I met this kid about 8 weeks ago, who got interested in the whole
breakdancing craze. The first time he put his eyes on a breakdancer, he
was amazed and thought that the way he moved was dope. He imagined how
many girls, and for that matter, how many "people" he could
impress with such skill (breakdancing). Yearning for that fame and
popularity, he immediately started his training in breakdancing, rushing to
initiate each move in the breakdancing repertoire. He entered the first
phase, which was building his foundation. The six step was his biggest
issue. He had heard that it was the core of all the dances, so he worked
on his six step. Thinking that the six step was NOT going to impress
anybody, he rushed on to learn the famous windmill.. (Let's backup for a
second here.. the kid practices the six-step for a day?. He hasn't even
followed the routine of forming a foundation, and the chump already wants
the learn the windmill? Psh..! That is messed up!). So after he perfects
(Chyea Riiiight) "HIS" sixtep (the one he practiced a day
on), he moves on to mastering the difficult windmill. His first attempt
was horrible, his balance was awful.. he had no posture at all whatsoever
and majority of all times, his ass would always land hard on the ground.
He thought to himself, "What the hell? It looks so easy when other
people do it, why can't I do it?" (This kid is playing himself for a
fool if he thinks breakdancing is this easy.) He tries for a second time,
and the same thing happens. He tries again, and again, and again.. but
after his 50th try, he always ends up in the same scenario. He finally
decides to bail out on the windmill and chooses to learn another move, the
flare. (This kid is f*cked? if he can't get the windmill, how in the hell
is he going to get the flare? The flare is ten times harder. I respect
him for trying, but.. the kid is a pure dumbass.. stubborn as they get.)
Not conquering the windmill kinda got the kid down!
He felt like a failure, but nevertheless, he kept on, and started his
training on the flare. Learning how to initiate the flare was harder then
what he had expected it to be (Ya think?!). He realized then that he would
not be able to perfect it, so he moves on to yet another breakdancing move.
He keeps on shifting, from the windmill, to the flare, to the kipup, to the
halo, and finally to the art known as popping (where he sprained his
wrist). 8 weeks from when he first decided to learn to breakdance and
after experiencing his injury (his wrist), he fully gave up on
breakdancing.. and decided that he could find another way to impress girls
and gain that fame that he longed for. --This kid has NO heart at all, and
is what I call a disgrace to the bboying culture, as a matter of fact is he
was never a member to begin with. Breakdancing is made up of elements..
elements that YOU must carry to be a true breakdancer. The road to
learning how to breakdance is a very long
and strenuous path.. but with the right elements on hand, handling the art
of breakdancing can be easy as baking a cake. Here is my perspection on
the ingredients individuals need to master the culture known as
breakdancing.
Passion is a necessity in life. It is needed in all lifestyles, and
without passion.. the world and everything it offers would so much be like
a hollow peice of log, in the sense that, without THAT passion.. there is
no core to anything & everything that we, has humans and inhabitants of
this world, do on Earth. The kid in the story had NO passion for
breakdancing at ALL whatsoever. The only reason he chose to breakdance was
so he could attain the state of being popular.. and so that he could get
girls. With that type of attitude and with no passion in the art.. there
is NO way that you will ever succeed in figuring out the answer to the
mystery known as breakdancing. You have got to have passion.. passion is
feeling, passion is believing, passion is loving, and most importantly,
passion is "wanting it". Crazy as it may sound but, you have to
feel breakdancing.. you have to believe in the dance, you have to love it,
and you have to, on top of everything else, you have
to WANT it.. not for the sake of others, but for you. Passion, a simple
word, but an extraordinary motivator.
Determination. "Flares and Windmills may break my bones, but
determination will fix em' up". Determination baby.. it is a natural
and probably one of the most NEEDED assets that you will ever need if you
are a true bboy. Learning how to breakdance has it's perks.. but at the
same time, it has gambling involved. You are sacrifice your bones by
wanting to breakdance.. but, DO NOT let that stop you. Yes, you may break
a bone now and then, you may fracture you knee once or twice.. but the more
the injury, the greater the dancer you turn out to be. The greatest bboys
and bgirls out there never made it flawlessly, all of em experienced some
pain on their way to the top. That's OK though, breakdancing is all about
breaking bones.. I mean, why else would the call it "break"
dancing if not for that you may have to break bones in this art? Ya know?
But with determination anything is possible.. even learning how to
breakdance. Without the determination, you'll most likely end up
like the kid in the story.
The most important element ( in my perspection) in breakdancing that you
will EVER! need.. is the ability to imaginate. Creativity is the most
popular weapon when it comes to breakdancing. Not only does it divide
personification, but it also represents your character to the whole bboying
community. I cannot stress as to how important style is. Biters are a
full disgrace to the society and biters could BITE my ass to uphold their
damn name, cuz imitating skill is wack. Seperate yourself from everybody
else, do something extraordianry, if you can't do that.. you can always
CHANGE something ordinary into something extraordinary. Never copy. Like
I always say " Copying can take you to notorious ill-fame,
Correctitude can bring you of so far, but Style is what matters, and it
shows who YOU are as a breakdancer." With that note in mind. AiRaiD is OUT! Peace Out Ya'll.