Yo r/bboys and bgirls,

I wanted to share footage of my rounds at the End of Term Battle @ Massive Monkee's The Beacon Studio in Seattle. I would greatly appreciate any comment or critique - I'm here to have fun and learn.

This competition was for beginner/intermediate students of the studio to come and show what we've learned and have been working on throughout the quarter. 70+ house and waacking dancers had their prelims and semi-finals before the 8 breakers came up to battle so it was a loooong night 😅.

Participating in this battle was a huge milestone for several reasons:

1. As a relatively new dancer who has only cyphered casually in class this got me exposed to the dynamics of a real 2v2 battle. There's nothing like the energy you can get from a crowd!
2. Training has been on and off for the last 4 years thanks to the pandemic and a back injury that led to surgery. This battle represented a return to regular training and overcoming a year of worrying about reinjury.

The energy there was incredible and I felt honored to be immersed in the most foundational components of hip-hop: embodying the culture through community and building together.

Every donation and dime collected at this event was donated to support @campsbreakerz 🇵🇸.

• Round 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5pi4pfrBvy/
• Round 2 (Final): https://www.instagram.com/p/C5pjgPfLdtY/
• Final Award: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5pjj_brJ3s/

https://youtu.be/BUIExdcEdEo?t=74

How do you deal with an opponent who taunts you during a battle?
I find it hard to focus on what I'll do next when the opponent is trying to actively make me crash. I have a battle tomorrow and I'm lowkey nervous.

How do y'all deal with butterflies before and during a battle? Please help. Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to learn how to windmill but don't know what my next steps should be. What should I work and focus on? Any advice?

https://reddit.com/link/1c10rrc/video/t6u6dyn0rqtc1/player

What usually happens is I'm practicing a few moves and I feel confident enough and then I wanna try practicing them to music but when I do I feel like I lose my flow or it doesn't come as naturally to me or something idk. I don't have much space and I don't always know where I'm gonna land when doing certain moves etc so maybe that's part of the reason why. Do I just need to practice more?

Hi,

I mostly been in martial arts community as 27 year old and tried some breakdance workshops and hang outs.

I noticed a lot of difference in the community.

In my community with martial artists I found people be more friendly and helpful. People will come up to you and give advice and high five you after a brutal session of training two hours and thirty minutes. the community is split with many backgrounds and personality but there is always respect in the dojo.

On breakdance community.....( this is from my experience and is not meant to hurt anyone and who knows maybe there are better communities in my city )

So in breakdance. I noticed a lot more snobbish behaviour and looking you up and down. There was a lot of waiting in circles and someone dancing power moves. I meet one nice person though who showed me some basic moves. I find breakdance fun even though im beginner with six step, sweep and kicks. I don't know I found breakdance to be quiet lonely. I can mostly train at home only but yeah hmmm. I guess my goal is longevity since I saw 65 year old breakdancer and also following 90 year old judokas. Life has time span and you want to be community that is good.

It's kind sad that in the north breakdance Is dead for beginner adults and is mostly targeted kids. But maybe depends what country you're from. Anyway I love to hear your experiences and if I just had a bad intro?

Hello,

So before I started breaking, I was doing all kind of sport that weren't for me, including going to the gym, and I remember someone told my diet won't get me anywhere, because I've always eat based on how I feel, of course I've always tried to avoid buscuits, I eat rice, fish, chicken, I can eat vegetable if they're well cooked like with some kind of sauce to go well with them.

I've never observed changes in my body and my capabilities, never felt like an athlete, and always felt dragged down by my physique especially when I was boxing.

Paradoxally, now that I'm breaking, I feel like I'm doing pretty well, sure I lack a bit of flexibility and strengh but I can manage the moves, my breaking coachs keep telling me I'm flexible, whereas my boxing coach kept telling me I'm a plank of wood, I don't get it lol.

However, I feel like, if I want to step up my breaking game, I might to make changes to my physical capabilities

I wanted to know how you guys approach this kind of stuff in breaking, because I never hear people mention it, breaking is super fun for me but I never hear people talk about diet and going to the gym for breaking.

PS: I've been breaking for 7 months btw.

Hey guys, so just a little question. When doing windmills, is it a good idea to practice keeping ur shoulders tucked against ur torso to help you avoid doing stabs? Also, when doing barrel mills, is that also what you try to go for there or are your arms more spread out as if you are literally holding a barrel? Thanks!

How do I fix this

I'm going on a vacation this saturday in japan. Foes anyone know bboys in Tokyo (near Shinjuku), Osaka or Kyoto? I'm just reliving my passion for bboying and I'd love to make some connections there!

ACL = anterior cruciate ligament if you don't know. I'm having the surgery in 2 weeks. My surgeon talked about like 6 months before coming back to breaking but I guess it's especially for moves where I use a leg rotation. What's your experience with this injury especially linked to breaking?

https://preview.redd.it/rc5qrh3urssc1.png?width=991&format=png&auto=webp&s=3989fa3ac9af5cfc0b436c7daa490e3ad7bcb496

hes completely horizontal

Does anyone know what the black flooring they use at Red Bull BC One is ?

Any crews or groups that still practice near Arlington Texas... I use to practice with the toy soldiers crew at uta college...not sure if there still together or not... I have not break danced in a long time... But pretty sure I can still do airflares..lol

Hello everyone,

I am restarting breaking and obviously want to progress fast.

Having been a breaking fan for years, I have watched a lot of footage from pro battles to amateur training. What particularly struck me is the "ease" with which top bboys learn new combos. They feel light and powerful in new moves while bboys on the rather amateur side feel slower and less strong.

That lead me to think that in order to progress fast, one could try to get that "b-boy body" (shoulder strength, legs explosiveness, core stability, leg control, and so on) with dedicated exercises rather than only practicing and practicing which I feel makes you more prone to getting injured. And then, once you've built your b-boy body for said exercise (let's say flare) by doing flare drills (Lsits, leg kicks, straddle planche) going into serious practice of the move.

What do you think of this approach? (Train for a move in advance as with drills on the Kaio YouTube channel then few weeks/months later go into practice. If move is stuck with a particular step, stop whole move training and drill/gain strength for the step then restart while move training)

peace, look'n 4 bboyz n open sesh in Bangkok, Phuket, n otha provinces in Thailand. 🙏🏾

Like title implies I have them in my arsenal. I learned em years ago but don’t use em much but considering incorporating them more but don’t want to if its gon give me bald spots lol. Reason why I gave up my headspins before it was too late lol.. I do use headspins beanies just for other mill variations. (Tombstone, munch mill, handcuffs, etc) but halo you go onto your head more than those variations.

Any tips for my airchair?