HALOS
How To Halo
Written by Krayz E Kujo on Thursday, 28 May 1998.
The best way to start halos is of course out of a windmill, being that halos
are basically windmills without your back. It's a little more difficult to learn
halos without the windmill, because you won't have any momentum. These instructions
are for spinning counterclockwise.
1) Do a single windmill and catch yourself on your hands like you normally would
do to set up for the next windmill, with your left hand tucked into your left
hip and your right hand to the side, and rest the left side of your head on
the floor.
2) Push your body up with both hands so that you are in sort of a diagonal headstand,
and at the same time push with your right hand like you would for a handglide.
This maneuver is called a headglide or an Icey Ice. Your legs should be automatically
wound up to whip your body around, without you actually thinking about it.
Tip -- it's a good thing to practice a headglide, without the spin, out of a
single windmill before going on to halos. Just windmill, catch, push sideways
(but not up), and attempt to spin on one hand while the side of your head glides
on the floor. Wear a beanie or grow an afro.
3) At the same time as #2, unwind your legs by throwing your right leg up first,
then immediately throw your left leg up and around your right leg in a circular
motion. #s 2 and 3 will be done all at once, very quickly. Remember, this is
basically a windmill motion on your head, so think of it that way while you're
doing it. Make sure you keep your legs split, as they have a tendency to come
together, causing your body to drill.
4. You are going to let go of the floor with your hands when you start the headglide,
one hand at a time. First the right hand lets go, but not until after you've
initiated the glide and begun to turn over on your head, then the left, but
the left hand should stay on the ground until you have spun around to the point
where the left hand is forced to leave the ground. This should be automatic
also. You then need to whip your shoulders around in a headspin-type motion
after letting go and while your legs are swinging around as mentioned in #3,
then you need to catch the floor first with your right hand before you complete
the full 360 degree spin, then with the left hand, and your left hip should
come to rest right back on your left elbow. From here you should be able to
set up for another spin, by winding up your legs all over again.
Keep in mind that you must have a strong neck for halos, and your windmills
should be pretty advanced. It's also good to warm up and stretch out your shoulders
before practicing halos, because the rotator cuff is very sensitive and can
be injured very easily from being twisted in directions that it's not supposed
to go. The wrists, fingers, elbows, neck, and cranium are also at risk from
doing this move. Headspins are NOT a requirement for halos, as is somewhat commonly
believed, but being able to headspin doesn't hurt, because the more moves you
have down pat, the more coordinated your body will be, and power moves are ALL
about total body coordination.
Once you have good control of your halos, you'll be ready for double halos,
and eventually triple halos. Lil Cesar and Orko could even pull quadruple and
quintuple halos with a drilled technique back in the days.
Questions? Just ask. Peace.
Krayz E Kujo
Halos by Fresh
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Halos. To do this move you must take an agressive approach to do well.
I read a couple of posts and the topic of headspins and no handed windmills came up as far as progressional moves or base moves for HALOS.
As far as headspins go they have a few things in common with Halos (1) The tempo is simular to stop and go headspins. (2) the idea of a rotation and then handplacement rotation handplacement ect.
When comparing windmills you have to understand that no handed windmills can help for double and triple HALOS a more advanced move. First you need to understand the idea behind a HALO.
A HALO is a ring around the head.
The best way to practice would be to practice windmills with your hands. Concentrate on hand placement and control. Remember to kick your leg in an upward motion ( this motion must begin paralell to the ground and continue upward only after your body begins to start its rotation. )
I think the headglide or what some all an ICY ICE helps but causes bad habits that will cause challenges when trying to do more than one HALO. The Headglide is a great way to learn how to use your head and hand to make a circular motion. By initially starting the motion with a kick and planting the hand we see that our body will continue to turn .
A HALO is different because there is NO Planting of the hand.
It is more of a push. Practice holding your body up with your legs straight and spread in a headstand. lower your body so you end up on the side of your head your point of balance should be NO lower than 1 inch or 2 from your ear.
You may feel the need to put your elbow in your side to keep balance this is fine and my actually be best for most because you will need to know this technique as you move forward.
Your body should slightly turn and your legs should begin to drop yet continuing to stay as straight as possible. REMEMBER THIS POINT! Its is your Axis so to speak. Your point of temperary rotation. This point changes as you rotate but returns when you complete your rotation . When your point returns your Hands and body should return aswell putting you in position for step two.
Your second HALO
Next week your second HALO
Peace
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