Most people in the breaking scene didn’t want breaking in the Olympics specifically because it’s not a sport that can be judged, it’s the artistic expression of a subculture.
It’s an art, it’s self expression, it takes a lot of practice, skill and strength. It’s not a sport. Most breakers would agree with the above.
What you’re describing can also apply to skateboarding but skate competitions some as huge as X-Games and Street league have been around for decades and it’s here to stay in the Olympics thanks to the great showing in Tokyo, same with surfing and climbing. There is the non-competition do it for the art side that goes along with the competition side Break dancing have had competitions for decades but had a shit showing, if it is a competition it is a sport
No I def get not wanting breaking in the Olympics but saying it can’t be judged or that it isn’t a sport or that it doesn’t require physical and mental dedication to master is bullshit.
Yeah that’s my thing, breakdancing can be quantified in the same way as gymnastics or whatever the event is where they dance around with the ribbons and hula hoops. I enjoyed watching it tbh.
Breaking isn’t a sport. Literally no one in the breaking scene would consider it to be one and the vast majority of breakers didn’t want it in the Olympics because again, it’s the person self expression of a subculture.
It literally cannot be judged, it’s a movement. The way that it was judged in the Olympics pissed basically every breaker off because it discouraged multiple power moves.
You cannot judge counter culture self expression, that’s the entire point. It cannot be categorised or put into a box. The entire point.
I never said that it doesn’t take skill and physicality, in fact I specifically said that it does.
It’s always people who’ve no connection to the culture who insist stupid fecking things like this. It’s not a sport, it’s a subculture.
I know nothing about dressage, my knowledge is in breaking. I’d imagine dressage only exists in the Olympics as a hangover from when the Olympics was basically exclusively European aristocracy, aristocracy love their horses.
Fencing is a historical sport.
… so your defense of something being a sport is that it’s historically been a sport so obviously it is a sport? You do see how stupid that is right?
Most people in the breaking scene didn’t want breaking in the Olympics specifically because it’s not a sport that can be judged, it’s the artistic expression of a subculture.
It’s an art, it’s self expression, it takes a lot of practice, skill and strength. It’s not a sport. Most breakers would agree with the above.
Fencing is a combat sport.
What you’re describing can also apply to skateboarding but skate competitions some as huge as X-Games and Street league have been around for decades and it’s here to stay in the Olympics thanks to the great showing in Tokyo, same with surfing and climbing. There is the non-competition do it for the art side that goes along with the competition side Break dancing have had competitions for decades but had a shit showing, if it is a competition it is a sport
… gymnastics is an art too…
No I def get not wanting breaking in the Olympics but saying it can’t be judged or that it isn’t a sport or that it doesn’t require physical and mental dedication to master is bullshit.
Yeah that’s my thing, breakdancing can be quantified in the same way as gymnastics or whatever the event is where they dance around with the ribbons and hula hoops. I enjoyed watching it tbh.
Yes, but gymnastics is also a sport.
Breaking isn’t a sport. Literally no one in the breaking scene would consider it to be one and the vast majority of breakers didn’t want it in the Olympics because again, it’s the person self expression of a subculture.
It literally cannot be judged, it’s a movement. The way that it was judged in the Olympics pissed basically every breaker off because it discouraged multiple power moves.
You cannot judge counter culture self expression, that’s the entire point. It cannot be categorised or put into a box. The entire point.
I never said that it doesn’t take skill and physicality, in fact I specifically said that it does.
It’s always people who’ve no connection to the culture who insist stupid fecking things like this. It’s not a sport, it’s a subculture.
If dancing with ribbons and hoops can be an Olympic event (gymnastics), I don’t really get the why breaking is some completely different category.
It isn’t just gymnastics. Figure skating is an even better example of an art form which is also an Olympic sport.
You’re missing the point.
The entire point of breaking is that it’s a subculture, a counterculture at that.
Again, it’s like having vogueing at the Olympics, it completely nullifies the self expression and subculture element of it, which is the entire point.
The fact that it’s physically demanding and athletic is secondary.
It’s self expression. A subcultures self expression should not be judged and especially shouldn’t be graded.
Dressage is the same way and people in here go crazy over it. It’s like congrats you can sit on your horse while it walks to music.
I know nothing about dressage, my knowledge is in breaking. I’d imagine dressage only exists in the Olympics as a hangover from when the Olympics was basically exclusively European aristocracy, aristocracy love their horses.