Friday, March 02, 2007
Android here again.
Questioning urself wads more important?
Style or power.
well i found this interesting text on my frendster group lolz
which i hope will help u in knowing what u wan in bboying.
though its pretty long but read it if u have time.
coz the few minutes of reading it might help change ur life as a bboy...i hope lolz XD
If you've been breakin'/b-boyin' formore than a few months then you'reprobably aware of the debate over whichstyle of breakdancing is superior, powermoves or styles/footwork. The debategoes something like this: B-boys whoconcentrate primarily on power moves saythat what they do is more difficult thanfootwork, and B-boys who concentrate onfootwork say that power people can'tdance and have no creativity, and thatthey are just a bunch of wannabegymnasts. What both camps fail torealize is that by ignoring an entireaspect of 'breakin', they are limitingtheir potential as b-boys. Yet thereare, however few, b-boys who combine the best of both worlds.
Style is dope because it defines who youare as a dancer. It allows yourpersonality to shine through; it allowspeople to see who you really areunderneath all that gear. It lets youcreate a character, an aura aboutyourself that makes you stand out fromthe rest of the crowd. It can make youinstantly recognizable in a circle. Itis (or should be) pure originality.
Power is all about taking the limits ofthe human body to another level. It isabout defying the laws of physics. Thisis an aspect of breakin' where you havea variety of standard moves which mustbe practiced constantly for weeks,months, even years, to perfect. Peopledo horrible things to their bodies justlearn a single move or combination.Originality rarely comes into play;b-boys just learn techniques from other b-boys and from videos.
Style is all about invention andself-expression, power is all aboutperfection of techniques. After allthese years that breakin' has existed,these standards have become sort ofcliche. I see the same moves and combosat every event, party, and club that Igo to with very little variation. I seeall kinds of individual styles, but theyare each becoming less and less distinctas more and more people take up b-boyin'as a way of life. The majority of b-boysI have seen seem to be stuck in somesort of rut. They don't seem to knowwhat else to do, what else to practice,other than to improve what they already have.
But how many b-boys have dared to trysomething totally different? Has anyoneever considered using style and footworkto push past the limits of the humanbody? Or using power moves as a means ofself-expression and individuality? Poweris perfection, but how many b-boys havecome up with styles and tricks that takemonths, even years to perfect? Style isinvention and self-expression, but howmany b-boys use power as a means ofself-expression, and how many b-boyshave invented completely new moves, someof which become part of the standard repertoire?
The conventional styles of b-boyin' havecome close to reaching their limits.Many of the hardest combinations, oncethought impossible, have been done. Manyof the most creative, bizarre, andcrowd-pleasing styles have been done(and copied). This is partly becausemany people, when they first begin tobreakdance, learn by watching. Theywatch people at clubs and parties, andthey studiously watch videos, and thenthey go home and practice what they saw.Many of these people have no one toteach them techniques, and learn bywatching, but they never learn anytheory, i.e., what it means to be a b-boy.
My advice to aspiring b-boys: Don't doeverything you see. Once you've learnedthe basics, CREATE. Don't do what yousee in videos, do what you DON'T see.For many people, the hardest thing to dois create. The top b-boys didn't get tothe top with a monkey-see, monkey-doattitude (although they probably startedout with that attitude). They got to thetop by distorting the preconceivednotions of what breakdancing is, thuscreating their own unique styles andsignature moves, making a name forthemselves.
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