Breaking explained

Understand the movement.

BreakBase is a guide to breaking: the history, the culture, the figures, and the moves that make battles worth watching.

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Toprock

Standing movement, rhythm, style, and entrance.

Floor patterns, direction changes, and flow.

Controlled pauses that punctuate a round.

Spins, rotations, flares, and explosive movement.

Move library

A classic foundational toprock step where the feet cross and open while the upper body keeps rhythm.

A beginner freeze where the body balances on the hands, head, and elbow support.

A spinning power move where the breaker rotates across the shoulders and upper back with legs open.

An elite power move where the breaker rotates through the air while transferring from hand to hand.

Breaking is judged through movement, musicality, originality, execution, vocabulary, confidence, and response.

The goal of this site is to help people understand what they are seeing — not just whether a move looks difficult, but why it matters in a round.