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[English]

Everywhere I travel to in the world, I see the same issue: the old generation is

not truly feeling what's going down so they're left out from the scene and the

new generation has no connection to the old school and can't relate to whatever

is going down with them. How can we expect some lineage in the scene and

tradition to be passed on if that connection, if there's no synergy

whatsoever? We're gonna address this one today at the Knowledge Drop.

Yeah, welcome to the Knowledge Drop this is Focus of the Flow Mo Crew and bboydojo.com

and Saiffa Studio. I've traveled the world with the dance to over 50

countries and I end up seeing the same trouble, same problems all over the world

with all of the people. Everybody think it's their own problems and that's

troubles that only they face but yet again and again the same

troubles arise every single trip. Most common problems I see all around the

world deal with injuries of all different generation, deal with

timetables, hip hop time never sticks to the schedule, how can we make that happen?

Deals with funding: we get no sponsors and no support from the government

whatsoever all around the world the same problem, deals with respect, b-boys and

b-girls don't get the respect they feel they deserve, and the last one deals

with generation, the gap between the generations from the old to the new and

everything in between. I believe the last one, the generation gap between the old

and the new, if we fix this one that's gonna solve a lot of the other problems

as well and it might lead to a lot of great things

inspired by Tyquan's show Bridging the Gap today we rock this one at the

Knowledge Drop. I'vs seen the same thing from Australia to Los Angeles to

Helsinki Finland everywhere in the world it's popping up. The new generation feels

that the old-school heads are hard to approach, they're sometimes cocky and and

stubborn, stuck on their ways and they never give props to the new school. On

the other side the old school can't relate to what's going on in the scene today, it's

too different, it's changed a lot, they feel like the new breakbeats are trash

they got no groove and no funk especially trap music is garbage and in general

they don't feel appreciated by the next generation when it comes to their

contribution, they don't feel they get respected for what they've built in the

past. The new friendly scene is all smiles in the face

and talking shit behind the back. Back in the days if you steal somebody's moves

you would get called out and maybe even beat up, when now it's all about likes

and followers but before it was all about respect. I'm there in the middle of

the generations as a 90s b-boy. I learn from the old and my aesthetics and

vision of breakin is more on the old side but I do build with the current

generation, new generation, the kids and the youth on a weekly and a daily

basis by dropping knowledge but also getting inspired by them. A huge changes

in the scene happened after I got into it. Breakin becoming so competition

oriented and the lifespan of things shortening like crazy. So what would we

we benefit from fixing the generation gap? What is there for the scene if we

combine the old and the new in a new way? Well first of all the new generation is

missing a vast amount of experience and knowledge if they're not connecting

with the old. They go through the same struggles generation after generation

reinventing the wheel, going through the same injuries and facing the same

battles as the generation before them did and without the life experience of

the older generation there's no lineage there's no tradition of the culture

you can always imitate what happened in the past but that's never gonna be the

same just gonna end up be a being a copy compared to if you learn directly from

the old. And the history gets disappeared if we don't fix the generation gap

breaking history is still verbal, still spoken stories and it gets passed on

from person to a person, if you don't connect you're never gonna learn what

truly happened, you're not gonna learn the truth unless you

connect with the older generation. Even today, not to mention the generation that

comes after 10 or 20 years, how many of them are gonna know about Spy or the

Twins or Trac2 or even K Won? For the older generation not excepting the youth

not accepting what's going down in the scene today it's also big troubles. Not

appreciating the next generation creates so much bitterness is not even funny.

Passing on, educating the young ones is also passing on responsibility. The older

generation is the only one who have the power to pass the torch to the next

generation and if they don't do it, then the next generation

is going to do it their ways, so it's a question of choice as well if the values

of the past and the history remains alive or not. And if chosen not to support

the next generation, the old generation gets left alone. There's so much that the

younger generation has to offer and they are the future of our scene as well, so

might as well do what we can in order to keep that future bright. "Hating on young

brothers, one foot in a grave, they used to love us until we found our own way

through the maze," rapped Nas in the "Let there be light" song and that pretty

much sums it up when it comes to this topic. So how do we fix this then?

Here's the top three ways from bboydojo.com. Number one is openness: don't judge

anybody based on pre assumptions experience yourself first

whatever the case don't forget that we all got into this for the same reasons

everybody just fell in love with breaking and that's it, no matter the

generation so stay open to dialogue young old or new. Number two is

perspective. If you approach people from your

perspective and your perspective only you can never truly understand others

the younger generation can never truly understand the struggle and the

sacrifice that it took for the older generation to get to where they at

today and maybe that might be the reason why they act the way they do today. If

you don't share your stories, they will never understand what it's all about. The

older generation can never understand what's going down with the new

generation or what's going down at the scene today if you just look through the

old lenses and don't understand that things changed. The only thing certain in

life is change, so try to understand the perspective of the other side as well

not just yours. And the third step is action: for the older generation take

somebody under your wing and selflessly teach them everything that you know

that's the way you carry on tradition and make sure that the future is bright

one student at a time you can complain that the scene is wack if

you do nothing about it. Now for the new generation ask questions

pay respect to the old school because without them there wouldn't be no scene

for you guys to enjoy. Stay open to learn and crush your ego and that's the way

that you get better. Pick up the phone and start making moves and that's it for

today's Knowledge Drop. Next up head out to bboydojo.com/prelims

and check out my free course. This is Focus signing out

Flow Mo Crew, bboydojo.com, Saiffa Sudio, catch you on the next one peace!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
generation /ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ B2	noun - all of the people born and living at about the same time
tradition /trəˈdɪʃ.ən/ B1	noun - customs, beliefs, or practices passed down through generations
respect /rɪˈspekt/ B1	noun - a feeling of admiration toward someone or something verb - to show consideration and honor toward someone
knowledge /ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/ B2	noun - information, understanding, or skills acquired through experience or education
connection /kəˈnek.ʃən/ B2	noun - a link or relationship between people or things
gap /ɡæp/ B1	noun - a space or difference between two things
struggle /ˈstrʌɡ.əl/ B2	noun - a difficult effort or fight to achieve something verb - to fight or strive hard against difficulties
experience /ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/ B2	noun - practical knowledge gained from doing or living through something verb - to undergo or feel something personally
culture /ˈkʌl.tʃər/ B2	noun - the customs, arts, social institutions and achievements of a particular group
synergy /ˈsɪn.ə.dʒi/ C1	noun - the combined effect that is greater than the sum of individual effects
scene /siːn/ B2	noun - a particular environment or community, especially in the arts or music
injury /ˈɪn.dʒər.i/ B1	noun - physical harm or damage to the body
support /səˈpɔːt/ B1	noun - help or encouragement provided to someone verb - to give assistance or encouragement
funding /ˈfʌn.dɪŋ/ C1	noun - money provided, especially by an organization or government, for a particular purpose
perspective /pɜːˈspɛk.tɪv/ B2	noun - a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something
action /ˈæk.ʃən/ B1	noun - the process of doing something, typically to achieve a result
teach /tiːtʃ/ B1	verb - to give instruction or education to someone
learn /lɜːn/ A2	verb - to acquire knowledge or skill through study or experience