Thumb still jacked, the plan for next practice is to work on one armed power going the opposite way. So only working: swipes, mills, headspins and halo if I'm feeling like a bboy deity. Might use my right palm for taps and steadying myself in headspin, shit's still dangerous.
Considering the hype, it was a pretty bum practice. I never realized how much I use the off-hand for power. Not too much energy for me that day. I left half an hour early because I was tired of being skiddish about doing anything on my right hand. Kind of sucked, kind of didn't really practice much. Was cool to see the crew hash out some of their differences. Sad to know that people will be leaving Pittsburgh to go on to better things. Just means that we need to use our time wisely.
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Monday
Practice in Rangos today.
Ming and Kyle were already there, heads are hungry. Ming told me so as well :) Pretty light practice today, just drilling handstand walkovers and those stab things that Prabu does. Devon showed up so we got a chance to run through all the routines we have. We hit all of them perfect a couple times despite a good number of foul ups. Also Devon came up with most of the choreography for a new routine bringing the total number of ideas to 4. We are making good progress on that front, but there needs to be much more done in order to be ready how I want to be for the gallery crawl. I know I wanted to have both popping and bboying interchange to eat time, but I'm not sure if house should be added. Right now I'm thinking no and I think maybe we could add that for a longer showcase. All in all a good productive practice.
Ming and Kyle were already there, heads are hungry. Ming told me so as well :) Pretty light practice today, just drilling handstand walkovers and those stab things that Prabu does. Devon showed up so we got a chance to run through all the routines we have. We hit all of them perfect a couple times despite a good number of foul ups. Also Devon came up with most of the choreography for a new routine bringing the total number of ideas to 4. We are making good progress on that front, but there needs to be much more done in order to be ready how I want to be for the gallery crawl. I know I wanted to have both popping and bboying interchange to eat time, but I'm not sure if house should be added. Right now I'm thinking no and I think maybe we could add that for a longer showcase. All in all a good productive practice.
Thursday
Practice in Rangos 3.
Not too much going on here. Still fucking up mill > 90. I slow down waaay too much when doing mill > headspin > 90, but my feet aren't touching anymore. Practiced poses on my right hand a bit. Did some taps that felt good but it was 2/6 so I need to make that automatic. We stopped practice early, but I got a sweat on so it was cool. Highlight: this one run I did elbow > 2000 x2 > footwork > swipe > mill > headspin x3 (halo start) > chair freeze (no feet touching).
Not too much going on here. Still fucking up mill > 90. I slow down waaay too much when doing mill > headspin > 90, but my feet aren't touching anymore. Practiced poses on my right hand a bit. Did some taps that felt good but it was 2/6 so I need to make that automatic. We stopped practice early, but I got a sweat on so it was cool. Highlight: this one run I did elbow > 2000 x2 > footwork > swipe > mill > headspin x3 (halo start) > chair freeze (no feet touching).
Friday
CMU practice. I'm tired from last night.
Me, Devon, Daiji and Kyle. Devon came later so before he arrived we were drilling power moves. I got a chance to show both of them a few things so that was pretty cool. I think Daiji is starting to get it. There's less and less hesitation to ask advice of anyone. :) I had a breakthrough personally in headspins (since I couldn't do anything else). My hand positioning for taps was waaay too wide. I found when bring my hands together (condensing mass, like all balance related power duh) that it was easier to do multiple taps. Kyle started doing some slow headspins, his balance is quite good. He'll have those soon. Devon and I finished a routine and fleshed out another. Glad that we really started on this. It gives me hope that we'll be ready for the gallery crawl!
Me, Devon, Daiji and Kyle. Devon came later so before he arrived we were drilling power moves. I got a chance to show both of them a few things so that was pretty cool. I think Daiji is starting to get it. There's less and less hesitation to ask advice of anyone. :) I had a breakthrough personally in headspins (since I couldn't do anything else). My hand positioning for taps was waaay too wide. I found when bring my hands together (condensing mass, like all balance related power duh) that it was easier to do multiple taps. Kyle started doing some slow headspins, his balance is quite good. He'll have those soon. Devon and I finished a routine and fleshed out another. Glad that we really started on this. It gives me hope that we'll be ready for the gallery crawl!
Thursday
Last practice at Morewood this week.
Just having a good time and trying to ease back into practice. My halos were terrible, but style and 2000s were on. Extrav's building-mate came to practice with Mad Dog. I think it's time to get back to the work of it (increasing staminia and trick power vocabulary). It was nice to chill and mess around for a couple days after taking that four days off. I didn't mean to take that long off, so I'm rested but a bit out of the loop. Good practice though.
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