Flare Problem + Answers - Page 2

da skinz · 07-28-2003, 06:14 PM

i think i have the same prob with impulse but when i get past the back i cant seem to open my legs and it looks like messed up circles and then i fall on my butt

Xeph0n · 07-29-2003, 04:18 PM

awesome guide, and good that he took up flare problems instead of flare answers... you learn from your mistakes

but there's only one prob i got that isn't listed, i do my flare with superb momentum and everything and it looks good, a miniflare is easy now, i can bust that, but when i try to keep going and swing my legs to the back i land on my stomach instead... anyone who can help? would be supreme...

Bboy-San-Storm · 08-01-2003, 04:11 AM

flares require alot of experimenting. if you don't have enough power, experiment. seriously, try straighten your legs even more, wider legs, different ways of kicking or swinging your hips, shoulder and hand controls. i bet you guys know all of this stuff, but seriously, you don't know how important they are. if you strengthen your form, you're dramatically get better.
-make sure your hips are always outside of your body, not underneath. like you're doing a flare on a stool.
-form, your legs must have good form, wide and straight. if your legs don't. then you're losing alot of power and leg height. when you get better leg form, you should naturally feel how to swing your legs with all the momentum. people are always avoiding this one, but its very important. i suggest a proper spotter, a good friend that can judge your form on flares well without any pussy response. or even better, a video.
-shoulder and hand control, this is where you need to tough it up and be able to hold up your self up and control your hips and legs. practice straight, locked arms. practice leaning your upper body to the side to balance yourself and get proper control. if your legs are in the back, lean forward. if your legs are in the front, kinda lean back. if your legs are on the side, lean to the opposite side.

Xeph0n · 08-01-2003, 06:33 AM

yeah, true... well, to be more precise, almost any power moves in the breakdance world needs to be experimented with and practiced, it's a difference to know and to do...

Bboy_Wrists · 08-04-2003, 04:45 PM

ya man haha a lot of your guys problems sound the same as mine, get around for the first one but cant start the second, i dunno i think i jus gotta practice more haha and ya im gonna experiment like ya guys say

btw i wanna get a camera that can get clips for the computer, so like any good ones ya guys have?

Bboy-San-Storm · 08-05-2003, 02:16 AM

dude, i'm telling ya, its form!!!!
keep kicking up and high to the side, and keep on kicking under the leg thats above.
thats what i concentrated to continue, its hard, but you'll start to feel it. the feeling cannot be described. but you have good momentum and power. you feel like you can really keep going.

Xeph0n · 08-05-2003, 07:06 AM

ok, ok... wait a minute now.... so if i'm correct and according to all the flare threads and stuff i've read, then you have to do at least these thing : swing your legs horizontal (not to much up, or else you'll fall down faster), after you've reached 180 degree in your circular motion (you must pretend kicking your own head to give yourself height), when it comes to the backwards circ. motion (you must have arm strength and push your lower body up like a planche), and you have to put your arms down in the correct timing... is that all? or is there more, or less?

Hehehe...

Xeph0n · 08-05-2003, 07:08 AM

ok, ok... wait a minute now.... so if i'm correct and according to all the flare threads and stuff i've read, then you have to do at least these thing : swing your legs horizontal (not to much up, or else you'll fall down faster), after you've reached 180 degree in your circular motion (you must pretend kicking your own head to give yourself height), when it comes to the backwards circ. motion (you must have arm strength and push your lower body up like a planche), and you have to put your arms down in the correct timing... is that all? or is there more, or less?

Hehehe...

moddie · 08-07-2003, 07:56 AM

OK. i got this problem. i know that straight legs are very important in flares, but i just can't keep making them straight, they go bent almost naturally. any tips please? thank you all.

da skinz · 08-07-2003, 06:48 PM

ive got the same problem i cant seem to keep my legs straight so i pike in the back n stuff

blabla · 08-08-2003, 03:24 AM

hey..........i've seen some1 doin a flare with his leg form bent a bit n his legs arent wide..........but sumth like cirlce.........but not closed..........it's open juz a bit like when u r standin..........his legs r sumth like dat..........his windmill's leg also the same.........

moddie · 08-08-2003, 07:39 AM

watcha mean skinz?

Xeph0n · 08-08-2003, 10:45 AM

yeah, i've seen the same, blabla....

Inpulse · 08-08-2003, 01:49 PM

I got a question, when you are in the back part of the flare, do you pick up your hips?

Xeph0n · 08-08-2003, 03:07 PM

hey inpulse, what's up man?! by the way, i saw that you got the V-Kick, how the heck you succeed with that anyway?

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da skinz Full Member Respect: 1 Posts: 41 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: wilsonville	07-28-2003, 06:14 PM i think i have the same prob with impulse but when i get past the back i cant seem to open my legs and it looks like messed up circles and then i fall on my butt


Bboy-San-Storm Senior Member Respect: 1 Posts: 24 Join Date: May 2002	08-01-2003, 04:11 AM flares require alot of experimenting. if you don't have enough power, experiment. seriously, try straighten your legs even more, wider legs, different ways of kicking or swinging your hips, shoulder and hand controls. i bet you guys know all of this stuff, but seriously, you don't know how important they are. if you strengthen your form, you're dramatically get better. -make sure your hips are always outside of your body, not underneath. like you're doing a flare on a stool. -form, your legs must have good form, wide and straight. if your legs don't. then you're losing alot of power and leg height. when you get better leg form, you should naturally feel how to swing your legs with all the momentum. people are always avoiding this one, but its very important. i suggest a proper spotter, a good friend that can judge your form on flares well without any pussy response. or even better, a video. -shoulder and hand control, this is where you need to tough it up and be able to hold up your self up and control your hips and legs. practice straight, locked arms. practice leaning your upper body to the side to balance yourself and get proper control. if your legs are in the back, lean forward. if your legs are in the front, kinda lean back. if your legs are on the side, lean to the opposite side.


Bboy_Wrists wut a perty pic Respect: 1 Posts: 6 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Issaquah	08-04-2003, 04:45 PM ya man haha a lot of your guys problems sound the same as mine, get around for the first one but cant start the second, i dunno i think i jus gotta practice more haha and ya im gonna experiment like ya guys say btw i wanna get a camera that can get clips for the computer, so like any good ones ya guys have?
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Bboy-San-Storm Senior Member Respect: 1 Posts: 24 Join Date: May 2002	08-05-2003, 02:16 AM dude, i'm telling ya, its form!!!! keep kicking up and high to the side, and keep on kicking under the leg thats above. thats what i concentrated to continue, its hard, but you'll start to feel it. the feeling cannot be described. but you have good momentum and power. you feel like you can really keep going.


moddie paranoia Respect: 1 Posts: 77 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: singapore	08-07-2003, 07:56 AM OK. i got this problem. i know that straight legs are very important in flares, but i just can't keep making them straight, they go bent almost naturally. any tips please? thank you all.
	- moddie im screaming Last edited by donald duck a.k.a DTACK on 45-34-3000 at 66454.344244 PM The PINK club is the best, dont mess with us kid, unless ure donald duck!


da skinz Full Member Respect: 1 Posts: 41 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: wilsonville	08-07-2003, 06:48 PM ive got the same problem i cant seem to keep my legs straight so i pike in the back n stuff


blabla Registered User Respect: 1 Posts: 11 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Georgetown	08-08-2003, 03:24 AM hey..........i've seen some1 doin a flare with his leg form bent a bit n his legs arent wide..........but sumth like cirlce.........but not closed..........it's open juz a bit like when u r standin..........his legs r sumth like dat..........his windmill's leg also the same.........


moddie paranoia Respect: 1 Posts: 77 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: singapore	08-08-2003, 07:39 AM watcha mean skinz?
	- moddie im screaming Last edited by donald duck a.k.a DTACK on 45-34-3000 at 66454.344244 PM The PINK club is the best, dont mess with us kid, unless ure donald duck!


Inpulse Registered User Respect: 1 Posts: 5 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Galveston	08-08-2003, 01:49 PM I got a question, when you are in the back part of the flare, do you pick up your hips?
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