[strech_aj]

FLARE GUIDE BY BBOY STRECH_AJ..

Okay I got a couple of emails asking for flare help so ima right this guide and give it to the needy…

Okay a few things to remember:
*There are different ways of doing flares, the way that you use your hips to swing, and the way that you use your legs to get the momentum, and I much prefer the way that you use your legs momentum, and yes I can do them both ways and I prefer the legs way,… so with this guide don’t worry about your hips okay…
· oh yes and as Anubus originally wrote in his guide a while ago, your legs go out and around when doing flares( I prefer to think of it as up and around, but I did snag this phrase from Anubus so im just giving him the credit that he deserves)
· oh yes and don’t think that by reading this guide you will magically get flares within the week, because you wont, it takes hours and hours, weeks, and months, even years for some… however this guide I sment as a guide line and will solve problems that you may come across and by reading and fully understanding this guide you WILL learn the move quicker than you would without a guide…
· there is no secret to flare only practice and more practice.. there are tips however and that’s what ima give you.
(THIS IS A COUNTER CLOCKWISE GUIDE, IF YOU GO CLOCKWISE JUST SWITCH THE WORD “RIGHT” WITH “LEFT” AND VISE VERSA)
THIS IS HOW I DO THEM STEP BY STEP.

STEP1: Okay, I widen my legs (about shoulder width) and take a step back with my left leg.( my legs are about twice the length of my shoulder width apart now, but my right leg is a bit to the front)

STEP2: I swing my left hand to my left foot and about a2 seconds before my left hand is where my left foot was, my left foot starts to swing around the back of me.( so your left leg should elevate about 2 seconds before your hand hits the ground” where your foot was”)

STEP3: now my left leg is swinging around the back of me, and im leaning on my left hand.

STEP4: just before my left leg hits my right leg, I kick my right leg up( as the left leg comes under the right leg, the right leg should start to go around a bit to the right(because you must try and draw a circle in the air with your right foot at this point ,before it starts to swing low and gets ready to go under the left leg)
NOW THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER MY RIGHT LEG WENT “ UP AND AROUND, THEN UNDER” OKAY GOT IT
When your right leg is coming around and about to swing under you place your right arm down. SO AS THE RIGHT LEG COMES DOWN PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND DOWN.

STEP5: okay so now you are on both hands with both legs in the air and your ass is high in the air..
Now it is time for your left leg to go “ up and around” so as the left leg goes up release your left hand “ kick that left leg high, and I mean really high, but don’t get uncomfortable, and lean hard on your right hand as you swing your right leg under that” high” left leg.

STEP6: okay now you are only on your right hand and your left leg is high, with your right leg swinging under it.
Now as your right leg starts to go behind your “high left leg” swing your left leg around, but around a little bit to the front( so your foot kind of turns from your toes facing the roof to your toes almost facing the ground) don’t worry too much about that toe part that comes after you have the basics, so don’t stress if your confused, one day you will know what im saying, but it isn’t that important right now.
And now place your left hand down.

STEP7: okay so now you should be in a planche type of a position, that is like a runners starting position with his legs elevated.

AND THAT’S IT YOU HAVE DONE ONE AWESOME FLARE

· REMEMBER UP AND AROUND( VERY IMPORTANT DO IT WITH BOTH LEGS)
· THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LEFT GETTING HEIGHT IS SO THAT YOU HAVE HEIGHT AT THE BACK OF YOUR FLARES AND YOU WONT CRASH…
· THE MOST DIFFICULT PART IS KEEPING THE LEFT HIGH AND FIGURING OUT THE OUT AND AROUND WITH THE LEFT LEG, IT WILL TAKE YOU VERY LONG TO UNDERSTAND THE OUT AND AROUND CONCEPT BUT HERE IS A NICE VIDEO CLIP TO HELP YOU, WATCH HOW HIS LEGS GO “ UP AND AROUND”

[da DMD]

yo man wutup dawg

we alredy got a guide

but if people are askin den i guess its cool

er those flares aint so nice

lol

its gonna make people kill themselves

but hey
why dont u get clips of YOUR flares man

[Anubis2002]

under no circumstances should u do flares without worrying about ur hips...just a side note...the hips give u room, especially when ur using the legs to keep momentum n ur not a hip waggler they are just as important or more. without them ur not doing anything

[strech_aj]

yeah anubis i hear you, but my flares are pretty phat and i dont worry about hips that much, i find that if your legs are corrext in every movement then your hips are forced to do the correct thing aswell... so what im saying is if your legs do everything perfect than your hips have to be right aswell, but i guess you are also right, but my guide says that if you do the leg thing right then you dont really have to worry about your hips, because with alot of practice i think you should figure out that hip thing on your own... oh yeah um da dmd i would love to put my flares up they are way phatter than that clip, however unfortunately my poor ass dosnt have something to record my flares, but i will try make a plan... if you have a cam corder than you are welcome to record me and put it on you know where i live so maybe we could... if you dont, then i will make a plan , i will steal one or somethin, for real peace..

[Anubis2002]

Its hard...getting ur legs to do what they have to so ur hips correct themselves..most need to understand each aspect then put together.

[strech_aj]

yeah i guess you are right, but like i can do my flares many different ways, and i have noticed like when i concentrate on the hips i dont get as much height at the back, and when doing airtrack and 1990 out of flare i think its easier and it flows better, it looks alot better, when i do the flares while concentrating in the legs, i dont know if you understand what im saying but thats why i say the legs thing is more important than hips, but you are right because peeps that are reading my guide cant exactly hook up track or 1990 out of flare, so i guess... but when they get better they will understand..

[chimpanzi_otsc]

i was making a flare guide with pix, but im buying a nice video cam for christmas so im going to make the guide with a vid cam instead


hahaha i dont know y i typed thiz?

[b-boy Syth]

I agree with anubis on the hips/legs issue..i am a hip waggler myself, basically i drive upper body without looking at my legs and just keep them split, but then i kick in two key areas which is when flanking to the side and out of the back..

I found myself looking at my legs too much back in the kicking days, this makes ur flares sort of close to your centre, whereas when you lean like a bitch whilst rotating the legs from the hip you can continue easier..basically an elevated windmill/superman, remembering to kick in those two areas for clearance.

Also I have some theories on checking (or czhecking dunno) i'd like to share, is checking really that bad? I saw this b-boy bust the most beautiful flares, he was almost doing the splits but he was checking like a bitch, he'd start facing front and then by second rotation he was facing 90 degrees anti-clockwise

see, checking shortens the circular distance you have to travel in flare causing you to get more rounds maybe..it allows you to almost wind legs in a circle constantly.When ur not checking you have to use extra muscle power to stretch out your flares. Imagine doing a windmill like you would do a flare,much harder isn't it? having to stretch out so you end up facing the same way..
so basically i'm one for checking plus it doesn't look that bad for christ-sakes unless you are a gymnastics coach!

[strech_aj]

aaaah ya, i did kung fu for nine years so i do the splits in my mills and flares, how the hell do you think you do splittts, whilst concentrating in your hips, aaaah not quite fricky, you have to concentrate in your legs if you want wide legs, or like the splitts,... anyways i dont expect you to beleive me without proof so just shutup untill i put up a vid of me doin them, then yuo can comment...

[sushi-one]

A agree with Anubis, the hips are mad important for have a good flare.
But.. the most important thing to think of when you learn the flare are the legs, and to have them at the right spot at the right time. But your legs are attached to you hip, so withound moving your hip it do get *harder*, so if you wanna do flares with momentun and without much strength, you *have to* use you hips!
Gymnasts learn circles before flare, and thats only to practise the hip-technique.. so the hips are very important doing flare..

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sushi-one
p.c.c.

[Anubis2002]

Legs are mad important, yup...but like he said...they cant do shit if ur hips dont move enough.

[strech_aj]

yeah okay if you put it like that then i guess you are right... im just sayin that my flares are really good and i dont think about the hips, maybe my hips just do it naturally...

[bboy_shockret]

Originally posted by strech_aj
im just sayin that my flares are really good

no ur just braggin lol j/k j/k

[Anubis2002]

most people dont think about them when doing it

[bboy_shockret]

dayum really?? i have to think bout my hips alot.