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
5 comments:
It's good that you wrote about something you enjoy! That's so cool that you got into break dancing! I know you said it wasn't hard, but to do those positions that you showed in your pictures look like they take a lot of skill!
I watched the jabbawockees video and you're right, they are really good. And it's nice that you finally wrote about something you care about. Look at your cute face in your pictures.
OMG! they were AMAZING! Jabbawockees were by far the best.
Saerome, it's really nice to know that you're writing about something that you care about and like to do. It's really cool that you have that kind of balance to do those freeze moves... I know I couldn't :) but gymnastics may have helped... even a little bit :)
what do you do other than gymnastics to get better? I'm interested to have more balance (...and upper body strength) myself.
I really hope you will continue to update on how you're doing with this because it's SO great that you can write about something you really do like...nice to know that not all people rant and ask questions in their blogs like I do!
I think it's cool that you're getting into breakdancing, and you should post more about it!
Break dancing has always been so cool to me. I love it. I remember watching the Jabbawockees on America's Best Dance Crew. They're incredible, and I can totally see why they're role models to you.
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