9/7/2023 0 Comments Finger breakdance![]() ![]() You can specifically learn how to Break here We have plenty of free video previews to learn from even if you aren’t interested in buying any dvds. Tim with your permission I also wanted to offer your readers further breakin’ education our site as a resource. I saw your videos, they were a great jumping off point and I enjoyed them. I’ve been breaking since 2003 and I’m inspired to see a respected authority proudly repping their bboy style. I’d bet money you are the best breakdancer to grace the new york times best seller list, and the best one at the nielsen conference as well. My co-worker was reading your blog and emailed this to me last night. Here’s how the pros do it–take the time to watch this one: Have fun! It’s a great and unusual world to explore. Take a few days to get the basics down before showcasing. Mediocre breakdancing is more of a liability than no breakdancing. Self-monitoring while breaking is not accurate. Ditto for joints and foreheads.ģ) Thou shalt bring a second t-shirt if they plan on not being a sweaty bastard around others.Ĥ) Thou shalt not break in public until reviewing video of themselves. Joints don’t like it.Ģ) Thou shalt not break on surfaces that might have spilled drinks. Some other rules of thumb:ġ) Thou shalt not break drunk or buzzed. These moves are not hard on the joints and will stay with you. Keep in mind that I now b-boy perhaps three times a year, and only for a few minutes at a time. This is enough to make an impression around non-b-boys. I cut off my head, as the feet are more important: This was on-the-spot, in dress shoes, at a conference after months of no practice, which goes to show how simple the moves really are: Assuming you have semi-healthy joints, you can learn how to do the following in 1-2 weeks, and I’ll teach you most of it in the next 10 minutes. ![]() I am not a good breakdancer, and I’ve never claimed to be one, but I can do enough to use it for dramatic effect around untrained eyes. – How to enter and exit footwork without looking like an idiotįirst, a brief demonstration of what is possible with a mediocre build for breaking. – Basic flourishes that take 2-10 minutes to learn If you’ve ever dreamed of breakdancing (and who hasn’t?), this is enough to let you check it off the list… In this post, I will teach you the basics of footwork. ![]() I’ve since found better methods for building on basics in a logical progression. It was almost all guess work and took far too long. Months of bruised hips and humiliation later, I was able to do them. I download horrible written instructions, crappy 10-second video clips, and resolved to learn how to do my favorite move– windmills–before college graduation. I didn’t rediscover breakdancing (aka b-boying, not to be confused with popping or locking a la Michael Jackson) until 1997 when I found a few scattered videos of breakdancing online. I don’t know much about tango, but I do know how hard b-boying is. Can you offer any tips on learning how to storm floors? Sadly, the minute I go from uprock to six-step I look like a two-year-old trying to find spilled jelly-beans. I’m pretty impressed by your achievements in tango, but what about tips on your first love?ī-boying is a sport I’ve watched and attempted for years. Alas, I was seven years old, and I looked exactly like this reader who left a comment on my tango instructional post: It was 1984 and I was convinced I would be a professional breakdancer. An impromptu b-boying lesson at home after some Bulleit bourbon. ![]()
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