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💎 Save your wrists – The "Eagle Claw"
Many beginners quit breaking because their wrists start to hurt. Most of the time, it's not because your wrists are weak, but because you are placing your hands wrong. If you put your palm flat on the ground like a pancake, all the pressure goes straight into the joint. Here is how to fix it: 🦅 The "Eagle Claw" Technique: • Don't go flat: Instead of a flat palm, imagine your hand is a claw. • Engage your fingers: Press your fingertips into the floor. This activates the muscles in your forearm and takes the direct pressure off the wrist joint. • Slight cup: There should be a tiny space between the center of your palm and the floor. 🧤 Why this is a game-changer: 1. Shock absorption: Your fingers act like suspension for your body weight. 2. Balance: You can "steer" and adjust your balance much better using your fingers than a flat hand. 3. Longevity: This is how pros can dance for 20+ years without chronic wrist pain. 🛠️ Quick Drill: Next time you are in a basic footwork position, try to "grip" the floor with your fingers. Feel the tension move from your wrist to your forearm. Have you been struggling with wrist pain? Try the Eagle Claw and let me know if it feels better! 👇
💎 Save your wrists – The "Eagle Claw"
2 likes • 17d
This comes in right timing, I was also wondering about this! What should be the contact points of my hand to the ground? Should they be the fingertips, the thenar (part of the palm right below the thumb), and the pad of the hand (part of the palm right below the other fingers), all combined? Because I can only get 2 of them in contact with the ground at one time. Also it’s really painful when I try to not use my full palm on the ground, but probably because I’m not used to it yet.
🚀 New week. New chance.
No pressure. No perfection. Just one step forward. This week, don’t try to be “good”. Try to be consistent. Even 5–10 minutes matters. Even one basic step matters. Even just showing up matters. 👉 Put on music 👉 Move your body 👉 Repeat something simple That’s how confidence is built. This week’s focus:Keep it simple.Go back to basics. If you don’t know where to start: ➡️ Classroom → Toprock Basics 💬 Drop a comment: What’s your goal for this week? And if you train, even for a few minutes…come back and write DONE ✅ Let’s build momentum together 💪
🚀 New week. New chance.
1 like • Apr 21
I was practicing the pindrop transition today, I think I’m slowly getting the hang of it :)
Quick question
What part of breaking are you currently working on? 1️⃣ Toprock 2️⃣ Footwork 3️⃣ Freezes 4️⃣ Power 5️⃣ Just getting started Drop the number in the comments 👇
2 likes • Mar 19
2 and 3! Still working on the baby freeze as my first freeze 😅
1 like • Mar 23
@Honza Pentifull so far just 1 side! I’m right-handed and right-legged so I tend to just focus on the right so far. Do you think I should start practicing the left side in parallel with the right, or should I start the left side only when I’m proficient enough with the right side?
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Allie Nguyen
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Starting to learn breaking 💃

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Joined Mar 6, 2026