B-Boy 1980 graffiti character

B-boying started with the James Brown’s 1969 “Get on the Good Foot”. When on stage James Brown would dance around with such energy and almost acrobatic moves, many people began mimicking his moves, so they called it the “Good Foot”. The ‘Good Foot’ was mainly dancing around that involved drops or spins on the floor. Thus, the beginning evolution of breaking. During the 1970’s martial arts were also very popular, so B-Boys (for the most part) incorporated martial art stunts to ‘wow’ the crowds

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B-boying started with the James Brown’s 1969 “Get on the Good Foot”. When on stage James Brown would dance around with such energy and almost acrobatic moves, many people began mimicking his moves, so they called it the “Good Foot”. The ‘Good Foot’ was mainly dancing around that involved drops or spins on the floor. Thus, the beginning evolution of breaking. During the 1970’s martial arts were also very popular, so B-Boys (for the most part) incorporated martial art stunts to ‘wow’ the crowds