How to learn bboy dance

How To Bboy: The Complete Beginner Guide | by BreakDance Decoded

You are confused right?

You watched a few videos of those athletic guys busting out moves after moves on YouTube — and you’re all fired up now.

You really, really want to pick up this dance known as bboying. You want to learn how to bboy.

The problem?

You don’t even know where to start.

A quick search on YouTube gave you hundreds of tutorials and playlists.

But you’re a complete beginner.

Where should you begin? What should you start with? What do you need to prepare before you begin learning?

Are you even strong enough?

Questions, questions, questions.

You see…

I have received questions like these countless of times. And despite being asked so many times, there was no definitive resource I could point someone to to kickstart their bboy journey.

Until now.

I’ve put together a complete beginner’s guide (broken down into multiple sections) that will guide you EXACTLY on how to start.

It is what I call the “Ultimate List of Bboying Tutorials”. It contains every resource or tutorial that I think is good enough to teach you the basics of breaking.

After going through all these tutorials, you can pat your back, start practicing, start creating and becoming good.

Let’s begin, shall we?

Before we even begin on what to learn in bboying, you need to be part of the culture.

Do you know what is the easiest way to be part of a culture?

Learning the terms and vocabulary.

Being able to identify yourself as a bboy, and use the correct language at the right time welcomes you to the family of hip hop. After going through the resources below, you’ll be able to hi-5 any bboy and communicate with them in bboy lingo.

Bboy Sign Language: A Guide to Battle Gestures

Guide to the 25 Most Popular Powermoves And Their Names

Break Terminology 101

It’s Breakin, not Bboying/Bgirling

List of All Hip Hop Terms

Concept of Biting

PoeOne Explains Importance of Sweep

What’s next after you’ve learnt the language of the dance? You have to immerse yourself into the culture.

Not the moves, not the terminology, not the fashion.

But the knowledge that is deep inside your head.

Only by understanding the culture and attaining the knowledge of hip hop will make you a true bboy.

What is Bboying?

The Roots of Bboying

History of Breakdance

History

You’re already impatient, aren’t you?

3 chapters in and I haven’t even touched on a single move.

Yet.

That’s because the fundamentals of breaking isn’t the moves.

The fundamentals of bboying is the music. And that’s true for any dance.

Without music, there can be no dance. No physical expression. No artistry.

To learn the dance, you need to learn the music. Learn what is old, what is classic and what is new and modern.

And enjoy your time grooving and jiving to it.

157 Bboy Tracks You Must Listen To Before You Die

This Playlist of Bboy Songs Will Make You Move Your Feet

Strife Mixtapes

Stance Mixtapes

DJ Lean Rock

DJ B Ryan

DJ Nobunaga

DJ Four Eyez

DJ Fleg

DJ Jebel

We’ve finally reached the first lesson, the first movement of the dance.

The Toprock.

The Toprock is the upright portion of the dance. It’s where you step to the beat, play with your hands and just enjoy being groovy and cool.

The Rock

Cross Step

Indian Step

Salsa Step

6 Point Toprock

B.yu Video Series on Toprock Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Toprock Tips

Ynot’s Toprock Workshop

Before you can get into your footwork, you have to do what we call a transition.

A transition is some move or movement you do to change from levels to levels (e.g from toprock to footwork).

A get down (also known as a go down or a drop) is a method of transiting from your top rocks to your footwork.

Here are a few examples of the commonly used get downs you must know to change from the top level to the footwork level.

Coffee Grinder Get Down Tutorial

Knee Drop Tutorial

Cork Screw Tutorial

Indian Step Get Down

30 Drops in 60 Seconds

Powermove Entrances

The footwork is mainly what differentiates us from other dances and sports.

Let’s be honest.

We are quite possibly the only dance in the world to have developed such sophisticated movements at this level.

The footwork is what it describes — doing moves using your legs and arms and creating patterns of movements that are unique to yourself and breaking.

Watch to see what I mean here:

How to Choose Your First Footwork Direction

Basic Footwork Mechanics

Keebz — Steps 1–6

How to Coffee Grinder

How to 2 Step

How to 3 Step

How to 6-Step

7 Conditioning Exercises To Improve Your Footwork

How to Instantly Improve Your Footwork

What is a freeze? A freeze is what it implies — you act like you are frozen.

It serves like a punctuation in your dance. Imagine the various moves and movements like the words in a sentence and the freeze a full stop.

That’s how a freeze is.

Sharp, and locked tight to (usually) signify the end of something.

How to Baby Freeze

How to Turtle Freeze

How to Chair Freeze

How to Shoulder Freeze

8 Freeze Conditioning Exercises

How to Make Your Freeze Sharp

This is the part you’re probably most excited about.

It is the most physically challenging — and rewarding part of the dance. Many of the moves here require you to practice harder than you thought you ever would, as well as get the particular technique right.

It is not surprising to see people take a few months to learn any one of these moves.

But do not be disheartened — because the rewards will be well worth it.

How to Swipe

3 Swipe Mistakes

How to Windmill

3 Windmill Mistakes

How to Flare

How to Backspin

How to Cricket

How to Halo

Remember I mentioned that transitions are ways for you to get from one level to the other? They are also ways to get from one move to another.

In fact, you can count them as moves on their own.

And here are some common transitions used by bboys (some bordering on difficult) to get from moves to moves.

How to Kip Up

How to Valdez

How to Grub

How to Backspin Kick Up

How to Coin Drop

You’ve finally reached the last chapter of the complete beginner guide to bboying.

By now, you should have a clear idea of what the fundamentals of bboying are — and where you should start.

And if you’ve been diligent, you would have already been practicing the moves listed above.

Once you get your fundamentals down pat, you are ready to develop it a step further — and create your own moves.

You do this by employing creativity.

Employing what we call concepts or mental models that you can apply to change up your dance and to switch up your moves.

And where can you get these concepts?

You can either 1) think of it yourself or 2) use concepts that have already been used by other bboys.

And here, you can choose from a variety of videos where some bboys have willingly shared their most ingenious concepts with you.

Concepts for Breaking

How to Flip a Dance Move and Not Bite

3 Original Ways to Create Moves and Movements

Roxrite’s Bboy Concepts

Leveraging Concepts

How’s that for a guide?

Now, you no longer have any excuse to not know where to start. Just follow through the Chapters, consume the knowledge and practice everything inside.

And you’ll be well on your way to learn how to bboy.

Peace,
Erin

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Originally published at breakdancedecoded.com on November 30, 2016.

How to breakdance step by step

The following 3 videos will teach you how to breakdance step by step. We recommend that you watch these lessons in order as they are arranged from easiest to hardest. These moves come directly from our breakdancing courses which you should check out if you want to learn more. A word of caution, you must be careful when you attempt these moves. Be sure to study the movements very carefully and slowly and then ease into them. For other online dance classes click here.

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Breakdancing move #1: 3 Step
The 3 step is one of the most popular beginner break dance moves. It consist of 3 steps that are done in a circle. In this move you will start with one leg extended in front of you and then will switch the legs as fast as you can so that the other leg is extended, from there you bring the leg side where you end up in a kind of push up position. Learn how to sync the arm switches with your leg switches.

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Breakdance move #2: Corkscrew Up:
This is another cool bboy move. The corkscrew up is perfect for when you need to get up from the ground in a “cool” and smooth way. You can do this move on it’s own or from any other combination of moves.Here you will develop strength and balance as you push off the floor to spin upwards and around.

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Break dance move #3: The baby freeze
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History of Breakdancing:

Breakdancing was founded by the black community and Puerto Rican kids in the 1970s. And it really became popular after James brown’s single “Get On The Good Foot” where his busted out his high energy footwork dancing. After that, the kids in New york started to copy his moves and eventually it evolved to be called b-boy or break dancing. At that time most of the style was ground footwork combinations without any of the fancy stuff you see today like windmills or back spins that are popular today. There were also breakdancing battles between gangs or clicks.

Another dance called “uprock” influenced the b-boy dancers. In this dance style, the dancers mimic fighting moves into rhythmic dance moves that opponents would use to ‘battle’ against one another.

The music is not restricted to Hip Hop anymore. These days dancers choose Techno, Jazz, electronic, pop and an other types of music that suites their style.

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You can start at home!

If you have a desire to dance breaking, try this direction, you can even start at home. Find tutorial videos on youtube and try to repeat what they show there. And if the desire to dance has already finally taken shape, then it's time to find any studio where there is a break dance and sign up. nine0033

Form - free!

Clothing should be loose: not to fetter anywhere, not to squeeze, not to tighten. An excellent option can be hoodie pants and a T-shirt, you can even go up a size. And sneakers or sneakers, whoever is more comfortable.

Breakdance equipment also includes a hat and a jacket: a hat is needed in order to perform elements below, where the head touches the floor, so that there is protection, and the jacket helps to spin - it glide better, and also serves as protection. nine0033

Everyone will find their shape

And then everyone will find their shape. You can see what your favorite b-boys have chosen as their equipment. You will see that someone has chosen tight clothes for themselves, someone prefers jeans. After all, the form is a continuation of the dance style. So, when you form your style, you will understand what is better to dance in. For example, if there is a big emphasis on stretching, it is better to give preference to loose clothing, it will be more comfortable in it. nine0033

The Basic Approach - The Foundation of Your Training

The Basic Approach

The classic way to organize your workout is to warm up, learn the movements, pump and stretch at the end of your workout. If you approach it from the dance side, then toprock is the best warm-up. This is a dance that does not have complex elements and physical activity, but at the same time, arms, legs, and the body are involved in it. If you give it 15-20 minutes, you can warm up well, here you need to follow the sensations. After that, you can move on to the movements below, for example, use the calls down and footwork. And when you feel that you are already in the right condition, you can proceed to the study of complex elements. And as a download, I most often do the breakdance elements themselves, I do them for the number of approaches: this is how the element is worked out and the download occurs. And finally, the basic stretch. nine0033

Atmosphere

When choosing a place to train or dance, remember that atmosphere matters. There must be a spirit of creativity and the same people, close in spirit, from whom you will charge and charge them. To have an energy exchange. Plus to everything - there should be a good floor. For b-boys, it is important that there is a slippery floor, it is easier to perform spinning elements on it.

The choice is yours

If you break breaking into directions, then for each you need to master certain movements that will help you master the direction itself. For example, for toprock, the quality of the hull is important. That is, so that not only the arms and legs work, but the body shakes. In general, for any dance direction, the basis of the dance is the quality. For breaking use funk-kach. nine0033

For footwork there is a basic movement - Russian Steps: squatting, not holding hands, swinging legs alternately. If you have seen Russian folk dances, then you can imagine what it is about.

It is imperative to master this movement so that all other movements and elements of direction can be easily obtained.

Don't give up!

For more physically demanding moves like power moves and power tricks, you need to be able to do different handstands, headstands, shoulder stances, and so on. And from here it will be easier to learn more complex elements. nine0033

Do not cast

If movement is not given, the reason must be found. If we are talking about simple directions, then, most likely, there is not enough technique, and you just need to work on this movement more.

If a difficult element is not given, most likely, there is not enough physical preparation and you need to pump up or learn something additional about this element.

It happens that an element is not given at all for a very long time, and then you need to give it time. Don't get hung up. Continue to teach him, repeat each lesson, but do not torture yourself with questions why he is not given. Each element has its own period and operating time. The main thing is not to throw. nine0033

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The essential elements for a successful workout are your mood, your attitude, what you want to get out of this workout and your approach, how serious are you. This is the basis that is important for any workout and result.

Protect yourself!

For injury prevention, it is important to learn the technique of the elements. When you approach the study of a certain element, it has its own technique. In order to learn how to do it as safely as possible, you need to master this technique. nine0033

Well, protect yourself. As I said before, wear a hat and sweater to cushion falls. Because in the process of studying the elements, there will still be some minor bruises, bruises, abrasions. But this is inevitable, because this is an extreme dance.

Protect yourself!

Serious injuries such as dislocations or fractures are very rare. And they are always the result of an illiterate approach, when you are not sufficiently prepared to try something difficult. nine0033

Well, pumping helps against injuries: the body becomes stronger and easier to endure a collision with the floor. And with experience, you learn the art of the right fall, a cat skill is developed. This is where stretching helps.

Dance with what doesn't hurt

If you are injured, approach wisely. If necessary, see a doctor or take a break from training to recover. And if the injury is minor, wait for everything to pass, but you can not miss training, just distribute the load so as not to use the sore spot. As I tell my students: if your arm hurts, dance top rock, if your leg hurts, stand on your hands. nine0033

Stretch, people!

Stretching matters

Stretching is very important, a key moment not only for dance, but also for the well-being of a person. The better you stretch, the better your body obeys you. Stretching is very important to me because it is the foundation of my dance. Everything I do in dance is done with my stretched body. That's where my style came from.