Breaking Conditioning
Conditioning is very important for Breaking. It is the most physically demanding dance form on the planet and your moves should be consistently and steadily executed. That´s why Storm came up with exercises to prime you for different moves. All the exercises have very important ingredients of the art form inside them. By training them you are already dancing since they are done with the music. Doing so it helps you to feel much better when something is getting steady or not. Any lack of balance or stumble shows in a loss of timing or rhythm first. With these exercises you will advance much faster than with ordinary or conventional exercises since these drills here are all Breaking related.
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Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning
Conditioning for Breaking should be paid more attention to. We must develop strength, stamina, and flexibility before we are able to learn most of the heavier moves. By producing this series, I want Breakers to develop the habit to use dancing for their conditioning. Keeping the pace of the rhyth...
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Stormdance_Breaking_Warmup
Every time we go Break we should do a warm-up. The older you get the more you´ll find out how important it is to get your body ready for the high physical demands of going down on the ground and throwing your limbs and body around. Make sure you feel your muscles and joints and make sure everythi...
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Stormdance_Breaking_Rudiment_Drop to Kickouts
The Drop is the first "go-down" a Breaker should know. Learn how to do it with the right timing by jumping up slightly before you drop gives it the surprise moment and a great change in dynamics.
The Kickouts are necessary to get into the Breakers spirit. Make space by kick out to the rhythm. Ma... -
Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning_Bicycle-shuffle
The Bicycle step is one of the oldest steps there are in Breaking. Done in back-position, we condition ourselves to hold most of the weight of our body on our hands. The feet are only sliding on the ground. The hip twisting in both directions gives the steps more flavor. By exercising it using a ...
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Stormdance_Breaking_Rudiment_Monkey forth-Monkey back
the Monkey forth-Monkey back is very often used in Breaking. Just split it up! Monkey forth to go down into your footwork and Monkey back to get out of it.
With this exercise, any beginner will be exposed to the notion of dizziness. By spinning, our balance system is challenged. Doing this combo... -
Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning_Track2 Hook-Swing 11.59.59
In this exercise, I show the Track2-Hook-Swing. By doing this tabata exercise we learn how to breathe, stay in a plench position, and get the timing of the move. Most particularly the hip twist causes trouble for most people. Make sure both feet stay on the ground while twisting. Have fun.
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Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning_Sling-Swing
I learned the Sling-Swing from Float of Incredible Breakers. Similar to the Track2-Swing the accentuation is on a Hip-twist.
By doing this exercise we learn how to deal with the timing of the music while concentrating on the proper technique. Our hands stay on the ground in a plench position. Th... -
Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning_Stab-exercise
The Stab is one of the most important basic arm positions. In this video, I show how to cultivate it for Breaking beginners. When we dance and we have to do it inside combination, we must be sure where to put our elbow, how to put our hand on the ground and how we balance our body. It will be imp...
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Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning_Headspin-exercise
In order to do headspins one must learn how to stand on the head first. By doing this exercise we strengthen our core and learn how to keep the balance on our heads at the same time. If you cannot do it as I show in the video, try more simple levels first:
1. Very easy: place your hands on the gr... -
Stormdance_Breaking_Rudiment_Propeller to Hook
The Propeller-to-Hook rudiment helps us to change directions. By changing the weight from left to right hand and leg and leaning out to the front on the propeller and getting back into the hook we work out our entire body. Doing the exercise to the grid of the music helps us with our timing and r...
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Stormdance_Breaking_Conditioning_Baby-Turtle
This Baby/ Turtle exercise helps you to deal with your weight bearings. Your feet are not supposed to touch the ground, your legs should stay sharp in a figure-four position. Here it is mandatory to place your hands on the ground in the proper position. Doing this every day will make your Baby-fr...
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Stormdance_Breaking_Rudiment_Propeller to sling
Working on this exercise enables you to get more comfortable in front position. The propeller kick loosens your knees, while your body is getting steady as a rock, by changing from side to side, changing from hand to hand.
