Roxrite is standing on his head supporting his weight with one hand and the other elbow
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Breaking
Learn the essentials of breaking in this video series
If you've ever wanted to get into breaking or wanted to tighten your basic techniques, Break Advice is here to help you out. Get to know the basics with these video tutorials.
Written by FraGue Moser-Kindler
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Break Advice – Fundamentals is a 20-part series of breaking tutorials. As the series is released we'll update this story.
You can also follow the series on Red Bull TV and YouTube to catch every new release first, as soon as they come out.
In the first video, Crazy Legs introduces Break Advice – Fundamentals:
In this next video, AT shows you how to Top Rock – the elements of breaking that are performed while standing up:
Below, Intact and Lego introduce the Hook and the Six Step. These two moves that are at the centre of good footwork:
Here, Neguin shows you how to utilise headstands and handstands as freezes to emphasis the end of your run or accentuate the music:
Below, you'll learn how to transition from your top rock to footwork from B-Boy Kinder:
Next up, Neguin shows you how to bring power and momentum to footwork by utilising the sweep:
Lego introduces one of the essential freezes in breaking, the Baby Freeze:
Bring flavour to your footwork with Kickouts, as shown by B-Boy Intact:
Below, Lil G teaches you your first power move, the Windmill:
The second fundamental power move is the Swipe, as demonstrated by Lego:
Learn the concept behind Backrocks from Menno:
AT introduces the iconic Chair Freeze:
Level up your freezes with the Airbaby:
Create intricate details in your footwork by applying the concept of Threads:
Learn to use your freezes with more finesse by transitioning into them with style:
As soon as you master the transition into freezes, try to combo them, as Roxrite shows below:
The last power move in this fundamentals course is the Flare:
Air Freezes take freezes even further away from the floor:
When you've got all those elements, it's time to apply them in your dance and freestyle. Check out the final lesson with B-Boy Victor below: