Hula dancing whether using a hoop or going Hawaiian-style, requires you to move your hips. You want to move your hips smoothly. When hula hooping, this is vital. You have to push toward the hoop if you want it to keep spinning around you, whether on your arm, waist, chest, or bottom. When you can control the hoop, it will be easy to start hula dancing with it. When you have total control over your hips and the movement of your hoop, you will be able to move the hoop around to other areas of your body and even begin to spin, walk, and go with the flow of it.