Y'know, I really have a love-hate relationship when it comes to breakdancing. It is probably one of the most addicting and rewarding types of exercise I have ever done, but oh lord that jawn hurts. Every time I try to learn a new move, another part of my body aches like crazy. First my quads, then my wrists, then my ankles, then my hamstrings, then my shoulders, then my calves, and lastly my heart. Maybe I should tone it down a little bit...naaah. Speaking of learning new moves, I got some new moves under my belt. But mostly this week was for refining and combining. I know, that was pretty good rhyming. I also got pretty gucci at dancing WITH music. Yeah dancing with music is crazy I know.
Six Step
I know what your wondering, why is this move called the six step?! Well... it has six different steps. In the combination of these six steps, you makes a full 360 degree rotation. The six step is a footwork routine which means it is in the same category as the Coffee Grinder if you watched my previous blog. You better have watched my previous blog. Anyways, there is a possibility to do a bunch of six steps in a row, and it looks sick if you can pull it off. I am telling you though, this move is INSANELY hard to get perfect, for my anyway. I had to watch like 5 different tutorials from YouTube and the website I signed up for and they ALL told me different things. At the end, I kinda made a combination of what I learned. I don't know if I pulled it off, but maybe y'all can let me know.
Baby Freeze
I know what your wondering, why is this move called the baby freeze?! Well I seriously have NO FRICKEN CLUE. Like it could be called the "adult freeze" or the "teen freeze" or the "elder" freeze, but they had to go with baby freeze. I do understand what freeze means though. A freeze is usually done at the end of the routine where you "freeze" in a cool position to end with a bang. In this freeze you use your head and hand to keep both your legs in the air. One leg rests on your elbow, and the other is raised in the air. Lemme show you how it looks.
Learning How to "Flow"
I watched a few tutorials online on how to "flow" or combine moves and I think I came up with a pretty mediocre and quick routine. Basically the formula to a solid breakdance routine is a Toprock variation then to a Go Down, then to a footwork variation, and lastly a freeze. In this routine, I started with the Kick and Twist, a fundamental Toprock move. Next, I do a Jump Down, which is a transition from my Toprocks to my footwork. After that, I attempt to do a six step right into a coffee grinder. Finally, I end with a super simple freeze with my legs hooked and my hand in a salute position. I actually used music with this routine and it ended up pretty sloppy to be honest. I have faith that I can get better at dancing to music though.
I need all you viewers to wish me luck for the next week. I am starting my Spring Track season and I have not run and have just been breakdancing this entire time. Oops.
You've made a great deal of progress in the last week, and I'm really impressed. While I'm not a break-dancer myself, I know a lot of the moves you're learning, and for the limited time you've had, you're actually pretty good. It's also great that you're starting to improve your musicality by dancing with music. Good luck with both Spring Track season and with your break dancing!
ReplyDeleteIts so cool to see how far you have come! I am defiantly not a genius but I am familiar with break dancing and understand everything your learning and teaching. I am really impressed with you quick learning of your baby freeze! Good luck with track and am excited to see what you accomplish next week!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the progress you've made in only a few weeks! It's cool to watch the videos that you include, which makes your blog even more interesting. Good luck with track!! I'm excited to see what other moves you're going to learn in the upcoming weeks.
ReplyDeleteYou're lookin pretty good there bud. All these moves are probably doing a number on you, what with track and all. Regardless, I know that you'll power through it like the champ you are. Also, are you watching and analyzing any videos of professional break dancers? I think that it could help out a ton to watch them and see what they do, then applying it to yourself. It's how I got through part of my own project. Best of luck.
ReplyDeleteYOOO. That is sick. As a person who is not very athletic myself I am really impressed. I think it is cool that your doing all these moves but is there a way to connect them? Or can you just mix them up however you like? I can't wait to your finally able to do everything.
ReplyDeleteI know I don't know anything about breaking dancing, but I can tell those are some sick moves. I can't wait to see some head spin going if you can. I think you have made huge improvements and it looks really good. Make sure you don't hurt yourself though, like falling of the stairs or something. Good luck!
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