Bronco
Bronco by Honey Rockwell .

Bronco, or donkey, donkey kick, power move, a jump, from standing, into a handstand, then back to one's feet (without flipping). Typically, the move involves "snapping" the feet down to aid rotation .

History

Broncos are seen in Breakin' and Beat Street . In the 1980s, they were often combined with flips . In Beat Street, Ken Swift does traveling broncos straight from a six step, then backflips; Crazy Legs does swipes into broncos, then a back drop-rollback handspring. Precursors to the move can be found in most disciplines that include handsprings, such as acrobatics, gymnastics, martial arts, and tap.

Variations

V kick and rubberband by Miss Twist .

Applejack

Also V kick, reverse bronco. A jump from one's feet to a V kick, then back to the feet.

In locking, the Alpha kick or Alpha is a move where one drops back onto both hands and kicks one leg upward—the V kick might therefore be seen as a two-legged Alpha variation. It is named for Alpha Omega Anderson, who developed the move in the early 1970s after falling out of Russian steps .

Rubberband

A jump from the feet onto the back, then back to the feet. Done by Frosty Freeze in 1982 . The jump onto the back, when performed without hands, resembles a suicide.

The hop from the back onto one's feet is variously called the kick up, kip up, nip up, flip up, etc. It is commonly associated with Chinese martial arts, where it is called lǐyú dǎtǐng (鲤鱼打挺), meaning "carp snaps upright."

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