The Importance of Stretching
Ralphy Miracle gave me some insights on how to elevate our approach to power moves. Gleaning insights from professional Bboys and Bgirls at LOTF, the universal tip everyone provided was to properly stretch. After some thinking, stretching and enhancing body flexibility seemed to be one key aspect of breaking that has yet to focused on […]
M.E.B.T.R.I.L.L
Bboy Icey Ives came down to Edmonton to share some breaking wisdom. He shared his creative process and the ways he overcame mental blocks when developing his craft to his level. Two things stood out for me in his workshop: finding our pocket and M.E.B.T.R.I.L.L. Finding our “Pocket” : The concept of finding our pocket, […]
Injury Prevention Guide
Breakdancing is a very high-intensity freestyle dance form that enables the practitioners of this craft to perform explosive and dynamic feats. Notably, the concepts such as power moves, blow ups and freezes are what cause the most amount of injuries when breaking. The most common injuries I’ve seen in my 15 years of breaking are: […]
Modern Breaking (Battle) Methodology
In my 15 years of breaking, I’ve observed the trends and metas that guided the breaking battle scene throughout the world. I’m writing this piece to discuss the current dominating meta I see and glean some core foundational breaking elements from it to provide you guys some concepts, methodologies and structures to consider. Note that […]
History of Breaking
Breakdancing, or breaking, has its roots deeply intertwined with the hip-hop culture that emerged in the South Bronx during the early 1970s. DJ Kool Herc, born Clive Campbell, is often regarded as one of the founding fathers of hip-hop and a significant influence on the birth of breakdancing. In the early 1970s, Herc hosted legendary […]