IBE 2011 Thoughts...

Friends on my facebook page are probably annoyed of my constant postings of this past weekend's IBE festivities. Full disclosure: All video you see here in this post is property of The Notorious IBE and they deserve full credit for their production value.

With that out of the way, time to share. I've recently gotten the dancing itch again. I've been dancing for a little over 10 years [which is peanuts compared to most established bboys and other dancers]. Everyday, after work, I go to practice. For the past year, or so, I've been trying to practice more. It initially was to maintain my girlish figure and to keep some sort of playful balance in my life. It also didn't help that I took a three year sabbatical and my form was a bit, well, crap.

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Bboy Battle: 2008 Circle Prinz Poland Final -- Azizi Fellas vs. Funky Masons

For a while I'd be kinda in a rut as far as my personal life. Then things started looking up [on all fronts]. For the past couple years I found that I was depressed on the matters of my dancing because I hadn't been dancing like I use to. And anyone who knows me in 'the meatspace' knows that it was a huge part of my life. I took a look at this battle from 2008 and remember when I first saw it -- I only knew one bboy in the clip. Surprisingly it wasn't Kleju [who's fairly well known now], but it was Chu Chu Rocket. For obvious reasons [gaming related] I glommed to that name/bboy because its not always easy to find someone interested in gaming AND dancing -- let alone someone who's name is one of your favorite games.

In this video you see four youthful guys dancing, hungry for a win. The funny thing is whenever I bring this battle up to my dancing buddies no one knows of this battle. Turns out a battle at this very jam overshadowed the final.

After the break, the battle that overshadowed the finals

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Bboy Battle: Falling With Style 4 Final - The Warriorz vs. The Squadron

Part 1 [for a good time fast forward to 8:00]

THE SQUADRON(left)
Kid David
Kevo (Main Ingreediants Crew)
Roxrite (Renegades Crew)
Keebs (Unique Styles Crew)
SquiD (Unique Styles Crew)
Namek (Unique Styles Crew)

THE WARRIOZ(right)
Toyz  (4F/Lionz Of Zion)
Minnesota Joe (Power Rangers Crew)
Ynot
Dyzee (Motion Disorderz)
Alex (Motion Disorderz)
Los Boogie (Power Rangers Crew)
and China?

Part 2 after the jump...

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