How to do the windmill for breakdance

This is an animated dance tutorial for the windmill, used for breakdance. Use the controls to pause, slow down and follow along with detailed step by step text instructions that match up with each movement. This instructional dance video is incredibly in depth and a great guide for breakdance.

The Windmill - Breakdance

The Windmill is one of the most basic breakdance power moves. Before you learn the windmill, you should learn the 6-step, simple freezes and you should also stretch your sidesplits a little bit. (You don't have to be able to actually do a sidesplit) If you can already do the windmill, this can be very helpful if you wanna learn the flair. There are different kinds of windmills: For example minimills or slow motion windmills.

Technical description: Windmill - Breakdance

* Windmills (where your legs move to your left side)
* Go to a freeze position and do a scissor movement with your legs, so that your right leg passes under your left leg.
* The right side of your hips should touch the mats first, but make sure you don't crash into the mats with your butt.
* Make more than half a rotation on your back, while you spread your legs as far as possible and keep your feet overhead, so that your windmills stay centric.
* If you kept your feet high enough, you will be able to push yourself up to the initial freeze position again.
* Do the scissor thing again and start another windmill.
* Do thousands of windmills until your head keeps spinning all day long... Good Luck

Trainer advice: Windmill - Breakdance

* Try the windmill on mats first.
* Warm up and stretch before you do windmills.
* Find somebody who can already do the windmill, so that he/she can assist you.