[hullcrush]

Nothing to see here people move on...

[ExZeLiuR]

Classic.

What you've gone through is what everyone goes through. When you experience those things, you know you're normal. I know how you feel. The whole "Should've, would've could've" thing. The "First time in a circle" thing. It's feels weird at first. Because you really don't know how to feel.

Remember this man. When you break at proms or dances or something like that, you're b-boying in front of people who don't know the art. These people love the flashyness of b-boying. Something that they cannot do, they marvel it.

B-boying isn't about the power moves. More about the style, and the music rather than the power moves. But, I'm not gonna go through that. I'll get to the point.

First off. Don't get discouraged because you're not doing so great. One's progress through life always fluctuates. It's never at it's peak from start to finish. And that's what makes life so interesting. The fact that we don't know when it's going to fluctuate adds the tang into our lives. When it fluctuates to the peak, it makes us feel good.

B-boying is all about the patience and commitment. So is everything else you want to achieve. If you aren't committing to the art, or you're too impatient and want to learn the move as soon as possible, you'll never get it. Because you won't understand how the move works and what it feels like when you go through it.

Windmills. They take time to learn. Like every other power move. Why? Because our bodies are not used to such movements. Through practicing, our bodies become more adept with the conditions that we want our body to go through in order to achieve what we want to do, and then finally, one day, you do it. And when you do it, you'll understand it. And when you understand it, you can do it again and again.

Just because it's taking you a long time to get these mills down, doesn't mean that you'll never get them. The easy way out is to quit.

My suggestion: Use the summer to learn those mills. It's not going to take you a year to learn all power moves. If you work at those mills everyday, you'll get them. My friend spent every single day of his summer trying to perfect his mills. He'd bang up his knee, tear his groin muscles, smash his back, and any other kind of relevant injury. But, y'know what the thing is?

He got his mills down in 1.5 months.

No joke. From the start of the summer, to mid-August, he's been learning mills. That's the fastest I've ever heard of anyone being able to learn a powermove. It's ridiculous. And now, when he does them, you can see the power in his legs. It's almost as though when he does them, his legs are so strong he could even fly in the air. They're THAT clean.

It's all mental. It took me 4 months to get mine. On some days, I'd get so angry at myself, that everytime I'd smash my back on the ground, and I was agonizing in pain, I kept going in frustration. I used my own frustration as my motivation. It set my mind in pursuit of one goal: Perfecting the windmill.

Then, one day, in drama class, I'd go on to my routine. Since my teacher doesn't really care, and there's all this space around me, I would warmup and everything, and continue learning my windmills. On carpet, something you believe won't work. And then, boom. 2 rotations. I got up, started jumping, grabbed my hair, and ran around. I went nuts. I kept going and going. 3 rotations. 5 rotations. As I did more and more, I become more and more determined.

In summary, you may feel like crap now. But once you get them down, you'll be so happy that all that practice actually paid off.

[hullcrush]

That was a great response.

I edited my message out because i felt like a loser.

Haha.

I think I got the point, and I think others would make the same.

[RapmastaF-fresh]

Hmmm, why did he edit it out?

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Rapmasta

[HORROR]

You say you've been dancing since august? Have you seeked out other bboy's to practice with? Its hard (if not impossible) to learn on video's and written instructions, from my experience atleast, because I had the same problem at first, before I found people to practice with and my class. I wouldn't be upset, some crowds can be rough, especially highschool kids. They want to see you "spin in circles" and "fly in the air". Before you try and learn a mill you should definitly focus on your top rock and footwork. Bboyin isn't just one move, its a dance, even if you were to learn that mill...you'd get no respect from people who know whats up if you cant bust a nice toprock and some good footwork. You need to get the fundamentals before you break out into the power, from my personal opinion.

[ConceivedInHell]

learning moves from videos isnt hard...but getting them to look smooth is...

[Bboy Reborn]

i woudltn of called u a loser if u didnt edit it but now since u edited it ur a loser,and i kno a perosn who learned mills in a day

[PoisonSteez]

My friends n sh*t are all into different kinds of things. One can beat box, one can rap. As for me.. I can do graffiti. I decided to move onto the rappin' side, but. I just couldn't quite grasp it. And thus. Here i am at bboy.org. What you've written will probably have one of the biggest impacts on me. to try bboy and continue with rap,lol.
Right now. I don't know Jack about the terminology and such. Can anyone spare some time to help a noobie out?

[Mistah P]

I started in august too .. uhh i dont know what the original post was but based on the other posts, I guess i can say .. it's all about the attitude .. just don't stop, don't listen to anyone who says you suck even if you know you do, do your thanG .. that's what dancins all about anyways xP

Some people come further than others in the same amount of time, but in the end, it's the character of the person that determines who's the better dancer.