[bboyemass]

so i just wanted to see what people thought about today's bboys what the dance has become.

personally, i think that bboying today has become too much about the showy things and less and less about the style. i've only been around bboyin for a little over a year and it's hard to find anything that doesn't have a lot about power. i've sessioned with old school bboys that could school most people in power, but could destroy most opponents' entire power set with just style. with the way that breakin is blowin up on the scene today, it seems like there are a lot of new kids tryin to learn stuff and there aren't enough people to teach them what's what. imo, that's why so many people get caught up with all the power stuff since that's what gets everyone's attention.

thoughts?

[RAPID]

i think that now it allabout power to people who are jus tring to breakdancing and they are tringto show off NOT ALL BREAKERS but some of the new breakers are tring to show off to look cool but really its all about the love for it and having the passoin for what you do and yeah so kind of yeah your right what has it become where's the footwork and toprockas it all about the falres and headspins but no dont start breaking to all newbs reading this for showing off my thought is that it has become all about power even though i know some power i also focus on style and rythme instead of all power and trickx and style can get peoples attention to if you got any

[B-boy Jp]

Its true that there are a lot of people who have forgotten that b-boying is a dance with foundations and a beat & rhythm to follow. I think when we all first started out our mentality was - the more and harder your moves are the better a b-boy you become. I think there is also some ignorance in pure powerheads because they just ignore footwork and stick to what they know. Nowadays it is easier to learn headspins compared to coming up with something fresh in Rocking and footwork, there are guides and how to's for every powermove there is and some people just ignore the fact that they are supposed to come up with their own stuff when its easier to be learning a move that already exists.

I think that just sometimes however even the old skool peeps are whinning too much about it because this is just the way that b-boying has evolved. Power IS a part of the dance now, and the best b-boys are always the ones that have dynamic moves but can back it up with flavour and style.

[Highdrawlicks]

Well, I think when everyone starts out BBoying, they'll think that "power" is all. But, hopefully, they'll come to realize that footwork, style, and creativity is just as important and possibly even more (in my opinion). If the "posers" do only power, chances are they won't last for long and give up/ quit eventually. OR maybe they'll come to realize that they're making a mistake and inform themselves a bit more.

[Streetmonk]

bboying is more about style now man, its goin back to the original foundation style too, but more of the pro bboys out there have a unique style now than ever imo, and plus nowadays alotta bboys are mixing power with footwork really well too, kind of like mennoh and wing

[stAble]

I think there are too many similar threads.

[bboykj]

yeah. agreed. when i came on the scene a couple months ago, it was all about the power. now i definitely think style and footwork is crucial. there def arent enough teachers bby the way. i cant even find a good four step vid

[BBoy.Allycasta]

yeah i agree. i just stoped doing power and started working on style but i still try to learn power so i can be realy dope and it will help me learn freezes

[Bboy Kam!kaz3]

Though, I think almost everyone wanted to be a "breakdancer" cause of power, power turned me to become a bboy ^^. But the longer you bboy, the more you think about the other elements of bboying.. I guess, at least that's what happened to me, and I dont think im the only one who had this.. ^^ Just my thought

[bboychamploo]

I don't see anything wrong with powermoves, its just the people who only see and do powermoves that don't really understand breakin.

I think alot of bboys today lack their own originality and by originality I mean that they are to afraid to actually dance to the song that they are listening to.
It's one thing to be inspired by another bboy but to want to be the bboy is wack.
And I think alot of bboys today just want to be like another bboy and not be themselves

[Desi Boogie]

I think it's ironic that nobody is commenting on how pretty much exactly what is happening now, happened 20 years ago when Rocksteady first broke into the mainstream. Don't you know that things go in cycles?

Peace

[BbOyJeOpArDy]

it might just be the scene around your area -_- where is lynchburg?

[MeowMixMan]

Originally Posted by RAPID i think that now it allabout power to people who are jus tring to breakdancing and they are tringto show off NOT ALL BREAKERS but some of the new breakers are tring to show off to look cool but really its all about the love for it and having the passoin for what you do and yeah so kind of yeah your right what has it become where's the footwork and toprockas it all about the falres and headspins but no dont start breaking to all newbs reading this for showing off my thought is that it has become all about power even though i know some power i also focus on style and rythme instead of all power and trickx and style can get peoples attention to if you got any

biggest run on sentence ever.^^

but i think that it is true that people arnt around to show kids the right way to do things and to be original.
Also it is possibly true that breaking is going in a circle and is booming now but will die a couple of years.

[DarrenWhite]

On an international level, I see how there might be a problem. I don't care though, cuz locally I'm surrounded by style and power hahahaha.

Originally Posted by Bboy Kam!kaz3 Though, I think almost everyone wanted to be a "breakdancer" cause of power, power turned me to become a bboy ^^. But the longer you bboy, the more you think about the other elements of bboying.. I guess, at least that's what happened to me, and I dont think im the only one who had this.. ^^ Just my thought

Nah bro. I first thought bboying was mad dope when I saw these two guys breaking outside of school promoting their club. They were such noobs at the time too! But I didn't know what good footwork was so I see 6 step cici and its like oh shit, these fuckers are dancing on their hands but it doesn't look too hard, maybe I could too! Then I saw one of the guys do a pike and I'm like O WTF DID HE JUST DO I AM SO FUCKING LEARNING THAT ONE HANDED HANDSTAND.

I was then taught shit footwork with bad form that I'd have to relearn many months later. And I thought knowing handglide freeze made me cooler than everyone around me. Thank God for jams LOL

[bboyemass]

lynchburg's in VA... the only reason there are any bboys out here is cause we go to college together. the bboy scene isn't big out here at all, but a lot of bboys i've seen, whether in videos or in person at jams and such think that power is the biggest part of the dance. don't get me wrong, power has always and will always be a part of breakin, it's just that the tendency nowadays (maybe it's just because of the public's perception of what bboying is) is that the dance is all about power and tricks. 20 years ago, this same thing was sort of going on, but the difference is that those were the roots of breakin and that the people dancing still remembered that a large part of the dance is style. the public perception of bboying has almost always been that it's "guys that spin on their heads and do flips and crap." so, the change isn't in how the world around us sees bboying, it's how the bboys themselves see it. there's nothing wrong with powermoves, it's just the people that are obsessed with them and don't realize that breaking is a combination of power, style, and technique.

disclaimer: i'm not saying that all bboys are obsessed with power.