How to Breakdance - You can try and learn how to breakdance by buying DVD's, watching free online video tutorials that give step by step instructions. Or generally just by practising and trying different things. Also the six step breakdance.
Bullet points to try and help you breakdance step by step. If instructions in writing isn't your thing, then we have two break dancing DVDs that can be bought online. Plus a video sample of one of the DVDs.
If you're looking for how to do the common 6 step break dance, then we have a
page specifically for that.
The "Freeze"
There are the below three ways people have suggested you should try the "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)
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.
Links
Wiki How
- Steps on how to break dance. Most of the information on this page has been taken from this site. www.wikihow.com
Videos / DVDs
As well as bullet points describing some moves, there are also videos on the internet, as well as DVDs that you can buy,
that show you step by step of how to do various moves.
Reading text of how to do moves isn't always easy to do. Or isn't many people's best way of learning break dancing.
Sometimes watching it in the flesh or in a video is the only way to grasp of how a move should be done.
Below are some videos/DVDs that may be of use to you depending on your skill level.
Breakdance Step-by-Step (DVD)
This DVD was released way back in 2004 and is still available to buy on Amazon and other websites.
Breakdance Step by Step Cover
DVD Description
Breakdance Step-by-Step is the complete beginner's guide to breakdancing, with master instructors Break Easy and Zulu
Gremlin. This instructional DVD begins by teaching the most basic break dance moves, and how to get started with the
revolutionary style that got first appeared on the streets of New York City.
Bonus Features: Live footage from breakdancing competitions, and interviews with old skool b-boys. Disc 1
(Basic Moves): Top Rock, Footwork, Drops, Freezes, Spins, Threading, Swipes, Tornadoes, Hand Glide, Floats, Windmills
Kip Ups, Rubber Band, Broncos, Head Hollows.
Plus an intro to popping and locking. Disc 2 (Power Moves): Stars, UFO's, Jackhammers, L-Kicks, Hollowbacks, Air
Swipes, Munch Mills, Flares, Headspins, 1990s, 2000s, Trax.
Where to buy?
- Amazon.com - ($23.49 at the time)
- Amazon (UK) - US Import. (Was around £11)
Top 20 Breakdance Moves (DVD)
Top 20 breakdance moves cover
Introduction
Designed for people of all skill levels, Top 20 Breakdance Moves offers a fresh approach to learning Hip-Hop dance and takes comedy to uncharted
territory with a never witnessed comedic instructional style.
Learn all of your favorite Hip-Hop and Breakdance moves, while laughin your buttocks off! Windmill, Moonwalk, Coffee Grinder, the Wop, Hammer, Snake,
Baby Freeze, Backspin, Heel Toe, Side Glide, Turtle Freeze, Harlem Shake and much more!
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