1: DONT SLEEP! NO MATTER HOW MUCH BETTER YOU THINK YOU ARE THAN YOUR OPPONENT, YOU SHOULD EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE OUT THERE WAITING FOR YOU TO JUMP IN THE CYPHER AND THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE CAN BE THEIR BEST WEAPON. REMEMBER ANY GIVEN SUNDAY? SAME RULES APPLY TO THE DANCE. ANY GIVEN DANCER CAN TAKE OUT ANOTHER ON A GOOD DAY. 2: NEVER SHOW YOUR WHOLE ARSENAL! TOO MANY PEEPS SPEND A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME DANCING ALL NIGHT IN A CYPHER ONLY TO GET IN THE BATTLE LATER THAT EVENING AND DO THE EXACT SAME MOVES THEY WERE HITTING IN THE CYPHER. THIS LEAVES NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION, AND THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE HAS FIZZLED OUT BY THE TIME YOU DO USE THOSE BURNERS. (tip: Try separating your runs in 3, cypher moves, moves for the show, and burners for the battles.) 3:NEVER DO ANY MOVES THAT AREN'T MASTERED YET! THIS IS A BATTLE NOT PRACTICE! IF YOU MESS UP, LOOK SLOPPY OR SLOW AND AINT HITTING THE BEATS, ITS A 100% CHANCE YOU'RE LOSING THE ROUND. STICK TO YOUR MASTERED RUNS. 4:NEVER DO MULTIPLE RUNS! MANY PEEPS, ESPECIAlLY THE LADIES, ARE GUILTY OF THIS. ONE SHOULD NEVER GO DOWN, DO A RUN, AND GET UP JUST TO DO ANOTHER RUN. SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE, IN AND OUT!! YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THIS ESPECIALLY IF YOUR FIRST RUN GOT THE CROWD OPEN. SOMETIMES THE CROWD DOESNT MATTER IF YOU HAVE A GOOD JUDGE. THE REASON TO STAY AWAY FROM DOING THIS IS BECAUSE YOU WASTE A LOT OF ENERGY, AND BY THE TIME YOU FINISH YOUR SECOND HALF OF THE RUN YOU DONT LOOK AS SHARP AS THE FIRST TIME YOU WENT DOWN. (Exception to the rule: Do one long run, get up and do a quick, hard crowd pleasing burner!) 5: NEVER FOLLOW A MOVE WITH THE SAME MOVE! IVE SEEN TOO MANY PEEPS GO OUT AND TRY TO OUT DO A CERTAIN MOVE, WITH THE SAME MOVE THEIR OPPONENTS DID. THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME. FIND COUNTER MOVES TO EXECUTE AGAINST THOSE MOVES DONE TO YOU, LATER ON IN THE BATTLE YOU BRING BACK THOSE MOVES TO COUNTER A WEAKER RUN AND YOUR OPPONENT CAN DO IT AGAIN SINCE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED RUNNING THE MOVE! (Exception to the rule: Do this only if you are mocking your opponent and absolutely sure you're gonna blow their run out of the water!) 6: LESS TALK, MORE CONCENTRATION! ALOT OF PEEPS SPEND MORE TIME TALKING CRAP TO THEIR OPPONENT, AND NOT ENUFF TIME STRATAGIZING. THIS CAN TAKE A LOT OF WIND OUT OF YOU IF YOU ARE IN A ONE-ON-ONE BATTLE AND EVEN WORSE, IF YOU LOSE, NO ONE WILL REMEMBER YOUR GOOD MOVES, THEY WILL ONLY REMEMBER THE FACT THAT YOU TALKED ALOT OF CRAP! (Exception to the rule:: Some opponents can be talked out of their concentration if you do it tastefully and properly without wasting a lot of energy ) 7:STRATEGY WINS BATTLES, NOT MOVES! I HAVE WON A LOT OF BATTLES BUT NOT BECAUSE IM A GOOD BBOY, ITS BECAUSE IM A GOOD THINKER. ONE MUST LEARN TO STEP OUT OF THEMSELVES, ANALYZE THE SITUATION, AND MAKE THE PROPER DECISION ALL IN THE TIME YOUR OPPONENT GETS UP AND YOU COME IN. BUT TOO MUCH THINKING CAN RUIN YOU ALSO, AS MASTER BRUCE WOULD SAY, "DON'T THINK'…FEEL!" 8:IF IT'S A BATTLE LET IT BE KNOWN! SUBLIMINALS ARE WACK! THE CORNIEST THING I EVER SEEN WAS SOMEONE GO IN A CYPHER AFTER ANOTHER DANCER, AND CLAIM TO HAVE SMOKED HIM. TRUTH IS IF YOUR OPPONENT DOESN'T KNOW IT WAS A BATTLE THEN YOU AINT SMOKING NOTHING. KEEP IT REAL AND LET YOUR OPPONENT KNOW IT'S A BATTLE BY MAKING EYE CONTACT AND FREEZING RIGHT IN THEIR VIEW. 9: KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE! WHEN EVA YOU PRACTICE FOR COMPITITION, OR EVEN FOR SHOWS, ONE MUST LEARN TO KEEP ALL THEIR MOVES ANGULAR. WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY COME OUT TOPROCKING FACING YOUR OPPONENT OR THE CROWD, BUT TO HIT EVERY MOVE AND EVERY FREEZE, FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. YOU CAN GET BETTER AT THIS BY PICKING A POINT OF FOCUS WHEN YOU PRACTICE. A LAMP, A SPOT ON THE WAL, ANYTHING, THIS WILL PEPARE YOU FOR PROPER EXECUTION OF MOVES AND FREEZES. 10: ADMIT YOUR LOSES! THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD IS WHEN ONE CAN'T ADMIT TO LOSING A BATTLE. TRUTH IS IN A BATTLE ONE PERSON HAS TO LOSE AND IF ITS YOU, MAKE THE BEST OF IT. GO HOME, GET IN THE LAB, AND COME BACK STRONGER! WHEN I ASKED LIL LEP ABOUT HIS MOTIVATION FOR MASTERING THE PENCILS (ONE SHOT HEADSPINS), HE SAID THAT HE WAS ONCE IN A BATTLE AND HIS OPPONENT ROASTED HIM WITH A HEADSPIN. HE THEN ADMITED HIS LOSS AND WORKED ON HIS WEAK POINT, CAME BACK, AND ROASTED THE SAME PERSON WITH HIS OWN MOVES. ADMITTING YOUR LOSSES WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER, ADDS TO YOUR CHARACTER, AND GIVE'S YOU MOTIVATION.
1：不要睡觉！不管你认为你比你的敌人好多少，你都还是需要去尊重出乎意料的发生。人外有人，永远都会有比你更强的对手站在竞技场上等待你跳进来与他一决胜负，而惊喜永远都有可能是他最好的武器。记得每个休息日吗？好的舞手会利用那一天来磨练自己。 2.永远不要秀出你所有的本领！很多选手都很荒唐的利用大半个晚上跳舞，只是为了给自己晚一点的比赛的热身，而且再秀一遍自己刚刚热身所做的技巧。这样就没有把任何思考留给想象力了。然后当你要做一个有难度的动作的时候，就会失败。（提示：试着把你的跑分成3次，无技巧的动作，让场面热起来，然后让自己进入BATTLE的状态。） 3.永远不要做任何你不熟练的技巧性动作！这是一个BATTLE不是一个练习，如果你失败了，看来来慢了，看起来懒散了，看起来不想在跟点，是百分之百的机会你会输掉那一轮，跟着你已经熟悉的步子走。 4.永远不要做双次的风车！有很多人，特别是女士，很敏感要不要做一个风车，或者是做了一个风车，有站起来挑衅，然后在蹲下去做一个，有时候简单比较重要，进是出！当你用风车让场子扩张，你尽量避免双风车。人群有时候根本不在意你有没有一个好的评论。之所以要避免类似的情况是因为很消耗体力，然后当你完成你的第二个半的时候，你已经没有一开始的样子了，你的样子下降了。 5永远不要跟着一个动作做同样的动作！我看过很多人试着超越或做更大幅度的动作，根据对手所做的动作的人。这是一个浪费时间的办法。如果你学做对手的动作说不定还做不好，然后对手又根据那个动作在用一个更有力的技巧动作，那根本就是在互相抄袭动作！（技巧：当你想做互相抄袭的时候最好是在你准备嘲笑或愚弄对方的时候，然后你必须很有把握的给对方一个轰炸！） 6.少讲话，多集中精神！很多人利用大部分的时间跟自己的对手讲废话，然后没有多余的时间秀出自己的本领。这可以让你在一个1对1的比赛当中输得很惨，如果你输了没有人会记得你的好，大家只会记得你讲了很多废话！（尊重规则：有些对手很容易被激怒，然后失去集中力，然后你就可以有一场很精彩的比赛） 7.根据战略形式，而不是动作！我赢过很多比赛，并不是因为我是一个好的B-BOY而是因为我有一个好的思想。一个人必须学会旁观者清的道理，让自己学会从外面的角度看这场比赛，然后做正确的选择当你的对手在场中央做技巧动作的时候，但是太对思考也很容易毁掉你，就像 BRUCE老师说的“不要去想。。去感觉！” 8.如果是一个比赛，让他被知道！很多人进入场中央做了一大堆动作，可是对手却不知道你在做什么，然后你就等于什么也没做。当你进入场中央你要让你的对手知道你在示意与他来一场BATTLE，让他知道你不是在跟他闹着玩，一定要当真，要不然你像抽烟，没吸进烟草一样！永远吧BATTLE当真然后让你的对手也清楚的认识到这一点，你的对手会知道你要比赛从做眼睛的交流，还有做适当的动作。 9.永远让你的眼睛注意重点！不论你在练习，BATTLE，还是表演，一人永远需要记得自己的动作方向。我的意思是不要出来的时候TOP-ROCK是对这人群的，可是到技巧动作的时候已经不知道自己的方向了。你应该永远试着让自己的动作都朝着一个方向。你可以做得更好从你练习的时候永远在一个点上，比如面对墙壁，面对一台灯。一个墙上的点，这可以帮助你的所有动作。 10.学会接受自己的缺点！世界上最差劲的事情是你不肯承认自己输了一场BATTLE。事实是在一场BATTLE里面总会有人输，如果那个人是你，做最好的选择。回家，进你自己的实验室，然后变得更强大再出来！当我问LIL LEP是什么使他能打败 PENCILS（一次性头转）他说当他在一个比赛里的时候对方用了一个头转就把我打败了，后来我就自己回家研究练习自己的弱点然后当我再与那人比赛，我就赢了。承认你的失败会让你更加强大，加进你的习惯，然后会给你动力。
