BellyBreak Instruction Clips

Belly Break© Instruction Clips

The bellybreak movements shown are suited for advanced students only. Proper posture and mastery of the basic isolations are needed to do these movements without risk of injury.

HOOP

double hoop 0,25, 1,1 MB	Make a circle with your hip (push your hip to the right, slowly forwards, to the left and backwards) Make a circle with your head (push your head to the right, slowly forwards, to the left and backwards) Make a circle with head and hip together; be aware that both head and hip start together from the rigt or the left.
staccato hoop 0,07, 0,3 MB	Hip circle and head circle at the same time; pay attention : head and hip should start together from the left side or the right side. Hip circle and head circle move together but you stop the moment the hip and the head come out to the side. The same happens if the head and hip move to the front together ; you shortly stop and you repeat this if you move to the side and to the back. Every time make a short ‘stop’ (staccato movements).
hoop staccato 1,44, 4,1 MB	Make a circle with your hip. Make a circle with your head. Make a circle with head and hip together. Do the same movement but staccato sideways/forwards/sideways/backwards (quick)

DUCKWALK

0,31, 1,3 MB

Relax the belly muscles and make a “long” neck alternating with make a “long” neck and at the same time tighten the belly muscles.
Make a “long” neck moving your head forwards and tighten your belly muscles firmly.
Do both these movements (chin/head forwards and belly backwards) simultaneously.
Retract after that your chin/head and push your belly forwards.
The movement of your belly can be supported by overturning your pelvis forwards (belly in) and backwards (belly out).
If you do this movements while your walking, it is called the duckwalk.

TIC

sole tic (right) 0:55, 2,2 MB	Pull up your right hip; pull up your right shoulder Hip and shoulder move up together.
sole tic (left) 0:34, 1,3 MB	Pull up your left hip; pull up your left shoulder. Hip and shoulder move up together.
double tic (slow) 0:14, 0,6 MB	Right shoulder and right hip move up together and directly after that the left shoulder together with the left hip (just slow)
double tic (quick and slow) 0:34, 1,4 MB	Right shoulder and right hip move up together. (Same as preceding only quick and slow)

WANGI

1,02, 2,5 MB

Move the hip to the right, as far as possible.
Try to push your head a little bit to the right, but not too far!
This movement should not feel uncomfortable.
Back again to neutral.
Push your hip to the right.
Carefully push your head to the right.
Back again to neutral
Hip to the right; head to the right. Then both at the same time.

1,28, 3,5 MB

Push your hip to the right; push your head to the right.
Head and hip move together to the right.
Push your hip to the left; push your head to the left.
Hip and head move together to the left.
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Head and hip move together to the side ; front ; side and backwards.
So you do a circle with a short stop to the side; front; side and back.
The movements go faster.

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