{"id":21,"date":"2018-06-06T02:47:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T02:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-05-19T03:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:38:24","slug":"how-to-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/how-to-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Step-by-step guides for learning breakdancing moves and training smart. Whether you&#8217;re just starting out or chasing advanced power moves, these tutorials give you the exact progression to follow \u2014 no guesswork.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Strength and Flexibility Training<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/why-do-my-wrists-hurt-and-how-to-train-them\/\">Why do my wrists hurt? And how to train them<\/a><br>Wrist pain is the most common injury in breaking. Learn why it happens, how to fix it and bullet proof your wrists for powers moves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/preventing-pulled-groins\/\">Preventing Pulled Groins<\/a><br>The second most common injury. Learn how to warm-up and how to do the splits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/stay-injury-free-stretch-your-shoulders\/\">Stay Injury Free! Stretch Your Shoulders<\/a><br>Essential for flares, advanced footwork, hallowbacks etcetera.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/stay-injury-free-strengthen-your-shoulders\/\">Stay Injury Free! Strengthen Your Shoulders<\/a><br>Build the shoulder strength needed to perform at higher levels of breakdancing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/how-to-get-flexible\/\">How to Get Flexible<\/a><br>A complete guide to achieving front and side splits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em>Breakdancing Moves<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/how-to-backflip\/\">How to Backflip <\/a>(Intermediate move takes 1-3 months)<br>Most people learn their first backflip in a single coached session. Learn the drills, technique and mental blocks to overcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/learning-windmills\/\">Learning how to Windmill <\/a>(Intermediate move takes 3-6 months)<br>The gateway power move for most breakers. Covers the flexibility, shoulder roll and common mistakes people make.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/how-to-headspin\/\">How to Headspin <\/a>(Intermediate move takes 3-6 months)<br>Headspins look harder than they are. Learn to find your balance point, build speed and how to protect your head when training.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/how-to-flare\/\">How to Flare <\/a>(Advanced Move takes 6-12 months)<br>The complete flare roadmap, phased progression. Most people fail at flares because they skip prerequisites. This guide fixes that.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f3; border:1px solid #e0e0e0; border-radius:10px; padding:1.5rem; margin-top:2.5rem; text-align:center;\">\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:17px; color:#111; margin:0 0 6px;\">Learn faster with in-person coaching<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#666; margin:0 0 1rem;\">Tutorials get you far \u2014 but a single session with hands-on spotting and a flare machine can unlock months of stuck progress. Based at Coastal Realm Gymnastics, Everett WA.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/1-hour-back-flip\/\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#111; color:#fff; text-decoration:none; font-size:14px; font-weight:600; padding:10px 22px; border-radius:6px; margin:4px;\">Book a backflip lesson<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/thebreakdancingninja\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#fff; color:#111; text-decoration:none; font-size:14px; font-weight:600; padding:10px 22px; border-radius:6px; border:1px solid #ccc; margin:4px;\">See all lessons<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step-by-step guides for learning breakdancing moves and training smart. Whether you&#8217;re just starting out or chasing advanced power moves, these tutorials give you the exact progression to follow \u2014 no guesswork. Strength and Flexibility Training Why do my wrists hurt? And how to train themWrist pain is the most common injury in breaking. Learn why &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/how-to-articles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tutorials<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1479,"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/1479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakdancingninja.com\/proto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}