What are the best ways to learn to breakdance?

[DavPeanut]

I want to learn to breakdance, and QUICK. Does anyone have any advice? :confused:

[mymemory]

Wow... Mmmm... I do not know.

Rent 80's movies.

There is one where a bunch of guys wanted to save an old theatre called "Miracle", so they start a big fest. I guess the movie is called "Breakdance".

You can rent too "Rhythm Nation" by Janet Jackson.

Forget about spining on the floor, that is too corny.

For shure you have to listen to 80's electronic music.

Yo may get sic in secunds, I'm an 80's person but I took the Depeche Mode road, not the Cindy Louper or Madonna.

I do not know man... this is way too far from mac related topics.

[eyelikeart]

hang out with some ravers...u will be surprised by a few of them...they can dance quite well...

just don't get all caught up with the glowsticks...he he he ;)

[ShaolinMiddleFinger]

Go rent "Breakin'," and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"

[Skandranon]

Listen to Michael Jackson for 48 straight hours. No breaks. Repeat albums if you have to... listen in chronological order for best results.

However, resist any crotch-grabbing urges. Failing to do so will result in you having to start the two day period all over again.

By the completion of the 48 hours you'll have developed an impeccable swing in your hips, greasy curls in your hair and soft spot for Richard Simmons workout videos.

Now hit it, boy!
:cool:

[DavPeanut]

Only thing is, I cant watch movies that are "R", bitchy parental units. :cool: Thanx a bunch. If any of you CAN actually breakdance, tell me. I can do the worm, and the occasional pause (supporting yourself on you arms, elbows jammed into your abs.)

[DavPeanut]

Originally posted by Skandranon
Listen to Michael Jackson for 48 straight hours. No breaks. Repeat albums if you have to... listen in chronological order for best results.

However, resist any crotch-grabbing urges. Failing to do so will result in you having to start the two day period all over again.

By the completion of the 48 hours you'll have developed an impeccable swing in your hips, greasy curls in your hair and soft spot for Richard Simmons workout videos.

Now hit it, boy!
:cool:

Something fun?

[Beej]

Oh man... just when you thought you'd heard every possible topic on MR... someone wants to learn to breakdance, and quick!

Oh man, if this thread wasn't serious, it'd be a serious candidate for a "That's Damn Funny" award!

I can't stop laughing! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D:D :D

[3rdpath]

is this a serious thread?

i'm laughing so hard i wet myself( well, almost...)

you're not gonna do any better than breakin or breakin 2 although i would recommend any patrick swayze movie for hair-do ideas....

and that comedian sinbad has some cool chap-like pants that will help you get your groove-on....

or better yet...ice, ice baby...get you some vanilla ice....now you're lockin and poppin and styling like the hammer-man himself.

da da de deeda dum dum....

:D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
is this a serious thread?

i'm laughing so hard i wet myself( well, almost...)


hey u want that towel??? :D

[Cappy]

Whatever you do you have to have the parachute pants. Very important! Oh, and getting your hair permed helps. Sounds like everybody covered the, uh, training videos already.

Actually you're on the freak'n internet. There's gotta be some 80's freak out there with a website dedicated to that. :)

[Beej]

Originally posted by Cappy
Whatever you do you have to have the parachute pants....or happy pants. Happy pants went off! :D

[748s]

i can remember the name happy pants.
but can't remember what they were.
or is it just selective amnesia.
what were happy pants?

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by DavPeanut
I want to learn to breakdance, and QUICK. Does anyone have any advice? :confused:

Break a few limbs and try to dance. How about you get with the times, and take your head out of the 80's??? Breakdancing is dead, just as disco is, and with good reason too.

[TimDaddy]

I'm 23 years old. I'm just wandering if I'm already so damned old that breakdancing is coming back and I didn't know, or is this someone a little older than me who wants to get his youth back or just someone who wants to learn about the "classics"? Just curious.

[TimDaddy]

I feel a little dumb now. If you were older than me I don't suppose the parental units would be controlling your movie watching. But, I don't know, mine still try.

[Beej]

Originally posted by 748s
i can remember the name happy pants.
but can't remember what they were.
or is it just selective amnesia.
what were happy pants? Big, baggy, colourful pants. I used to love happy pants! :D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Beej
Big, baggy, colourful pants. I used to love happy pants! :D

here's a blast from the past...anyone remember Z Cavaricci's???:rolleyes: :eek:

[jelloshotsrule]

i'd think you'd have to just try it. over and over and over and over.

watch things for some ideas. but you gotta just do it a ton.

so as far as "quick" i don't see it happening.

good luck though.

haha. i just noticed the 800 sat math.... make some measurements and figure out the geometry of some different moves.... that oughtta help!

[kevin49093]

Is there some sort of breakdance crisis that you are soon to face? Why the need for instant results?

By the way, I actually took breakdancing lessons at the local YMCA when I was younger! It must have been the mid eighties. Is that scarry or what?

[eyelikeart]

I think there are a couple books which illustrate how to breakdance...

I wouldn't try going to Barnes & Noble for them though...someone I know seriously asked there and got laughed at pretty harshly for it...

I'd try amazon.com or even eBay...u never know what u will find ;)

[iGav]

Break dancing is seriously in vogue in London at the mo.... particularly with the old skool skaters and bmx crowd...... or should that be crew?? :p

Buy any compilation album with 'Hip Hop Don't Stop' in the title for that authentic soundtrack....... cover yourself in baby oil...... and spin.....

Go boy........ :p

[DavPeanut]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
haha. i just noticed the 800 sat math.... make some measurements and figure out the geometry of some different moves.... that oughtta help!

Very funny

[DavPeanut]

Originally posted by kevin49093
Is there some sort of breakdance crisis that you are soon to face? Why the need for instant results?
I'm trying to learn for the end of year cruise tomorrow.

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by DavPeanut

I'm trying to learn for the end of year cruise tomorrow.

You think you're gonna get some girls that way??? ROTFLMFAO!!!! Get with the times bubba, and forget about learning any kind of dancing overnight.

[iGav]

Originally posted by DavPeanut

I'm trying to learn for the end of year cruise tomorrow.

You're wanting to learn break dancing over night??? :p :p :p

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by iGAV


You're wanting to learn break dancing over night??? :p :p :p

ah...nothing like last minute...

I bet he's one of those that wait till the night before to cram for a test too...he he he ;)

[rainman::|:|]

hmm a little off-topic, because i know nothing about break-dancing (before my time, perhaps)... but i will say, parents that censor what their kids read/watch/view are just asking for trouble... i'm not saying they should buy you Penthouse or something, but damn... my mother only forbid me to read one book, i was about 11, Misery by Stephen King... i had read it a year prior, tho, so she was SOL... adult-oriented subject matter can help teens and adolescents become more intelligent and free-thinking...

i would sneak every R rated movie i could, if i were you!

:)
pnw

[eyelikeart]

I agree with paul here...it's bad news to repress children against the world. I agree, don't let them go wild, but if u teach them to respect certain things, they will be much better off than to hold a blind over their eyes...

ok..commence with the breakdancing...;)

[IndyGopher]

So Sherman and the WayBack Machine are out of the question?

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by IndyGopher
So Sherman and the WayBack Machine are out of the question?

Who?????

[mr.w]

Hire a break dancing stunt double maybe?

[DavPeanut]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


ah...nothing like last minute...

I bet he's one of those that wait till the night before to cram for a test too...he he he ;)

Why would i even study for a test?

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by DavPeanut


Why would i even study for a test?

Maybe to actually PASS one for a change??? :rolleyes: :p

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by AlphaTech


Maybe to actually PASS one for a change??? :rolleyes: :p

hmm...I'm not touching this one with a 10 ft. pole... ;)

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by IndyGopher
So Sherman and the WayBack Machine are out of the question?

thank you...finally somebody else knows who peabody and sherman and the wayback machine are. i mentioned them in the " going back in time" thread and no-one got it.

that was some funny stuff.:D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by 3rdpath


thank you...finally somebody else knows who peabody and sherman and the wayback machine are.

then maybe u could explain it to us lesser-knowing souls?! :rolleyes:

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


then maybe u could explain it to us lesser-knowing souls?! :rolleyes:

you're not lesser-knowing, just probably too darn young to have seen it...

its an animated show drawn by jay ward that was part of the original rocky and bullwinkle morning television cartoons. peabody is a nerdy kid with big glasses and sherman was his intellectual know-everything dog. they travelled thru time in the WABACK machine. lots of bad puns and stuff. if i remember correctly, these shows also had the very funny aesop's fables...

heck of a lot better than watching davey and goliath...

or JOT( that was one scary strange cartoon):eek:

[eyelikeart]

OMG!!!

I remember that! I used to watch Rocky & Bullwinkle years ago when I was little in the mornings before I went to school. I vaguely remember Peabody & Sherman though...

amazing how memories get trapped until something sparks it...he he he :D

[iGav]

Originally posted by AlphaTech


Maybe to actually PASS one for a change??? :rolleyes: :p

RATFLMAO......... :p :p :p

Actually I think you should just go for it..... you said you knew some moves...... just keep repeating those ones again and again and again...... nobody will laugh at you honest....... :p :p :p

[cb911]

Originally posted by iGAV


RATFLMAO......... :p :p :p


RATFLMAO? please explain? i have no idea what that could possibly mean.

[iGav]

Originally posted by cb911


RATFLMAO? please explain? i have no idea what that could possibly mean.

Opps.... heh heh typo....... :p

[britboy]

Originally posted by cb911


RATFLMAO? please explain? i have no idea what that could possibly mean.


Perhaps "Rolling Around The Floor....." ;) :D

[Beej]

Originally posted by britboy
Perhaps "Rolling Around The Floor....." ;) :D Or Rolling After The Floor... He he he...

[iGav]

Or rolling about the floor....... :D

[britboy]

RATF..... a new acronym for break-dancing? :D :D

[krossfyter]

check out that "days go by" video by Dirty Vegas.


pretty cool song and video... dig it.


homeboy is dancing to get her back.