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Breakdance

Some people might think that breakdance just come out of nowhere. Like everything else, breakdance did come from somewhere, something and someone. That someone is a great superstar, James Brown and that something is the dance Good Foot. James Brown get down with his great hit Good Foot. If you see James Brown in concert or on TV, then you would see him get it down. Every time he preformed his hit, he did the kind of dance that you would expect James Brown to do.

When Good Foot became a dance style, battle begin. Soon battles are covered in more detail in the section on battles, challenges, and contests. And not only was the Good Foot was well- suited for dance battles, it appealed to certain young men who were very athletic.

The Good Foot, which was soon to be called B-Boy and shortly after that breakdancing, or breaking. But breakdance were different from today. In some ways it was simpler. There were no headspind, windmill, hand glides or backspins. It was what is now called old-style breaking. Old-Style Breaking consisted only of floor work.

Old-style breaking was especially popular for many of the youths and street gangs that roamed the South Bronx. It was the streets that breakdancing really started. Often, the best breakers are from gangs would battle dance wise instead of fighting. They would battle over turf or because someone stepped on someone else's shoes. They might battle to prove that their gang was better than the other gang. Sometimes they would make a contract that the loser would not go around to the winner's neighborhood anymore. Sometimes they battled just to gain each other's respect. Unfortunately, these breaking battles did not always stop fight. In fact, they often would cause a fight, since dancers would sometimes get physical when they couldn't win dance wise. No one likes to lose. But today breaking battle replaced fighting in the Bronx.

"History of Breakdancing." []