Mad compliments to Soviet for his guide to airchairs, but I just want to add to what he said he couldn’t do and give some touch-ups to his guide. the Airchair is a move not based around strength. Trust me on this, it's more about flexibility and balance.
To practice balance, you should position yourself into the handspin position and lift you free hand up. When you can hold this position for at least a good 4 seconds, then you're pretty much gravy baby.
To stretch for this beautiful pose, find a wall or a structured surface. Pull your arms back against the wall, so your hands are touching it, and slide your ass down so you feel the stretch on your shoulder. You can do this on the floor as well, I've seen some bboys go straight down to the floor the freaks.
When you are feeling pretty damn good about yourself, you're pretty damn ready you cocky bastards.
1) Get into the handspin position with your head on the floor like a normal chair. (hence the name "air"chair.)
2) Twist your body over until your elbow is placed on your hip, back something else. the placement of the elbow is very important for the different variations of your leg glamorization. (I'll talk about that later)
3) When you are twisting your body, keep your head on the floor and place your freehand to the side of your head as in a half bridge. From here newbies, adjust yourself and find the equilibrium.
4) From here, push with your freehand and lift your upper body so you can gain strength and flexibility. this will help you a lot when you try roll back airchairs.
5) Now you are ready to pop up and show me that beautiful airchair. The placing of the elbow is crucial at this point.
If you are planning to pike, place your elbow lower, towards your ass more, because your legs will carry more dead weight when you are in the position. Kick up hard, but at the same time lift you upper body as high as possible. Grab with that freehand and adjust your head in the direction of your opponent.
If you are planning to lay out, place your elbow in the middle of your back, and from here you must learn to balance with out your free hand. I use these in battles sometimes so just to boost your morality rate. Punch out your arm behind your head, (with a middle finger, a thumbs up, point, peace sign, I'm versatile ) and lift your legs. If you have a dance room with mirrors, or any type of way to see yourself, use it to find your equilibrium.
Most likely, the most difficult way to variate on your airchairs, is the threading process. You will have to learn to balance with your stabbed arm, your head, and one foot. you may want to begin with your threading leg on the bottom, the other crossed on top. with your free hand, grab the top foot, balance, and thread your legs like there is no friggin tomorrow! Balance remember, this DOES NOT require strength.
6) The falling process is the probably the easiest part for me . You can fall both ways, just be sure to not hyperextend any muscles.
So when you get down this basic, part. You can literally squat and fallback in the airchair position. you don't even have to place your head on the floor this way. You can just go straight into with speed and grace. Good luck! Stay True! I might add to this if you keep me up at night you marauding whores. Keep bboying fosho!