Bboy: The 6-Step

The 6-Step is one of breaking's essential moves. A funky toprock and a smooth 6-Step is your home base on the dance floor. You can always come back to it.

• Start on the floor in a crab position.
• To get into this position, sit on the floor, plant your feet in front of you, place your hands behind you and lift your hips off the floor. Your weight is now fully supported by your legs and your arms.
• Count One: Extend your right leg to the front. It should cross slightly in front of your left leg. Stretch your left arm out above your head.
• Count Two: Extend your left leg back. Both your right and left legs are now straight.
• Count Three: Take your right leg back. Lower your left hand. You're now in a plank or push-up position.
• Count Four: Lift your right hand above your head, and put your left leg through—extending it from the back to the front.
• Count Five: Bend your right leg, and place it behind your left knee. Your left knee should bend when you do this.
• Count Six: Return to the original crab position.

The 6-Steps demonstrated
The 6-step is a key move in breakdancing because it establishes momentum and puts you in position for other, more complex moves. You use your arms to support your body while your legs walk around in a circle. This article will describe two variations of the 6-step, with step-by-step pictures and a video.

From a pushup position, bring the right leg forward and extend it in front of the left. Don't move the left leg yet. Lean on the outside of your right shoe. Take your left hand off the floor.


Pull the left leg forward until is bent and touching the back of your right leg (right leg should now be wrapped around your left leg). You should almost be in a tilted cross-legged position. Keep your left hand in the air.






Go into the crab position. Bring your right leg out from around your left leg. Plant your right foot down next to your left foot (shoulder width apart). Put your left hand on the floor behind you.








Bring your left leg around and in front of your bent right leg (wrap it around your right leg). Lean on the outside of your left shoe. Lift your right hand up. This is a mirror image of step 2.








Move your right leg behind you. This is a mirror image of step 1. Keep your right hand up.










Extend your left leg back and put your right hand down, going into a pushup position again.