14 days

Shoulder still acting up, but I was able to do alot of moves early on.  Crashing alot alot.  That's very disconcerting but I was able to hit moves before ending poorly.  I hope that's because of being hella out of shape.  I am getting back though, feeling strong in the first 30 - 45min.  I was going pretty hard early on since Dev wasn't there and I was alone and showing off a bit for the Pitt students that were setting up for a party.  By the 1:30 mark I was done.  It was pretty wack.  Tomorrow I need to do work and come up with a couple routines/commandos that Dev and I can practice later in the day.  Got to make sure I get up at a decent hour.

T-minus 15 days

Well I won't bullshit myself.  I landed directly on the top of my left shoulder about a week ago and it's still affecting my range of movement.  Practice today I focused on cardio, but coming up woefully short of the endurance I need to show well at Rhythm Spotlight.  My power is stunted from that fall and simply being out of shape.  I hadn't practiced while I was in Philly and for some time after that.  I've also been skipping sleep or getting it at the wrong hours.  On the plus side, I stopped smoking weed/cigarettes and drinking.  Again that hurts me before it helps, I've gotten used to chemically being in a relaxed mindset before practice.  Now I need to make up for that in physical concentration and discipline.  It'll be tough to get battle ready before the 28th (26th really) and I'll need my body to help out on the shoulder, but I'm a lucky guy.

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. ;)