How to act in a cypher

The whole cypher concept was a common sense back in the days because there was no real competitions, so people had to cypher to show people their style and share their artform.

This changed with the time. With the organisation of more and more competitions What we’ve seen during the time is that people were more warming up, stretching in the venue and keep themselves for the battles.

Some now just dance when the speaker ask them to dance. Only when they have to battle in the competition.

All those facts made natural raw cypher disseaper with time (and for me, turning our art into a sport format).

That’s one of the reason i did circlekingz…TO BRING BACK THE CIRCLES and that essence from back in the days

That’s also why i changed the qualification systhem into the cypher qualifications. A system where people have to break in the circles to get qualified for the next rounds instead of waiting their turn and do their qualification run...

I THAUGHT I WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST MAN IF I SUCCED…but i wasn’t and i’m still not !!!

Some years ago the trend to dance in the cyphers came back so i was allmost happy but I forgot one thing…

Even with the best qualification system…i can be unhappy because A LOT of bboys don’t know how to act in a Cypher. For me it was like Communism….a rea good idea…but people were fucking it up

To pupose of this dance is to impress your opponent and the other bboys and the judges

People don’t judge only your dance at the jam but also your behaviour, your character, the way you dress and of course the way you cypher

Here is some advices and things not to do in a cypher :

- If somebody is dancing, let him finnish

- If you are 2 to jump in a cypher, don’t humiliate yourself trying to uprock him or touch him or whatever…step back, let him dance and take the next turn

- QUALITY over QUANTITY. You’re gonna humiliate yourself if your repeat a hundred times the same moves or if you Spamm the circles doing the same shit over and over. Show you at your best, go from time to time when your energy level is up again and then watch the others.

- Some people nowadays think that they have to look tuff so they act the angry guy and do the mugsy. Don’t forget it’s a funk dance, IT'S ALLOWED TO HAVE FUN and you don't need necessarly to battle. And even if you battle, you can humiliate your opponent with the smile (for exemple, watch ATA battling somebody).

- When you arrive in a cypher..ALWAYS check what’s going on, check the wibe of the cypher. And if it's for exemple a toprock or a footwork cypher, don t jump in and do a power combo. If there is a battle don't enter the circles till the battle iso ver.

- If you battle somebody…make it clear and loud. Don’t do the sneak battle were your opponent doesn’t even know you’re battling him.

Hope it makes echo for some that didn't really get it ...and for all the rest, keep it fonky like a spaguethi!