Much progress

I've loosened up at practices, started talking more and having fun. All is going well and my whole crew is building momentum quickly. I feel more motivated then ever lately and it really is a great feeling. Starting to get a hang of babymills now, still working on my flares but doing everything more consistently. I think working out like I do may help too.

Onward! Nothing to lose, only gain is what I see in my future. I'd like to ideally combine and transition between power and freezes often. Of course i already feel secure about my floor and footwork.

A Possible Key

Sometimes, when you don't break for a good 4 days or even more.. you really miss breaking, but also I've noticed it makes me more creative when I finally do break again.

I've read many articles and have started to see a trend that a lot of bboys simply DONT PRACTICE. Now being that im from Iowa and in the midwest, its not like there are jams popping left and right of me constantly like more famous bboys who would be competing all the time.

So with that in mind perhaps I might change my practices up a little bit, Bboy 2x per week but really... really... hard and perhaps workout on other days to build strength where no creativity is necessary. :D

Good sounds like a plan i just thought of it tonight.

Plateau

I've felt like I've hit a flat now for bboying. Maybe not though as i am always learning something new but still... I feel like there is something lacking. My shit is just not advanced enough. I'm generally happy with my footwork and tops now but its my moves and move combinations that are lacking firepower.

Probably doesn't help that I session alone frequently due to my other members being busy or out of commission due to injury. Hope Josh comes back soon as soon as he recovers I need my partner back for real.

Gotta be strong and keep pushing though no matter how hard it is! But I gotta say it frustrates me that all around the midwest things are getting fairly complex but Iowa is SO FAR BEHIND technically. What are we lacking? being surrounded by greatness? More bboys? What makes those scenes so much more advanced? More competition perhaps but even with just competition there has to be other elements for bboying to grow more.


I OUGHTA WRECK AMAZING!!! SATURDAY OCT 3RD!!!

UI Breakers @ the pedmall

So yeah check it out! video made by me and most of the footage was recorded by me but not all cause I had to get in the action too sometimes!

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The Upcoming

Woah so haven't posted in pretty much a month! well exactly a month!

So obviously a biggie is that there is gonna be another Jam in Iowa this October 3rd!

Got me some fresh @$$ shoes recently!

And... I'm pretty sure that I'm really happy with my footwork, toprock, and flow right now and I have a decent amount of blowups too. Now I REALLY REALLY need to catch up in the power game. I sessioned tonight doing flares for 2 hrs and swipes and mills for 1 hr. I think this was my first session that I literally did ONLY POWER.

Another note you should definitely join Peoplestring and do the mailbox program!

Stronger

So I'm definitely getting stronger as I have been consistently working out AFTER bboying @ session.

I finally landed my first 3 flares in a row the other night and I hope to make that more consistent! I've been working on that Hollowback everday and my shoulders are A LOT more flexible now than they used to be for sure! I've been using the wall to practice it and occasionally without the wall. Sometimes I'm able to do a bent leg hollowback without the wall but certainly not a double leg yet. I figure if I keep practicing it almost everyday I should have it down within a few months or less.

I've also been working on fixing up some previous mistakes such as my handhops/forearm hops as I noticed I was doing them wrong. I was bending my legs at the knee back and forth instead of bring my legs and knee to my whole body. Sigh... wish I would have caught that earlier as it is a pain to fix.

My headspins are coming along now that I've been fixing my wild left leg and im able to lock it in place now. Stretching sure helps these days for all power moves!

Back in full power... almost

So my right wrist is definitely recovered now and I can once again do air power! wooohoo. The only reason im not back in full power yet is because of my thumb from my left hand is still a little sprained but its getting better few more weeks and it should be recovered fully.

I've really been working on getting my flares back down and among other power moves. Also been working on a hollowback nearly everyday!

Heres some good footage the music is pretty hott too!