Sunday 14 August 2011

On the subject of Biting.

I was reading through some of the threads on http://www.thebboyspot.com/ and the subject of biting had come up after seeing a video of some guy ripping off a well know bboys moves (if your not already a member of that site I suggest you go sign up now they recieve alot of footage that are not posted on other similar forums).

Biting - to copy/imitate/use someone elses moves and style. When you create something original, you have a huge sense of pride in that movement or technique, and for someone to take your move and claim it at the own is the highest form of dissrespect in my opinion.

The following post is from Bboy Freeze, Ghost crew, Sweden (very well respected) in response to some guy trying to justify biting.

"Really?
I went into this culture with open eyes. I built of the crews who reached out of NYC in the early 80´s. I was def a biter at that time. But thru cyphers i learned to find myself in this dance and to be creative. The saying that everything has been done before is not all out true in my opinion. Shure the foundation is there. But what you do with it is the key.
Creativity is important in any art form.
The day i cant come up with something new n fresh is the day i will stop.
Clones are the worst type of biters there is. Cause they feed of originality. Its not just moves a clone take, its even personality.

Sure this kid is a clone, but he got potential. He just needs to find himself.

I hear people all the time complaining about clones and biters at jams. But nobody is putting them on a blast. Why ? This i think is a big difference between the past and present. I think its because of the competitions. The leave no room for the social aspects of our culture. By social aspects i mean schooling or savage schooling. We need it. Its our ritual and way of learning and sharing. Call and response.
PZ
FreezeRocSki

Grand
Hosts
Of
Street
Tactics"

dope knowledge, biters should be pointed out not tolerated, stay fresh.

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