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Answer by Jack
Submitted on 11/13/2003
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The c-walk is fairly difficult to learn if you want to mix it up (not just have one foot on your heels, and one on your toes, then switch). You gotta learn at some points to quickly hop with both you feet together and when it's time to cross you feet as well as do a split like motion (one leg is out far in front, heel on the floor, the other leg is far behind, and is on you toes). VERY important that you're almost always on your toes or your heels (never level footed) and try to do turns and 180's, as it looks better than if you're just facing one direction. Most importantly, mix it up, most videos I've seen are way too repetitive. Keep practicing it, make up your own routine, and you'll get good at it.

Answer by zeppyygurl
Submitted on 12/13/2003
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The heel toe is pretty hard but if you practice its pretty easy. Its kind of like a V. You start with your right foot in front on your heel..and your left foot on your toe. Practice trying to stand liek that for awhile. Then you move your right foot while its on its heek and twist it left. Twist your left foot while it is one its toes and twist it right. Then push off the ground mainly with your left foot and alternate putting your left foot up front and right in back. It is important to remeber that whatever foot is in front...it is always on its heel. Whatever foot is in back is on its toes. Last you gotta get a good song to do it to like wat da hook gon be . You can look at the Shake ya tailfeather video to get an example. On da part when diddy goes "Young janet jackson live in livin color..." look at teh background dancers...they r doin the heel toe. Aiight holla at your boys and have fun practicing.

Answer by ludas_luva
Submitted on 12/31/2003
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Yo if u all wanna know how to do tha Heel toe thing if you've seen the "gangsta nation" video WC does it pretty well and easy for u to learn from tha video...thats how i learned he also does tha WC-Walk and its where your feet and knees are together and u kinda hop forward to your left then to your right and what not its crazzzy i love it..so ya i watched that video and taught my self kinda...a MAD song to learn how to CRIP walk to is "Cadillac pimpin" by youngbloods tha beat is perfect and i taught my self tha c-walk jus from tha beat of tha song. Also If you got WINMX or Kazaa you can download tonz of instuctional videos on there! Hope that helped some of u out cuz i know what its like towanna know how to do thsese kick ass moves HOLLA BACK Peace, Muchoz Luv

Answer by roca1fella6
Submitted on 1/14/2004
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Well pretty much not that hard but it takes a little practice to do a harlem shake or "walk". Well make sure your body is loose first you got to know how to move your shoulders well twitch your left arm then you wobble then you twitch your right arm just for a start you might feel funny but i learned from a bunch of friends in Ontario and know i live in SGV. And known in my High School as one of the best and then you just start doing it but i suggest you move your whole body as well cause if not you'll look like you have a seizure. Next thing you know your doing the harlem shake. When you get the hang of it start clown'nheel toe's and pin drops and your on your way. Take my advice as well make up your own stuff and trust me you'll look and do alot cleaner dont be a WC.

Answer by C-walkin masta
Submitted on 2/11/2004
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YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO DO THE HEAL TO DO THE CRIP WALK. ok first i will teach you how to do the heal to. ok, you start with you feet in a V or a or and upside down one. after that you have to figure out wich foot is the "dominate one". The dominate foot is the one that you use to do all of the pushing part. Im going to explain this one using the left foot and the dominate foot because thats how i learned. After you find the dominate foot you start in the upside down V and then you twist your left heal to the right and your left toes should go left. Then you kinda slide and twist your right heal to the right and your right toes to the right. Practice doing that for awhile till you get the hang.After you get the hang (your feet should be in the V postion then you twist your left heel to the left and your toes to the right your foot should look like / and then you twist and roll your right heel to the right and right toes to the right. Thas the whole routine ,you can make it as long or as short as you want you can also add a one footed heal toe to it but thats way hard to learn. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO HAVE 1ON1 INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THE HEEL TOE OR THE SHIMMY, C-WALK, B-WALK, or anything else then e-mail me at Dono_bong@yahoo.com

Answer by WS Rida13
Submitted on 4/15/2004
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Ok you guys are makin the C-walk too easy but its not hard Start with your feet 2 inches apart flat on the ground If you're right handed start with your right foot if ur left handed then ur left here we go slide your right footin front of your left foot with your right foots toes up and your left foots heel up dont forget to bend your knees your right foot should be heel down toe up going diagonaly right with your heel touching near your left foots big toe do that quickly in like a one second motion then put your feet normaly back togaether put your left foot in front and do the same reapeat that twice and the with your feet 2 inches apart hop 3 times forward but do it in zig zags... be sure to do turns and 180s quickly each step. act like your about to fall then go to your next step do this quickly tho you can mix it up and add in some dances too like the heel toe i dont have any idea how but ive seen my friends it looks good go to xzibitcentral.com and on the left side of the screen click C-walk video there you have it P.S. you can add in like a split leg motion you quickly put one leg in front of you and one in back then switch like in the video GOOD LUCK peace

Answer by Crip walk and harlem shake help
Submitted on 6/23/2004
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Crip walk: First stand up straight and relax. It'll look funny if you're all tense. Now, spread your feet about 3 inches apart. If you are right handed, start with your right foot, if you are left handed start with your left foot. Okay first, you make a baby step hop on that certain foot. That foot should end up at a 45 degree angle and your toes should be up with your heel on the ground. Then you slightly bend your knees and put your foot down. Then you repeat that same pattern with your other foot. It sounds very confusing, but it's not. It just takes time and effort. Harlem Shake: First you have to know how to shimmy. If you don't know how to shimmy, it's when you sort of wiggle your shoulders back and fourth. Then for the Harlem shake put your shoulders up a little, and shimmy as hard and as fast as you can back and fourth over again. If you want to add a little flavor to it then shift your hips right and left and do a lil somethin somethin with your feet. I hope this helps! Oh, and by the way, I am half white, and half black, and just saying that either race is better and/or can dance better is just stupid. Do what you want and have fun!

Answer by Fast GBI Heel and Toe
Submitted on 7/9/2004
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Heel and Toe, here it goes: (this is how I do it, develop your style) 1. Stand with your right foot in front of left, straight in front. Right foot is on heel, toes up, and left foot behind is on toes, heel up. 2. At the same time your right and left feet twist to the right. 3. Jump, and twist left as you are in the air. 4. Land where you started, but with left foot in front, toes up, and right foot behind, toes down. 5. Twist both feet at the same time to the left. 6. Jump, switch feet, and land as you first started out. The simplest c-walk: (develop your own style to make it look good) 1. Stand with both feet together. 2. Jump and turn towards the right a little. 3. Land with right foot in front on heel and left foot in back on toes. 4. Jump and turn a little to the left and land how you started, both feet together. 5. Do the same with left foot in front as you turn a little to the left. Of course add some quick jumping to the left and right rapidly, harlem, wave, whtvr for style. Also, what is this whole white people black people thing? Why does it have to be a contest? If you do want it to be a contest, then you should know the Jews where the ones who started the ghetto, we were the first in the ghetto, the Spanish inquisition. And then again in the holocaust, which wasn't sooo long ago, but we had worse concentration camps, and even worse death camps. But you don't see very many Jewish kids in the hood or the ghetto anymore, why you ask? When the few holocaust survivors came to USA, they had nothing, but they didn't dwell on the past, they did as best they could to get ahead so their children wouldn't have to go through what they went through. And by the way, the Italians started the big, heavy, spinning jewelery.

Answer by DonoBong
Submitted on 8/27/2004
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ok u guys here it is if u wanna know how to do the crip walk listen up.ok 1st you should try it wit some socks on carpet because u can SLIDE better.start out with your feet side by side,lean on your left heel and slide your upper left foot right BUT KEEP YOUR HEEL ON THE GROUND, then put your upper left foot on the ground, soo this is the motion your left foot is doing starting here \| and going here / practice that a couple times to gett the hang of it.now you should have mastered the 1st part and now we r moving on to the next part.ok now u need to throw in a little twist..when u do the 1st step while you are doing it have your right foot about 2 or 3 inches in the air and make it hover next to your left foots motions.ok step #3 now you should b able to do everything i just talked about and there is another move so listen closley.when u have done the 1st steps U HAVE TO DO THEM IN ORDER except for the 1st 2 because they r at the same time as each other. at the end of steps 1and2 u need to transition into a new move BUT DON'T make the transition to sketchy or not smooth because it will ruin ur dance and make u look like a fag.ok now at the end of steps 1 and 2slide your leftyour left foot should look like dis / and your right foot should b hover beside it in the air.ok now u need to slide your left heel to the right BUT DO NOT MOVE YOUR TOES, now you left foot should look like this \.ok now that your left foot looks like this \ take your right foot and bring down its heel to the middle of the rihgt side of your left foot.....read that part again it may sound funny but do exactly as it says... so now your feet are making a unside down tilted "T".practice all those steps till you have them down.ok now the u r in the funny "T" postion take your rihg foot and slide it paralell of your left foot.now slide your right foots heel to the left and bring your left foot up into the air at the same time(about 4-5 inchs in the air) now your rihgt foot should b like this / and just keep your left foot in the air pointing forward, now like right after u slided your ringht heel and brought your foot up put your left fooot bk down next to your right foot,they should b heel touching or look like this \/ ok now rihgt after you have don that slide your right heel left and bring your left foot up again then place your left foot bk on the ground parrell to your other foot AND YOU DID IT :) now you should just keep doing these steps over and over and you have done the crip walk, but when you do hte moves try and move your dance around the room when you bring your feet up is an exelent time to postion into a new direction or wut ever u can repeat the steps over and over or throw in your own crap but if you need help on anything else E-MAIL ME -->Dono_bong@yahoo.com and i can teach you many other dances PEACE

Answer by SoulPoppin
Submitted on 9/10/2004
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Alright, first of all, the Jews were put into the ghetto, they ain't start it. An LA gang.. The Crip Walk was made as a 'victory dance' in whatever respect when the Crips killed someone, or someone was hurt. Yah dig? Now the Crip is a wide-spread footwork. To get the real walk, the best is to obviously go to a Crip member. You need to understand that you can't teach yourself the Crip walk and do it how the Crips do, understand? And as far as videos go online, too many posers, most suck at footwork. I'm not going to make a tutorial on how to Crip as I can do it, I can't describe it for you. The Shake you can find in one of the Jadakiss vids.. I can't remember off the top of my head. The heel-toe has been described well, so no need to cover that. Sorry that I didn't give a tutorial, but I gave you what you needed to know. Good luck

Answer by HispaniC/IndiaN---Graph of HEEL TOE
Submitted on 9/19/2004
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Graph of Heel Toe.... Hope it helps alot more then words... �� Left Start Right - (go right) Here (Go Left)- v v v heal toe - \/ /\ \/ !! /\ \/ /\ (Feet) Hit End then go (other way till middle) �� i usualy go left... then right... then back to middle(gotta pivot ur feet and left those heels and toes...

Answer by jayrow maddness
Submitted on 11/26/2004
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yo man, wuts up wit the whole whites have to act white thing huh. im white, i grew up wit my black family. there aint no way to act black, acting black is just peoples personality, yall get over it. aight? yall bein racist tryin to get back at us for that whole racism time. ITS HISTORY!no ones racist against you guys anymore.only judge the white men who were alive at the time.and screw this whole red and blue thang, im mixen them, im representin purple. makin a new dance, the purple dance THE PURPLE DANCE(new by ya boy jayrowmaddness) 1)stand streight 2)pick up ya right foot 3)move ya right foot forward slowly, not too fast,shake ya foot from right then to left. STOMP! 4)havin ya right foot on the floor halfway angled to da left 5)slide ya left foot smoothley accross behind ya right leg makin an x wit ya legs 6)bend ya body with ya knees halfway, not too far 7)twist ya body to da left and have ya feet pointed with ya body 8)hop frum right to left twice wit feet together 8)this is where the heel toe step comes in,do that wit ya knees halfway bent like before, if ya can do it. 9)stop, put ya feet together and move ya right knee clockwise in a circle twice,then move ya left knee in a circle counter clockwise twice 10)then last, wit both feet, STOMP! (just remember, i made this crap up by myself,it just takes a while to get used to.just wiggle ya body and just add your own flavor to it (REMEMBER,BLACK OR WHITE,WE ALL EQUAL)

Answer by Jesus
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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Okay To do the Heel Walk u gotta press Up, up, down, down, Left, Right, Left, Right, X. To do the Crisp toe u gotta push the magic brick in your pants in order to open the magical room of fantasy. Then you get the Penis Key on the counter that lies before you. After doing this, open the locked door on the other side of the room where the boss lies. To defeat him, move in a counter clockwise motion and do a 360 degree punch in the face CHARLY MURPHY style then he will release your friend. A friend that already knows how to do both. Once this is done, they will realize that you're a total asshole and finally teach you the real way so you'll never come back here for advice in which words can't describe alone how to do either of them. You need a visual lesson you FOOLS! -Beans, share da fruit from da ass to da facez-

Answer by BBoywolves
Submitted on 1/24/2005
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Hey yall whatsup. Well see the instructions everybody put on here were actually pretty good it's just a hard concept to understand. The best way to learn any kind of dancing is to see not to read. I've been breaking for like...forever lol. And only recently have I put the crip walk in my moves or anything. But I try not to becuase the crips did invent the crip walk and that's their thing. They should share it like everybody else does but for some reason they don't. But that's ok we do it anyway just not in front of em cuz we don't wanna be shot. Now another thing is really bothering me about this forum right here. I'm white. white as white can be. This whole black and white thing is really on my nerves i can tell you that. Dancing should bring people together. If you can do it then props to you. Just cuz ur a different color than someone else doesn't mean ur better. I mean come on I'm even the leader of my breakdance crew and am Captain of my dance team at school. Lets see if we can't use dancing to end this racial animosity we've had for so long. Just a thought yall im out peace. Be yourself and that's all there is to it.