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).
Showing posts with label makeup practice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label makeup practice. Show all posts
Wednesday
Practice whut?
Pretty cool, I crashed alot and was tired from no sleep (which apparently means blog it and get trill on Jameson in the process). Stealth was looking good and the overall vibe was good. Practice today was fun, but not productive at all for me. Did feel like crew with the GDG that were there. :)
Pretty cool, I crashed alot and was tired from no sleep (which apparently means blog it and get trill on Jameson in the process). Stealth was looking good and the overall vibe was good. Practice today was fun, but not productive at all for me. Did feel like crew with the GDG that were there. :)
Sunday
We pulled together a practice at Stealth's crib.
Was a pretty good practice Teena and Dave were there. Stealth was hitting some good drills and close to the one handed stop and head freeze. Today I didn't really have a focus. I started out kenjutsu, then switched to trying to come up with new movement. The thing is that at Stealth's crib I can only do balanced moves stepping lightly or else it'll skip the record. Which doesn't seem to be a big problem, but still bboy no-no #15. I felt a bit tired but strong, definitely did not slow my pace down. Did crash a couple times just being tired, but that's when you know you're putting enough effort in. *note* I noticed that when I got tired I kept repeating this slow down step in the front of my footwork. That's actually counter productive, the energy it takes to stop myself is definitely greater than what I save in a quick Russian step. It would be better for me just to continue to a stopping point and raise up. I also need to do a practice where I can't stop moving, so I can train myself to get as close as I can to full recovery while delivering a quality step.
Was a pretty good practice Teena and Dave were there. Stealth was hitting some good drills and close to the one handed stop and head freeze. Today I didn't really have a focus. I started out kenjutsu, then switched to trying to come up with new movement. The thing is that at Stealth's crib I can only do balanced moves stepping lightly or else it'll skip the record. Which doesn't seem to be a big problem, but still bboy no-no #15. I felt a bit tired but strong, definitely did not slow my pace down. Did crash a couple times just being tired, but that's when you know you're putting enough effort in. *note* I noticed that when I got tired I kept repeating this slow down step in the front of my footwork. That's actually counter productive, the energy it takes to stop myself is definitely greater than what I save in a quick Russian step. It would be better for me just to continue to a stopping point and raise up. I also need to do a practice where I can't stop moving, so I can train myself to get as close as I can to full recovery while delivering a quality step.
Thursday with an Early Show
Rocking a show with Extra and Stealth. Hope to rock out some new power I've acquired. I came up with two easy commando routines (Stealth in, X in). I hope the space is dope! After the show it's practice time son, hopefully. If I get back in time, I'd work on mainly mill > shoulder > halo, airflares and popping. Yes!
Oh man, the show was terrible. I mean so bad that I needed to go immediately to practice without passing go; however I did collect $50. If there wasn't a UC practice after that I would've been stewing for a while. Practice was fun, because of my ill advised split at the show no air flare practice. I did do mill > shoulder > halo, but I can't do it on command yet. There was a good deal of popping too! Matt Limm told me to get more out of each hit by maintaining the pose for a bit longer. He also said for practice I double up on hits in the same pose and think primarily about the pose.
Oh man, the show was terrible. I mean so bad that I needed to go immediately to practice without passing go; however I did collect $50. If there wasn't a UC practice after that I would've been stewing for a while. Practice was fun, because of my ill advised split at the show no air flare practice. I did do mill > shoulder > halo, but I can't do it on command yet. There was a good deal of popping too! Matt Limm told me to get more out of each hit by maintaining the pose for a bit longer. He also said for practice I double up on hits in the same pose and think primarily about the pose.
Gymsport Returns For Real
Stealth and yours truly hit the gymnasium.
I had a bit of fun there! I did feel extra black and suspect there, but hey it's a mostly white establishment and we are strangers to them. The skills always speak for themselves, mid way the lady was more or less speaking at us putting feelers out on if we would teach bboying at the spot. I looked into ground with the, "nigga i'm trying to practice" face. Highlights: cartwheel > side flip (limbs extended), mill > elbow (couldn't pop it to the 2000 but i'm almost in the right position!). Having no shoes kinda messed me up until I got use to it, but Puma Baskets please!
I had a bit of fun there! I did feel extra black and suspect there, but hey it's a mostly white establishment and we are strangers to them. The skills always speak for themselves, mid way the lady was more or less speaking at us putting feelers out on if we would teach bboying at the spot. I looked into ground with the, "nigga i'm trying to practice" face. Highlights: cartwheel > side flip (limbs extended), mill > elbow (couldn't pop it to the 2000 but i'm almost in the right position!). Having no shoes kinda messed me up until I got use to it, but Puma Baskets please!
Salsa perhaps? Maybe a power hour? Definitely Newtron party late.
If it ends up being too much I'll just cut out the power hour. I'm taking a new stance on lessons. I always thought since I had no teachers early in bboying you had to go it alone in other styles too. Whatever, so hopefully this will be the first of more regular classes. Need to peep what Ollie is doing, I enjoyed his Sweat set.
I missed my man Ollie, but there were mad heads at his party so it was ok. I finally got some fundamentals of salsa and merengue. Now that I got some confidence about the vocabulary I can interject some latin ideas into my tops. Good fun and good dancing.
Saturday +2
Going to have practice sometime during the day.
Did a little partying early so I needed to even out a bit! LOL. So I told Dev and Prabu to hit Shadow Lounge to get down since SMI and Vex were doing something. Cody and I arrive and there's no one there. That seemed cool since we were like right at the beginning so we chilled until some tunes came on. I asked Cody to give me a combo...
1. 90 : complete
2. t flare > headspin : complete (2nd try)
3. swipes > mill > swipe > mill ... : complete
4. footwork > freeze > freeze > turtles > flare > swipe > 90 : sike nah
The thing about the last one is that it's definitely doable if I get my balance and speed on the turtles. Then I met this dude Chai ...
1. flare > headspin > mill : just kidding (flare > headspin > crash)
I believe this is a really important one. *note* I can practice quickly straightening my torso quickly out of the tail end of a flare without needing to worry about pushing myself into a handstand. Obvious implications for moves coming out of flare that require being on your hands (air power, 90s and halos especially). Then Dev showed up ...
1. Muujushin Kenjustu!
2. 90s > mills > headspin variation
Well the first one is my true style (probably will be explained later). I hit the second one like I wanted to advance to the semi finals; multiple 90s, 2 mills (kinda fucked that), about 6 rotations headspin with my arm cradling my head and other arm extended, and then I walked out of it clean.
Did a little partying early so I needed to even out a bit! LOL. So I told Dev and Prabu to hit Shadow Lounge to get down since SMI and Vex were doing something. Cody and I arrive and there's no one there. That seemed cool since we were like right at the beginning so we chilled until some tunes came on. I asked Cody to give me a combo...
1. 90 : complete
2. t flare > headspin : complete (2nd try)
3. swipes > mill > swipe > mill ... : complete
4. footwork > freeze > freeze > turtles > flare > swipe > 90 : sike nah
The thing about the last one is that it's definitely doable if I get my balance and speed on the turtles. Then I met this dude Chai ...
1. flare > headspin > mill : just kidding (flare > headspin > crash)
I believe this is a really important one. *note* I can practice quickly straightening my torso quickly out of the tail end of a flare without needing to worry about pushing myself into a handstand. Obvious implications for moves coming out of flare that require being on your hands (air power, 90s and halos especially). Then Dev showed up ...
1. Muujushin Kenjustu!
2. 90s > mills > headspin variation
Well the first one is my true style (probably will be explained later). I hit the second one like I wanted to advance to the semi finals; multiple 90s, 2 mills (kinda fucked that), about 6 rotations headspin with my arm cradling my head and other arm extended, and then I walked out of it clean.
Practice and Zen Performance
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!
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!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
