Breaking Fundamentals: Headstands
Breaking Fundamentals: Headstands
Description
This is a basic headstand tutorial for anyone interested in learning how to do a simple headstand. Headstands are a great foundational move to have for many movement arts, here we will break them down using simple and safe progressions to get you up on your head in no time!
Series containing this video
Headspin Crash Course: A 3-part Tutorial for Learning Headspins!
Can you spin on your head??? This is probably the number one question I have been asked since I started breaking in 2005. The answer is yes, and you can too! This tutorial contains everything you need to learn how to spin on your head! ... OK, maybe not EVERYTHING. But if you have a solid movement foundation and you are interested in the exciting world of brain-carrier-rotation this is a great place to start! In this 3-part tutorial, we will take our headspin from 0 (headstand) to float (wheeee!!). Prerequisites: solid headstand (hands on the floor) for 10 seconds.
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Headstand transitions
This video talks about some basic (and not so basic) headstand freeze transitions! Video Includes headstand to: handstand, crow, air baby and elbow freezes! Here is a guide to the key parts of the video: 00:00 Introduction, training techniques and tools. 00:39 Head to handstand transition - progressions and tools 03:38 Head to Crow transition 04:20 Head to Airbaby transition 05:25 Challenge round:head to Crow to Airbaby 05:49 Head to elbow transition
Headspin Crash Course Trailer
Can you spin on your head??? This is probably the number one question I have been asked since I started breaking in 2005. The answer is yes, and you can too! This tutorial contains everything you need to learn how to spin on your head! ... OK, maybe not EVERYTHING. But if you have a solid movement foundation and you are interested in the exciting world of brain-carrier-rotation this is a great place to start! In this 3-part tutorial, we will take our headspin from 0 (headstand) to float (wheeee!!). Prerequisites: solid headstand (hands on the floor) for 10 seconds.
Taps and Floats for Headspins
In this lesson we will learn some basic skills for getting comfortable with our taps and floats so that we can really start spinning!
Videos covering post-requisites to skills in this video:
Headstand
Taps and Floats for Headspins
Headspin Crash Course Trailer
Basic Headstand and Fingertips for Headspins
Winding Up in a Headspin
Taps and Floats for Headspins
In this lesson we will learn some basic skills for getting comfortable with our taps and floats so that we can really start spinning!
Headspin Crash Course Trailer
Can you spin on your head??? This is probably the number one question I have been asked since I started breaking in 2005. The answer is yes, and you can too! This tutorial contains everything you need to learn how to spin on your head! ... OK, maybe not EVERYTHING. But if you have a solid movement foundation and you are interested in the exciting world of brain-carrier-rotation this is a great place to start! In this 3-part tutorial, we will take our headspin from 0 (headstand) to float (wheeee!!). Prerequisites: solid headstand (hands on the floor) for 10 seconds.
Basic Headstand and Fingertips for Headspins
In this lesson we will learn some basic skills for getting more comfortable on our head!
Winding Up in a Headspin
In this lesson we will learn the windup: the prep for our headspin!
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