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AIRPLANES
Form of a
windmills with your arms spread out straight to the sides as high as you can get
them.
AIRSWIPES
You start
with both hands and feet on the ground, facing upwards. Then you kick your legs
up with your weight on one arm and spin over so that you land on your other arm
before your legs land. If done correctly you should be able to spin you body
completely around in a full rotation.
APPLEJACKS
A basic move to challenge another b-boy to battle. You squat on both legs, and then
fall backward onto your hands and kick one leg into the air, as high as
possible. Then you spring back onto both legs, and repeat.
BACKSPINS
A spin
performed high on the back. All weight is balanced on the upper back, legs
tucked close to the body. Spin is initiated through a circular swinging of the
legs a kick position in the direction of the spin.
BACK SWIPES
The same
thing as an air swipe except when your legs are in the air half way through,
you change directions and go back to your starting position.
BARRELS
Windmills
with arms rounded in front of you.
A challenge between an individual and group of b-boys/b-girls.
B-BOY
Bronx Boy, Boogie Boy, as in one who dances to the break.
BELLYMILL
Like a windmill
but instead of turning around on your hands or head you turn over on your
stomach.
BHUDDAS
Similar to
UFO move, except your knees are inside of arms which are kept straight, and
legs are kept off of ground.
BITES
Stealing
or taking someone else moves or style.
BOOMERANGS
You start
sitting on the ground, with your legs out in front of you in a V position. Then
you stick your hand between your legs and lift yourself up, to where only your
hands are touching the ground. Then turn around in circles.
Same as a
crab but with legs spread as much as possible and body more upright.
BRONCOS
You start
on your feet. Then you fall to your hand only. Then kick your feet back and
land on your feet again, and then repeat all steps.
Dancing with a variety of fighting movements. Consist of punching, throwing
weapons or whatever. Usually used up against someone you battle.
BUNNY HOPS
Kind of like
flare except legs are kept straight up, spread apart in front of you. Then you
hop up and down turning in a circle.
BURNED
Term that refers to an individual or group beaten in battle.
CANNONBALLS
Done in a cannonball position with arms wrapped around knees.
COMBINATIONS
A
combination is when two or more moves are executed right after each other.
CRABS
Same as
position and movement as "turtle" but legs are bent like a frog.
CRABWALKS
Same
position as crab but you walk around in any direction.
CRAZY LEGS
Same thing
as air swipes except more than one. You do air swipes over and over without
pausing in between.
CREW
A Group of
b-boy's down with each other.
CRICKETS
A spin performed
almost identical to hand glide, except weight is temporarily transferred to
pushing hand, while spinning hand lifts off floor, rotated, and replaced on
floor. If done well, looks like continuous spinning motion.
DOUBLE 99
The same
thing as a 2,000 (one hand 99), but when your about to fall off your one hand,
switch hands, kick your legs to gain speed and continue to do a 2,000 (one hand
99), on each hand over and over without coming down.
DOWN ROCKS
A rhythmic weaving of legs and feet in a continuous circular low
around the axis of the hand that is carrying the dancer’s weight. Usually combined with freezes or
hesitations, and is followed by other moves.
EGGBEATERS
Windmills with hands high on the hips.
ELBOW GLIDES
Same
motion and position as hand spin except spinning on elbow with hand in stomach.
FIST GLIDES
Same
motion and position as hand pin except spinning on fist.
FLARES
Like a
windmill in that your legs move around in big circles in the air, but instead
of moving on your shoulders, you put your weight on your hands.
FLOATS
Balancing on his hands with his body horizontal except for his legs
which are usually bent to help balance.
FOOTWORKS
Same as "down rock".
FRONT FLIPS
A flip
forward down in the air flipping yourself upside down and right side up again
to your starting position.
GENIES
Windmills
w/ your arms crossed over the chest.
GO
The action of a b-boy engaging in a battle with the possibility that
he could get burned.
HALOS
A windmill
except instead of rolling from shoulder to shoulder you spin on your head.
HANDCUFFS
Windmills like nutcrackers but with hands behind back in cuffed
position.
HAND GLIDES
The b-boy is
in the float position, except with only one hand supporting him. The other hand
pushes him so that he spins around.
HEADSLIDES
A head
slide is a slide done inverted while resting on your head.
HEADSPINS
You spin
on your head. You use your arms and legs to initiate the spin.
HELICOPTERS
With one
leg under him and the other one outstretched, the outstretched leg moves around
in a circle on a horizontal plane while remaining straight, passing under the
other leg and going around in front.
HESITITATIONS (FREEZES)
A stop, or
freeze, in a circular motion of down rock.
HOLLOWBACKS
A kind of
pose, it is a handstand with your legs bent towards your back.
KIP-UPS
Rising
from flat on his back to his feet by rolling backward and kicking his feet in the
air, his upper body follows and he lands on his feet.
LOCKINGS
A kind of freestyle involving a lot of complex weaving arm movements.
MUNCHMILLS
The same
thing as a windmill except you keep your legs all the way crossed and folded.
KNEE SPINS
All weight
is balanced on the knee touching the floor. The other leg is raised in
altitude. Spin is initiated through a push off with hands. Speed is increase
after the flow of motion is established by pulling the hind leg into the body.
NECKMOVES
Only one
turns in a windmill.
NUTCRACKERS
Windmills w/ hands covering your crotch area.
PERFECTIONS
A b-boys best move, the move that takes your opponent out.
POPLOCKS
A form of Hip-Hop that is often performed by b-boys to add variety to
their performance.
The dancer uses strict controlled "pops" of their body parts to give
the illusion of a constant waving motion. Also the dancer will also move their
feet in certain ways to give the illusion that they're floating.
ROUTINES
Connected and/or
executed movements done in a practiced sequence.
RUBBER BAND
The b-boy
kip-ups and falls to his back to kip-up again repeatedly.
SCRAMBLES
Same as "down rock".
SLIDES
Pulling you across the floor. The name of the slide tells what part of the body
you are sliding on.
SPIDERS
This is
considered to be a flexibility move. Thighs are placed behind the b-boys back,
knees are on top of the shoulders at ears, and calves are in front. Weight is
balanced on hands, feet, or a combination of both.
STREET DANCERS
Overall term referring to break, boogie, and freestyle dancers.
SUICIDES
The b-boy
does a front flip and lands flat on his back without hurting himself.
SUMOS
Windmills grabbing your knees.
SUPERMANS
Windmills on your chest and arms reaching out to the front.
SWIRLS
Similar to
the hand glide, except you spin on your forearm, not hand.
T-FLARE
Same as flare but with legs together.
TOMBSTONES
Legs
closed and body in an "L" position. No hands are used.
TOPROCKS
Your basic upright footwork. Can be based on many different influences and is
different in each individual. Often is used as the lead in a sequence of
movements, and as fill between sets of down rocking and power moves to give
yourself a chance to recover before continuing.
TURTLES
A complete
spin of the body performed in the float position. Spinning is accomplished by
shifting weight from one arm to another, and placing hand without body weight
on it progressively in a circle, then the same with the other hand.
TWO LEGGED APPLEJACKS
Same as
applejacks, except instead of kicking up one leg, you kick both.
UFOs
A spin
similar to the turtle, except body is upright, in a crouch, arms are straight, and
knees to outside of arms, and legs not touching ground.
UPROCKS
Up rock is
a dancing fight, in which the dancers are very close but do not actually touch.
It looks like a kung fu battle, but with more continues movement and more
rhythm.
WACKED or WACKS
When someone performs a move incorrectly.
WINDMILLS
The b-boy
rolls from shoulder to shoulder, spinning his legs around in the air
continuously.
The b-boy
lies on his stomach and creates a wave moving from front to back so as to look
like a worm crawling.
1990s
The dancer
goes into a handstand and spins around as much as he can by rocking from hand
to hand then moving to one hand rotations before coming back down to his feet.
2000s
You go into a one-handed handstand, spin around as much as possible, and land on feet again.