How To: The Windmill

Dear Baconsoup,
I recently watched the movie Breakin' that you recommended and I was wondering. How does one go about Breakdancing? I'd love to impress my girlfriend by performing the windmill. Any help you can give would be great. Thanks

- Steve "Slappy" Solderholm.

Thank you for your email Steve. And yes we can help you learn the windmill. But first I want to say it is not a breakdancing move you can learn overnight. It takes hours upon hours of practice, and you have to be committed. The Windmill is perhaps the greatest breakdancing move, and once mastered you'll be the hit of parties and all the ladies will come running. With that said here is a step by step on how to do the windmill.

Position:
Pushup position with left elbow planted in stomach and left hand on ground below.

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
Good luck, start it slowly to get the movement, and practice practice practice.