your arms should be in a position like halfway
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Check the bottom for the video counterpart, which illustrates some of these problems.
[Sorry, it's down -- instead, why not look at your own clips and compare them with good
clips, and see where you're going wrong?]
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Part II: "I understand it, I just can't do it!"
You get how everything works but you can't do it. The problem? You're still thinking of
the mill in steps. The windmill needs to flow -- it's not "oh I do this first, then this, then
this". It's all really one motion (at most - two real motions).
You're getting close to getting them, but not quite. Several likely scenarios:
1. When you come to your stab, your legs droop and your feet touch the ground.
You don't SLAM, but you can't keep them from dragging.
2. You can get to your stab and all just fine, but you get stuck there -- you can't seem
to collapse again, or keep going for that matter. (This is noted by Mothergoose as
the flailing legs syndrome)
3. You fall off your stab as you go for your second round (related to above problem),
thus causing you to go on your back, not your shoulders, and/or your leg(s)/ass to
hit the ground.
4. You can cleanly get onto your stab and collapse cleanly again .. but you look like
a dumbass because it's in a one-two motion and you pause and lose all your
momentum when on your stab, causing you to have to "start" again (it's as if
you're doing individual mills over and over, rather than "linked" ones)
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Part III: General reminders
Some things to keep in mind:
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This took way too long to write, so you better be grateful. haha.
Thanks, hope it helps, and peace.
Pommy from sorc [Editors Note: Now Mistah P]
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Windmill Variations
By Swiper
Hello and welcome to my guide on windmill variations. Windmill varitaions not only
look cool, they are fun to learn.
Most people think variations are hard, which is not true. They are actually quite easy
once you have powerful mills.
This guide teaches 3 different variations. They are eggbeaters, nutcrackers and barrels.
All of these look good and can be acheived easily with some thought and practice.
NUTCRACKERS:
Nutcrackers are windmills with hands on your man-organs. The tricks to nutcrackers are
as follows.
1) When you put your hands on your groin, DONT forget about your legs, dont try to
let momentum keep you going, keep those legs swinging.
2) Don;t bend your legs at any time, this greatly increases smoothness which helps
nutcrackers.
3) When you put your hands on your groin, shrug your shoulders. This decreases the gap
that you have to skip.
4) I wouldn;t recommend trying to hop your nutcrackers, just keep going fast and they
will be easy. Also try to use your head.
BARRELS:
Undoubtedly my favorite windmill. Barrels are mills with your arms out like your
holding a barrel. They are fast and tend to roll more then a regular mill. If you want,
barrels can replace your mills as your regular mill ( I did this). Lets talk barrels.
1) Barrels need you to roll more then you spin. In my clip you will se that I do 2-3 barrels
to every 360 degrees from a birds eye view. This is a MINIMUM amount of mills to a
360. The pro barrel windmillers do 6 mills to a 360.
2) When barreling, try to twist your hips a lot when going over to front side. This makes
you roll more and the untwist gives lots of power.
3) YOU MUST USE YOUR HEAD. Hopping barrels are like MIKE GARCIA and are
gay. When you go to the front side, use your forehead and the front of your arms for
height.
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Eggbeaters seem to be the favorite windmill variation of most bboys. This is because they
are harder then nutcrackers and look damn nice. Eggbeaters are windmills with your
hands on your thighs.
1) You probably would like to have nutcrackers down. These variations are very similar.
2) When you are doing eggbeaters you must keep the pace going. You need the pace to
be constant and fast or else you will crash and burn.
3) Get high on your shoulders. This gives you less space to skip when on your front side.
4)The way I do my eggbeaters is with raw speed. The speed of my eggbeaters makes me
automatically skip the front side. But this is not for everybody.
5) You can try to hop your eggbeaters if you cant do them the speed way. In order to hop
you must push of with your right shoulder for ccw and left for cw. You must also swing
your left leg up high when pushing off(ccw) and right(cw).
Well thats it for variations. I hope the links work. Good luck, have fun and crack those
nuts!
SWIPER.
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Flares
By Anubis2002
Aiight I havent had much sleep but here it goes, I prefer to give you one on one answers
but heres your guide. I'll to make it as helpful as possible, Ill revise it later if need be.
This is for CCW...and for those of you who dont know, reverse left and rights to make it
cw..
First off, remember flares dont go up and down, if anything they go side to side...think
of them as OUT and AROUND!
1) Step back with your left foot, dont step to the side but go back and diagonal to the left
side a little. you want to be comfortable, so not to far back but you do want to try and
have it more then shoulder with apart. Bend your left leg if you need to, but keep right
straight.
***This happens at same time**
2a)Take your left hand and swing it down to where your left foot WAS, or the general
area. You want this to be comfortable, there is NO set way area but its more or less what
is comfortable. preferable to the side of you, not right in back of you, even to the front if
need be. Remember its YOUR flare.
2b) As your hand comes down you are going to swing your left foot around back, KICK
it hard! Dont get lazy and try to just swing it, I mean you need to SWING it. Just as your
about to come very close to your right leg you want to lift the right leg out of the way(try
to kick your face, but a warning, do NOT! go straight up, you want to go out just like
your hips and left leg will do.) Remember your flare goes circular!! So when you kick
you want to go AROUND...so kick as if your going straight and then around.
Okay, something about the kick since a lot of people can understand how to do it but not
understand what makes it work for some people and not for others..
When you first start off to kick, Ive said this time and time again to people...you want to
USE your hips, dont just kick your legs and expect to go anywhere but up and straight
down. You need to use your hips and lift your ass!! Lock your arms and legs, do NOT get
lazy!! When you go to kick, you want to swing around, basically if your facing front and
you go to swing you want to kick your leg as if your going to kick out the right one with
the left, and sweep it all the way to the left side. Dont just kick up or out, you want to go
OUT and AROUND!!
**Again same time*
3a) When you get both your legs in front of you, your hips should be out and your ass
lifted with arms locked! If your butts not up and your hips arent swinging around you'll
have a hard time making it past this front part. Now, when your legs get in front of you,
you should be swinging around, you want to lean to the right and put your right arm
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Flares
Author Unknown, Posted by Azr4el
Original Breakstylz.com Flare Guide
~ Author Unknown
1) Developing Active Flexibility
Flexibility is a very important aspect of the flare. The farther you can spread your legs,
the better. It helps you maintain a well balanced equilibrium and it will help you slow
down your flares, giving you a little more time to place that hand down. Active flexibility
just means being able to hold a stretching position by using your muscles to hold that
position.
To develop flexibility, do left, right and center splits every day/night. Left splits are
where you have your left leg in front of you and your right leg behind you. Right splits
are the exact opposite of left splits. When you do center splits do them slowly so you
dont tear a muscle. Try to relax your leg muscles and let gravity push you down. You
should feel your leg muscles tighten and when you reach a certain point you should feel a
bit of relief. Another good way to do center splits is to face the floor and do the splits on
a wall behind you and use your hands to push yourself back. When you are doing the
splits, NEVER bounce to go further down because you will just tense up the muscles
because the muscle cells think that your legs are in harm so they counteract with the force
and tighten the groin muscles and we want them to be as relaxed as possible. Do splits
everyday and you should notice a difference in just a week. It will hurt for about a week
or so but after that your body will release endomorphines which will counteract with the
pain and it will actually start to feel good.
2) Developing Upper Body Strength
Your muscles play a very important role in the flare. You will have to have a fair bit of
strength. Now most people will tell you that the flare doesnt take much strength cause
you can rely on speed and momentum. Well that is kind of true. The faster you go the less
strength it will take but it will still take a fair bit of strength. If you slow it down the
gymnasts do during floor routines then you have to use a lot more strength to pull off a
slow flare. Most people think that the most important muscles in the flare are your abs.
Sorry to disappoint you guys but it isnt the most important set of muscles used in the
flare. What momentum will take care of is you abs. It is because you are only in the
position for a couple brief seconds, the power and momentum from your legs will keep
you hips up and you wont have to use your abs 100%. The most important muscles used
are your triceps and your shoulders. It is still a good idea to build your ab muscles by
doing upper and lower ab exercises.
To build your tricep muscles get a chair and prop your legs up on to it. Now place your
hands on the floor behind you and lean back on your hands and straighten your body so
that you are now facing the ceiling with your hands on the ground and your legs are on
the chair. Hold this position until you get tired. Try to bounce back and forth a bit on each
arm to give it a little workout. Now for your shoulder muscles, all you are going to do is
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Part 1. Look at the above diagram. This is a birds eye view of what the flare is based
upon. The triangle symbolizes you. Now if you have done the above correctly your left
leg should be straight and close to the blue line in section 1. Your right leg should be bent
and just in front of the blue line in section 3. Now you are going to bring your left arm
down and put it on the blue line just in front of your left leg so it kind of knocks your left
leg away. Now swing your left leg around so that you are trying to draw the red circle
with your foot. The whole time this is happening your right arm will still be in the air.
Now once your left leg reaches the blue line in section 2 then you are going to kick your
right leg up towards your face. Now a common mistake is to lift the left leg too. Keep it
on the ground for a little longer. Continue to draw the imaginary circle with your left foot
and when it passes the blue line in section 2, this is when you place your right hand
down. Remember to keep your left leg straight and continue to draw the circle. Now
when your left leg is directly in front of you or in other words when your leg hits the
yellow line in section 3 then your left it up high and try to kick your left ear with it, keep
it high!
Part 2. Now your have the start down. Your legs should be spread in front of your in a v
shape. Now you are going to kick your right leg down straight and continue the
imaginary circle from where you left off. The yellow lines are your exchange lines where
your legs change positions and the blue lines are where your hand placement occurs. You
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* 60 secondss of L-Seat(seat on your ass between your hands with legs closed and
straight in front of you and lift your ass and legs with straight hand, you can start it with
legs bent until you gain enough strength)
and try to do 60 seconds of the same freeze but with on hand between your legs
try to do 60 secondss with both of you hands between your legs like in a boomerang
which is a very good exercise for hips strength.
There more active muscles like the Latissimus Dorsi(Wings) and a lot more in flares but
the best way to train them for flares is by practicing flares.
that's it for now, I'm B-Boy Angel from Israel, a B-Boying teacher for about 4 years.
peace
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I've been practicing flares for more than 3 months now. Experimented with various
practicing methods and training techniques until I realized what people have been
advising in the forums is 100% true. But one thing that they did not put enough emphasis
on (for practicing flares), that made my flare about 100% better, is what happens when
the second leg goes under. If you're practicing flares. you'll notice sometimes, when you
sweep that 2nd leg under, your legs lock up and your flare ends. You want that, that's a
good thing, it means you're swinging that leg under, once you get past that, you'll feel that
torque people are talking about and realize how a flare is really suppose to be done.
People fail at the back because they're really not swinging that second leg under at all, so
swing that leg. after that its just practice, practice, practice.
Don't give in, and think that if only you made it once all the way around with bad form, it
means you're getting there. I found out the hard way and realized I was getting no where.
I still have trouble remember to keep my legs straight as possible.
After u get use to the swing of your 2nd leg so that its 2nd nature, focus on holding the
other leg up until it becomes 2nd nature to.
The swings are the same as a windmills, one leg at a time. The main reason people bring
their legs in at the back, is due to a natural sense that they're not going to make it all
around. Bad habit, hard to correct, try to change it as soon as you're realizing you're doing
it It's better to not finish one complete flare than be practicing ugly flares forever.
Make sure you rest well between each practice flare, its when you get tired that the bad
forms kick in.
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***Shifting Weight
Shifting weight
Although, it has already been mentioned that you should put your hand down fast, maybe
the importance of it has not been driving in.
When you're shifting weight properly, you should not be feeling any stress besides the
stress u feel while walking on your hands. That means you should not be slamming your
hand down on the ground and your arms should be locked.
If your hand slams on the ground its a sign you're not shifting your weight properly.
This is what you must focus on:
When all your weight is balance one hand, the other hand should be coming down to
catch you. Not only does this cause your weight to shift due to the extra force of the arm
coming down, but it allows you to easily catch yourself because your hand is already near
the ground when it hits. If your hand is slamming, it means two things, you're weight
never shifted at any point in time to one arm, or you hand is just not coming down fast
enough.
Sounds repetitive, but its important to realize the reasons behind each problem in order to
better focus on correcting them.
*****Continuation
So, you're able to do one rotation. The first question I'd ask is if it TRULY is a full
rotation, and not just a crappy version of one that you say to make yourself feel better.
People have the tendency to lie to themselves, and thus never get flares down in good
time. Anyhow, for continuation, you start feeling that continuation when you feel a
significant lift in ur body when one leg kicks up. Flaring clockwise, when your right leg
kicks up, and you feel that lift, that moment when the flares don't feel heavy, that's when
you know you're well on your way to continuing flares.
Again, the speed of your hand placement and bringing them down quickly is very
important if you want continuations. So when you have one rotation, focus on putting
your hand down fast and finding that feel for the lift in that leg and your body.
You should not be feeling any significant pulls in either horizontal direction, but your
feet should be sweeping wide and circular. The only significant pull you should feel is
vertical, and it isn't suppose to feel like hard work. Vertical as each leg lifts to allow the
other to pass under, you should significantly feel that pull. A lot of being able to do a
flare is training your muscles, which would mean you also need to allow them to heal and
build up.
Since I created this guide. I've gone from one to continuous flares. SO THERE IS HOPE!
Once you hit continuous flares. REMEMBER REMEMBER, don't let those legs bend,
don't let them start close in. I think that's of the up most importance if you want to get
better and better at that point.
Keep On Flaring
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This is for CW ones, so if you go CCW reverse all the lefts with the rights.
GO!
PREREQUISITES
Hopping flares are very similar to flares and involve czechin in some way, so if you want
to have something to help you, that can only be some good-form flares. The czech motion
isn't that important, but if you want to learn these I recommend gettin some nice, clean
flares down... that's all you need.
NOTE- for those who don't know, the term czech means the movement that makes you
turn in the opposite way you're going during the flare. For example, if you're flaring CW,
you're czechin it if you're turning to face your left a bit more at every round. And no, I
have no idea where the name came from =]P
Another thing that should help, at least for the most common method -see below- are
hopping mills. They make you understand how important piking and kicking out is, and
how much height it can give you. And not only for THIS move either.
STEP-BY-STEP
As I said, I think flares are a prerequisite for this move- so I'm going to explain the
whole thing assuming you have good flares and know how to do them.
1- Ok. You're standing here, preparing to go. Take the usual step to the right with your
right foot, "YOU" know how it's got to be in order to be comfortable for you. Just like a
normal flare.
2- Now, this is where you feel the first differences. On a Flare, you'd do everything you
can to keep your feet low to the ground (as opposed to your waist, which stays high).
Here instead, what you've got to do is quite the opposite. By this I don't mean you have to
throw your legs straight vertical, the idea is STILL to get a mainly circular movement
(which is why you start flares swinging low in the first place), just with your lower body
a bit higher than usual. In other words, take a bit away from the horizontal swing and put
it into height.
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3- Now you have reached the front- your legs are piked and ready to kick out and you're
at a relatively high angle with your lower body. To have an idea of the angle, just think at
two things:
- the higher you are, the more height the kick will give you
BUT
- the higher you are, the harder you'll have to fight aginst the force of gravity right after
every round.
So, find a way betwen these two and you'll get the idea of a nice angle. Again, we're
talking about an "angle" you don't even notice if you're looking at the move from outside.
So that you have an idea of the proportions, it's something you don't notice unless you're
the one who is doing it.
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4- The kick out! Not much to say here, just kick out your legs to start the hop as your
right hand starts getting off the ground due to the flare rotation. Instead of keeping the
hand up there and waiting for the time to put it down again, like you'd do with a flare,
throw it around over your front, towards the ground.
5- After your left hand following your right and a brief airborne phase, catch the ground
with your right hand and make your left follow in order to get back to the position you
started with... the front of a flare.
Remember to pike back your legs while you don't need them and your hands are doing
most of the work- that's the catching phase.
A little note about hands positioning there: if you want to turn 180 degrees at every
round, youll have to follow a precise hand positioning. Ever done skyscrapers? They're
basically walking around in circles into a handstand, but there's a precise way to do it.
Every time you lift one hand up, you turn 90 before putting it back down, in order to
form a square/rectangle plant. Try and do that, place your hands in order to form a square
or a rectangle. That will make you turn a nice, clean 180 degrees at every round. It's a bit
complicated to explain, but you'll see it from the clip and the pics. Turning 180 may be a
nice add-on to your king flares, personally I dont like it because it looks too regular and
foreseeable to me... kind of gymnast-style. But its up to you to decide.
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6- This is a little disadvantage of the piking method: it makes single rounds easier, but
sticking them together may give some problems. That's because every time you catch you
have to keep the "high" angle in order to go for the next round, and if you fail to do that
your right foot tends to hit the ground. However, not that much of a problem, mainly
because you have all the momentum from the previous round to help you. Aid with some
abs work, and there ya go... pretty much like the previous round, when the rotation makes
your right hand leave, pike out again and make it travel in front of you.
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7- Catch with your right hand again focus on your right foot, dont make it hit the
ground! Like the previous round, help with abs work and if youve managed to save
enough momentum youll be fine. Depending on how much you have turned it may be
hard not to crash your foot, Ive found the more you turn the harder it is to keep it up...
and thats pretty much the only thing I like better about 180 turns I like challenges...
8- There ya go, second round done! Youve just linked hopping flares... dum de dum
dum...
TIPS
- First of all Ill say it one more time: your flares have to be CLEAN!
All the stuff youre gonna do requires pretty comfortable and clean flares. I did say this
move is overrated to me, and my opinion is still the same, but it comes from the
presupposition you could flare on your pinky fingers... IF you can then this move can be
no pain for you, else I strongly suggest you to go back working on your pinky flares.
- Dont try and get momentum from some flares first, just go for it.
In my opinion the best is to first learn a move raw, so that you have the most volubile
form of it, and then work on the connections starting from that. Sure, that isnt always the
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I can link it, but my legs are low during the second round...
Apart from practicing more (duh) you may be piking too soon. If you pike when you're
still in the airborne phase, you get to link to the second round with your body closed up
and that doesn't let you get as much momentum as you could. Try and delay that a bit.
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Circles
By SektorThis is for CW ones, if you want to learn em CCW just reverse lefts with rights.
Here we go...
--GENERAL INFO-Ok now, remember it HELPS to have Flares before attemptin Circles, but that's not
NEEDED. See it this way, unless it's a part of the move you want to learn, then nothing is
fundamental. It may make your job easier, but nothin more.
Now let's get into Circles:
First of all, there are two main starts for this move: the New Yorker Style start, which is
the most used by bboys, and the gymnastics start.
The New Yorker Style is a start that's good only after you learned Circles with the other
one, which seems easier at first. Once you got this move with the gymnast start, move to
New Yorker Style and you'll see it feels easier.
So it works just like with Mill starts: the standing start, which first felt harder, becomes
the more comfortable way right after you learned the Handglide one.
Also remember Circles are a bit harder than Flares just cause here you have closed legs,
and so the main way of getting momentum in Flares, which was by swinging your open
legs, now can't be used.
For replacing this lack of speed, the main keys are a good start and, most of all, using
shoulders more than in Flares. Leaning more to the sides. Al ot more.
--NEW YORKER STYLE START-As I said, you should learn Circles with the gymnast start first, it is easier at first. But
after you learned to pull some of them with the easier way, you want to move to this start.
This is just a small section for those who doesn't know how the New Yorker Start works.
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1- Since this is the same start of a 90/Airflare, just do what you'd do for a 90: from the
standing position, take a step behind you and to your right with your right foot. Not too
huge and not too little, you have to find which is the more comfortable length for you.
2- Throw your left hand to the inside of your right foot, and at the same time or right after
your hand swung towards the ground, swing your right foot off the ground in a circular
motion (as low as you can) and try to follow its movement with your whole body by
turnin to your right. Kinda hard to explain if you've never seen it, look at the pic.
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3-Now you have your left hand on the ground and the leg is still straight behind you, still
swingin.
When you have done about half a twist to the right, the left hand which you placed to
your right now is to your left, right under your left shoulder. So it's in the Circle position.
4-Just leave the ground with the left foot and make it do the motion of your right one.
From now on your legs will always stay closed together.
Place your right hand on the ground, and have your shoulders leanin forward to keep the
balance.
Now you are in a position similar to a planche, and are about to lift your left hand to
make your legs pass under. This is the New Yorker Style start, from now on just continue
from Step 5 of the real guide!
--CIRCLES GUIDE-Ok, here starts the proper Circles/Virgin Flares Guide. This is what you should do and
learn in the first place, before movin to New Yorker Style Circles.
Here we go...
1- The gymnast start is the one that feels easier in the first place, so learn like this first.
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2- Take a big step with your right foot and raise your left hand at the same time- it
somehow helps. Have your right leg -the one that you took the step with- bent, your left
leg still straight as in the beginnin.
Like with the New Yorker Style start, it's up to you to decide which width is more
comfortable for you.
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4- Until now your left leg didn't do anything. There it comes. As soon as the right leg
comes to it, make it leave the ground, still keepin both of them low and straight, and start
the rotation. From now on, they'll always stay straight and closed together.
5- If you didn't raise your left hand yet, do it now to allow your legs to pass under it. It's
just a personal preference to make it sooner, when the kick was about to end, or later.
As soon as you raise your hand and your legs come under your left arm, lean right with
your shoulders.
The trick for Circles is to lean further than with a Flare, cause there you have your legs
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6- Do NOT enter the front of the Circle with your feet, but with your groin/belly.
This means do not make your feet go before the rest of your body keepin it bent in an L
position, keep it open and your legs straight.
Put your left hand back on the ground as soon as you can- you'll need it very soon.
While puttin your hand on the ground, since you are on both your
hands again, shift your weight from the right side back to the centre.
So, now that you are in the front of the Circle and your body is nice and straight, it may
be necessary to put your shoulders a bit back, not at the centre. It depends on how much
momentum you have, cause as I said before, the more momentum you have, the less
you'll need to shift weight.
However, even with a standard amount of speed that shouldn't be necessary.
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7- As you lift your right hand to make legs pass under it, there's one important thing to
remember: as you have to enter the front of the Circle with your groin, you have to exit it
with your heels. NOT with your butt, so not with your body bent into an L shape again.
That kills alot of momentum, it's pretty much the same thing as bendin legs in Flares.
Lean left with your shoulders to shift weight and counter-balance of course. At this time
you should already have an idea of how it works.
You're a bit helped in this by the fact that you can prevent yourself from fallin on your
face by usin your wrists. This is because in this position your hands point the same way
you'll be leanin into.
So, in the end, it's not as hard as it seems, though it's the hardest part of the move.
9- Now, since the back of the Circle is the part where both your hands are down for the
longest time, I'll tell you a very useful trick I found out when learnin Flares:
To gain more momentum, the moment you are on both hands move them like you want to
make them draw a CCW circle, yes, CCW!
Since they're on the ground they won't move at all, but they'll make your whole body
move faster.
To understand what I'm sayin get into the turtle position. Both arms stabbed. Now try to
move em in a CCW circle and you'll notice your whole body rotates CW.
Helpin the rotation with this trick you should have enough momentum to lean on your
right as you lift your left hand.
Now do what you already did on the first steps, pass legs under, put your hand down
again.
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One-legged Swipe
By Marsio
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Turtles
By Bboy Crescent
Okay david_hsingyu here's your step-by-step guide for turtles (CCW). I'll post this as a
separate thread so others can read it too. Pictures probably won't help much for this move
so you'll want to watch some videos and look at how the guys toss their weight around.
"Flying Steps - Breakin It Down" is a good one. Watch the guy with yellow pants.
1.) First off, remember to breath when you're in a float position. Turtles don't last very
long if you don't. When you're spinning don't hold your breath either. FLEX your ab
muscles a little to prevent face from turning red or running out of breath. Before you start
learning the turtle, you probably wanna be able to stay in that floating position for as long
as you want. If you're tipping over on your face, close in your legs (bring feet closer to
your ass). If your feet keep touching the ground, bring feet farther away from your ass.
Find an equilibrium... it depends on how you place your arms. Forearms should be
vertical and perpendicular to the ground; that will give you a good height.
3.) Now try start walking in circles slowly. Remember to DO NOT LET YOUR
ELBOWS LEAVE YOUR HIPS! You need to keep your height with your arms or else
you will lose your balance or your arms will simply collapse and you'll just go flat on the
ground into a bellyspin. When you're walking in circles, shift your weight to the hand
that's holding you up and lift your other hand off the ground. Just place your hands where
it'll continue the spin. Keep practicing on this and build up speed... you probably won't
get too fast so don't worry too much about it, just get efficient enough to be able to
maintain your balance. Remember don't shift your weight too much that your tip over on
the arm that's bearing your weight. When you're learning to walk, make sure your arms
remain UNDER your body, not outwards or you will fall.
4.) If you have really good speed on that last step (possible) and good balance you can
probably stop there if you're happy with your turtles. But if you wanna learn how to
really toss your weight around you can go even further. At this point you're pretty much
just perfecting your turtles. You need to learn how to wag your butt around and toss your
head/upper torso in the direction of your spin. Your waist will be bending from left to
right (vice versa) every time you place your hand on the ground. If you want good speed
right away, start your turtles from handspin position or from standing. Otherwise you can
still start from your float and build up speed. Now I'm going to be describing everything
in CCW. From the handspin position, you will wanna wind up your body. Look to your
left and SPREAD your legs apart behind you, you will be pulling them in when you start
the spin to gain more speed. Turn you hips in the direction you wanna spin, which is to
your right if you're going CCW.
5.) Once you start your spin, pull your legs in immediately to get your momentum going.
First hand placed on the ground is the right hand pointing forward (your left hand should
already be on the ground from starting position and should now be pointing left). As soon
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Turtles
By Bboy Drizzt Do Urden
Alright, this is the turtle help post. Give details on your problem and we'll do our best to
solve them. Heres my guide and tips:
1st- The two main keys you need to turtle are balance and wrist strength. There are many
exercises you can do to build wrist strength, a few are - hand stand pushups against the
wall, and the handglide position (where you put one elbow into your gut right above your
hip bone, with your arm straight down to the floor, perpendicular with it. The other hand
is by your head used just to balance yourself. Pull your legs in like a frog would and put
all your weight on that arm under you. Do this alot, switching off arms)
Building balance is done by putting both arms under your body and holding yourself off
the ground with both of them. Your body should fairly horizontal, with your head 2 to 4
inches off the ground, and feet like a frog tucked in. Your left hands fingers pointing left
of you, and your right fingers right. Dont leave your hands facing forwards or backwards
to balance, it will just be harder. You then slowly rock (switch weight) from one arm the
the other. Try to get as much weight as you can off one arm and still stay balanced.
After building balance and wrist strength, you can begin to learn how to WALK
backwards, forwards, and in a circle. Walking backwards and forwards is done by
shifting your balance to one arm while in the turtle position, and moving the hand that
has the weight off of it forward or backward in that split second. This will build intense
balance, strength, and give you the feel for moving each arm while distributing weight to
the other.
Now the turtle spin:
Step 1 - Start Position - (Counter Clockwise)
Start in the kneeling position and put your left hand on the ground, finger FACING left of
you. It should be much like the hanglide position. Then leaning over your left hand put
your right hand LESS than a foot from your left hand straight out from your body and
parrallel with your left hand. Fingers pointing to the LEFT, like the left hand.
Step 2- The First Swing Putting your bodyweight on your left arm like the handglide position swing your body in
an arc (feet off the ground) and land on your right elbow in your right side gut. When you
transfer all your weight to your right arm, move your left towards your body and under
you by your left hip to catch yourself from falling off your right, feet and head are still
off the ground during this point. (if you fall alot, or dont have the balance yet, just
practice your hand movements and swinging arcs of your body without all your weight
on your arms) It should just be like putting your weight on one arm, moving the other and
putting your weight on that arm, moving the other, etc.
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Cricket/Jackhammers
By President
Editors Note: Crickets and Jackhammers are two different moves contained in this
guide.
Jackhammers
Intro:
I would first off like to say that you cannot rush through this guide. Read it slowly, read it
multiple times if you have to, but read it by sections. If you havent mastered one
section, do not move to another. Trying to learn it too fast WILL hinder your ability to
learn it. Learning moves takes time, so dont expect to have mastered crickets within a
week. Try maybe a month if youre lucky.
Alright, jackhammers are probably one of the best power moves out there. Its fun to look
at and it gives the illusion of strength, but in reality, there is not much strength involved.
If you dont know what jackhammers are, you probably shouldnt try it. The move itself
is simple, just hopping and rotating your body on only one stabbed arm. To most
nonbreakers, this looks impossible, and thats what I like about it.
Prerequisite:
To start off, to be able to do jackhammers, you need to have your crickets down like
cake. The hard part about learning jackhammers is mastering crickets, because once you
can do crickets with lots of ease, youre ready for jackhammers. And since the move is so
similar to crickets, youll probably get some jackhammers within 5 minutes of practice
AFTER you master crickets. If you dont know what I mean by MASTERing crickets, I
mean being able to do normal crickets, crickets forward and backward, crickets sideways,
and just being able to screw around while in handglide position. Since the fundamentals
of crickets are so important to learning jackhammers, Ill include a cricket guide too.
CCW Handglide position first:
To learn crickets, you first have to master the handglide position. Thats a simple one.
Get on your knees and put your left palm on the ground in front of your left knee. Point
your fingers back toward your left knee. Now bend your left elbow and lean your body
forward so that your elbow is stabbed into your gut. Youre probably gonna have more of
your weight above your elbow, so put your right hand down wherever comfortable to
balance yourself. Now that youre balanced, lean forward some more and get your knees
off the ground. At this point, the only thing supporting you is your arms (left arm under
your gut and right arm outside your gut to balance). Also, bend your knees accordingly to
balance yourself. Think of it like a see-saw and you need equal weight on both sides of
your stabbed elbow. Get VERY comfortable with this position; youll be using it a lot.
You should be able to hold the handglide position for 20+ seconds with ease before you
start on those crickets. Do not forget to breathe when youre in this position, that way
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CCW Crickets:
Now that youve mastered handglide position, its a good time for crickets. Crickets are
like handglide position except your body hops and rotates around both your hands. Your
left arm is always stabbed, and your right arm is never under your gut. To hop, you must
pump your left hand. To get the circular motion, your right hand must sweep against the
ground to propel your body counter-clockwise. To get momentum, you must swing your
legs to the right after your left hand pumps. Do NOT swing at all until you are ready for
the speed. Do not forget to breathe.
Start practicing by getting in handglide position and try to lift your right arm and balance
only on your left. You dont need to balance for long, its just to get used to the feeling.
Probably 1-2 seconds balancing like this is all you need. Just keep lifting your right hand
up and down without touching your knees to the ground.
Start out slow if youve never done these before.
1. The position. Start out in handglide position. Your feet should be off the ground and
your body is supported only by your arms. VERY IMPORTANT: keep your back
straight, do not arch it. You cannot do jackhammers with an arched back, and your
crickets will be fugly. If this isnt so, then you messed up.
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2. The tap. Use your right hand to give the ground a little tap. The force that your right
hand exerts on the ground is exerted back at you equally and oppositely; this means your
body should be pivoting on your left arm. The fingers on your left hand started out
pointing at your knees, but after your body turns from the tap, your fingers should be
facing up toward your face. If they arent, then you messed up.
Be sure to practice step 2 before you move on to step 3. Just practice tapping and letting
your body pivot. Then you can put your feet down and re-cock your left hand and do it
again.
3. The pump. Now, get into handglide position and get ready for step 3. Tap your right
hand like you did in step 2. As your body starts to turn, give a little pump with your left
hand (this is done by straightening your left arm a LITTLE bit). You dont need to pump
HARD, but enough to get your hand 1-2 inches off the ground. After you pump your left
hand, you should bring your right hand down. While your left hand is in the air, turn your
left wrist back like it was in handglide position, fingers toward your left knee. The
purpose of the pump is so your left hand can re-cock itself while it is in the air. Your left
hand should come down shortly after your right hand does. If your legs didnt hit the
ground, then good job, you just did 1 cricket. If your legs DID hit the ground, then you
messed up. Try keeping them bent.
Be sure you can do step 3 with ease before you move on to step 4.
4. Continuous crickets. Step 4 shouldnt be too hard if you can do step 3 easily. The
point to step 4 is to keep your momentum; do this enough and you will gain speed. You
should now take note of where your right hand lands when it comes down after tapping.
You should put it down under the right side of your head so that your arm is bent. This
way, you can straighten your right arm a bit to TAP AGAIN and continue your crickets.
You should already know by now the step that comes after you tap. Pump with your left.
Right hand comes down, left hand comes down. Once your right hand comes down, it
taps IMMEDIATELY. Pump it before your left hand comes down.
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Be sure you can do a clean 5 rounds (NOT PUMPS) of crickets without your knees
banging the ground and without any fidgety halting motion before you proceed onto step
5.
5. Perfection, fluidity and speed. Practice makes perfect. You should spend as little time
on your left hand as possible, and pump it quickly. This keeps you from turning on your
hand too much; if your hand turns a lot, you have to pump higher and faster so that you
have more time to re-cock your wrist. Pumping higher means more impact on your wrist
and youll get tired faster. Remember that this move is based a lot on momentum, which
means you need speed. If you want more speed, swing your hips CCW as you pump with
your left hand. When you swing your hips, your legs should follow. Do NOT swing your
legs upward. That will give you too much height and you wouldnt turn sideways, youd
hop up too high. Make sure to do all the steps (tap, pump and swing hips, right hand
down, tap and left hand down, pump and swing hips, repeat) FLUIDLY. Dont think of it
as a step-by-step move, but in one fluid motion. And remember to keep practicing until
you can do crickets like its nothing.
CCW Jackhammers
Once you perfect crickets, jackhammers should be a breeze. The hard part about learning
jackhammers is getting your crickets smooth enough. All you need to do is lift up your
right elbow while doing crickets. This step comes right after your left hand pumps. Keep
your right arm close to the side of your body. Remember that youre supposed to keep
your body as compact as possible. That means: legs are bent, right arm is in, and body is
leaning to the left. The video should explain it for you. Remember to keep pumping and
use your hips to conserve your momentum, that means keep your hips high/elevated.
Now your hips have to turn your body for you, because you dont have your right arm to
tap and make your body turn. Dont try to do anything special with your head or eyes,
just turn your head to the left a bit. All you gotta do is remember to keep going, keep
your body in, and keep your legs bent. If you happen to lose momentum, just go back into
crickets, which should be easy because those are mastered.
A common problem that I had and some others who have asked me for advice have also
had is that after they pump with their left, they forget to re-cock it. If you pump and don't
re-cock, you could seriously damage your wrist. It doesn't take much wrist strength to do
jackhammers, but it does help to have wrist strength when you mess up. And if you can
only get a couple pumps on jackhammers, you're probably not re-cocking your left hand
enough. Try to turn it back some more before you put it back down.
I hope I didnt miss any main points or leave out any details. Any questions just ask.
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Darkhammers/Hydraulics
By Manhy xD and Bboy Du
Its late at night im bored, thought I?l write a Dark Hammers, hydros, Drunken Turtles,
Fire Crackers, or w/e you call it guide since there isn? one, or maybe I cant find it. For all
of you who don? know what this move is, its practically a turtle combined with a cricket,
but instead of hopping on one hand, you alternate between hands, sort of like a jack
hammer but switching arms, and you don? start out in da handglide position. So here I
begin my first guide written by a newb. By the way the pictures you see isn? me doing
this, I don? have a camera to take pictures of me doing it so I improvised and used a
video I found on dis site, I think the person doing it is BBOY DU, well im just giving
him props if he sees this.
Prerequisites
Good Balance in the turtle position, a good cricket, and at least a lil bit of muscle strength
so you can easily do at least 4 or 5 hops, (no need for you to know how to do a jack
hammer, but it helps.) UFO? I think would be needed for an extra step, but I dunno.
OK
Step #1 ) OK get down on your knees and get into the turtle position, and im assuming
you know how, since I did post da ?ow to do turtles?link. But if you to dam lazy to click
it, here? a little guide, or if you do know how, just skip the bolded paragraph,
then on your knees, stab your elbows into your obloquies or ab area. never really
stab into your stomach, unless its hard, cuz it hurts sometimes.?Then lunch your
self up by kicking feet up into air, just enough that your balancing on your
hands/elbows. To balance most Bboys or Bgirls bend their feet toward their ass, but
that? them, do what ever feels good. Always look at the floor if you want to, cause it
helps you balance better (well for me), but don? over do it or your face will be going
there. Well that? the turtle freeze, to spin, pick up one hand and step in circles.
Don't flair on me if you don? understand the turtle guide I wrote, not me fault you were to
lazy to click Bboy Crescent? turtle guide.
Picture
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Step #3) Time to add what we learned from Crickets or Jack Hammers, The Pumping
Action. As I said in the 2nd step, once you lean on the arm you want and lift up the
opposite arm off the ground, PUMP! The arm your leaning on, (And again if you were
too lazy too click the first link too learn Crickets/Jack Hammers, you can just go screw
yourself.) When your pumping on the leaning arm your leaning on you need to push off
diagonally to your other arm.
For example, if your lean on your left arm and you pump, you pump diagonally to your
right side so you can restab and lean on you right elbow so you can throw your left arm
up., Well thats how i do it.
Theres also BboY Du's way of going into the move "first...try to build up your
handglide position with your other arm...at first i would just hop from handglide
with left arm stabbed...to handglide with right arm stabbed...once i got that good i
started lifting my non stabbed arms" This is pretty helpful too, i would hav nva
thought of learning it from da handglide position which is easier to learn from.
Pictures
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Step #4) Now for the extra step, ?pinning?you can choose to this or not, doing this in one
spot is much easier, then spinning around. Personally I cant spin but I got the jist of it.
This would be much easier if you have decent speed when spinning in a regular turtle or
If you know how to do Turtle UFO? it would be great I guess, If you don? click the link
at the top of the page to learn it. If you watch BBOY DU? video you see him throw his
legs a little bit to the left (If your watching it, it looks like he going to the right, but from
his perspective its left.) And as he plants his hand down he turns a bit to the left. So im
guessing that? how you spin, remember I cant spin, so I dunno.
Q and A
Q: I dont know how to pump, turtle, or spin help me.
A: Go back to the top of this page and click the links to the guides I have presented you,
and dont come back till you can do them decently.
Editors Note: The links are just links to turtles, crickets, etc, which are above.
Q: So do I really need Jack Hammers for this?
A: Yes and no, The strength, balance and skill would benefit greatly to you learning this
move and probably will let you get it on your first try, but Jack Hammers are too
complicated too learn for most people, so if you just learn to do crickets you still be able
to do Dark Hammers. Plus learning Dark Hammers first could help you learn how to do
Jack Hammers, You never know.
Q: I think Im gay, what do I do?
A: Your problem, cant help you there buddy
Re-read this whole guide before you ask a question! chances are da
answeres are in here some where.
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UFOs
By X-Bobby
Ok everybody...I finally got UFO's...or at least I can do them pretty decent....lol...so I
thought I post a guide in here for the ones that were asking' "how to do it....or what is
it"
UFO's...Air Turtles are really tough if you don't have a well build upper body...but with a
lot of practice...youll get em!!!!
This is for Counter-Clockwise....I do it like this...ever since I saw Storm doing it!!!!
1) Place your left palm on the ground....the legs should be behind u and spread...knees
bent a lil' ....so you're comfortable on the starting position....right arm in the air....notice
that the left palm should be more like under your abs...not in front of your face!!!!
2) The weight should be pretty much on the left straight arm...so now u can step to the
left(left hand stays down)...right leg first...it should come near your left one...then the left
leg goes left ass well..(sound weird...but trust me!!! )....u should be in the exact same
position like in the beginning...BUT...the lower part of your body moved to the
left....again notice that the left palm does not leave the ground!!!
3) You should do the movement of the legs fast...but not too fast though'...and help
yourself with the right arm for the wid-up!!!...also...when u do this movement...u should
go a lil' backwards...just a lil' ...so that the left palm...which was under your abs....ends up
in front of your face!!!!
4) now u should pull the left leg to the right...the next moment u lift the right leg of the
ground(more like it lifts itself )and in a circular motion to the right ass well...and while
u do this the right arm must go down next to the left one...keep 'em both straight(keep
your whole body taut)...legs spread...knees bent (it's easier at first)...butt up in the air(not
to high at firstor you'll land on your face )....head and chest up!!!! ..the weight is on
both arms now!!!!
5) keep walkin' around in circles as long as u can...shifting the weight from one hand to
another really fast...keep your palms close to each other for speed...!!!!
This is it people....hit me and let me know what u think!!!
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UFOs
By Bboy Drizzle Do Urden
Sup, I didn't see and guides for UFO so I thought I'd do a short one with a few tips for
more advanced breakers that might like to learn it. These tips and stuff come straight
from Kujo himself btw. UFO's really can be done with legs open wide, or closed straight
since basically they are both the same type of float.
1st, Youre going to need prerequisites to get this move down, so u should be able to
turtle, flare well enough, and have started working on planches.
Even though UFO's require a lot of strength to keep them going, learning the movements
and techniques can help u to get them much faster than you normally would.
1st, work on planches as much as you can by kneeling down, putting your hands at your
sides, cross your legs at the ankles, and pick your body off the ground with both arms.
Attempt to extend your legs uncrossed straight out in back of you, or into an V. Basically
planche. Try crossing your legs and pulling them through to the front and extending until
your legs are straight, try to get them up towards your face as well. This will really
strengthen your abs and arms. Then cross em again, pull em back through and extend,
pull em forward through and extend as much as possible, and so forth. This strength
exercise should be done often.
2nd, work your hand placements with turtle over again, this time walking it through with
your arms straight out in the UFO position, legs out straight, but feet touching. Go
through those UFO movements so much u get sick of it. lol. You'll begin to see how u
have to swing your arms around and body following.
3rd, now realize, in order to keep this move going, its going to be alot of thinking ahead
of yourself. The way you keep your body moving and keep off the ground is by doing the
steps you learn ahead of what your body does, so you can catch and push through before
you touch down.
1st way to work UFO's: Start in turtle position, and begin turtling. You should have no
problem rotating forever if you know turtles well, so gain some speed. You want to be
looking out, not down, Kujo keeps telling me its really important, lol. Then when you
have enough control and speed, your basically just going to attempt to push up into
straight armed turtles, while extending your legs in the back into a straight, or slightly
curled V shape, and locking them. I've found u really have pull hard into it when u push
up, much like doing a flare from turtle, which BTW, you should practice as well cause it
really helps. U'll begin to get it further and further each couple of days while your body
and u begin to catch on.
2nd way to work em is start from standing position and work buddhas. If ya dont know
what buddhas are, they look like UFO's with legs tucked in, rotating fast in a small circle
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UFOs
By Anubis2002
Aiight, these are for the UFOs that double as airturtles, not the damn merry go round
spins.
this is for CCW
You want to start off like your gonna do a flare, I know this sounds weird for a turtle type
move but still, it helps for speed, something you want and NEED to keep.
1) Step back as u would for a flare
2) Instead of doing a 90 type thing and reaching with your right hand your going to swing
to your left and put your left hand down on the inside of your left foot
* This means, you swing down and want to be going circular. I said inside of the left foot
because you want to be under u, not on the outside
3) As u swing down your going to kick your left leg low and swing it around you
4) As you do that your right hand will come down...now this is important! **UFOs use
cross hand positions, NOT normal turtle ones)
5)As your right hand comes down your right leg will be swinging around you too
Okay, here we go, I know that was confusing so let me do some explaining for you lol.
a)Those steps should almost if not be down at the SAME time.
b)Your legs are going to swing around but as they go around you want to bring them in,
around and under you(the UFO position if u needed a picture)
c)You need to have your elbows LOCKED!
d)Lean foward onto your arms, it what gives your more height and makes this a lot easier.
e)I cant stress this enough, u need to swing your legs but right afterwards u need to bring
them UNDER u!!
Okay, now that you have how to start it, to keep them going there are a few steps
1) KEEP UR DAMN HANDS CROSSING!! if you just do turtle style your gonna lose
speed and it will be harder to keep elbows locked and even stay up, and not to mention it
KILLS your wrists, trust me!
2) Same as turtles, as u transfer weight from one hand to the other u want to swing your
hips to the hand your weight is one
3) Unlike turtles though, your hands will stay right under you and you do NOT under
ANY circumstances want to remove them from your center of gravity...think about
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Headspins
By Anubis2002
Aiight, heres a Headspin Guide because I see a ton of threads about this move. Have fun
First off, you do NOT need to sit on your head for any amount of time to "warm up" And
you wanna know why, first off, Standing there has NOTHING to do with spinning, it
wont make u comfortable spinning and it doesnt help you learn. Not to mention the point
of headspins is to get no handed, and id LOVE to see someone balance without hands for
5 minutes.
Aiight, this is for CCW, if u want CW, mix the left and rights, aiight?
This isnt for dropping into them, its for starting the newbie way.
1) Get on your knees, yes your knees! It is an easier place to start!
2) Lean forward and get your head on the ground, have your hands by the side of your
head
*Remember u shouldnt be on your forehead or way in back of your head or the side, u
should be somewhere in the middle, but a little closer to the back. Look at a helmet, u see
where it gets flat, thats NORMALLY where you want to be on your head too but its
what is comfortable and works for YOUR head.
3) Kick your feet up so you are now balancing with your hands on your head, make sure
your on the correct point of your head
*Once you are in this position u have multiple options, some of them are choices some of
them you NEED to do.
a) Your legs dont need to be in any set position, you can use a 4, or a V, or an L, or any
number of positions comfortable to YOU, but remember each position has pros and cons.
b) Your legs can NOT drop below your hips!! if they do your going to go off balance, its
easier when your good to catch and keep going but learning it makes things VERY hard
c) Your back, neck and body should be STIFF and straight, if your neck isnt stiff your
not gonna do well and could hurt yourself, if your back isnt straight your either going to
fall back off balance or forward off balance.
d) You can adjust your hips as u see fit, but make sure once u have them in a position you
like, LOCK them.
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Now that u have the position you want, ur first object is to learn to tap, not kick or swing
but TAP!
tapping is a crucial step to headspins and anyone who says your not headspinning
because your tapping is an idiot!
Okay, be comfortable! here we go
4) Do NOT kick or swing at this point, but push your hands off in a circular motion, and
then catch.
* you want to practice tapping, the best way to do that is to keep your body stiff, push off
a lil then catch and do it again and again slowly. Until you learn how
Okay I need to discuss tapping because I can hear the questions already
a) Doesnt matter if u use whole hand or finger tips, finger tips are easiest
b) You are going circular, do NOT push straight up or off, because it throws you off
c) Do not CATCH the ground and THROW, the only time you catch is when your
practicing by tap, catch, stop, tap, catch, stop
*this is beginner tapping, Im quite aware that when tiu get more advanced tiu do other
things like reaching
d) Remember tiur learning u can tap as much as you want to, I used to doggy paddle my
headspins to learn them. You know what, it helps! The point of tapping is to be on your
head, get use to it, and to have momentum to let go.
5) Once u learn to tap and catch(if u do that step) your going to continue tapping. Lock
your body and tap in a circular motion, now when u travel a lil bit, tap again...
*Youre going to notice your tapping A LOT if you do it like this, WHO CARES! your
learning
6) Once u learn to tap a lot and often, you can tap less and less, say you tap once ever 1/8
of a turn, then you learn to tap every 1/4 then every 1/2 then every turn then every other
turn. Soon you learn how to do rotations between taps.
*Make sure you have tapping DOWN, its a VERY CRUCIAL step, once you get the
basics you can spice it up a lil. These next things are for the more advanced headspinner.
instead of locking your hips and not kicking, when you go to tap, reach ahead of your
body and tap, as you tap kick your legs to catch up to your body. Each time you tap you
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Handglide
By D.n.A
Ok, lets start off.... THIS GUIDE IS FOR CCW. For CW just switch right and left ;]
Its my first guide, and its hella long! Well... just accept it lol
The Handglide/Handspin is a VERY easy move! Believe me, its even easier than the
backspin....
I really love the move, cuz it looks damn hard, but isnt ;]!
Here we go
Step 1: Turtle freeze
If you dont know how to do this freeze you wont get far....
Just put your elbows against your abs, maybe a little bit on the side, but DONT put them
too low (the bones) or you wont be able to hold it for that long.
Also dont do it too high! I dont have to explain when its too high, youll see cuz if you
do you cant freeze. Now just lower yourself, put your hands on the ground and have
your LEFT hands fingers face LEFT and your RIGHT hands fingers face RIGHT! So
left-left and right-right.
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Handhops/Solar Eclipses
By Sektor-GENERAL INFOAight first of all, it's easy to look at the move and think you need lots of strength. That's
wrong actually, because it's mostly a matter of balance, so if you want one handed Solar
Eclipses, you must either have very comfortable handstands or a natural sense of balance.
Having both ones help lol, and many times one comes with the other.
For strength, you don't need an extreme bunch, just enough to hold a one handed
handstand. Anyways, if you want this move I recommend you to try it when you already
are at a pretty good level. Just remember the golden rule lol, the more experienced you
are, the less time it takes to get moves. And don't get me wrong, of course having
strength still isn't a 'bad' thing for this lol.
Another 'myth' is that you NEED one handed handstands to learn this move. That's not
true, cause for some aspects of it this is easier than one handed handstands if you do it
right. I know this sounds like BS lol, but take a look at the tips section and you'll know
why.
Then, one handed Solar Eclipses are a balance move most of all, and if you have any
other balance moves or work a lot on freezes you know that balance moves are the kind
of moves that need practice the most. On special cases you may hit Mills, Halos,
Backflips and a lot other moves at your first try or in a very short time, but balance
moves are royal bitches to learn, cause no one can teach you how or how much you have
to lean and balance on a 90, Headspin, L-Kick and any other move or freeze that's mostly
balance, you've got to find it out with practice.
So DON'T expect to know all you need for this one from guides, neither this one or every
other you'll find around the net. I can try to get you an idea of it, but you have to learn
how much exactly by yourself- it's all up to practice.
This move doesn't go in circles, but usually CW bboys hop on their right hand and CCW
ones hop on their left... another advantage of going CW Though I've seen some people
doing the opposite sometimes, like with 90's it's a personal matter.
-PREREQUISITES...?I always say something is a prerequisite to another move only if it's a part of it, so in my
opinion the only thing you need for this is
HANDSTANDS- It's good to attempt learning one handed Solar Eclipses only if you've
got good handstands because they're the 'basis' of the move. I started tryin this move
when my handstands already were at a decent level and that made me learn it in a short
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-ONE HANDED HANDSTANDSAs I said above, one handed handstands are the only thing you must practice -except
handstands of course lol- if you've got a damn hurry to learn one handed Solar Eclipses,
so I'll get in a couple lines on how to practice it in a good way. Trust me, they'll make
your work a LOT easier if you work on them a bit.
Gettin into a one handed handstand is more or less the first step to pull out a one handed
Solar Eclipse -that's why it helps so much to have it down good-, so to practice it you'll
do something like the starting of a Solar Eclipse.
1- Get into a handstand as you'd usually do, but this time let your legs hang in front of
you, over your back (this time... cause you usually don't, RIGHT?? ). Beware, doin this,
not to arch your back- it should stay straight in order to make your legs kick out vertical
when you kick them for Solar Eclipses.
2- Now hold the handstand for a lil bit... when you feel ready, SLOWLY shift your
weight on your supportin hand -right one if you generally go CW, left one for CCW... but
someone does the opposite for a preference matter- and start takin your other hand off.
Doin it slowly is the key to hold it comfortably and for a long time because it doesn't
make you rush and lose balance. Think of doin it in slow motion lol... however, as you
gain confidence with them you'll learn doin it quickly.
So, your hand has got to be right under your center of balance.
3- As you lift your non-supportin hand up, stop your arm straight out to your side, more
or less parallel to the ground. This helps with balance and I find it prevents your body a
bit from leanin sideways.
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Aight, now you're in the standard one handed Solar Eclipse position, from there you can
make up your own stuff after you learnt them from this position. Balancin on one hand,
other arm straight out to the side, legs bent and ready to kick out and straight back.
Practice holdin this position for as long as you can WITHOUT swayin and doin weird
movements with your body to keep the balance. You have to practice holdin it without
movin, completely still. When you can hold that for some seconds -not many, even just 4
or 5, but feelin the balance- move to hopping.
-STEP BY STEP...finally
[1] Basically now you have to do what you did durin the one handed handstand trainin:
you get into a handstand with your legs bent and 'hanging' over your back. I bend my legs
from the startin of the handstand, but some people prefer to get into a stable handstand
and then make their legs hang. To me it's less comfortable tho.
Startin from now, always keep your back straight. Don't keep it arched, or else when you
kick your legs to hop the kick will get more horizontal than vertical -dependin on how
much you arched- and it will result in a loss of momentum and you'll hop lower.
So bent legs, but straight back.
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[2] When you have a good balanced handstand and you feel the balance, slowly begin
takin the weight off your left hand and leanin more on your right... SLOWLY! You'll
work on makin it faster once you got comfortable hops from a slow start, and plus it will
become faster by itself with practice.
[3] Now you're balancin on your right hand only. Keep your arm straight, it will drudge
much less.
Make your left arm, the one you put off, be horizontal. That will save your balance.
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[4] At this point you're ready for the hop- kick both your legs up vertical and straight.
Your hand should lift off a bit from the ground, don't worry if it's a low hop or if it
doesn't even completely lift off- that's not that important at all, just make sure you're
havin the hopping feeling.
Don't think too much about kickin hard too, or you may get off-focused and lose balance,
a medium kick will still do the thing. Of course if you want higher hops after learnin with
normal ones, you've got to kick harder... but there's time for that
[5] Landing here... There aren't many pointers to give on this part, but there are lots of
things to make it more comfortable. The most important thing when landing is to absorb
the shock, and there are many ways to do it. These probably should go in the tips section,
as you don't really need them for the move in itself, though I'll put them here cause this is
gonna be a lil long.
As your hand comes back to the floor, bend back your legs and maybe bend your arm A
BIT too. Think at a jump, especially off a wall or any other high point. What do your legs
do when you land? They bend! They do it automatically to absorb the landing shock.
Now try doin a jump (not from a high point, just from standin- from a high point is one of
the best ways to crack your knees) and landing without bendin your legs. Keep them
completely straight. Do you feel a light pain in your knees? That's because you didn't
absorb the shock with anything and so you have to handle more pressure. Now imagine
doin it on your arm Would hurt, wouldn't it?
Even if that legs movement in the jump landind resembles more the movement of your
arm -bendin just a BIT, remember?-, the main thing to absorb the shock is to bend your
legs back to their startin position as your hand gets back on the ground. You have to do
this also because if you don't and keep your legs straight, they won't be able to kick up
again for the next hop.
Bendin your arm, that helps much, but it isn't needed as the other one and I recommend
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[6] Aight, you just did one hop. If you did all the stuff I said you're in the exact landing
position and, maybe, with enough balance to go for a second hop... though well, for that it
may take some more time, but not always. On the first try you usually get 2 or 3 hops,
so...
Unlike most of the moves, this one doesn't have particular tricks to get it continuous -as I
said you usually get a couple hops on the first time-, just practice. Practice will make you
improve your hops record, try to take your max number and you'll see it improves in no
time if you practice it regularly.
This is a guide for the easier but less good lookin start. Well people, you've seen people
do that nice, quick start, right? Haha, it's nothing more than this start done fast! They just
do it quicker so that it doesn't look the same, so with practice you'll simply learn to take
less time and just go into a handstand, liftin one hand and start hoppin on the other one,
simple as that once you've got enough experience with it.
I've also seen some people not even usin the non-supportin hand, just goin into a one
handed handstand and startin to hop, but personally I think it's just harder and not as
smooth.
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-THE MASTER TIP!Aight, there's a tips section just down there, but I wanted to reserve a little section only to
this tip because it's DAMN IMPORTANT! lol...
This is a tip to have more hops. This works with Jackhammers as well, I found it out right
when I learned those, so probably who can do Jackhammers feels what I mean.
If you feel you're losing balance, when you land from a hop place your hand where you
feel it helps to regain it. For example, if you're leanin too much back -so you're about to
get back on your feet- hop and put your hand more backwards. Vice versa, if you're
leanin too forward, you place your hand on a more forwards spot. Kinda hard to explain
lol, but everyone does it while they perform this move, it just is sometimes more,
sometimes less evident. Look at the clip at the end, it's there too.
-TIPS- First and most important, you don't NEED one handed handstands to do one handed
Solar Eclipses! I told you I was gonna explain it, didn't I... hehe
To make it simple, think at it, with the 'master tip' above here you move your hand from
spot to spot to keep balance if you lean too much towards any part, right? You can't do
this with one handed handstands, if you lean too much in any direction you fall, ends
there. So the move in itself is technically easier than one handed handtands.
But then again, even if you can physically do it even without them, ONE HANDED
HANDSTANDS HELP A GIGANTIC BUNCH WITH THE MOVE, so I suggest gettin
them down for some time, the longer you hold it the better it is of course.
- After you trained good one handed handstands and moved on to one handed Solar
Eclipses, you can still include one handed handstands in your practice. For example, you
warm up, work five minutes on one handed handstands, then ten minutes of Solar
Eclipses, then other five minutes of one handed handstands... or however you want to set
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-QUESTIONS & ANSWERSQ: Argh, I can't even go into a handstand before taking my other hand off! What's up
with it?
A: I said how important one handed handstands are for this move, right... but how can
you have good one handed handstands without havin them two handed first? So go
practicin them, then move to one handed, then get back to Solar Eclipses.
Q: As soon as I take my left hand off, I fall, sometimes after doing one hop. What can I
do?
A: You're probably takin your left hand off to suddenly, do it slowly and gradually puttin
more weight on the right hand until it's all on it. At that point, since there's not any weight
on the other hand anymore, you can take it off. Remember to feel your balance and to be
sure of what you're doin before tryin to take the hand off. That's a part of the one handed
handstand trainin too.
And for the one hop, don't be too excited about it: it's probably not a good one if you did
it like this, because you did it without balance and you've got no chance to continue it
beyond the first one or two. It's like when gymnasts are learning Circles on mushrooms,
the first times they just jump up and do one, then they fall down. That isn't a good one,
cause when they do it that way they won't be able to continue it, that becomes just a
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Halos/Tracks
By Anubis2002
Put this where you will...spins, windmills, wherever. I care little. this is for my boy
xantos n a couple people who have asked for it. I'll try to do the best I can witmy wrist in
shit so if any spelling problems, kiss my butt okay LoL These will also be uni-direction.
meaning by the time u get to halos u should know which hand is used for what...the only
things ill put is little pieces of insight incase its confusing.
Okay, now the first thing you should know about halos in my opinion is that in general
there are TWO main kinds of halos. Some people would say classified as easy n hard,
well thats just not true. Depending on what you like you may find one harder n one
easier but theres not set rule for this. The first thing I think anyone should do is try both
styles out or pick one that is best suited to their own brand of power n would work well n
stick with what you like!! Ive seen to many people try one kind, only to try another only
to work on the first n never understand why they havent gone anywhere. They work on
different principals!
The two kinds are as follows:
1. The way almost everyone in BOTY(battle of the year) does them...the simplest way to
put this is you slide your head on the ground n then kick over. Basically airchair with
head on the ground, slide your head n kick over back to airchair wit head on the ground.
This is good for people who want smooth control n want to set up for many different
things
2. This is usually done by people like Iron monkey and Ivan. Instead of sliding your head
along the ground n throwing up which takes time and some of your momentum you
basically end up doing quick taps n kicks along the side of your head. Basically doing a
headspin along the outside edges of your head. This is good for POWER n a lot of nice
combos when u want speed n dynamics. Not so good when learning because u tend to go
to headspins quickly by accident.
I will try n get clips up as soon as I can of the two kinds to help with the clarification. The
way I am going to describe it for type 2 which I believe are the more powerful n more
interesting of the two. If I have time I'll try to do something quick for the first type.
Now providing you have mills...they dont need to be extremely good to try this. After all
your not gonna wanna whip them your first time off the bat, youre going to be able to
follow this guide rather easily....I hope.
1. Start off like a normal windmill but RIGHT as you get on the ground, put your head on
the ground! I'm not saying going on it or put weight on it, I'm just saying put it on the
ground. In essence you should be rolling around the same part of your head as you would
while actually doing the halo....after all it is a windmill variation in most aspects.
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2. Do step 1 a couple times n get the feel of what your head will feel like, depending on
your body it could hurt, be irritable or something to that effect. Not only that but you
really need to get the feel of something before u actually do it, it helps when it comes to
throwing n swinging if you dont need to think "ow my head hurts" and can concentrate
on the move itself!
3. Okay when you have step 1 down pact, now do step one...you all remember when you
learned windmills you had to stab to get over? Well you are going to do the same thing
here. Once your head is on the ground you are going to set up for your halos by rolling
with your head on the ground(the reason u do it from the beginning is to set up and not
have to rush) n as youre turning over to your front side(where u would stab normally for
beginner mill) you lean forward onto your head.
*****What I mean by this is that...your head is on the ground for most of the first
windmill but you do not have a lot of pressure on it. When you go to stab...u actually lean
forward onto your head so quite a bit of pressure is passed between your hands and your
head only! You might want to practice this step a few times for the same reason I wanted
you to practice step one. Get the feel down!! It is VERY important because from here
you are going to do a few things at once.
Now here is where u decide if you want to do type one or type two...if you want to do
type one it is very similar but you slide your head in a semi circle before you let it. this
instruction though is for type two.
4. Once u are comfortable getting up onto your hand and head n feel comfortable to go on
this is how you continue. Do steps 1-3...u should now be going to the point where u need
to kick/swing. For this type of halo what you need to do is tap/push like you are going to
do a headspin n kick/swingyo ur legs up as if your doing normal headspins or
windmills...something of that nature where you need the swing. Unlike windmills and
headspins though...one ur leading leg will actually go first....like if you are doing
airflares, ie...if your doing cw you will swing right leg first and if you are doing ccw your
left leg will go first
5. All of these things are done at once! You tap or push off from the ground...generally
speaking your leading hand will do the work(Ie...left hand for ccw n right hand for cw)
the other hand is more of a guide n helping hand. it can be used to catch quicker or get
more power. You allow your legs to swing up and continue the momentum.
Okay...now heres a VERY important part of halos. once u forget about keeping
your legs up you are going to come down VERY quickly. One of the most important
aspects of halos in my mind is remembering to swing your legs up every single time
you tap/push off. And I mean that, each time u do it, remember to swing your legs
up. If you dont then your hips are going to drop and your halos will get lower and
lower, uglier and uglier until they slam into the ground.
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Halos/Tracks
By Kujo, posted by D4RKNnja
The best way to start halos is of course out of a windmill, being that halos are basically
windmills without your back. It's a little more difficult to learn halos without the
windmill, because you won't have any momentum. These instructions are for spinning
counterclockwise.
1) Do a single windmill and catch yourself on your hands like you normally would do to
set up for the next windmill, with your left hand tucked into your left hip and your right
hand to the side, and rest the left side of your head on the floor.
2) Push your body up with both hands so that you are in sort of a diagonal headstand, and
at the same time push with your right hand like you would for a handglide. This
maneuver is called a headglide or an Icey Ice. Your legs should be automatically wound
up to whip your body around, without you actually thinking about it.
Tip -- it's a good thing to practice a headglide, without the spin, out of a single windmill
before going on to halos. Just windmill, catch, push sideways (but not up), and attempt to
spin on one hand while the side of your head glides on the floor. Wear a beanie or grow
an afro.
3) At the same time as #2, unwind your legs by throwing your right leg up first, then
immediately throw your left leg up and around your right leg in a circular motion. #s 2
and 3 will be done all at once, very quickly. Remember, this is basically a windmill
motion on your head, so think of it that way while you're doing it. Make sure you keep
your legs split, as they have a tendency to come together, causing your body to drill.
4. You are going to let go of the floor with your hands when you start the headglide, one
hand at a time. First the right hand lets go, but not until after you've initiated the glide and
begun to turn over on your head, then the left, but the left hand should stay on the ground
until you have spun around to the point where the left hand is forced to leave the ground.
This should be automatic also. You then need to whip your shoulders around in a
headspin-type motion after letting go and while your legs are swinging around as
mentioned in #3, then you need to catch the floor first with your right hand before you
complete the full 360 degree spin, then with the left hand, and your left hip should come
to rest right back on your left elbow. From here you should be able to set up for another
spin, by winding up your legs all over again.
Keep in mind that you must have a strong neck for halos, and your windmills should be
pretty advanced. It's also good to warm up and stretch out your shoulders before
practicing halos, because the rotator cuff is very sensitive and can be injured very easily
from being twisted in directions that it's not supposed to go. The wrists, fingers, elbows,
neck, and cranium are also at risk from doing this move. Headspins are NOT a
requirement for halos, as is somewhat commonly believed, but being able to headspin
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2. Now lunge with your dominant leg. If you don't know which is your dominant leg,
then try this. If you were to kick a soccer ball and you would use your right foot, your left
leg is your dominant leg. At that same time, start going outward with your upper body.
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4. Like i say in the video, try to get into a bridge really fast and snap out. If you try to
land standing, you will land in a crouch. If you try to get into a bridge really fast, you will
land standing. Also, think about driving your heels as hard as you can to the ground.
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5. Now plant your feet, and the momentum will take you off your hands.
6. The momentum will take you from there. If you did it right, you will be standing.
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---------------------Front Tuck-------------------1. Unlike front handsprings, you will have to punch upwards, not jump. Jumping requires
you to bend your legs, and punching you run, hop, and then throw your body upward.
Have your elbows by your ears, not your hands. Have your hands parallel to the floor.
2. Now THROW your torso to your knees with FORCE. Grab your knees if you want,
and stay in that position until the landing.
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3. Let the momentum you created carry you over so you land in a crouched or crab
position.
4. Make sure to stand up right after that to make it look like it didn't hurt, or that you
meant to do it.
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Backflip
By Hiddin Image
-Step 1A) Stand up tall
B) Lean back and try and look behind you. (Further you look the better)
C) Hold this position for about 20 seconds.
Repeat this step until you feel your comfortable to move on. Also the longer you hold this
the better.
-Step 2A) Sit on the grass with for feet pulled up to your chest.
B) Roll yourself backwards (Backwards summersault)
C) First few times roll once. After comfortable roll 2. 3 times is pointless.
This step is just to prepare you for the next step and so when you do your back flip you to
them right and not twist your body and break a bone.
-Step 3A) Stand Tall
B) Bend Knees
C) Sit down and once your close to the ground do a backwards summer sault
D) When your almost done of the summersault, use your hands to help push you up and
land back on your feet and stand tall. Hold that pose for a few seconds
REPEAT this step many times also!!
-Step 4A) Lay down facing up
B) Get on all fours still facing up. Now make sure your hands are in the right position,
like your half way done of a backflip. Meaning wrist towards your feet and fingers
towards your head.
C) Kick up with your feet and land on flat feet.
This step took me a few tries to get comfortable.
At this point you must realize in your head that when you do attempt this backflip
everything will feel natural and you will not mess up. Unless you rushed too fast pass one
of the steps. So please make sure your comportable with all of them before moving on.
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Spinning Flag
By GrandMoren
Ok first things first, if anyone can tell me the real name for this move, then i can change
the topic name. But for now, its a spinning flag.
Ok, first things first, ill also include how to flag in this guide, because you obviously
need to know how to do it before you can make them spin.
Tips:
1: Practice. This move does NOT come naturally. Its a hard move, and needs practice.
2: Remember to twist your body, look at the picture. His chest is twisted.
3: To get your legs lower, combine more twisting, and more leaning to the opposite side.
Spin it!
Alright, you all ready to spin that fucker?
Before hand things to learn AND perfect.
90's or any other handstand spinny move
You need to know how to do a 90 because you need to know how the hand spins, where
it spins, how to keep your balance (not really THAT relevant because its a different
balance then 90's, but not that much)
First steps, i need to explain how to get into it one handedly without going into the whole
"Getting into a flag" process.
Getting into it
Ok, you want to start this off like a 90. If you dont know how to start off a 90, check out
bboy.org (Editors Note: Sorry, I cant find a 90 text guide! =( )
Bring back your leg, plant that hand (Remember to plan it inverted, Finger inwards for
that extra spin) now you dont want to plant your second hand at all. Your going to spin
on that hand.
Now if this feel awkward for you, or you do it the other way, then get used to it, because
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Broncos/Donkeys
By ManHy xD
Oook Imma make the best bronco guide on this site, Period.
This is the easiest move ever, I dunno why I even wrote a guide. Many people think this
move is wack, makes you look gay, and is a poser move, then theres the other side who
says, This move is awesome if you do it right in a combo, or calling this move a poser
move is like calling the windmill a poser move. I agree with both sides, cause this move
is a cool looking retarded move. personally I like this move because....
1. Helps you learn how to go into a handstand without going all the way over.
2. Helps gain wrist strength, for floats.
3. Helps gain Calf Strength for jumping.
4. Gets you use to the feel of being in the air without any limbs touching the ground.
6. Helps you learn Round Offs, (well it helped me)
7. And it may also help build other parts of the body i may not be aware of.
Since I don't have a camera, Ill use that one picture in the other forum to help guide you
people to learn. This is one of the first moves I mastered including all the variations of it,
when I was first starting out as a bboy.
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Prerequisites
Doesn't really have any but i think you should have good back flexibility, and pretty
decent arm and leg strength. If you know how to do handstands, then this move is a piece
of cake. But theres no point in knowing how to handstand since youre not gonna be in
that position for more then 1 or 2 seconds.
Step 1
Practice getting in to a handstand, but dont just swing your legs up, just bounce, and get
the hang of being upside down.
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Step 2
Once you got step 1 down, do it again but this time once your legs are at least over your
head or up in the air, swing your legs back down by torquing your hips downward. Don't
let your hands leave the ground when your swinging your legs back down, this is just an
exercise,..get used to this feeling.
Step 3
Once you have step 1 and 2 down, you pretty much have the move down. Now do
everything in step 2 again but this time when your swingin your legs down, push off with
your hands so that hands and feet are off the ground. Most people have a fear of doing
this, scared that they gona hurt them selfs, so this this on grass, a bed, or a trapoline, what
ever makes you feel self.
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Step 5
Once you bounce off your toes, you willl be in the air again with no limbs touching the
floor. Now this is diffirent from step 3 where your legs came down first. Unless you are
not retarded and don't put your hands back down to floor once you whole body is in mid
air, you will land on your face. So what im tryin to say is that once you bounce off your
toes, and throw your legs back up, you will be in mid air for a split second, then you need
to spring your hands back downand land in a handstand position.
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Variations
1 HandedThis one is hard for some people, The easiest way to do it is place the one hand your
gonna use in front of you rather to the side where you would normally place it if you
were using two hands. Thats hard to understand, lets see how can I simplify this, Like
when you do a two hand bronco you put your arms shoulder width apart, but in this case
the arm your gonna be broncoing on, will be at an angle in front of you. Or you can jus
do the shoulder width apart version of it. To do that one you gotta lean on the arm that
your are gonna be one handed bronco with.
AlternatingSame as the 1 handed but alternate hands after each bounce.
FingersJust do it normally as you would with hands, but try to bounce off your finger tips.
Becareful though, you dont want to extend your fingers all the way, jus enough to make
them look like Right Angles (90 degrees)
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Kip-up/Chinese Get-Up
By Break Master A
Hi ppl! Wassup? People seem to have problems with Kip-Ups, so here's the solution! NJoy
Anyways here, were talking about Kip-Ups, A.K.A. Chinese Getups. Its a nice and
sweet move, used in Martial Arts and Breakdance to get up in a cool way, which is much
faster than normal.
Ok, now lets get to know some physics of Kip-Ups. Many beginners think of it as a
push up motion, but thats wrong. It is more of a spring-type movement. For a start,
Kip-Ups involve the work of legs and hands. The amount of momentum provided by the
legs is about 3 times as much as the hands in normal Kip-Ups. In No-Handed Kip-Ups,
the legs provide nearly 100% of the momentum. So you see, legwork is very crucial in
Kip-Ups. Returning to the fact that Kip-Ups are not push-ups, but spring-ups
Many beginners try to push themselves up with their hands onto their legs and end up
crashing on their backs. Think of a Kip-Up as you becoming a spring, which springs up
DIAGONALLY, QUICKLY and AIRBORNE, thus landing on the feet, legs slightly
bent. Lastly, dont forget: it takes time. Practice every day and you will get them sooner
or later. Ok, now lets move onto the actual guide.
1. Start off by sitting on your butt and your legs bent. If youre feeling a Pro,
lie flat on your back. [For beginners, I recommend the sitting position, because the back
rolling action gives you a beginning boost of momentum]. Now, from sitting position,
your job is to roll back really fast (not too fast, because youll roll over your head, screw
up and freak out).
2. Ok, now you do a backward rollie-pollie quickly. When you are rolling over your
back, prepare to catch yourself with your hands, so you dont roll over your head. Also,
bend your neck towards your chest, so it doesnt bang the ground when youre on your
upper back. Keep your legs tucked in close to your chest.
3. Now is what I call the Catching Part. While youre rolling on your back, quickly fold
your arms upwards, so that your hands are on either side of your head and above your
shoulders, fingers pointing towards your shoulders. When you roll onto your upper back,
your hands will catch you. Do NOT roll any further backwards!
4. Here comes the tricky bit. It requires getting used to and correct timing. The following
happens at the same time. 1) Kick your legs together as hard as you possibly can
DIAGONALLY. Many people kick their legs upwards, gaining much vertical
momentum. This leads to you crashing onto your upper back; trust me, thats not nice.
Beginners also try to kick their legs more towards the front (gaining much horizontal
momentum), making them hop and land flat on the back. Your have to kick diagonally to
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Handstands
By ManHy xD
PROLOGUE: Prerequisites
You need........
-->Some or little shoulder strength.
-->To lose the fear of falling on your back. (Tips provided)
-->And at least access to some open space.
SECTION 1 : The Guide Begins:
The guide its self is crap, so once your done with the guide skip along and go to the
Important Recaps & Misc Tips section near the end.
Step 1: First step and the easiest, Stand with feet shoulder width apart (or how ever your
comfortable with.) There are two noobie ways you can start a HS, with hands straight or
bent up in the air like a dork and by your side like a gentleman. Now if you hands are up
in the air like a dork, throw them down to the ground in a calm but strong manner and
have one of your legs kick up in to the air. Heres Banshee demonstrating the dork way,
lol.
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Step 2: Now which every way your started, your hands should now be planted on the
ground shoulder width apart (Or to your liking) And one of your legs should have been
kicked up. Now to continue with the motion, As that one leg is being kicked up, let the
last one (cause we only have 2) follow through and also get kicked up. When you kick
your 1 leg or both legs up, you got to control how much power you put into it. To little
means your not going up and to much means your going over.
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Step 3: At this point both legs should be or about to be in the air and straight. To help
balance in this step, most people will arch their back a little bit, as you can see VP is
doing in this picture.
Another way you can balance more properly is to use your hands more then just plant
them on the ground. If your legs are carrying you forward you will push your palm into
the ground, if your legs are falling backwards, push your fingers into the ground.
SECTION 2: Going Up & Staying Up Without A Fear:
Ok most of the time when first learning HS, your gonna have the fear of falling on your
back and hurting yourself.
This little tip will help you lose that fear.
Tip #1: Go into a crappy HS (legs open, closed, twisted, etc.)
Tip #2: Arch you back and just fall forward. If you arched your back enough one or both
of your feet should
hit or should I have said "touched" the ground first.
Tip #3: Do this over and over again on grass, sand, concrete, etc and the fear will go
away eventually.
Even if you landed on you back, it does not hurt, cause im pretty sure your back absorbs
some of the shock. Believe me I landed on my back so many times when I first started
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Needed Guides
Knee Drop
Sweep Drop
Invert
Hollowback
1990
2000
CCs/Pompos/Switches
Head Hollow
Head Invert
Combos (like how to combo flares -> windmills, etc)
If theres a move missing that I forgot, please notify me about that and/or make a
guide!
We need guides!
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The End
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