I BREAKDANCE....
who else does?
i want to know if there are other bboys or bgirls here with me...hehehee
welps, i've been breakin for about a year now,
im still learning while i consider myself a pretty good bgirl i guess...

I have yet to meet a bona fide breaker...

I would have to say it's more of an art than just a sport.

Even in Brazil, they honor break dancing as an art form.

An art form? Of course.

oh, lol speaking of breaking, i haven't done it in a week and i honestly feel drained without it. but i've only been doing it for about half a year, so i'm not that good, still a beginner in breaking. but it's because i started popping first :D i love bboyin, so fun.

I have the utmost respect for breakdancers. If I tried to breakdance I'd end up in a wheelchair.

^^ amen.
after all, it must be just as hard or harder than regular dancing, and thats a sport.

Used to. I wasn't really dedicated to it, so now what little skill I had pretty much died completely It takes so much work to really get good at it, and I couldn't handle it. I love watching people breakdance though

oh..wowies..there were breakers in here than i thought...
yes..its a hard dance to be committed to..
i think of it as art and sport...
it can have such graceful movement to it, yet have agressive feelings also...
but I love it...

I Hip Hop Dance.
Lol.
Break Dancing is WAAAAAY Harder to me!

Bboying is fun, depending on who you do it with. I'll say that yeah, if I ever did it alone, I'd probably not continue with it, but I have friends that do it with me so that it doesn't get as boring. I love bboying, it will stay with me forever. Honestly though, breaking isn't as hard as people make it seem, it's just the powermoves that most people know about, which is pretty hard.

Yes..POWER MOVES are the hardest!!!!!
but..im hopin to work on that soon??..maybe??
haha..we'll see about it...
but yea...even tho i myslef am a breaker...seeing breakers break,
daaang, i still have the upmost respect for them...^ ^

Yeah, all I have are windmills and handhops for power. I had my first battle with my crew today, interesting learning experience. Must learn more freezes...

oh wow...thats pretty good!
i only got like 2 headspins, some footwork..6 step...suck at freezes..
lkicks..flushes...an almost hollaback...
still learning and not so good yet...> <

lol i'm never gonna try headspins xD too scared to try 'em. what i need to learn how to do are uprocks, i'm terrible at those, how long have you been breaking for?

what're these...? but yannoe, it's all good everybody has their learning curve, do you have any videos of yourself breaking?

ive been breakin for almost a year now....
lkicks, flushes...kinda look like my pic
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nopes..not much vdos yet...some...but they arent even a whole set...
hahahaa...not so confident in showing my skills yet...well..in vdo...

oh seriously? i see, lol, i only have about 3 sets myself, but it was a battle so it's not like i had a choice whether or not i wanted to be recorded or not

I think it's an ART. it takes a lot of skill.

yea..thats true too...but i havent been in a real battle
never have..maybe i will soon...^ ^

Definitely an Art form. I respect Brazilians the most, who combine Capoeira & Breakdancing.

lol seriously? well it's all good, lol some people i know say that if you battle you get better. how long have you been breaking for? i've only been breakin for 7 months, but poppin for 4 years

been breakin for almost a YEAR now....
tryin to pop a lil..but suck at it...^ ^...
yes, they say battling gives u more experience...
but im kinda afraid to battle, like i dont know what i'd do
if i lost to a battle, like, "will it make wanna just give up
breakdancing if i lose?" or "am i never gonna battle again?"
really complicated...

When it comes to battling. Battling is considered a sport, at least from the Brazilian heritage (I have a lot of Brazilian friends who breakdance for a hobby)

You gotta think of a battle, like a strategic ball game. Analyze their moves, copy them (show them you can hang), and add a lil more flavor to your moves (show originality) + add ons (to take the win).

You should NEVER quit a passion, a hobby, a goal, etc... keep going over it until you can't no more... but never give it up just because someone out there was better than you. No matter what, everyone's better than everyone in some way or another.

i really dont consider myself much a breaker cause i know like...one move?

my friend tried to get me into it but i couldnt pull the moves.


thats why im a trickster now.

That's a trickster? Other than pullin tricks on people (I'm assuming)

trickers are people that do crazy flips and stuff. like gainers or losers or iono, crazy aerial type stuff. things i wouldn't try to do...yet. but battling, trust me you'll get addicted hahaha, i did. but yeah tamacracker's got a point, don't ever quit on somethin you love, i know i'm gonna make this part of my life. but in a battle it'll get your adrenaline going, and it's all in good fun, cuz i act like a hardass only in the battle, then make nice afterwards :D

Ooooh ok.... hey when you have time, look up capoeira breakdancing videos :D

Actually take a look at this video, this is my boy, about a year ago though:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/133846/break...e_capoeira_boy/

This is a video of their gym, they're all Asian/Brazilians lol, I don't know any one there that's a different race, the one that's wearing the black pants with no shirt on (the real muscular one) is my boy's older brother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-D7eJEIs_g

hahah goddamn they're good. oh and by any chance is that video on youtube anywhere in socal? i think i've been to that gym before..but i'm not sure.


but this is my battle video here

i'm not as good as the people you know, as of yet, only 7 months for breaking, i'm the first one on the video that goes. we lost that battle.

Oh no... that's in Brazil, the gym that is. :D

Not bad for 7 months of practice... I'm pretty sure you already do this, but you should do weighted calisthenics, it's good to have added weight to your work outs so that your muscles become so strong that you feel as light as a feather... literally, no joke. (Well ok... not as light as a feather, but you know what I mean :D)

oh hahah, whoops nevermind xD, gyms look alike nowadays. but that weighted calisthenics thing, i should try it. i tried it once on my ankles trying to do windmills. it was so hard, but i guess i'll go buy myself some of those weights. and thanks :D

I break. Im not good. But I do it in free time.

i think tricksters can still be apart of breakdancing..
n yes of course, in breakdancing you put your own style into it.
Using your own style makes it harder to see which breaker wins..
but its hard making you own style, because you always think if it's
good or not.
Thats the process that I'm still in right now...> <

ugh i wish i could break . looks hella tight !

oh really? lol, i found my style fast because my popping helped with that

I've only been bboying for a couple months, but for those of you who don't know, a lot of bboy moves and freezes just take lots and lots of practice... however, there's more creativity and originality in OTHER dance forms.

The actual creative part about breakdancing is the footwork, because power moves are all pretty pre-set, and if you make up your OWN power move, you'd be like world famous. But yea, breakdancing is just lots and lots of practice. Also, there are techincal "hurdles" that just take a while. I've platued off at a lot of points, and takes quite a bit of perseverance to continue improving. I suppose breakdancing IS the hardest dance style in that it's really hard to get good at. I'm nowhere near good, just got down a few rotations of windmills, my footwork stamina is horrible, but my toprock is quite nice = D. My freezes are OK too, I suppose. A solid knowledge of physics helps a lot!

yep, yep...^ ^
that's all SO TRUE!!!..T T
the creative part is footwork...^ ^
make your own, n it'll be your signature footwork...
so if anyone doesn't know you, they can regonize you by your footwork

i consider it a sport someone i know does it now. but i guess its something you have to enjoy and understand it all but who knows if its a sport or not.. its like the cheerleading is it a sport or not? lol it depends on the persons opinion.

what about freezes? lol those can be varied in many different ways to be your own. breaking is so fun

yes they can....its very unique when you make up new stuff...
then everyone wants to copy it!..haha..im j/k...
breaking in FUN...^ ^

i had a session today! i almost got a flare down. :] grass stains ftw and new freeze! and two 1handed handhops

hahaa...VERY NICE THEN...^ ^
im still workin on those...n getting more headspins of course..

headspins scare me hahaha. how do you do 'em...OH i also got half a rotation of a 1990 xP oh man, i don't want to be a power head though >.<

I dont consider it a sport. Its just a way of dancing. Maybe an art form or something?

oh...LOL...headspins are easy to start out, but hard to keep on going and spinning and spinning and spinning....and stopping yourself without getting hurt of course...^ ^
wow..1990..NICE..=)!...

can anybody do lotus without using their hands? it's so hard! curse my inflexibility...for the time being :D

I wish someone would teach me how to dance.

are you guys/girls in breakdancing clubs????
i am, there's one in my school...
its soooo fun...we meet every thursdays and just breakdance and hangout for 2.5 hours afterschool...
ahhhh, im miss the old days...
but fresh new club beginning again this year!!!
WHOOO!!!!!!!!!
can't wait!!!!!!!!!!

hahah well yeah..my friends and i are gonna make a bboy club-ish at my school. should be fun :D

WHOO!
session was GREAT=)
got myself some students already..=)
yay!!!

We should have a "Dance" sub forum xD

As for bboy, I'm currently working on master swipes, airbaby, airchair, stuff like that. I'm stretching for splits. I sprained my wrist a couple weeks ago (not from bboyin >.>), so I haven't been able to practice handstands. Gonna have to work on those when my wrist heals.

Windmills are pretty easy now, and I've been playing around with footwork. I find it really helpful to do footwork drills just to increase endurance, because I used to need to take breaks while practicing footwork. I also have really long legs (I'm 5'11'', Azn), so my footwork is a bit more tiring.