teach you three basic hip hop moves. This video is a part of the hip hop dance

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combine the moves in a little mini routine so you know how to transition

between them. Let me show you the moves with the music first and then I'm gonna

break them down. Ok guys first move we're going to lift each knee two times

so I want you to start with the knees slightly bent shift the weight onto your

left leg right knee will go up two times up down up then we're going to shift

weight onto the right foot left is free to move we're going to lift it twice up

down let's try to do it for the full eight count starting with right knee

five six seven here we go one two three four right knee five six seven eight

remember you don't have straight legs you're not standing on the straight leg

is going to be hard to balance like you just saw, knees are slightly bent and

then you can stay on the same level up we're going to add a knee bend so we're

going to be dropping the body every single time the foot goes up so we have

a little bounce with it so if we are lifting right foot you're going to bend

the standing knee either standing like so left knee will go forward two times

you see how I just brought my body down on the same exact beat at the very same

same time as you're lifting right foot let's try it again five six seven eight

one two then shift weight onto your right leg left is free to move we're

going to be bending right knee left knee will be coming up two times

up down up notice what happens after I lift their knee and bend the right knee

I reset so I come back to straight position straight legs and I do it again

on the same side okay let's try it from the right side 1 2 switch 1 2 switch 1

so I'm counting the knees up 1 2 and again 1 2 1 2 1 2 and 1 so all right let

me face you will try it again, same tempo nice and slow

5 6 7 here we go 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 notice that I'm not lifting the knee all

the way up it's not 90 degree angle the knee just goes up a little bit, the foot

stays fairly near to the floor just because we'll be doing this much faster

and you won't be able to do huge moves and keep the rhythm at the same time ok

so this motion we'll add the arms every single time the knee comes up both arms

will be straightening down so your starting position will be arms bent

elbows loosely by your sides and give me loose fists and then every time you lift

the leg we're going to do the opposite action of the arms so it's going to look

something like this slow 1 2 and then other side same arms 1

2 1 2 1 so let me show you sideways 5 6 7 slow 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 and now we have

to connect it with our knee bent with our bounce so it's three different things at

the same time let's try very very slowly 5 6 7 here we go 1 2 1

two one two and one two. To make this movement look a little bit better and I

want you to bend the or round up the torso a little bit so we shouldn't be

very straight up so round up the shoulders very relaxed the upper body is

loose, you can even lean forward a little bit if you want this will look better

than this even if you're doing everything correctly but your torso is

super stiff well this is not the look we're going for

so give me a little slouch and this makes the movement look so much better

five six seven eight we have one two three four five six seven eight

all right moving on to the next one. In this next movement we're going to be

shifting on the heels and the toes so we're going to first get the feet in in

this position facing straight and then as you're turning the body to the right

you're going to end up with right foot being on the heel left foot being on the

toes come back keep the movement very very small it's a little bit of

balancing involved so be patient with it again five six seven we're gonna go one

two three four and then rest let try the same thing on the other side so now

we're going to switch everything. Before it was right heel when we're turning to

the right so now since we're turning to the left the foot will get onto the left

heel and right toes. One foot is always on the top one foot is always on the

heel so this will help you remember the movement let's try it with the turn to

the left left foot will be on the heel right foot will be on the toe and you

want to try and do it at the same time don't do what I just did not this but

boom one motion add a little bit of energy turn the body to face the corner

Let's try it. again side middle, side middle, side middle

and turn middle. what else you have to remember here is that you don't to lift

the heel and the toe really far it's not about how high you can get them off the

floor it's actually the smaller the lift the better

as long as it's visible a little bit we're going to now try and mix the sides

to keep it a little bit easier we'll stick to two repetitions on each side so

starting to the right we have one two then we're going to switch to the other

side. and again one two and switch one two notice that every single

time afterwards you want to come back to the middle position and try to keep the

feet close to each other don't let them separate too much because it will be

harder to pivot we're not going to add anything of the torso and the arms the

torso will twist naturally because this is where your feet are taking it so

we're not going to do anything extra there and for the arms maybe just keep

them slightly bent by your sides just to you know make them look a little bit

better just to have more balance 5 6 7 8 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 ok moving on for this next movement we're going to jump a little

bit to the back so right foot you're going to take it back put the weight

onto the right foot left toes will pop off the floor then you're going to shift

weight onto the left foot again and bounce back one more time so we're going

to start with right foot going to the back we shift weight lifting the front

toes come back and do that again I'll show you from the side if we got rid of

the jump right it's just going to be steps and shifting weight so you can

start off right here: step lift the front toes of the left foot put the toes down

lift the right heel and then come back into the same

position, feet together at the end I'll do it again five six seven here we go

back front back together once you have that we'll switch sides so left foot

we're going to step back right toes will come off the floor back front back

together that's right on the same side left foot back one two three together

now adding the jump we'll go back to the right foot we're gonna go back front

back switch and then same thing with the left foot back front back switch five

six seven slow back front back switch back front back switch back front back

switch back front back switch the rhythm I want you to try the movement with is

this one and two together three four five and six together seven eight so

we're going faster in the beginning and then we pause in the middle for two beats

Let's try it: five six seven eight one and two together three four five and six seven

eight just so we're not standing there still we're going to do a little bounce

in the middle between the sides five six seven eight one and two three four five

and six seven eight again one and two three four five and six seven eight. Let

me put the moves together in a small routine so you can follow along and you

can do some transitions five six seven eight one two three four five six seven

eight back front back bounce bounce back front

back bounce bounce on the bouncing part of

course you're bending the knees, you can give me something with the arms whatever

you want it can be a bend, it can be cross open, it can be a roll anything

you're feeling, your own arm one two three four five six seven eight one and

two bounce three four five and six seven eight six seven one two three four five

six seven eight one and two three four five and six seven eight. All right you

guys that is it for today thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in

the next one bye