Fitness & Hardcore training: Can anyone Breakdance – The bboy Life

I went to Stratford Center to train today with some members of my crew, and a new crew that I busk with. When we arrived, we were greeted by our arch nemesis crew, Gully Squad *Queue Lightning*. Actually these kids are the coolest, they are like 5x our level, and always down to give us advice and just crack jokes with. So I was given the task to train up a girl, she was brand new, fresh out of the box. She wanted to learn to break, so we began. For those of you who feel like learning breaking is easy, here’s a random disclaimer…

Now let’s begin…

So many questions she had, but she was so enthusiastic, it made me remember the time I had just begun. So hungry to prove myself to the community, and learn some badass techniques. The joke thing was that after just a few months, I had enough to impress non bboys. If I look back at myself now, I just think “What was I thinking?” But nevertheless the general public would eat this ish up. Sort of like when you hear a pop song on the radio and think, who the hell is buying this trash.

Anyways, the girl I was teaching pointed at Gully Squad, and asked “How long until I am that level?” now if you type Gully Squad Bboy into Youtube, you will see them for yourself. Ok I am just gonna assume that you checked them, but if you didn’t imagine David Blaine meets a Helicopter Propeller, x2. This was her first lesson, but she asked again, around how many years would it take? This got me thinking about just how much time went into perfecting a move.

Math time! First time since school Maths has come in handy, I’m excited. I will talk about the first Powermove on the list of Powermoves to learn if you want to imitate a helicopter. The Windmill, I still havn’t perfected this, but the point im at now, I can do between 7 and 13 in a row, pretty good huh? Imagine I trained 3 times a week, and worked on windmills 2 hours out of those sessions, and I’m a Lazy bboy(That’s 6 hours a week). I’ve been breaking for 3 years, so 6x52(weeks in a year) multiplied by 3 years is 936 hours. Yep, my face was in shock mode after I did the maths in my head, that’s just one move. Ok that’s enough math, ima give you guys a concussion with all these numbers.

The thing is, when you enjoy something, you just continue. It felt a lot more like meeting friends, and just chilling while working on some super difficult bone breaking techniques. My advice to you, find the fun in whatever it is you’re doing, and you will stick to it. Take the outcome out of your mind, and focus on what you love about it in the here and now. Eventually you would have spent over 1000 hours of your life doing it without realizing. I wonder how many hours of your life you’ve spent on Facebook, or Playing computer games in the past year… Just a passing thought! Remember… A screaming Gorilla, is natures soundtrack!

Bboys vs Bashment: Breaking to Movado! Dancehall Kings and Queens

So sometimes I just sit in my room blasting break beats just imagining myself smoking some of the top breakers in the world (Morning of Owl). Today I was just sitting here casually going through my routine of banging my music loud, when out of nowhere an old Dancehall tune that I used to rinse out with the old Jamaican & Trini clique dropped. Wait, What? Now im imagining myself breaking to “Squeeze Her Breast” by Movado. The joke thing is, it actually worked. I had successfully fused the 2 genres, and I had to share it with the world. Many thoughts run through my head, so I went training and started trying to incorporate Dancehall to breakbeats. It would be easy I said to myself… Boy was I wrong! And for those of you who feel it would be easy, here’s a random disclaimer…

Now lets begin…    

   

Well, here I am today, an average level bboy, a slightly below average dancehall head, (my level increases exponentially after a few jyaygerbombs, you just gotta trust me on that one). But, if I find a way to incorporate them smoothly, boom, so long Morning of Owl, average bboys are gonna be picturing themselves smoking me while listening to breakbeats. And I wouldn’t want it any other way.

If you’re a bboy and want to test the theory for yourself, check out Aidonia featuring Mr Renzo“Bend ya Back”. Oh my days, Im slyly gassed to get my crew busking to this gem, I swear we could double our money from one show. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking. But you know what they say, like a midget at a urinal, we’ll have to stay on our toes.

Dancehall girls

Bboy Pocket from Morning of Owl bboy crew