How to Moon Walk

This is the WRONG way to do it.  This is shown first because this is what peo­ple usu­ally try to do ini­tially and won­der why they’re failing.

First Foot: First you put all your weight on the ball of your foot you intend to keep still. Then all you do is slide your other foot back­wards ON THE HEEL. I repeat, KEEP THE HEEL ON THE GROUND. Note: You should be able to move your 2^nd foot freely with­out hin­drance. You should be able to move this foot along the ground eas­ily with­out it get­ting stuck. If your foot keeps stick­ing to the ground or get­ting caught because you put too much pres­sure at the last sec­ond, keep prac­tic­ing just bal­anc­ing on one foot while slid­ing your other along the ground with­out effort. You’ll get it eventually.

Shift the feet: Now, switch the posi­tion of the feet. This should be a rapid move­ment. In a split sec­ond, pop your 2^nd foot up and shift all of your weight onto its ball just like before (Not the heel!)

Sec­ond foot: Since all of your weight is now on the ball of your sec­ond foot, you should be able to move your first foot freely. JUST LIKE BEFORE, SLIDE ON THE HEEL OF YOUR FOOT. NOT THE BALL. Slid­ing on your heel is what gives the illu­sion you’re look­ing for. If you have a hard time slid­ing it along the ground with­out get­ting stuck, keep prac­tic­ing just shift­ing your weight onto the 2^nd foot. The shift should be almost instan­ta­neous. Remem­ber, do not apply pres­sure onto your mov­ing foot. You are entirely bal­anced on your stand­ing foot.

Length Mat­ters:  The first detail is the length of your strides. Many peo­ple have short strides when they first learn this. This is okay and it still looks good, but if you want to do a more Michael Jackson-esque moon­walk, you have to lengthen the dis­tance between your feet dur­ing the strides.

Proper Stride Length: The best length is essen­tially the dis­tance you nat­u­rally have between your feet when you walk. Take a few steps and note how long your strides are (don’t force it to be long or short here now that you’re actively think­ing about your stride length). Walk to a door and just stop mid­way through a step. Look at the dis­tance your feet have between each other. This is how much you want between your feet when moonwalking.

Flow: You might notice that the shorter stride may have looked smoother than the longer stride. That’s because I kept my upper body mov­ing at a con­stant smooth move­ment. Try to keep your upper body mov­ing at a con­stant speed back­wards and with­out bounc­ing. This is what you get when you fol­low all of the instruc­tions. Enjoy!