| Breakdance Moves - Windmill |
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Windmill
Difficulty rating = Difficult By - Lucas
Position:
Rotation direction: Counter-Clockwise Stretch right hand to the left in front of you. Lift left leg up in air. Pull with your right hand to get a spinning motion going. Once you have spinning motion going, bring right leg up to your right, and start turning your body so that your right side will face up. Your left arm will soon collapse, so roll onto your shoulder, now your right leg is going up in the air. Make left leg follow right leg movement, but keep legs wide and straight out. This is very important. You'll be on your back now, hopefully with legs up in the air like a split (but you don't have to go as far as a split). Now as your left leg continues to to go up and your right leg goes down, start rolling your body so that your right side faces down. As you get to be almost sideways, legs still wide and straight, put your left hand on ground and plant your elbow into your side. Keep the rotation and you'll pivot back up onto your elbow and be back where you started.
Tip
The Easy Way: By - D - ROCK FOR CLOCKWISE WINDMILLS Change RIGHT TO LEFT for everything. First, put you right arm in your gut like a turtle. Now you should be on the ground with your right arm in your gut. Your left arm is near your head but on the ground. Then lift your right foot of the ground (just lift it and don't kick it up). Then lift your left leg up higher than the right on. Your legs should be off the ground and spread. Now you want to collapse on your shoulder smoothly. I find that if you push off to where you want to mill your shoulder will not mash against the floor. As you push off (do not push up but to the side), kick your right leg under and keep your right arm in your gut as you go around. Kick the left leg back when your are near your stomach this way you will go on your back faster. Once you get this, you will start to mill faster and easier.
Tip
By - Vahid Hakim
The
Hard Way: (counter-clockwise windmills) 1) Sit down on the floor. 2) Lean back on your right arm, resting on the elbow. 3) Bend your left leg at the knee. 4) Keep right leg out straight, pointing to your right. 5) Have your left arm touching the floor just by your right side. 6) Make sure your left elbow is firmly touching your lower stomach OK. Now we are ready to start. Keep in mind that everything must eventually be a continuous motion. Although you can practice slowly, much of this move is almost impossible without momentum. Here we go: 7) Swing your left leg way up, and your right leg straight around to the left so that it goes up and under your left leg, and turn your head to the right. Your hips should have entirely left the floor. 8) You should now be in this position: the left side of your head is touching the floor, your body is parallel with the floor, legs spread apart, held up entirely by your left arm, palm on the floor, elbow in gut, supporting your weight. Your right hand can help a little with your weight, but keep the right arm close to your body. Basically, the only things touching the ground at this moment in time are the left side of your head and your left palm, which points left. Remember to keep your legs spread wide apart, straight, and that your left elbow pressing into your gut is propping up your whole body, resting the weight on the left hand. 9) Now, lower your left shoulder to the ground and then you should roll onto the back of your shoulders, your face looking up at the ceiling, your legs spread out in the air. Nothing else should touch the ground. To acheive this your legs must have rotated since the previous step, your hips the pivot, like a compass. Remember this. 10) So, you are resting on the back of your shoulders, facing up, legs spread. Now, whip your body so that you swing over to your right side. Now your legs should still be spread, but only the right side of your head and your right shoulder should be touching the floor. Try to keep your cheekbone off the floor- it will bruise. Nothing else should touch, you are diagonal to the floor, head down, legs up and spread. Now swing your hips around counter- clockwise a little more so that you can stab your left elbow into your gut again. Roll across your forehead from the right side of your head to the left side, so you are ready to move onto your left shoulder and spin around again as before. Once your momentum is going, it is not difficult.
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