maydenchina

March 10, 2008

My have been about a year, they're goin well but the back pockets are starting to die...I should wash them too...might help my fading go a tad faster

March 9, 2008

nice i shoulda seen this last night while i was fuckedu po too

March 9, 2008

tits n weeeeed wattt

March 6, 2008

Hitting your legs and abs is super important. Your legs will give you the strongest hit, and abs help with chest hits/movements.

March 5, 2008

Ya, im known for my mean booty poppin....so watch out fool!

(of course, im on beat and get freaky...not like the dude who probably got weak recognition hahaha)

March 5, 2008

Yea, i post on bboy.org, mrwiggles.biz, and westcoastpoppin haha.

March 5, 2008

Damn...your friend got lucky. I love that song. It was good, but he seemed to fast and didnt hit to much. His speed made his technique look a little sloppyish and he needs more energy and expression.

Both of you kinda looked like you werent having fun. Part of performing is being able to have fun and show it to the audience. If they know your having fun, then they feel like they can have fun as well and enjoy it.

Overall, he had good concepts, but execution and technique needs to get better, your not letting the audience/judges really see what your doing to the fullest

March 5, 2008

yea, it wasnt too bad, but maybe play around with the beat and stuff a lil more. Its not like your bad, its just you need more experience dancing in front of crowds and stuff I think. Just keep doin it and doin it and ull be fine

March 5, 2008

Thats not to bad of a song, i actually like practicing to random gay top 40 shit and really freakin the beat.

It wasn't to bad, you need some more explosive movements, and CONFIDENCE!!

Oh yea! You can dance in that kinda clothing? Its like sooooooo hard for me to dance in my skulls or faltheads....way to tight. So when I go to school or just go out to chill, I like never dance because my clothes bother and hinder me....but then when I go to events, I feel stupid wearing baggier jeans and like hypebeastish shirts...blah

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To cheer you up, heres how i used to dance!

March 4, 2008

Really?

Ive always had good experiences with every kinda dancer, except krumpers...but ive never met them. I actually get annoyed at bboys sometimes...some of them dont have a very broad and accepting view of other dances....

Then again, I'm in cali, so theres a lot of poppers and everyone usually looks out for each other, i dunno how it is in other states.

March 4, 2008

Haha yea, originality was huge when they came up. Koreans had Nam hyun joon and i guess he led the way for everyone else.

I wanna go to juste debout next year, not to battle, just to be there since my sister might move out there. Its so dope..and you get to meet so many international heads. Thats why I loved goin to summit and HTWWW.

So does anyone else battle here, or what??

March 4, 2008

WHATTTTT

JUSTE DEBOUT RESULTSSS

pretty crazy

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i heard that Poppin DS was so good at day 1 (preliminaries) but.. Poppin John + Randomrock were out at preliminaries too/

1/8 - Jr Boogaloo + Walid won KMoon + JJ

1/8 - Poppin J + Crazy Kyo won Iron Mike+Linda

1/8 - Richard + Franqey won Kallse + his partner

1/8 - Djidawi + Pepito won chechz poppers

1/8 - Gucchon + Kei won unknown poppers

1/4 - Franqey+Richard won Djidawi+Pepito

1/4 - Jr Boogaloo + Walid won Kidboogie+Yuzuru

1/4 - Salah + Acky won Poppin J + Crazy Kyo

1/4 - Gucchon + Kei won Kris + Swan

1/2 - Salah + Acky won Jr.Boogaloo + Walid

1/2 - Gucchon+Kei won Richard + Franqey

FINAL: Gucchon+Kei won Salah + Acky

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Insane...i hope they remember the rest of the quarter final battles.

And I dunno why poppin john and random even went....not even close to the skill level they need to be at

March 3, 2008

Yea, I wasn't sure if there were poppers either, but I saw the bboy thread and decided to test the waters. LIa vs hojin, and actually any battle with hojin in it is pretty entertaining.

I have noticed the same thing as you though indesertum, but I think this is because only recently has Korea stepped it up with ppl like kmoon, poppin j, ds and some others. Before, it was just like popkun and kin and some other guys, at least they were all I really knew about.

I cant wait to find out about Juste Debout though....I wanna see JJ and Kmoon in the final vs Kidboogie and yuzuru hahahaha

or maybe acky and salah vs walid and Jr. boog.. thatd be nice too

March 2, 2008

Hmm..

I think I do decent in battles, but I still need to work on stuff myself, but anyhow, the most important thing to remember is that your dancing. It might seem dumb and obvious, but really, some people forget and think to much about battling and winning.

Really try to find a feel to the music, and do what you do and enjoy it. If you can have fun while battling, it just doesnt make sense to do it.

Some other things to do are: Keep your head up (don't stare at your opponent, but its always good to maybe look at him right at the the climax of a beat or something. Keeping your head up is a sign of confidence and knowing what you are doin)

Move around the dance floor (IF you can glide, work it in, but dont just stop, glide somewhere, and start dancing. Its important to keep your flow and maintain the beat that you had earlier. Other good ways to get around are misdirections, like stepping one way, but then then ending up going the other way (IE: walkouts and other footwork. Small hops and other things work as well, so just play around with movements to you find what you like))

You'll probably be fine, but you really feel it when your battling since theres pressure from the judges and to please the crowd. Just keep a level head and do your thang!

(post up some footage too man! i wanna see how other people get down!)

March 1, 2008

Oh yea, did you guys hear about the Juste debout 08 line ups? Its so insane...

JJ + kmoon are gonna be doooooope....I already saw part of their routines...pretty sick

Heres the others:

SALAH + ACKY

RICHARD + FRANQEY

IRON MIKE + LINDA

POPPIN JOHN + MR.RANDOMROCK

KIDBOOGIE + YUZURU

GUCCHON + KEI

TOSHI + OBA (??)

YASSINE + PHILBOOG

PEPITO + DJIDAWI

DEYDEY + CATHY

March 1, 2008

Bionic is my homiiiieee.

By studio, i just looked up some dance studios in the area and tried to see if there was popping being taught. I found a place, and bionic taught there, but he stopped. I still checked it out and learned from suga pop's ex, and then met bionic at a competition he was judging and got to know him and start practicin.

I hate choreo...the only thing i call hip-hop is what you see elite force doing, ppl like stretch and link are real hip-hop dancers.

After you meet a few ppl, you get more connections and stuff, and then you start setting up sessions and practice spots.

go check out westcoastpoppin.com or mrwiggles.biz, im sure you can find ppl by you

February 29, 2008

I started learning just by watching videos online and downloading them from soulseek. I then found a studio by me, and then started goin to jams and meeting people. If you live in cali, or new york, its pretty easy to find people to dance with.

February 29, 2008

haha thanks, I've had a loooooot of practice and training.

I went down to LA twice(this year), both for Jsmooths jams, if you know who he is. I know a lot of the poppers in LA so i head down there all the time. I lost to pacman in a battle.....but it was clear to almost everyone there that I won, he even admitted it.

I'll put up new footage of myself once i get it, and ill add some more vids.

And everyone should feel free to add any vids they like if they want

February 29, 2008

Nice nice, where's Torrance? In norcal or socal? I practice a lot with ppl aroudn the Bay and LA, but I live in San Luis Obispo right now cuz I go to cal poly.

About footage, its the same with me. I've been dancing about 3 years now, but I only have videos from last winter.

Its not amazing, but heres some oldies:

MaydenChina(me) vs Slim Boogie: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7hotgBjcY

Maydenchina vs Dfunk: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tKenrkRKsD4

Me vs Mega Mike: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8vp3e0hbkRE

I have some random pictures of me on WestCoastPoppin.com as well, but nothing nice enough to comment.

February 29, 2008

Noooo

I love locking, but I didn't have enough time to go through and remember all the videos I liked.

But yes, good house dancing is not well-known usually hahaha

February 29, 2008

Well, I saw the thread about bboy culture, and I was wonderin why no one started a topic about this either...

I'm from cali, and I'm sure a large amount of posters are from here as well. Anyone who gets into bboying or dancing in general is bound to come across these dances, so here are some videos that I really enjoy.

(I can't figure out to embed...so if anyone could help thatd be great!)

Poppin Pete(Electric Boogaloos) and Link(Elite Force)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2eFCej8xaOI

Salah vs K-moon (Uk BBoy champs 07)

--One of my favorite vids...After watching the high quality dvd, Kmoon should have had it easily.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lgs06NUoI

Link(Elite Force)

--Another dope solo from Link in Taiwan

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ghoDrTVkrQ8

Brooklyn Terry and Big Leaf (Elite Force)

--SOOOO DOOOOPEEE

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlb2NZG0pRI&feature=related