This is the basic philosophy behind how I bboy. Really it is a sword technique that can translate to "sword of no abiding mind". Normal elements of kenjutsu include use of tactics, speed, strength or any combination of those to defeat your enemy. The translation can be interpreted as a precognitive or instinctual method of swordfighting. My style is a combination of those two methodologies.
In practice, the first step is the quick identification of the core percussive and/or bass repetitions. The next step is to mirror those repetitions in your dance. Oh, so you mean "beathitting". No, that's absolutely wrong. Think of it like the jack in house. Mostly your movement is to *suggest* the music your listening to, not duplicate it. I try to reserve duplication for the most climactic points in the music, not the most recognizable.
Ok, so aren't you still guessing when those most climactic points are? For worse, to follow the style, guessing in a sense even when you know the music? Pretty much. As a purely mental exercise without prior knowledge of the music you can't do much else. Taken within the context of dance and more importantly this style, it becomes more of an educated guess. *note* If you have identified the core repetitions and essentially are moving with the music, you can use your body movement to keep in time. *note* If you aren't mentally keeping time that frees you listen with an ear to where you will be, not where you are.
This quote also rang true to me, "the Mujuu taught that one should not even react to one's opponent; that to treat the art of swordfighting as a mode of combat was a corruption of its purity". Ask me about it. This sword technique is so completely analogous to my thoughts on bboying it's a bit ridiculous. If you bite my shit I will battle you and win, because I was never really battling you in the first place, I just hit all my moves and you happened to be there.
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