[Dj Staples]

Hey everyone.

Ok, im a newb and wanted to get started on my toprock. I made this little video of my most basic toprock, actually my only toprock. So if you guys/girls could help me out by critisizing it or suggesting new things to add, i would really appreciate it.

Thanks

[Pimple4Life]

not bad... that mime walking thing you did got me rolling on the floor, though...
heh, anyhoo, i think it'd probably look smother if you took a little longer between steps... i don't have a digital camera, so i can't show you what i mean, but just try that... you might think that taking longer between steps would make it real slow, but it really won't slow you down at all (plus it'll look much better)...

not bad collin lawrence, youve got the basics down, the running man thing looks kinda......erm......odd, try not kicking your front leg up so high. Also you need some arm movement, the most basic is just bring your arms in and swing them back out (ok you probably have no idea what i mean) so check out breads toprock guide. keep practicing and slightly tweeking your movements to find your own style.

[ultraman__26]

dope mime walk.the concept is there,maybe some more arm movements would be good.
pz

[DaMastaKey]

dope mime walk.the concept is there,maybe some more arm movements would be good.

yeh...move your arms...the end was pretty good...a lil boring...put some Pa-Zahs! in it

P.S. Dont bite.

[Dj Staples]

Hey, thanks everyone that helped a lot.

ok so i've tried to reform the mime walk a little bit.

The video her is of the new one.

Is it worse? Or is it better?

Thanks

[llSpreadLovell]

Haha, it's awesome, it looks unreal, like it's a cartoon or something. It's cool. Just add some arm movement, like everyone else has said, and it'll be reeeal tight.

[soviet]

I love that mimewalk

good job, made me grin. keep doing that, it's amazing.

[dome]

Yeah, I like that.. it's like being on a treadmill, hehehe...

[electron]

yeah - you gotta start moving your arms, and let your body go with the motion as well ... just because your legs are what's moving on the floor doesn't mean that the rest of you isn't dancing too.
When you toprock , try to at least remember that when the legs are crossed , generally the arms are open and vice versa, so when you step over one leg, open your arms and lean back a little, then when you hop back , cross them over themselves...
or pretend you're bowling, throwing dice, dribbling a basketball, smoking a blunt, battling someone, anything - just tell a story or else make it interesting to watch your arms move.
You might want to try adding some other steps in to your toprock
there's a version of the charlston- where you're keeping your knees close together but swinging one foot out in front of the other and then stepping back , and reversing the movement. There's also a move where you pick up one leg and kick it out to the front or the side then step on it as you half slide it back in. THats a terrible description of the move but it kind of looks like your earlier running man/ mime walk ( which, yes, was pretty nice ) so you might want to explore that a little further. Basically , try not to repeat yourself so much

but it's good -there isn't anything drastically wrong with what you are doing

[tic-tok]

pretty good, try not doing that mime walk thing so long, like only for a few steps.....throw some arms in. otherwise, stay pretty good

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[Bb0yDeFcOm]

2 stiff, lol losen up, it'll help nd put ur arms into it nd mix it up

[KiRoS]

I'd say u need to work on not kicking ur leg up so high when ur doin that moon walk thing, and do someting with ur hands. but ive only been breakdancing 4 a short time so u know.

[voodee]

hey good attitude about this btw, but anyhow, i like the new and improved mime walk! just try to do more things than just that. remember this is like your opening, like your signature, it's who you are.