[Just_a_BBOY]

Hey everyone, I'm new to BBoyin and I was wondering if anyone had any tips or hints as to what I should be learning first...or anything like that? Im really interested in this it looks so amazing. I already ordered the DVD so maybe that 'll help...if anyone has any thing that they thinki sould pracitce before i get the DVD please let me know...Thanks alot

[The Requiem]

Start with toprock and footwork. Foundation is irreplaceable. After that, you just need to build freezes and stuff. But do NOT rush the toprock and footwork. These things take lots of time to do well and if you rush them, they'll end up really sloppy and you won't really have much to build off of. Good luck.

The Requiem
Optical Confusion Crew

[giang]

yeah, you can start off with 6step and from there into freezes. i just mastered my 6step and currently mastering freezes so i can begin going into powermoves such as windmills

[The Requiem]

You MASTERED 6 step? Not to nitpick or anything but I don't believe anybody can ever truly master footwork. But that's one of the cool things about bboying. You can master some stuff like 20 flares, infinite mills, balance for days on chairs or hollows or inverts, but footwork can ALWAYS be improved on and ALWAYS made better. But I know what you mean. You're comfortable with your footwork and can do it somewhat well and somewhat effortlessly. But yeah just bust ass to always do your footwork well and to always strive to get better at it. ALSO toprock.

The Requiem

[bck]

I agree with the requiem, it's very hard to actually "master" a move. Being familiar with it is cool, but to actually master it is amazing. Thats why bboyin is cool, everyones imagination pitches in. It's all about creativity.
And yeah, start with six step, get into some freezes. Then i'd go for a hollowback. Easy to get the hang of, and looks nice.

[Just_a_BBOY]

Well alright...so how long did it take everyone to get comfortable with their toprock and 6 step? cuz i look bad doing it right now..but i aint really trying to hard on it yet...im waiting for the DVD...i had a Mike Garcia DVD and well..It didn't help too much.

[The Requiem]

Ummmm it's hard to say for me because I progress in waves. For a while I was real comfortable with how it was and then suddenly I got on a huge kick of advancing quickly and adding a lot of techs to my footwork and a lot of different kinds of tops. Then I was comfortable with that, and now I'm back heavy into tops. But the first time I had any confidence in my tops and footwork to do them smoothly and quickly and WELL was probably 3 to 4 months into working on them. And this was when I didn't really have anything else to work on so my topsand footwork probably took up about 75-80% of my practice time.

The Requiem

[Just_a_BBOY]

Yeah i understnad this stuff takes a lot of practice...Theres a lot of technique involved in everything...I'm gunna start practicing hard until i get all my footwork down once i get my DVD...i ordered it a few days ago...it should be in soon (canada) so its taking a little longer.