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Learn Bhangra: Three Beginner Jhoomer Steps and a Routine
Video by BHANGRAlicious on YouTube · Open on YouTube
BHANGRAlicious breaks down three beginner steps of jhoomer, one of the Punjabi folk dances modern bhangra grew from: toe taps with four arm variations and a shoulder bounce, a step with a light jump into a wide squat, and a step-back squat, then a short routine to music.
- 18 min
- Beginner
- High impact (jumping)
- No equipment
Good forDancing for funFun workouts
Step by step 9
Tap a time to watch that step in the video.
- Step 1: feet apart, knees soft, lift the knee and tap the toes at a 45-degree angle. 1:18
- Arm variation 1: right arm up with fingers flared, left hand on the waist. 2:43
- Variation 2: switch arms each time you switch feet. 3:25
- Variations 3 and 4: open hands circling at the wrist, then both arms up. 3:57
- Add the shoulder bounce: up as the leg lifts, down as the foot taps. 5:09
- Four counts of each arm variation in a row, then with music. 5:43
- Step 2: tap left, tap right, then a light jump into a wide squat and hold, with a finger flick. 7:13
- Step 3: tap, tap, step back into a squat with hands on hips, then bring the foot back. 10:33
- Full routine: step 1 variations, step 2 three times, a filler, then step 3 three times. 13:52
The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.
Form cues from the coach
- Lift the knee, then tap the toes at a 45-degree angle with a slight bounce
- Raise the shoulders as the leg lifts and drop them as the foot taps
- Start each new step with the left leg and the right arm up
What it works Whole body
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Joints it uses 3 takes load
- Hips takes loadwide sumo squats, step-back squats, knee lifts
- Knees takes loadlight jump into wide squat, step-back squats
- Ankles & feet takes loadbouncing toe taps, landing the light jump
- Shoulders movesarms raised, shoulder bounces
- Jumping or hopping. Impact goes through the ankles, knees and hips.
A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated
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Video by BHANGRAlicious; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety