~IMPORTANT Transitions Guide~ (NEW VIDEOS!)

DnA · 05:19 PM

Hey, it's been over a year and eight months since I've updated this guide. The videos are shit and my shoulder is still injured. It's never gone away but whatever. The videos are ooooold maaaan! I should update them. So stay tuned. If I ever get off my lazy ass they might actually be updated. Kthxbi.

New edit: old videos deleted. Stay tuned for new ones.

I made this guide because I’ve seen a lot of wrong transitions in vids on this site.
I’m going to show you how to make a 6 step-freeze transition. I’ve also included vids to make certain things clear. Transitions are one of the most important things.

The freezes are going to be:

Baby freeze
Chairfreeze
Shoulderfreeze

If you don't know how to do the first two freezes, check out Mr. Boogie's Foundational Freezes Guide, it's the best on bboy.org: Foundational Freezes

This is a CCW guide, so if you go CW, copy the whole thing to word and press Ctrl + H, then replace ‘left’ with ‘asdfasdf’ and replace ‘right’ with ‘left’, so now you have ‘left’ and ‘asdfasdf’, so now replace ‘asdfasdf’ with ‘right’, now you have switched left and right.

Baby freeze.

Prerequisite:
Baby freeze to handglide freeze can be very helpful, but isn’t actually necessary.
It’s simple, but needs practice in the beginning. This is how you do it:
Get into a baby freeze like this: put your arms on the side of your legs and just lean to that side. You’ll be in a baby freeze instantly. Now kick back with your left leg. Don’t get lazy, kick hard!! Well, now you’re in the handglide freeze.
Once you ‘master’ this one you want to be able to do handglide freeze --> baby freeze. Read what I said in the baby freeze part (lower body) and you’ll know how to do this one, plus if you do it from footwork it’ll be easier, because of the momentum and speed you already got from the 6 step.

Upper body:
From the 6 step, do the first, second and third step. Now, as you do the forth step, your upper body must turn to the right. When you switch arms (you always switch arms in the 6 step when you do the forth step), so when you switch from left arm to right arm, you don’t put your right hand down like you usually do. This time, you put your right hand down with your fingers pointing to the BACK, but you turn your upper body, so your face turns 90 degrees, which means when you look at your right hand, your fingers will be pointing to the right, away from your feet. Now that you have put your right hand down you want to put your left hand down also. Your left hand’s fingers will be pointing to the front, but you have turned your upper body so when you look at your left hand, your fingers will be pointing to the left, to your feet. When you put your left hand down you must already stab with your same left elbow.

Lower body:
This is the next step. You now already have turned your upper body and have put both your hands down. You also have made your forth step (from the 6 step). And now, raise your left foot (and leg), so your body is successfully turned now. While you raise your left foot (and leg), you have to kick with your right foot. Give it a push and then also raise your right leg.
Now as you have done this you’re kind of in the handglide freeze. But don’t stop, it all has to be done in one fluid motion. Now try to kick your RIGHT shoulder with your LEFT KNEE.
Simply kick hard!! Once you’ve done this your left knee should be on top of your right elbow.

Congratulations, you just have done the 6 step to the baby freeze.

Here’s the video: 6 Step to Baby Freeze

Chairfreeze.

Prerequisite:
Again this is not necessary, but it sure will help: baby freeze to chairfreeze.
To do this you must first get into the Baby Freeze. The next thing to do is you have to put your left foot on your right knee.
Once you have done that, the hard part comes. Now you must put your right foot on the ground. Here’s how it works: you must arch your back and move your head to the back. As you do this your legs will follow and the best thing to do is putting the right hand ‘above’ your head.
Big shout out to Mr. Boogie for making the guide that taught me.

Upper body:
Same as Baby Freeze in the beginning. But once you have done that you must arch your back and your head should not be in the same place as you would have it in the Baby Freeze.

Lower body:
Same as Baby Freeze until the part that you throw both your legs up.
When you have done that you must put your left foot on your right knee. Then do the same thing you did in the baby freeze --> chairfreeze part.
Explanation isn’t really needed, just practice and watch the vid.
Tadáaaa you’ve done the 6 step --> chairfreeze, congratulations.

Here’s the video: 6 Step to Chairfreeze

Shoulderfreeze.

Ok this might be the hardest one.

Prerequisite:
None, except for shoulder freeze of course. And good understanding of the upper body movement in the 2 other transitions.

Upper body:
Again, from the forth step turn your upper body, I assume you already know how to do this, and btw it’s easy, the turning -.-‘. Anyway, after the forth step, when you already have placed your right hand down, you don’t place your left hand down. Instead of that you get on your forearm. No explanation needed, just make your forearm point to the right. You have turned your body, so what you will see is your forearm pointing to the front, this is good.
Once you have put your forearm down put your head down, this will make it A LOT easier and is a lot less dangerous. (I was so stupid to do dangerous transitions, like handstand to shoulderfreeze. Now I’ve got a tear in my key bone or something, I can’t do anything on my left arm, so that SUCKS like hell.) Anyway, when you have put your forearm and head down, you just have to make a CLOCKWISE circular motion (try it, it makes so much sense) with your forearm to drop into the shoulder freeze with your ear on the ground. Your right hand is still in it’s place.

Lower body:
Exact same as chairfreeze/baby freeze in the beginning, but you don’t ‘switch legs’. You just kick up with your right foot, so both your legs are in the air.
As you get into the forearm/head position your legs will almost automatically raise.
So just go up and get ready for the awesome Nike sign you’re going to make with your legs.
When you drop you have it.

Congrats, you just did the hardest transition of this super important list.

Here’s the video: 6 Step to Shoulderfreeze

Quick thingy:

Baby freeze
1. Put right hand down.
2. Put left hand down and at the same time stab with it.
3. Kick up with right foot.
4. KICK YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER WITH YOUR LEFT KNEE (key part!!).

Chairfreeze
1. Put right hand down.
2. Put left hand down and at the same time stab with it.
3. Kick up with right foot.
4. Put left foot on right knee.
5. Arch your back (!!).
6. Put right foot down and put your right hand ‘above your head’.

Shoulderfreeze
1. Put right hand down.
2. Put left forearm down and at the same time kick with right foot.
3. Place your head on the ground.
4. Make a CLOCKWISE CIRCULAR MOTION with your left forearm.
5. Make the freeze look cool.

Finished products vid: Finished Products

Tips might be added later on, the only one now is:
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!!

Message to Moderators: Please sticky this, not because it’s my guide, but because the transitions (shoulder freeze not really, but the first two, especially the first one) are one of the most important things (that’s my opinion). You can’t just do some footwork, lie down and prepare for a shoulder freeze… Same goes for the other two transitions.

PS. This guide was a PAIN in the @SS to make, so lay off the hating, spoiled brats.
And the vids aren’t super good, because of my key bone. I’m actually not allowed to break, but I just can’t sit my lazy @ss down here and not do anything.

bboyCliche · 08-14-2006, 03:09 PM

*Thumbs up* These are really simple transitions. But I'm sure it'll help the noobs.

bboy trix · 08-14-2006, 03:22 PM

STICKY ICKY ICKY ICKY! mods im talking too yoooooooooooooooooooooooou!

DnA · 08-14-2006, 03:56 PM

Well, I find the shoulderfreeze transition kind of hard... but I think that's because of my key bone/shoulder.

Poppin_Tofu · 04:21 PM

actually, an easier way is to use the 2 step position. A.K.A Baby swipes. When I do my baby swipes, I stab my elbows in to my stomach and sweep my legs around. So from the 4th step of the six step just stab your elbows in your stomach, put your head down and lift your legs. And wala!! you've transitioned from six step to baby freeze. If you want to go up to a shoulder freeze, just kick your legs up and then your done. You can also go from there to a head stand if you kick your legs up hard enough. It's fun ^^ thats how i transition into pikes and stuff XD Don't take my word for it though XD after all i haven't been practicing long anyways.

DnA · 08-14-2006, 05:00 PM

You can do it with the 2 step, but it's the exact same thing... really exact, because the second step of the 2 step IS the forth step of the 6 step

And I've also said it in the guide lol, to stab when you put your arm down, so yeah, it's complete lol

thunderhetz · 08-14-2006, 06:23 PM

sticky,icky.hicky,hixxxy!!
good thing for the new guys ( newbs )

Poppin_Tofu · 08-14-2006, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by D.n.A

You can do it with the 2 step, but it's the exact same thing... really exact, because the second step of the 2 step IS the forth step of the 6 step

And I've also said it in the guide lol, to stab when you put your arm down, so yeah, it's complete lol

yup!! good guide anyways XD deserves a sticky.

Linkuei · 08-15-2006, 06:28 AM

Nice shoulderfreeze transition, if i had a cam i would show you some of my mastered shouldrfreezes

Bboy Vertigo · 08-15-2006, 08:22 AM

good guide, would be more useful for the more advanced bboys if u did freeze transitions such as......Handglide Freeze>Chair Freeze>Airchair, Airbaby>Airchair....You know, stuff like that

DnA · 08-15-2006, 08:39 AM

Lol this is for the newbies, plus I can't airchair good enough (lol I just SUCK.. "not good enough" pfff hahaha) to make a guide thingy, and I use my right arm for airbabies, instead of my left

eliteturk · 08-15-2006, 04:24 PM

ohh good job man shoulderfreeze is very cool move..

eliteturk · 08-15-2006, 04:25 PM

ohh good job man thx and shoulderfreeze is a cool move..

Qhausqkqh · 08-17-2006, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Bboy Vertigo

good guide, would be more useful for the more advanced bboys if u did freeze transitions such as......Handglide Freeze>Chair Freeze>Airchair, Airbaby>Airchair....You know, stuff like that

I'm guessing that's why it's not for the advanced bboys.

For noobs I'd say transitions like 6 step-baby freeze-shoulder freeze-headstand is perfectly fine.

.KroMatiKz. · 08-17-2006, 12:05 PM

theres so many ways of getting into those simple freezes. ken swift showed me to do a colckwise sweet drop and whip your arms to ther left, spin 3/4 of a spin, (holding ur ewight up with your arms) and land in baby. ill make a guide if this doesnt make sence.

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DnA Gheylordzpurno Respect: 12.5 Posts: 5,607 Join Date: Dec 2005	~IMPORTANT Transitions Guide~ (NEW VIDEOS!) - 08-14-2006, 12:55 PM Hey, it's been over a year and eight months since I've updated this guide. The videos are shit and my shoulder is still injured. It's never gone away but whatever. The videos are ooooold maaaan! I should update them. So stay tuned. If I ever get off my lazy ass they might actually be updated. Kthxbi. New edit: old videos deleted. Stay tuned for new ones. I made this guide because I’ve seen a lot of wrong transitions in vids on this site. I’m going to show you how to make a 6 step-freeze transition. I’ve also included vids to make certain things clear. Transitions are one of the most important things. The freezes are going to be: Baby freeze Chairfreeze Shoulderfreeze If you don't know how to do the first two freezes, check out Mr. Boogie's Foundational Freezes Guide, it's the best on bboy.org: Foundational Freezes This is a CCW guide, so if you go CW, copy the whole thing to word and press Ctrl + H, then replace ‘left’ with ‘asdfasdf’ and replace ‘right’ with ‘left’, so now you have ‘left’ and ‘asdfasdf’, so now replace ‘asdfasdf’ with ‘right’, now you have switched left and right. Baby freeze. Prerequisite: Baby freeze to handglide freeze can be very helpful, but isn’t actually necessary. It’s simple, but needs practice in the beginning. This is how you do it: Get into a baby freeze like this: put your arms on the side of your legs and just lean to that side. You’ll be in a baby freeze instantly. Now kick back with your left leg. Don’t get lazy, kick hard!! Well, now you’re in the handglide freeze. Once you ‘master’ this one you want to be able to do handglide freeze --> baby freeze. Read what I said in the baby freeze part (lower body) and you’ll know how to do this one, plus if you do it from footwork it’ll be easier, because of the momentum and speed you already got from the 6 step. Upper body: From the 6 step, do the first, second and third step. Now, as you do the forth step, your upper body must turn to the right. When you switch arms (you always switch arms in the 6 step when you do the forth step), so when you switch from left arm to right arm, you don’t put your right hand down like you usually do. This time, you put your right hand down with your fingers pointing to the BACK, but you turn your upper body, so your face turns 90 degrees, which means when you look at your right hand, your fingers will be pointing to the right, away from your feet. Now that you have put your right hand down you want to put your left hand down also. Your left hand’s fingers will be pointing to the front, but you have turned your upper body so when you look at your left hand, your fingers will be pointing to the left, to your feet. When you put your left hand down you must already stab with your same left elbow. Lower body: This is the next step. You now already have turned your upper body and have put both your hands down. You also have made your forth step (from the 6 step). And now, raise your left foot (and leg), so your body is successfully turned now. While you raise your left foot (and leg), you have to kick with your right foot. Give it a push and then also raise your right leg. Now as you have done this you’re kind of in the handglide freeze. But don’t stop, it all has to be done in one fluid motion. Now try to kick your RIGHT shoulder with your LEFT KNEE. Simply kick hard!! Once you’ve done this your left knee should be on top of your right elbow. Congratulations, you just have done the 6 step to the baby freeze. Here’s the video: 6 Step to Baby Freeze Chairfreeze. Prerequisite: Again this is not necessary, but it sure will help: baby freeze to chairfreeze. To do this you must first get into the Baby Freeze. The next thing to do is you have to put your left foot on your right knee. Once you have done that, the hard part comes. Now you must put your right foot on the ground. Here’s how it works: you must arch your back and move your head to the back. As you do this your legs will follow and the best thing to do is putting the right hand ‘above’ your head. Big shout out to Mr. Boogie for making the guide that taught me. Upper body: Same as Baby Freeze in the beginning. But once you have done that you must arch your back and your head should not be in the same place as you would have it in the Baby Freeze. Lower body: Same as Baby Freeze until the part that you throw both your legs up. When you have done that you must put your left foot on your right knee. Then do the same thing you did in the baby freeze --> chairfreeze part. Explanation isn’t really needed, just practice and watch the vid. Tadáaaa you’ve done the 6 step --> chairfreeze, congratulations. Here’s the video: 6 Step to Chairfreeze Shoulderfreeze. Ok this might be the hardest one. Prerequisite: None, except for shoulder freeze of course. And good understanding of the upper body movement in the 2 other transitions. Upper body: Again, from the forth step turn your upper body, I assume you already know how to do this, and btw it’s easy, the turning -.-‘. Anyway, after the forth step, when you already have placed your right hand down, you don’t place your left hand down. Instead of that you get on your forearm. No explanation needed, just make your forearm point to the right. You have turned your body, so what you will see is your forearm pointing to the front, this is good. Once you have put your forearm down put your head down, this will make it A LOT easier and is a lot less dangerous. (I was so stupid to do dangerous transitions, like handstand to shoulderfreeze. Now I’ve got a tear in my key bone or something, I can’t do anything on my left arm, so that SUCKS like hell.) Anyway, when you have put your forearm and head down, you just have to make a CLOCKWISE circular motion (try it, it makes so much sense) with your forearm to drop into the shoulder freeze with your ear on the ground. Your right hand is still in it’s place. Lower body: Exact same as chairfreeze/baby freeze in the beginning, but you don’t ‘switch legs’. You just kick up with your right foot, so both your legs are in the air. As you get into the forearm/head position your legs will almost automatically raise. So just go up and get ready for the awesome Nike sign you’re going to make with your legs. When you drop you have it. Congrats, you just did the hardest transition of this super important list. Here’s the video: 6 Step to Shoulderfreeze Quick thingy: Baby freeze 1. Put right hand down. 2. Put left hand down and at the same time stab with it. 3. Kick up with right foot. 4. KICK YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER WITH YOUR LEFT KNEE (key part!!). Chairfreeze 1. Put right hand down. 2. Put left hand down and at the same time stab with it. 3. Kick up with right foot. 4. Put left foot on right knee. 5. Arch your back (!!). 6. Put right foot down and put your right hand ‘above your head’. Shoulderfreeze 1. Put right hand down. 2. Put left forearm down and at the same time kick with right foot. 3. Place your head on the ground. 4. Make a CLOCKWISE CIRCULAR MOTION with your left forearm. 5. Make the freeze look cool. Finished products vid: Finished Products Tips might be added later on, the only one now is: PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!! Message to Moderators: Please sticky this, not because it’s my guide, but because the transitions (shoulder freeze not really, but the first two, especially the first one) are one of the most important things (that’s my opinion). You can’t just do some footwork, lie down and prepare for a shoulder freeze… Same goes for the other two transitions. PS. This guide was a PAIN in the @SS to make, so lay off the hating, spoiled brats. And the vids aren’t super good, because of my key bone. I’m actually not allowed to break, but I just can’t sit my lazy @ss down here and not do anything. Last edited by DnA : 09-07-2008 at 05:19 PM.
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bboyCliche Bboy Aesi Respect: 1.5 Posts: 832 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kampala	08-14-2006, 03:09 PM Thumbs up These are really simple transitions. But I'm sure it'll help the noobs.


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DnA Gheylordzpurno Respect: 12.5 Posts: 5,607 Join Date: Dec 2005	08-14-2006, 03:56 PM Well, I find the shoulderfreeze transition kind of hard... but I think that's because of my key bone/shoulder.
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Poppin_Tofu Full Member Respect: 2 Posts: 500 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ	08-14-2006, 04:18 PM actually, an easier way is to use the 2 step position. A.K.A Baby swipes. When I do my baby swipes, I stab my elbows in to my stomach and sweep my legs around. So from the 4th step of the six step just stab your elbows in your stomach, put your head down and lift your legs. And wala!! you've transitioned from six step to baby freeze. If you want to go up to a shoulder freeze, just kick your legs up and then your done. You can also go from there to a head stand if you kick your legs up hard enough. It's fun ^^ thats how i transition into pikes and stuff XD Don't take my word for it though XD after all i haven't been practicing long anyways. Last edited by Poppin_Tofu : 08-14-2006 at 04:21 PM.
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DnA Gheylordzpurno Respect: 12.5 Posts: 5,607 Join Date: Dec 2005	08-14-2006, 05:00 PM You can do it with the 2 step, but it's the exact same thing... really exact, because the second step of the 2 step IS the forth step of the 6 step And I've also said it in the guide lol, to stab when you put your arm down, so yeah, it's complete lol
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thunderhetz thunderhetz Respect: 1 Posts: 360 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: norway	08-14-2006, 06:23 PM sticky,icky.hicky,hixxxy!! good thing for the new guys ( newbs )
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Linkuei Bboy Zweet the #1 Respect: 1 Posts: 30 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tilburg	08-15-2006, 06:28 AM Nice shoulderfreeze transition, if i had a cam i would show you some of my mastered shouldrfreezes
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Bboy Vertigo Now known as Fathom Respect: 2.5 Posts: 688 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Pas	08-15-2006, 08:22 AM good guide, would be more useful for the more advanced bboys if u did freeze transitions such as......Handglide Freeze>Chair Freeze>Airchair, Airbaby>Airchair....You know, stuff like that
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DnA Gheylordzpurno Respect: 12.5 Posts: 5,607 Join Date: Dec 2005	08-15-2006, 08:39 AM Lol this is for the newbies, plus I can't airchair good enough (lol I just SUCK.. "not good enough" pfff hahaha) to make a guide thingy, and I use my right arm for airbabies, instead of my left
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eliteturk Registered User Respect: 1 Posts: 16 Join Date: Aug 2006	08-15-2006, 04:24 PM ohh good job man shoulderfreeze is very cool move..


eliteturk Registered User Respect: 1 Posts: 16 Join Date: Aug 2006	08-15-2006, 04:25 PM ohh good job man thx and shoulderfreeze is a cool move..


.KroMatiKz. Hip-Hopper!!? Respect: 1 Posts: 128 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vernon	08-17-2006, 12:05 PM theres so many ways of getting into those simple freezes. ken swift showed me to do a colckwise sweet drop and whip your arms to ther left, spin 3/4 of a spin, (holding ur ewight up with your arms) and land in baby. ill make a guide if this doesnt make sence.