Tuesday, January 27, 2009

breaking yo

i think i'll actually post about something that interests me this time *gasp*
if you haven't already read my other posts, my blog consists of mainly garbage
so dont read it


anyways

i got interested in breakdancing last fall
except i'm really lazy so i haven't actually practiced seriously
up until a couple weeks ago
so yeah


breakdancing isn't as hard as people might think it is
you do require some upper body strength, but not nearly as much as people think
it's more about balance

here's an example of a "freeze", a fundamental move in breakdancing -->


variation no.2 -->


it probably looks really funny... it does to me lol

my arms freakin hurt after those pictures, took forever
gahhh

anyway, freezes are what i'm practicing right now
there's other stuff like toprock, footwork, power moves, but i'll get to that later
i only started a while ago lol

i guess i'm focusing on hip-hop too
that would include wave, popping, tutting, isolations, glide, c-walk, stuff like that
it's pretty fun

if i had to say though, i'm more of a hip-hop type
which means when i practice, i'll practice mostly the stuff in the last paragraph
for breaking, i only practice freezes right now, i'll get to it more as i get better

fun fact about breakdancing:
breakdancing is actually called: bboying
a male breakdancer is a bboy and a female breakdancer is a bgirl
the term "bboy" was originally used when a DJ noticed that the dancers dance to the beat of the song, henceforth they were called "beat-boys" or bboys for short

later, some reporter called it "break"dancing because the beat is also the "break" of the song
beat, bass, whatever you wanna call it

HUGE INSPIRATION: JabbaWockeeZ
winner of America's Best Dance Crew season 1


great video of them:

hilarious and brilliant

JABBAWOCKEEZ - episode 7


these guys are freakin geniuses
not only that, but they dance with face masks, which is EXTREMELY difficult
long live JabbaWockeeZ

peace out