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Originally posted by bboy tekkytk
hey jus wonderin iam a bboy but really wanna learn some poppin nd lockin. yo is there any decent poppers out there that can help me where to start wat move to learn first wat moves there r and also if it a gd idea to start poppin nd lockin as well as breakin?
thanks all bboy tekkytk
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Hey tekkytk,
I can't speak too much for popping, since I'm so inexperienced at it. As for locking, some basic fundamentals you should learn first are: the basic march step (it's not hard--just put on some funk music and kinda practice walking around to the beat), wrist rolls, "Uncle Sam" points (bend your arm at the elbow so that it's pointing at the center of your chest, then point your arm straight out with a strong, decisive movement), blasts, the lock (which is essential to the dance of "locking"). Plus try to come up with different handjives (claps, pounds, floor slaps, etc.) Those add flavor to your locking...
In terms of footwork: learn scoobots, scooby-doos, skeeter rabbits, stop-&-go's, eagle drops, apple jacks, etc. Also, the various "boogiewalks", including pacing are really important to learn--you use them to go into a circle on a dance floor... sorta like your toprock in bboying...
But most of all with locking: practice your fundamentals with energy and with decisive, strong movements. Too often I see people locking and their movements are weak and they look really bored. Locking is all about feeling the funk--not about looking bored or unhappy when you're dancing...
Anyway, about bboying and popping and locking: I say "why not learn all three?!" That's what I'm trying to do. But at some point, you probably will have to decide which style you feel most comfortable with and which style you want to dedicate the most time to practicing and perfecting. If you want to be the best popper possible, well, unless you dance for a living (or perhaps maybe especially if you DO dance for a living), you are going to have to focus on popping more than locking or bboying. And the same thing goes for the other two styles...
Anyways, good luck with learning popping and locking and with bboying.
peace,
G-boogie, the boogiewalker
