Really this begins last night at Devon's crib, we got the heavy drink on and Matt Limm and I got fadski fresh. Matt Limm got wild on the funk and Charles and I tried to outsmart each other. Can't tell you how fun chilling with them is. Devon and I went ten rounds on a really ill tops battle. Musicality son, we knew most of the songs or we could guess. The session outside was not nearly as good. I thought it would be a bit cooler out, but whatever. I was supremely hungover. So I didn't do too much. Couldn't hit power runs completely but I had fun chilling with the homies. Kim and Ming came through that was tough.
Got a chance to vibe with DJ Selecta. Shit was official at New Amsterdam. I got to hustle/partner dance with two fine ladies! Liana is sooo fine. But anyways, really good dancing. I think I'm ready to pull the dancing where girl and guy are back to back. It's real simple from the holding both hands position. I wish I didn't have to be faded to realize it :) I mean really, it got serious. Don't care the level of my partner, we dancing as best we can with a few drinks in us. I wish I could dance with Teena Marie, but she can groove soooo ill on her own. Just nasty stuff, she's on the same tip I am and better. I mean that's really all you can ask for! The other girl Ruthie wasn't on the same tip, but she was very mallable. But with her I was able to get my groove on to Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine. FUN!!!! Straight fun nigga, I definitely tried the "I'll lead into a forceful lead, then you adlib out of it" and it was cool. Teena Marie might murder me on that, but it may be heaven. If I was dancing with Liana on that track it would've been magic. This is probably all to say that Selecta and his homie from San Fran were on the decks in a full way. More partner dancing!!!
Friday
Well I thought Selecta would be there, but maybe I missed him. The K-OS show was pretty tight, local heads were showing some good stuff. Billy Pilgrim and the very first dude were tight. Alas, no dancing. :( I am determined to go hard today. I'm not going to go into this practice with a real plan.
Gymsport Returns
Going out to Bridgeville to the gym. I guess it's air power time. I'm so tired after prac (Tuesday) shit doesn't even sound appealing hah.
1. airflare x2
2. pick up some elbow airflare
3. round off > backflip with twist
4. pick up flips grabbing an ankle or two (that's what she said)
5. pick up continuous flips
Well, I guess this will get tabled until people are less busy. Probably a win for my body since been going daily for a while, but still weaksauce on my part for going along with taking a day.
1. airflare x2
2. pick up some elbow airflare
3. round off > backflip with twist
4. pick up flips grabbing an ankle or two (that's what she said)
5. pick up continuous flips
Well, I guess this will get tabled until people are less busy. Probably a win for my body since been going daily for a while, but still weaksauce on my part for going along with taking a day.
Tuesday
Jazz is to popular music as being faded is to normal existence. Everything is sooo much slower and predictable. Ummm, ok so I got some power and I'm in shape what now. Well, I will work on air power, but I need to close the gap in movement between footwork and power.
1. applejack > applejack 180 (to stab) > flare
2. shoulder roll > (pop to) headspin drill
3. back handspring > mill
4. step under step through > headbridge > 90 *
5. side flip > applejack > 90 > mill ... why can't I get this?
6. out in spin > (rollback to) head left foot down right in hand > mill > 90 **
* movements predicated on the small jump style
** need to stop bullshiting and get this.
Pretty dope practice. I did 1 clean once and dirty 2 times. The problem with 2 is keeping composure when trying to drill from no momentum. I forgot 3, but I can pretty much do that one. 4 is never ever clean, I did headspin drill instead of 90. 5 and 6 have the same problem, I'm thinking waaaaay to much once I push into handstand. Which is a similar problem to 2's, not being focused in a no momentum situation. If I'm relatively fresh I have swipe > flare and mill > flare down pat. Same thing with halos, did a couple halos > halo spin out like it was nothing. I need to sure up mill > 90, and learn flare > 90. Good vibe this practice too, both Warren and I were not faded for once. That's like some planets in alignment shit lol, I'm taking the month off to cake up.
1. applejack > applejack 180 (to stab) > flare
2. shoulder roll > (pop to) headspin drill
3. back handspring > mill
4. step under step through > headbridge > 90 *
5. side flip > applejack > 90 > mill ... why can't I get this?
6. out in spin > (rollback to) head left foot down right in hand > mill > 90 **
* movements predicated on the small jump style
** need to stop bullshiting and get this.
Pretty dope practice. I did 1 clean once and dirty 2 times. The problem with 2 is keeping composure when trying to drill from no momentum. I forgot 3, but I can pretty much do that one. 4 is never ever clean, I did headspin drill instead of 90. 5 and 6 have the same problem, I'm thinking waaaaay to much once I push into handstand. Which is a similar problem to 2's, not being focused in a no momentum situation. If I'm relatively fresh I have swipe > flare and mill > flare down pat. Same thing with halos, did a couple halos > halo spin out like it was nothing. I need to sure up mill > 90, and learn flare > 90. Good vibe this practice too, both Warren and I were not faded for once. That's like some planets in alignment shit lol, I'm taking the month off to cake up.
Monday
Yeah, there was sessioning and shows all weekend, some drunk bboying too! So now it's like repetitively smashing through bricks, body is getting calloused up n shit.
I just wanted to get loose and hit some footworks since it's been alot about power. Sooo much easier to kenjutsu in the tops with music I really don't know. It's a struggle for me to put together meaningful combinations in footwork. *note* What that really means is my footwork vocabulary is limited. So I tried doing radically different things and trying to keep in time. That translated into peppering footwork with freezes and trying to come out of them in footwork combinations ending on parts of the music (most often in a fake split or leg gimmick, eh). Not quite kenjutsu, but I was glad to be doing something a bit different. Stealth turned me onto some new jams and sessioning at his crib this time was cozy instead of claustrophobic. Let me get off this computer, Jay Malls be spinning jazz and musicians sometimes appear at Ava. First time trying it out, holla! Oh yeah, gotta remember applejack > applejack 180 (to low stab) > flares.
I just wanted to get loose and hit some footworks since it's been alot about power. Sooo much easier to kenjutsu in the tops with music I really don't know. It's a struggle for me to put together meaningful combinations in footwork. *note* What that really means is my footwork vocabulary is limited. So I tried doing radically different things and trying to keep in time. That translated into peppering footwork with freezes and trying to come out of them in footwork combinations ending on parts of the music (most often in a fake split or leg gimmick, eh). Not quite kenjutsu, but I was glad to be doing something a bit different. Stealth turned me onto some new jams and sessioning at his crib this time was cozy instead of claustrophobic. Let me get off this computer, Jay Malls be spinning jazz and musicians sometimes appear at Ava. First time trying it out, holla! Oh yeah, gotta remember applejack > applejack 180 (to low stab) > flares.
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