How Did you start out?

red_queeen · **How Did you start out? -** 02-25-2006, 01:26 AM

Hey everyone! my first thread, aint it nice? anyhoo, names jessy, im just starting to learn breaken, iv always admired and finaly im starting to do it, for more then 4 months now and i am learning a few things here and there, i wanna get better but i need some help, im not that great

what good steps is there for beginer, what did you all do for your first moves? and how did you learn, please share.
thanx

red_queeen · 02-25-2006, 02:22 AM

or no one post, just leave me hanging its ok

FinalianX · 02-25-2006, 03:20 AM

Well I'm not too good or anything, but when I started, I just concentrated mainly on buffing up my strength. Like do lots of hand stab stuff or the crab position. Builds pretty good foundation, and leads you to many stuff. As for style.. just watch vids?

buff catholic · 02-26-2006, 04:35 AM

i starded by learning freezes and other things like handstands over the summer, and then i started learning windmills, and i started out from the baby freeze and rolled into a windmill... now keep in mind it took me like 2 months to get here so its going to take awile baby freeze mill.avi and then i went from there so right now im working on flares so i hope this helps, later

jenjen · 02-27-2006, 01:44 PM

hey!

I was starting with baby freeze and windmill. I don´t know how good you are in doing handstand. But practice this and learn how to do hollowbacks and inverts. I was starting at the wall, going to the bridge-position and up again. I do workouts for my back and belly as well. Standing on my head..., just like this. Are you dancing alone? - so I think watching vids is very good. So you can get a feeling...not only for style.So search for nice vids and look what you really want to do next. Try and try ´n try. best wishes...

s4mmy · 02-28-2006, 05:35 AM

Work on footworks. All variations of basic footworks. Six step, 4 step, 3 step, 2 step, 12 step, pompo, and coffee grinder.

bboy-hypernova · 02-28-2006, 09:37 PM

y is this in swipe section?
neyways there r ltos of newb guides around

i'd say work on handstands and footwork, toprock comes naturally i think, and power can come later

Made1nChina · 03-04-2006, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by FinalianX

Well I'm not too good or anything, but when I started, I just concentrated mainly on buffing up my strength. Like do lots of hand stab stuff or the crab position. Builds pretty good foundation, and leads you to many stuff. As for style.. just watch vids?

Dont watch vids and copy, that's biting, heavily frowned upon. However if tyou watch it for ideas and a basic foundation, be my guest, (Biting rprob has been mentioned already, i just couldnt resist saying somethign about this)

And why is this in the swipe section?

:P

Id say work on tops, i just realized how much i need them ive got good foot and power but no tops

TOP TOPT OPTM OPTEPOAETOIAEPOT

peace out kid

FinalianX · 03-12-2006, 05:21 PM

Okay, don't watch vids for style. But do watch vids to learn power. It's like the fastest way ever.

bboy-hypernova · 03-12-2006, 07:15 PM

fastest way is to get some teacher to teahc u power :P

The Joker · 03-13-2006, 07:41 AM

*****ATTENTION*****

lol, First start with all different toprocks, battle rocks, dance type moves, then your footwork moves, 6 step, 3step, 12 step (runaround) and a couple of basic freezes, baby freeze, elbow freeze, and maybe bronco's and helicopters(coffe grinders) too.

get all that smooth and so your real good at it then go jam somewhere with real people, this will help you more than a forum! good luck!!

physicxismyidol · 03-14-2006, 03:07 AM

ive been bboying for 3 months and most of the moves you see below i did on my first tries such as flare, 1h handsprings, kip ups, headslides and a few others. I could do these mainly because i first explored allot with moves trying new ones everyday, sometimes up to 3-4 new moves a day. Id fail allot of course but there were some that i could do or learned the day i tried. I blame this on my level of athleticsm that i have retained through most of my life, and that i am 1/2 asian (though it might be a myth that asians are just naturally versatile in athletics, but allot of people believe it so, including many doctors ive talked to). Now as for your learning, I watch vids and guides frequently. Sometimes watching the same guide over and over and over again. Especially important for moves like flares to watch insturctional videos because theres just so much to remember. And if you hear or see somthing you didnt notice before like "OHH THATS how you swing your leg" or "oh THATS how he keeps his legs up". TRY IT OUT IMMIDIATELY. Trial and error is a great aspect to learn from. Remember, you learn more from your failures and losses than you do from succeeding. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!

FinalianX · 03-14-2006, 04:01 AM

lol wat's with the asian thing

ToMmY g · 03-14-2006, 07:28 AM

Newb move list, secondary newb move list

Bboy EZ · 04-26-2006, 02:32 PM

Well, you can watch vids for style without biting. The person watching doesn't need to copy or bite the style down to a "T," but by watching a bunch of different people's style in sets, it can give the person an idea about a certain way of executing a movement he hadn't thought of yet. You can build off what you see and learn, and eventually become more well rounded. Ultimately, your bboy horizon will be broadened, and many more doors on the dancefloor will open up.