just thought id drop you guys the tabel of content and the introduction of the book from myself so peeps can get an understanding of what to look forward to
next month (despite that most thought it was a hoax lol)
CHAPTERS
PART-1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRO
INTRODUCTION BY JOE SHCLOSS
A MESSAGE FROM ALIEN NESS
UNDERSTANDING JUDGED BATTLES
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED
PROPER BATTLE ETIQUETTE
5 ELEMENTS OF A BATTLE STYLE
10 BATTLE COMMANDMENTS
PART-2
PREPARING FOR THE BATTLE
THE BATTLE
COUNTER STRIKES
STEALING ROUNDS
PART-3
SYSTEM OF THOUGHT
UNDERSTANDING ENERGY
STEALING ENERGY
GIVING ENERGY
UNDERSTANDING GESTURES
UNDERSTANDING BURNERS
THE ART OF TRASH TALK
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
LOOK YOUR BEST
PART-4
LIKE ZEN FOR BBOYS
OUTRO
PAGE 3
A MESSAGE FROM ALIEN NESS...
I HAVE BEEN JUDGING BATTLES SINCE 1998, BUT HAVE BEEN A STUDENT
OF THIS DANCE SINCE 1982. I STARTED MENTALLY PREPARING TO WRITE
THIS BOOK, IN MARCH OF 2006
MANY TIMES I BELIEVED THIS BOOK TO BE FINISHED, BUT I WOULD FIND
ACCEPTION TO RULES, AND FLAWS WITH SOME OF MY THEORIES, WITH
EVERY BATTLE I JUDGED, AND HAD TO DELETE NOTES.
WITH THAT SAID, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MANUAL, AS MANY
WILL CALL IT, IS A COLLECTION OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVERY SINGLE
BATTLE I HAVE EVER EITHER WITNESSED, OR TOOK PART OF, IN MY LIFE.
THAT'S 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT THE TIME OF THESE WRITINGS
ITS NOT COMING FROM A BRONXSTYLE, OR AN ALIEN NESS PERSPECTIVE.
ITS COMING FROM EXPERIENCE OF MANY BREAKERS WORLDWIDE. YOU
WHO ARE READING THIS BOOK AT THE MOMENT, COULD'VE CONTRIBUTED
TO THIS BOOK.
I FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO STRESS ONE MORE FACT BEFORE YOU
READ ANYTHING THAT I WROTE IN THESE NOTES. I MADE IT A POINT NOT
TO SEPARATE THINGS I WROTE INTO CHAPTERS. NEITHER DID I CHOOSE
TO NUMBER THE PAGES. THE CHAPTER LISTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
BOOK IS SIMPLY TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THAT IS WITHIN
THESE PAGES
THE REASON BEING IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT NO PART OF THESE WRITINGS
ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE BOOK.
ANYTHING YOU MIGHT READ ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, IS JUST AS IMPORTANT
AS WHAT YOUR GOING TO READ IN THE PAGE AFTER THIS ONE.
READING THIS BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN
TAKE IT, WILL ONLY MAKE THE INFORMATION SECOND NATURE. IF YOU
CAN AGREE WITH WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THESE PAGES, THEN CONSIDER THIS
YOUR BBOY BIBLE AND PREPARE TO WIN MORE BATTLES THAN YOU CAN
IMAGINE.
CHAPTERS
PART-1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRO
INTRODUCTION BY JOE SHCLOSS
A MESSAGE FROM ALIEN NESS
UNDERSTANDING JUDGED BATTLES
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED
PROPER BATTLE ETIQUETTE
5 ELEMENTS OF A BATTLE STYLE
10 BATTLE COMMANDMENTS
PART-2
PREPARING FOR THE BATTLE
THE BATTLE
COUNTER STRIKES
STEALING ROUNDS
PART-3
SYSTEM OF THOUGHT
UNDERSTANDING ENERGY
STEALING ENERGY
GIVING ENERGY
UNDERSTANDING GESTURES
UNDERSTANDING BURNERS
THE ART OF TRASH TALK
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
LOOK YOUR BEST
PART-4
LIKE ZEN FOR BBOYS
OUTRO
PAGE 3
A MESSAGE FROM ALIEN NESS...
I HAVE BEEN JUDGING BATTLES SINCE 1998, BUT HAVE BEEN A STUDENT
OF THIS DANCE SINCE 1982. I STARTED MENTALLY PREPARING TO WRITE
THIS BOOK, IN MARCH OF 2006
MANY TIMES I BELIEVED THIS BOOK TO BE FINISHED, BUT I WOULD FIND
ACCEPTION TO RULES, AND FLAWS WITH SOME OF MY THEORIES, WITH
EVERY BATTLE I JUDGED, AND HAD TO DELETE NOTES.
WITH THAT SAID, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MANUAL, AS MANY
WILL CALL IT, IS A COLLECTION OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVERY SINGLE
BATTLE I HAVE EVER EITHER WITNESSED, OR TOOK PART OF, IN MY LIFE.
THAT'S 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT THE TIME OF THESE WRITINGS
ITS NOT COMING FROM A BRONXSTYLE, OR AN ALIEN NESS PERSPECTIVE.
ITS COMING FROM EXPERIENCE OF MANY BREAKERS WORLDWIDE. YOU
WHO ARE READING THIS BOOK AT THE MOMENT, COULD'VE CONTRIBUTED
TO THIS BOOK.
I FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO STRESS ONE MORE FACT BEFORE YOU
READ ANYTHING THAT I WROTE IN THESE NOTES. I MADE IT A POINT NOT
TO SEPARATE THINGS I WROTE INTO CHAPTERS. NEITHER DID I CHOOSE
TO NUMBER THE PAGES. THE CHAPTER LISTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
BOOK IS SIMPLY TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THAT IS WITHIN
THESE PAGES
THE REASON BEING IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT NO PART OF THESE WRITINGS
ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE BOOK.
ANYTHING YOU MIGHT READ ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, IS JUST AS IMPORTANT
AS WHAT YOUR GOING TO READ IN THE PAGE AFTER THIS ONE.
READING THIS BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN
TAKE IT, WILL ONLY MAKE THE INFORMATION SECOND NATURE. IF YOU
CAN AGREE WITH WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THESE PAGES, THEN CONSIDER THIS
YOUR BBOY BIBLE AND PREPARE TO WIN MORE BATTLES THAN YOU CAN
IMAGINE.
