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B-BOY
Breaking boy, boogie boy, anything that breaks is called a b-boy.
CREW
The group of b-boys.
BATTLE
A challenge between individuals or groups of b-boys (commonly known as an awkward dance).
BURNED
Specifically used to refer to a group or individual who is defeated in an awkward dance.
ROUTINES
The linking or execution of dance moves by several dancers together.
PERFECTIONS
Refers to a b-boy's best moves.
WACKED or WACK
When a person makes a wrong move.
SLIDES
Pulling yourself across the floor, the name Slide tells a b-boy to do the "slide" move.
BITE
Stealing moves from others.
1990
The b-boy stands upside down and spins, then switches from one hand to the other as his body weight shifts, until his feet hit the ground. (also known as hand spin)
2000
Upend with one hand and rotate as much as you can until your feet hit the ground. (Also known as inverted hand spins.)
AIRPLANES
The windmill with hands stretched out to the sides as high as you can grab them.
AIRSWIPES
Start with both hands and feet on the floor, face up. Support your body weight with one hand and kick your foot upward and rotate it, landing on your other hand before your foot hits the ground. You should be able to rotate your entire body if you do it correctly.
APPLEJACKS
A basic move to challenge other b-boys to an awkward dance. Crouch down with your feet, lean back with your hands in support, then kick one foot in the air as high as you can. Then jump back with both feet and repeat.
BACKSPIN
Use your back to perform a spin. All the weight is balanced on the upper part of the back, and the feet are drawn up as close to the body as possible. The key to spinning is to move your feet in a circular motion in the air. (Commonly known as a backswipe.)
BACK SWIPE
It's the same as an airswipe, except that when you add your feet halfway up, you change direction and go back to the beginning of the move.
BARRELS
The windmill, with your arms wrapped around the front.
BELLYMILL
It's like a windmill, except instead of turning it with his hands or his head, he turns it with his stomach.
BHUDDA
Similar to a UFO except that the knees are in straightened hands and then the feet are off the ground.
BOOMERANG
Start by sitting on the ground with your feet in front of you in a V-shape. Then you hold your hands between your feet, and then you hold your body up so that only your hands touch the ground. Then turn around.
BRONCO
Start with the feet, then only one hand down, kick the feet back and then lower them again, and repeat all the moves.
BUNNY HOP
Similar to the flare, but with the difference that the feet are straight up in front of the body and then bouncing up and down in a circle.
CANNOABALL
Hands around the knees in the cannonball.
CRAZY LEGS
Like air swipes, but not just one. Do air swipes over and over again without pausing in between.
CRICKETS
A spinning motion almost identical to the hand glide, except that there is an occasional shift in weight to the push hand when the spinning hand leaves the ground and spins back to the ground. If done properly, it looks like a continuous rotation.
DOUBLE 99
It's like doing a 2000 (One hand 99), but when you have to put one hand down to switch to the other, kick your foot to get speed and then continue the 2000 (One hand 99) motion, each hand continues to work without stopping.
DOWNROCK
Using the center of the hand to support the entire weight of the dancer, then the legs and feet continue to dance in a rhythmic circle, with the legs and feet moving around the hand. They are often combined with freezes and hesitations and are performed immediately after other movements.
ELBOW GLIDE
The movement and position is similar to a hand spin, except that it is done with the hand axle and the hand is released in the abdominal position.
FLARE
Similar to the windmill, the feet make large circles in the air, but instead of moving the shoulders, the weight is placed on the hands.
FIST GLIDE
The movement and position is similar to a hand spin, but the difference is that you use your fists to spin.
FLOAT
Use your hands to balance your body horizontally, but bend your feet in addition to your feet to help with the balance.
GENIES
Windmill your hands and cross your chest.
GO DOWN
When a b-boy is dancing awkwardly, when he's likely to lose.
HALO
The windmill move, but instead of turning from shoulder to shoulder, you turn your head. (
HAND GLIDE
Similar to Bboy's float, but with one hand supporting the body and the other helping to push the rotation. (We call this the "helicopter."
HEADSLIDE
When a head slide is completed, it is reversed and stopped with the head.
HEADSPIN
Turn with your head. You have to use your hands and feet to start the spin. (
HELICOPTER
One foot is under the body and the other foot is extended outward, the other extended foot is still straight when you do the horozontal plane, and then crosses the bottom of the other foot and goes around the front.
Hesitations(FREEZE
Stopping or pausing during a down rock circle.
KIP-UP
Push up with your back flat on your back, turn your feet behind you and kick them into the air, then follow with your upper body and land on your feet.
MUNCHMILLS
Similar to a windmill, except the feet are crossed and bent.
KNEE SPIN
All the weight is balanced on the knee that touches the floor. The other foot is stretched up high. The key to the spin is to use both hands to push. Speed is gained by pulling the foot behind you toward your body to generate speed after a series of movements.
NECKMOVE
A windmill that spins only once.
NUTCRACKERS
The part of the crotch that you cover with your hands to make a windmill.
RUBBER BAND
Bboy does kip-ups, then drops his back and repeats the kip-ups again.
SPIDER
This is considered to be a very flexible move. The thighs are behind the back, the knees are on the shoulders near the ears, the calves are in front, and the weight is balanced on either the hands or the feet or both.
SUICIDE
The B-boy does a front flip, then lies flat on his back on the floor and does it without hurting himself.
SUMOS
Grabbing the knee in a cartwheel.
SUPERMANS
Turn your chest into a cart with your hands out in front.
SWIRLS
Similar to the handglide, except that it is rotated with the forearms instead of the hands.
TOMBSTONES
Feet together, body in L-shape. No hands are used.
TOPROCK
Basic upright dance step. There can be many different influences and each person does it differently. Often used as a lead-in to a dance routine, as a transition from one routine to another in downrocking dance, or to give yourself a break after an intense dance routine.
TURTLE
Float is a movement in which the entire body performs a complete rotation. The rotation is accomplished by shifting the weight from one arm to the other, then moving the hand in a circular motion without using the body's strength, and doing the same with the other hand.
TWO LEGGED APPLEJACKS
The same as applejacks, but instead of kicking one foot, you kick two.
UFO
Similar spinning maneuver to the turtle, except that the body is upright, crouched, hands straight, knees outside the hands, and feet off the ground.
UPROCK
Uprock is a kind of dance combat, where the dancers are very close to each other but do not touch, much like kung fu combat, but with more sustained movements and rhythms. (Commonly known as a combat dance.)
WINDMILL
B-boy shifts from one shoulder to the other, spinning his feet in the air in a continuous motion.
WORM
Boy lies on his stomach and makes a wavy movement from front to back, looking like a worm wriggling. (Some people in Taiwan call it a "python.")