How To Breakdance

Breakdancing is fun to watch. There are many variations of the dance, and the music is loud, but the crowd just seems to enjoy and move with each movement in breakdancing. Stand in front of a mirror to add the best style and to view your progression. Practice and soon you too will be dancing on the floor.

The 6-step

1. Start out in a push-up position, but with your body on the floor. With your arms, push your legs into the air as high as you can, and as your legs fall back down, lift up with your legs spread to about shoulder width apart.
2. Lift your right hand and put your left leg where your right hand was (or as close as you can).
3. Bring your right leg behind your left knee and bring your right hand pointed to the sky.
4. Step your left foot out and bring your right hand back down to the floor with your back facing the floor. Both knees should be bent.
5. Step your right foot in front of your left.
6. Step your left foot away shifting your weight onto your right arm and left foot.
7. Bring your right foot under your left foot while bringing your left hand back to the ground in front of you so as to end back into the push-up position.

Freeze

1. Kneel on one knee with one knee up.
2. Put your left elbow on the side of your raised knee, and your right elbow on your hip.
3. Roll onto your hands and try to stay balanced. Your weight should be transferred to around your hands/elbows.

or

1. Start on both knees.
2. Put your left elbow into your left hip.
3. Lean forward onto your left arm (beginners should keep your back straight so as to get a feel for the balance and slight pain associated with this move). Use your right hand for balance and rest your head on the ground.
4. Add style.

or

1. Start kneeled
2. Put your right elbow into your right hip and left elbow into your right knee.
3. Now shift your weight to the right side of your body(balance on head if needed)

Crab

1. Start on both knees.
2. Put your left elbow into your left hip.
3. Lean forward onto your left arm with your back straight (eventually you want your knees bent a little). Do not lean your head on the ground.
4. Reach your right hand out next to your head more or less and pull your body to your right elbow and shift your weight onto your right hip.
5. Bring your left elbow back to your left hip.
6. Go back to the beginning.

Swipes

1. Start on all fours, facing the ground.
2. Straighten up your body.
3. Bend one leg and keep the other straight in the air.
4. Move your hands to one side (and move your body from the waist up).
5. Jump with the bent leg and swing the other.
6. Turn back into the starting position.

Coffee Grinder

1. Put one leg bent and the other straight with your hands on the floor.
2. Swing your straight leg around underneath your bent leg and your hands.
3. Keep spinning until you're done, then put your legs together and spin on your butt until you stop.

The Jackhammer

1. You must learn to master the crab, without switching arms that way you can balance on your hands only.
2. Once the crab is mastered, try to balance on one hand.
3. After you can balance on one hand, put something in between your elbow and body which allows you to spin.
4. From there bounce slightly or spin your hands to move your body.
5. This will take lots of practice and persistence but when finished it looks amazing.

Kip - ups

1. You start on your back, legs over head, and hands touching ground right above your head.
2. Kick up with your legs, and push off with your hands.
3. End the move by landing on your feet.

Warning!

• Doing the freeze with one knee on the ground, and one knee up can 'cause you to twist your ankle! Be careful!