Practice in Rangos again.
Sike naw, shit was apparently reserved for Aerobics Rm. Win! Practice was hype as hell. Anytime Devon and I are at practice together it will be hype shit. We both really want to get good, period. As for the actual practice, I got there on time so I changed my warm up. Started with handstands, trying to work on my balance so I can utilize freezes more (not chairs and babies). I got invert elbow poses back on my left side. Inverts on my right side are still shit. Devon got a camera so we took a few vids. We need to post those joints! My headspins are getting better, but it's not a move that I can do readily. Really the only power moves I can do on command are swipes and windmills :P Mainly because it's hard to fall out of them. I came up with a new way to drill airflares: 1. start in handstand with legs open, hips down and head not looking at the ground 2. do the normal whip whilst keeping your push off hand on the ground 3. Place your other hand on the ground then release the push off hand whilst keeping your legs spread and head in place. This is so I can drill airflare like windmill: 1. maintaining an idea of your body's relationship to the ground 2. doing a motion from zero momentum and returning to the starting point. At least now I have a plan, instead of just throwing myself around.
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).
Tuesday
Practice somewhere? My memory is horrible, gotta keep writing these right after practice.
Oh this was the one where Teena, Stealth, Kyle, Chuck and I did this ad-lib circle exercise. So there's one person inside the circle dancing and all the people on the outside are calling out moves. It's super fun! I think the idea is to do things you haven't done before and in different combination. It was fun because we called out themes instead of moves and got to see people act them out while dancing.
Oh this was the one where Teena, Stealth, Kyle, Chuck and I did this ad-lib circle exercise. So there's one person inside the circle dancing and all the people on the outside are calling out moves. It's super fun! I think the idea is to do things you haven't done before and in different combination. It was fun because we called out themes instead of moves and got to see people act them out while dancing.
Sunday
Practicing outside with crew hopefully! Such a nice day!
People stopped by and moved on, I love that going on in the background! The space is like 16 x 16 brick squares with cement running along the sides and benches on the side. The benches are like perfect viewing distance for the space. I want this spot to be the Sunday practice spot.
Me and Devon getting good by ourselves again. I thought I was tired of practicing with Devon, but the outdoor spot is soooo refreshing. We both were forced into moves by the concrete but the only thing it really stopped us from doing was head power. The real reason you practice on concrete is so you don't crash. I never thought about it like that before, but if you practice in an environment that discourages crashing you will crash less. I crashed once today. :) Sloppy technique means skinned knees and bruises.
I saw something in Devon's footwork and based a style around it. I'll call it lazy leg style. You keep your legs as close as possible to the ground at all times (mostly talking about techs and footwork in back). Whenever you want to hit a beat your step completion always needs to arrive to that point in the music. No sharp movements. To exaggerate the movement more, make sure each step covers more ground than you do normally.
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!
Danny Krivit
Should be a paaaartae!
Nah, Pittsburgh is still wack. The people that mattered were there (GDG and a fly breezie). So much good music, what do you do? Dance as much as possible in as many different styles as possible (and appropriate). Much of what the djs were playing transcends multiple styles so that wasn't too hard. Danced for a good 4 hours. That's the best extended performance I've had. I took breaks when burned out then kept at it. I'm glad that I'm able to cypher a bit with Matt and have him teach me things. I think fundamentally that encapsulates the relationship between crew members. I think crew should be a collective intellectual enterprise. As such all members are students and teachers beholden to one another. Right now I sense a "duh" moment coming on, but that's not how people act. People crave stratification and all too often the reason to be in a group becomes finding themselves through comparison.
Wednesday
Gymsport with Stealth.
I'm behind on writing this shizz down. Not too much happened this practice. I tried airflares until my body wouldn't take commands anymore. One thing I learned from that though was the positioning of my throw hand needs to be more on point. I also need to stop getting lost during the throw and keep my angle. I feel like if I can master those two elements I will be able to land so I can do another attempt. The Gymsport people like us.
I'm behind on writing this shizz down. Not too much happened this practice. I tried airflares until my body wouldn't take commands anymore. One thing I learned from that though was the positioning of my throw hand needs to be more on point. I also need to stop getting lost during the throw and keep my angle. I feel like if I can master those two elements I will be able to land so I can do another attempt. The Gymsport people like us.
Tuesday
There's 45 minutes to practice and no one brought music. What do you do?
I decided to drill the power combos giving me the most trouble: airflare, mill > flare, mill > 90, flare > 90, flare > halo, headspin > 90. It was fun, Xtrav sure talks alot. I think I'm going to try to practice 5 hours a day and try to beef up this blog. I feel like I need repetitious practice of certain moves in order to achieve the muscle memory I need to get to the next level. Also with 5 hours a day I can get in the aerobic practice I need. The only drawback is that I'm spread thinner, but I'm not making dramatic enough progress to get to where I need to be. Injuries may also occur, I'm doing moves that require all my attention so being fatigued means being less careful. I think I can account for that though... well let's see what will happen.
Saturday
I don't want to go to practice.
Had a really good time today! Stealth and Devon were hitting moves and we were cyphering for a bit. Stealth's tombstones are coming along. My flares were on today (wearing sweats) and I almost hit halo > stab jump through > rollback. Lots of power but no airflares. Next time.
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