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Bboy: 2-step

Start A:

• Step 1: from the original six step position, kick your left leg to the right side as if you were going to 3step.
• Step 2: Pull your left leg back so that your legs make a V. This should look like step 3 of the 6step.
• Step 3: Straighten your right leg and sweep it around your left, when it passes in front of your body you should switch from left hand to your right hand.
  (Once you have these steps down you should combine steps two and three. They should happen simultaneously.)
• Step 4: Without stopping after step three lower your left hand and use your left leg to force your body upwards into the air, while you are in the air shift your weight onto your left hand while twisting your torso. Extend your left leg forward and you should land at 180degrees of your previous position back into step 1.
  

Start B:
Exactly the same as start A, difference is you start at the end of Step 2 and continue.

VARIATION
When you are at step 4 and twisting your torso, open your legs wide instead of keeping them closed. This has two effects, it slows the motion down, but creates a more interesting look (in my opinion). There is a time to use each, and it is best to use both variations in the appropriate places.

In addition there is another variation where you stab your torso. I don't like this variation so I don't really cover it. If you want to learn it just stab while you are twisting your torso.

TIPS

• Your sweeping leg should never fully touch the ground during the sweeping motion, it should glide as close to the ground as possible without ever fully touching.
  
• Your feet should always be under your backside and only on the toe portion when they are not extended.
• Your butt should never raise higher than your head while spinning. You want your torso to be about parallel to the ground.
  

Bboy: 3 Step

You will learn the foundational movements and basic moves in a beginner's pace to breakdance. Starting out with 3 important components of the dance, which are: 1. Toprocks, 2. Downrocks, and 3. Freezes. These are the primary concepts for getting a start on breakdancing. Because this dance is like a story, a story has 3 parts, beginning, middle, and end. Just like breakdancing, it has three parts. These are the parts that will be used throughout the whole dance.

We start out with an introduction and demonstration to these concepts. Then I teach you rhythm concept coinciding with the music; musical training. Next is musicality, we start out with the first concept of the dance; toprocks. This is to understand the concept of rhythm with moves.

After, I introduce Downrocks. the 2nd part of the dance. Downrocks is what defines this dance. It's all the crazy, versatile, dynamic movements on the floor. But before we go to downrocks, we have to learn Drops, because drops is that transition that blends the 1st dimension (toprocks) to the 2nd dimension (downrocks). Dance is about fluidity, so the drops are very imperative in order to maintain the dance.

Next we move on to freezes.
This is the last part of the dance. After you've done all those crazy moves, it runs like a blur, but then you stop and hold a pose. When applying this move, It proves a point. It's an accent to the music. It's what gives the gasp effect to the audience.

Then i teach you small other methods that help to characterize the dance. Teaching some style. And history of the dance.

• Step 1 Starting out With an introduction and demonstration to concepts of the dance. Rhythm Concept, Musical Training. Learning how to dance to the music using moves. Learning Foundational movements and basic moves in a beginner's pace. Starting out with 3 primary concepts throughout the dance. Introduces style to characterize the movements of the dance. Instructs toprocks: Indian step, hustle step, outlaw step, salsa step, salsa front, salsa back, back step, kick step, uprock, frontal step, crossover with a few additional poses.
• Step 2 Next, instructs the key element that defines the dance. Downrocks. These are fundamental basic foundational methods that will develop muscle structure in legs, compound exercises, control, and movements. Lots of repetitions and drills in order to gain muscle memory. Different range of motions and stretching exercises to increase flexibility in movements and motions. Downrocks include: Footwork (1 step, 2 step, 3 step, 4 step, 5 step, 6 step, 7 step, 8 step, 9 step, 10 step, 12 step), Scissor kicks, swift kicks, shuffles, transitions (scuttles, webs, headswipes), baby swipes, loops, scissor shuffle loops, wraps, weaves, threads, CiCi's, Sweeps, Corkscrew, Drops, Slides, Glides, etc.
• Step 3 Last, instructs the last component of the dance. Freezes. This is the accent of the music. Develops muscle structure in upper body, balance, technique, and coordination. Use of freezes will help to maintain advanced moves and calisthenic strength. Instructs basic freezes and poses such as Baby Freeze, Turtle, Handglide, Frog, Spider, Crab, Tripod, Headstand, Pike, Nike, Elbow Freeze, Elbow Pike, elbow chair, elbow airchair, chair.
  Then we combine the movements all together, combinations. Introducing Power moves, such as windmills, backspins, headspins, buttspins, turtles, crickets, darkhammers, handglide, baby turtles.
  

Bboy 4 step

Start on hands-and-knees like you're about to crawl.
Step 1. Step left foot to where right hand was.
Step 2. Step right foot directly behind left foot.
Step 3. Place right hand where right foot was.
Step 4. Step left foot so you land in crab position.
Step 5. Sweep right foot past left foot to return to knees.
Repeat the process.

Bboy: 5-step

A simplified variation of the 6-step. The only difference is that the initial two steps are merged into one. The dancer jumps into step two with his/her front leg slightly more extended.

Bboy: 6-step

The 6-step is foundational to breakdance not only because it is the first footwork sequence breakers often learn, but also because it remains the move around which many sets are structured. Many breakdance moves can begin from the 6-step. The move sets up the direction of rotation and builds momentum while imparting body control. The breaker stays low and in contact with the ground, which places him in perfect position for performing other moves. Each of the six distinct steps puts the body in a different position which can be used as starting points for other moves. Steps 1/2 and 3/4 (described below) are most often used for launching other moves. Conversely, any move which ends on the ground can be transitioned smoothly back into the 6-step.

The body position after step (2) and step (4) are mirror images of each other. Six step often involves looking straight ahead constantly and placing the feet in the same place for each rotation, but can be done with your body facing a different direction for each rotation.

While the basic 6-step resembles walking in a circle on the ground, there are many variations of footwork or "techs" that can reverse the direction of rotation, interlock limbs, incorporate minor flips, twists, kicks, shuffles, tweaks, and much more.

This description is for clockwise rotation.

As the name implies, there are a total of six steps in one rotation of the 6-step. A standard version begins in the push-up position with feet spread apart.

1. The left hand lifts, and the right foot is placed where that hand used to be.
2. As weight shifts onto the right hand and foot, the left leg is moved up into the crook of the right knee.
3. The right leg swings around in front of the right hand and comes down so that the bboy's legs are in a crab position. Meanwhile, he switches hands so that the left hand returns to the ground and the right hand flies up.
4. The left leg now swings around in a wide arc and wraps around the right.
5. The right leg moves back into its original push-up spot.
6. Lastly, the left leg pulls back while the right hand comes down to complete the push-up position. The breaker is now back in the starting position and may continue with step 1.
   

Variants
Out of the many 6-step variations, a few have a defined, repeatable pattern like the 6-step itself and therefore are recognized as footwork sequences in their own right. The most widely recognized ones are listed below. Experimenting breakers commonly invent their own footwork sequences and casually refer to them as "their 9-step" or some similar term, but these sequences are not widely recognized. Moreover, some moves like the 2-step are relatively unrelated to the 6-step even though they have similar nomenclature.

Bboy: Cricket Float

Much like the Hand Glide, but the breaker hops on the central hand rather than merely spinning. The free hand pulls until the centered wrist becomes taut and can twist no further. The free hand pushes off from ground (and the legs may kick upward as well), allowing the centered hand to hop and turn itself to allow for the process to repeat. Bboy Pop of Gamblers crew is famous for his beautiful crickets as well as jackhammers.

Jackhammer/Hydro - A Cricket performed with one hand. Jackhammers are often faster, and the free hand is usually placed on the back or in some other position that clearly shows control with the centered hand. Many world records have been conducted on the number of Jackhammers a bboy could do, with a top record of 97 in a row by Bboy Pop.