Hard CMU Practice Before They Leave

Pretty cool practice.  Kev, Dan, Devon, Hiro and I were holdin it down and coming up with and training new movement.  I hit a good amount of power, lots of being tired and crashing though.  I hit the nutgrab coindrop > nutgrab headspin but I crashed out of it and went into it a bit too slow.  I battled a couple rounds with Devon and Kevin each.  I think we should be doing more of that, keeping it fun but really trying to hit moves tired.

Casino

Rocking at the casino with Selecta on the tables.  Ron, Teena and I cutting up some.  There was this bomb Indian woman there and I know she was feeling the dancing but her man was there so I was vexed.  Fun times though, I would've rather not danced with Liana a second time.  The first time was on point, I think I was drunk the second time.

Finally something to post about!

There was a 2v2 lottery battle in Pittsburgh thrown by Glyde.  I was paired up with Stealf from VA, has a dance studio and crew of his own.  Dope cat, threw some serious moves during the battle.  We faced Extrav and Jose, then Toys and BDC, then Domkey and this girl JuJu.  And we won!  $2000 cash prize split two ways.  Bank.

But really I need to see the footage.  I switched up my battle style a bit and allowed the footwork to ride a little bit more.  Also for some reason I was throwing burns.  They weren't great, but they were fast and then I evaded back into my set before reaction.  Power wasn't at full capacity (flares, airflares) but what I did hit was most of my flips, swipe > mill > halos x3, butterfly twist > coin drop > headspin x5 > icey ice > freeze!  The range of movement was a blessing considering my back was still a little funny.  Great night, makes me want to practice and get air power.

There was a trip to Vegas between now and my last post.  Mess.  But this is a complete 180 from my performance there.  Lost of fun things happened in Vegas, big fun.

Tuesday

Another tight CMU practice.  Focus air power and power in general.

Still doing the in general instead of getting mad air power reps.  Need to get those in. Was a good day rocking, I hit some beat stuff and lot of power.  Really sore and tired now.  Some new movement, I can't quite get the push for that feet slide > headpose I've been dreaming about from it's intended start position.  In normal footwork I can do the feet slide thing a little bit and Kev gave me props on it.  No excuse to slack though.  Prabu said something about being free Weds and Sun.  Really need to get that new practice spot jumping.

Monday

Need to find a new indoor space open during the evenings.  We need real studio / rec center access.  Focus for today if I can practice: get air power attempts up, work on new step flow.

Nah busy.

CMU => Casino Saturday

Light practice on some power technique.  Casino later to finally hit up Selecta, it's been a minute!

It was cool, no GDG but they danced late last night.  Not the best practice but I'm coming away with some hints and helping the CMU heads.

Shit was kinda real.  I mean a casino can be the most fake place on earth, but with us and Selecta we brought the real party vibe.  We were dancing in a tight space on carpet but there vibe was good.  Chuck, Matt and I were dancing.  Stealth is all fucked up, but definitely nice to chill with him.  I could hit my flips in that space, but I wasn't feeling too funky.  Biffed elbow > 2000, I got scared so no power.  Some bright spots, I hit a burn pose on beat and lyrics.  Most of my sets ended cleanly, repeated some tops (not funky).  Chuck and Matt are good.  Chuck went a level higher than normal (because Matt was around), very good stuff from both.  The casino is beautiful.  If I gambled it might be over.  Definitely an adult playground.

Friday

I want to try to get a session together somewhere, anywhere.  More footwork and kenjustu!

Grr to tired after work.  Need to get my rest!

Whim Again

Damn man, I hurt my back stretching too deeply.  It's a small muscle back there, but it was enough to thoroughly screw up my sleep last night.  I'm going to try to take it easy today and do a complete warm up.  Time to forsee changes in the music.

I missed my man BDC not by much.  Sucks no one else could make it.  I had a pretty good solo session.  The fact that my back wasn't 100% made me change up footwork.  I crushed a couple songs, hitting percussion, bass, gimmicks and lyrics.  I hit 90 > swipe > mill > swipe > halo > mill > side flip... like easily.  When my back gets better I'm going to try to devote most of my power runs to air power.  Flares are a bit hard, but not having as much whip makes me air them out more.  Need to be combining those forces!  Serious Sirius Space Party. ;)

CMU Tuesday

I rocked in the jeans today, not nearly enough room in my crotch.  Plus I was hella tired... excuses.

Man what a lame practice.  I think I hit some footwork, but no power was really popping off.  I got a new go down, but I fell trying to reproduce it! :P  Devon and Prabu are looking good, I'm mad Stealth is hurt cause I feel like it's going to be a good couple weeks for practice.  Even if this past practice was bad, I haven't had a bad practice in a while.  I'm due.  Argh, I need to get back into some kind of sleep pattern for work.  I also need to crush work.  Dancing will not take a backseat either!  My focus has been power for quite a while now, footwork feels a bit awkward.  I need transitions so I can work them both and complete the hungry style.  Must not forget skate style.

Classic Material Tonight

Going to rock out at Shadow Lounge fairly soon.  Kinda want to catch a cab or bus or something; the wait will be terrible.  Will be a dope time.  Going for cleanliness and short combo execution.  Hoping I can get into a rhythm to pull off bigger combos.

My car got blocked in, no bus, no cab, no dancing.