I came across a post on bboyworld which questions the term BITING and it's boundaries.. My man MOSHEN (SKILLMETHODZ) silences the toys with his reply.. SKILL METHODZ!
un fuckinbelievible ... seriously bboys and bgirls.. .this shit has to stop... wake the fuck up already.. bboying and hip hop as a culture is about expressing yourself, celebrating YOUR individuality... thats how this whole culture started (and the only thing that will keep it alive forever!).. everything from the way you walked, how you rocked your cap and kicks, and how you did your thing on the dance floor... its about discovering and celebrating WHO YOU ARE ... bboying is a vehicle in which we show our soul to the world... the "moves" you create are the words of your novel / life story... the pages of your biography... this is why we create our own shit.. this is why you dont bite... not because somebody said not too... but because it goes against the whole magic of what makes this culture so fucking precious... and the fact that 75% percent of dancers now of days cant see this and have to question it unbelievible to me... this shit is turning into fucking Karaoke... people are afraid to "write their own songs" ..they would rather be a "singer" than an artist.... and all this talk about how every move has been done is even worse... has every joke been told?... every book been written?.. there are only so many keys on a piano, does that mean every song has been played..?... this shit is fucking infinite.. we are all unique and original as humans, look at our finger prints for fuck sake... im sorry for going off like an ass hole ... but it hurts me to see our culture being so misunderstood... its time to log the fuck off, grow some balls, go into the garage, turn up the fucking music and find out who you really are... peace..M
After a couple replies, Mosh drops another bomb.. READ AND LEARN SOMETHING!! The funny thing is, I was watching footage on my boys digicam of me at UNITED STYLES.. When I rewinded my throwdown, I found myself fast forwarding to the end only to rewind it and watch my throwdown BACKWARDS again and again! I'll make more sense after you read his second post..
im glad people are thinking about this topic... (i mean shit.. go onto the "new footage" section and you will see 8000 people viewing a guy do an air chair (again and again) ... there is a great divide in the contemporary world of bboying I will tell you that much for sure! In any case... i dont want to take on the defense of this "idea" on this forum.... not because im not up for a good argument.. but because the idea of having to explain it further would ultimately become detrimental to the cause. By that i mean, people want their hand held all the way in bboying now of days.. once they "buy" the idea of writing their own story, they are gonna ask a motherfuker for a pen..!....lol
as for the every things been done argument? .. i generally do not reveal "methodz" on the creative end of bboying publicly for obvious warfare / tactical reasons.. but i will drop a stone here hoping that the ripple can help shatter fellow bboy's disbelief on the subject.
(I am also quite confident, that the majority of bboys who lack the moral fiber and integrity to create their own moves, and would steal these ideas to futher reinforce their chomping ways, are most likely not going to be patient enough to read this thread, and are too busy watching two guys with bad haircuts battle in the new footage section)...
Next time you are at practice, I want you to record your self doing 3-4 runs from start to finish... (or sets or whatever you do when you hit the circle).. feel free to mix it up, top to bottom, power, footwork, foundation to more abstract shit, freestyle, whatever... try and add most of you signature stuff in there as well... after practice, take that footage home, plug it into imovie, and watch it in reverse. What you will notice (and already know if you have ever watched footage in reverese) is that it looks like the most original shit you have ever seen...almost every "move" is unrecognizible. Yet these moves are built upon the same laws of physics as all the other moves we have ( with the exception of the heavy gravity driven stuff), but executed in a completely different state. almost everything you see on that backward video you will be able to do in real time. At first you will become really frusterated, in that your brain will not want to cooperate, sort of like driving in the UK lol... but in time you will be able to navigate in and out of both states. Technically you can double the moves you have with a single concept.. you will be amazed at how different the same move will look backwards (just wait till you see swipe footwork combos lol)... alot of patience is required to do this right, and you will have to unlearn many things that have become natural... start with one or two "moves" at a time... and try and welcome them into you existing material.. this idea will also help you learn how to "deconstruct"...but thats a whole other chapter... for all the biters out there, feel free to play your favorite bboys backward and steal their souls!... ahah... you know that shit is gonna happen tho...
moral of the story... with just ONE concept (and an old one at that) we almost double the potential moves on the planet (even tho they have always been there waiting to be discovered) ... so much for that everythings been done argument ...peace...m
ps: before you try and shit on this concept (which will happen because it envolves real work and thinking) give it a try...
Click to view the actual thread, peace!
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