By the time the Good Foot became the new dance style, the tradition of dance battle was well established. Dancers would gather at places like Harlem World on 116th Street in Harlem and Battle-dancewise. Battles are covered in more detail in the section on battles, challenges, and contests, but the important thing is that Breakdancing was particularly well-suited for competition and it appealed to certain young men who were very athletic.
The Good Foot, which was soon to be called B-Boy and shortly after that Breakdancing, or Breaking, was very different from the Breaking we see today. In some ways it was simpler. There were no headspins, no windmill, no handglides or backspins. It was what is now called old-style Breaking. It consisted only of floor work, involved some extremely complicated leg moves done very fast and in a way it was more complex than modern Breaking.