The Real Handstand Guide - Page 3

Vice President · 01-23-2007, 12:23 AM

hey ctracker,
the leaning into your handstand shit isn't as impossibly hard as you make it seem hahaha. it's not even about strength or anything, you just have to know where your balance is and manipulate the movement of your body around it so that you can retain your balance while moving your legs up.

Mr. Flapps · 01-23-2007, 12:39 AM

Do you need alot of arm strengh

Z3R0 · 01-26-2007, 10:05 PM

No. You really dont. It's all balance and technique.

bboy Custz · 07-05-2007, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by Z3R0

- Breath! Breath Breath! I breath through my nose. You will only be able to breath when you are tight then you know you are doing it right.

your wrong. i can breath in my handstand and i don't squeeze my butt or any otha part of my body.

Z3R0 · 07-05-2007, 10:19 AM

I can breath in anyposition. I can talk and sing in my handstand and not affect it.

bboy Custz · 07-05-2007, 10:24 AM

so y did u said "You will only be able to breath when you are tight"???

Z3R0 · 07-08-2007, 10:34 AM

Well I gues that was a mistake, it's easier to breath when tight. It's better to breath doing stuff correctly for any move. For people just beginning handstands they will not be able to breath because so much of their energy is going into holding the handstand up. Thats why everything has to be tight inorder to decrease the amount of energy put into keeping the handstand up. Then you can breath.

Oh by the way, every handstand position I am in, I am tight. So I can breath. When you get better at handstands you dont have to tighten as much because you will figure out where your equilibrium is.

Vice President · 07-08-2007, 04:52 PM

lol i dont like doing "tight" handstands. i prefer the lazy style of just balancing on my hands while my body relaxes. and yes, i can rap on my hands haha.
it's nice when skinny girls have tight (but not bony) butts.

Z3R0 · 07-08-2007, 10:10 PM

I agree with Vice about the girl part...
However, I have tried doing lazy handstands and it just does not work... I just come back down the way I came from unless I re-press up before floor contact...

CallMeJin · 02-12-2008, 02:52 PM

hehehe koo guide

pbskidsxd · 06-02-2008, 09:46 PM

Everyone has there style of bboy no one should copy others, the style is in your mind you. Think about it.

ShannonX · 06-02-2008, 10:14 PM

I didn't know about the ass thing, thank you.

aznkiddkevin · 08-11-2008, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Vice President

man, get your gymnastics shit outta here. this is hip hop, we don't want any of that pointed toe shit. who gives a fuck if your toes are pointed and if your back is perfectly straight. don't give me that "REAL handstand" elitist crap, cuz that's straight up wack.

all you gymnasts look alike when you do your shit. where's the style? everyone should have their own way of doing their moves because there's no REAL way to do it, as long as it's done. if you're balanced on your hands with your legs in the air, that's a handstand enough for me. doesn't matter if your legs are open, closed, toed pointed, back arched, stomach in, that shit's irrelevent.

i respect gymnasts in their own right, but not for bboying. peace.

Well, I gotta agree with you, gymnastics shouldn't be in a hip hop forum.

But in a way, it kinda could be. I read this guide, tried it, and it helped out with balance a whole lot. So even though it's different from a bboy handstand, it still helps in its own way.

Nice guide. =D

fatty209 · 11-02-2008, 06:19 PM

you spelled breathe wrong

gibo · 11-09-2008, 01:28 AM

one question ,how will i avoid my face being red when im upside down...i can hold my handstands and freezes now..bt i still have problem with this..

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Vice President Best member ever. Respect: 18 Posts: 4,594 Join Date: Jul 2004	01-23-2007, 12:23 AM hey ctracker, the leaning into your handstand shit isn't as impossibly hard as you make it seem hahaha. it's not even about strength or anything, you just have to know where your balance is and manipulate the movement of your body around it so that you can retain your balance while moving your legs up.


Mr. Flapps IM BLACKANESE Respect: 6 Posts: 2,454 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: san jose	01-23-2007, 12:39 AM Do you need alot of arm strengh


Z3R0 Master of Arts Respect: 1 Posts: 291 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cidade de Deus (City of God)	01-26-2007, 10:05 PM No. You really dont. It's all balance and technique.
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Z3R0 Master of Arts Respect: 1 Posts: 291 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cidade de Deus (City of God)	07-05-2007, 10:19 AM I can breath in anyposition. I can talk and sing in my handstand and not affect it.
	My Planche Guide My Handstand Guide My Back Flip Guide My Front Flip Guide My BTwist Guide My Gainer Guide My Side Flip Guide My Flip Twisting Guide My Advanced Front Tuck Guide


bboy Custz dAy bY daY GeTtIng clOseR Respect: 1 Posts: 207 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Portugal	07-05-2007, 10:24 AM so y did u said "You will only be able to breath when you are tight"???
	"It's so natural to destroy what you can't have, to deny what you don't understand, to insult what you envy" - Balzac Btw, I changed my bboy name to B-boy Shadow. Just to let ya now =]


Z3R0 Master of Arts Respect: 1 Posts: 291 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cidade de Deus (City of God)	07-08-2007, 10:34 AM Well I gues that was a mistake, it's easier to breath when tight. It's better to breath doing stuff correctly for any move. For people just beginning handstands they will not be able to breath because so much of their energy is going into holding the handstand up. Thats why everything has to be tight inorder to decrease the amount of energy put into keeping the handstand up. Then you can breath. Oh by the way, every handstand position I am in, I am tight. So I can breath. When you get better at handstands you dont have to tighten as much because you will figure out where your equilibrium is.
	My Planche Guide My Handstand Guide My Back Flip Guide My Front Flip Guide My BTwist Guide My Gainer Guide My Side Flip Guide My Flip Twisting Guide My Advanced Front Tuck Guide


Vice President Best member ever. Respect: 18 Posts: 4,594 Join Date: Jul 2004	07-08-2007, 04:52 PM lol i dont like doing "tight" handstands. i prefer the lazy style of just balancing on my hands while my body relaxes. and yes, i can rap on my hands haha. it's nice when skinny girls have tight (but not bony) butts.


Z3R0 Master of Arts Respect: 1 Posts: 291 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cidade de Deus (City of God)	07-08-2007, 10:10 PM I agree with Vice about the girl part... However, I have tried doing lazy handstands and it just does not work... I just come back down the way I came from unless I re-press up before floor contact...
	My Planche Guide My Handstand Guide My Back Flip Guide My Front Flip Guide My BTwist Guide My Gainer Guide My Side Flip Guide My Flip Twisting Guide My Advanced Front Tuck Guide


CallMeJin ol Respect: 1 Posts: 168 Join Date: Mar 2007	02-12-2008, 02:52 PM hehehe koo guide
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pbskidsxd bboying, and loving it Respect: 1 Posts: 43 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: brooklyn	06-02-2008, 09:46 PM Everyone has there style of bboy no one should copy others, the style is in your mind you. Think about it.


ShannonX Popper Respect: 1 Posts: 24 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Las Vegas	06-02-2008, 10:14 PM I didn't know about the ass thing, thank you.
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fatty209 Member Respect: 1 Posts: 22 Join Date: Jun 2008	11-02-2008, 06:19 PM you spelled breathe wrong
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gibo DayngeR ! Respect: 1 Posts: 412 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Paranaque	11-09-2008, 01:28 AM one question ,how will i avoid my face being red when im upside down...i can hold my handstands and freezes now..bt i still have problem with this..