Pretty much what I want to do today at practice is some light footwork. Get a little aerobic in and then roll out to the spot. Zen gives me a chance to practice execution whilst on the spot. I really can't expect good music at jams. I mean the kind of funk I need to naturally pop is only at those big jams. So I'm needing to force myself to come off hard even on shit music.
Pretty much missed the practice but did go to Zen. It was alright, felt a bit claustrophobic. Less of a show and more of a cypher and I hit some rounds standard bboying nothing great. However Selecta was spinning anything I wanted to hear genre-wise. That was some fantastic music, Dev was killing it; hitting good moves and footwork in kind of a tight place. I tried to keep up with him but I couldn't realize my style in footwork. Pretty much made up for practice I was drenched at the end (thought I'd get sick again outside in the cold). We saw Stealth's crib; it's dope and he has practice space and records. That bastard!
Thursday
I feel good again and getting plenty of sleep. I noticed I was eating a bit more than 1 meal every 24 hour period (no sleep schedule fucks your eating a bit). So trying to do everything I can so I can get back on.
My focus this practice is to bring intensity to my sets and hopefully that will help me realize my style. I'm throwing hella power with variations and trying to tap into as much of my vocab and improvisation as I can. Let's go!
By improvisation I meant back handspring all over the place haha. Nah, it was a pretty decent practice; mill > 90 came back for some reason. I'm tacking on a butterfly twist on the front of it. I was so taken aback I forgot to practice the other way (didn't really matter, the headspin variation was super shakey. Actually, I couldn't do more than one halo cleanly. I'm a chalk that up to not practicing in a while.
I felt like when I was doing footwork I was dancing so that's good. I was including non standard moves and steps so that's good. None of it really popped though. I know I need footage (I'm on it); when I get an SD card that works I'll be good. Hopefully I can knock that out tomorrow.
My focus this practice is to bring intensity to my sets and hopefully that will help me realize my style. I'm throwing hella power with variations and trying to tap into as much of my vocab and improvisation as I can. Let's go!
By improvisation I meant back handspring all over the place haha. Nah, it was a pretty decent practice; mill > 90 came back for some reason. I'm tacking on a butterfly twist on the front of it. I was so taken aback I forgot to practice the other way (didn't really matter, the headspin variation was super shakey. Actually, I couldn't do more than one halo cleanly. I'm a chalk that up to not practicing in a while.
I felt like when I was doing footwork I was dancing so that's good. I was including non standard moves and steps so that's good. None of it really popped though. I know I need footage (I'm on it); when I get an SD card that works I'll be good. Hopefully I can knock that out tomorrow.
Tuesday
I gave myself another day to rest. Will be testing the air maxes proper this time. Last night Matt Limm was asking about house dancing and the conversation later spilled over into I guess dance theory. It was good to explain myself so I could hear it. Putting your thoughts into words for others is pretty much the best tool for self-examination in my opinion.
Forgot there's no practice on Monday. Really need to do some work so I can be prepped for the meeting, eat, slide off to practice. The UC!
Yeah yet another failure to attend practice. I was doing so well before starting this blog/getting sick. Fucking lame.
Forgot there's no practice on Monday. Really need to do some work so I can be prepped for the meeting, eat, slide off to practice. The UC!
Yeah yet another failure to attend practice. I was doing so well before starting this blog/getting sick. Fucking lame.
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