Originally Posted by Death Jester
Lessons are good for the basics, but only just that. Take my case, when I first started bboying I took lessons to get the foundation moves. That's it. Now, I only take workshops from the more-popular people here, and from international visitors (Last 4 One, Yoshi, etc.)
My point is, as you get better, scale your lessons if you feel you need them. But only take lessons for the reason of widening your move vocabulary or learning something new. What you should do is take a notebook, and at the end of each lesson, think of at least five original ways to use the move in combination with what you know now, then think of another five, and use the best three.
It might not so much be racism as seeing you as another poser who wants to "brakdanze lololol". I know I'm refusing to each a few guys in my school how to bboy 'cause all they wanna do is power power power freeze freeze. It's a waste of my time if I do that. What I'd do is talk to them man-to-man (Unless one of you ain't a man), and try to settle your differences. I mean, c'mon, at the end of the day, y'all are bboys. This isn't some Rock Steady <-> New York City Breakers beef right here.
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Yeah, that's a good idea. I did start off as kinda a poser, because the reason I started was for a school project. I was like "I'm gonna do some ub3r breakdancing!" Anyway, I'm a real bboy now, and I'm not sure if they know, lol.
