teach you three basic hip hop moves. This video starts our hip hop dance series so

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moves in a little routine so you know how to transition between them so stay

tuned. Let me show you the moves with the music first and then I'm going to break

them down

alright guys so for this first move we're going to bend the knees on every

beat so give me a little bounce and very small knee bend and you're just going forward

with the knees and then straighten the legs. You don't have to straighten them

all the way because you don't want to make the movement look stiff but just

very softly on every single beat we're going to go forward forward forward

forward okay I'll show you also from the side

this is how big the knee bend should be very very little you're just bouncing a

little bit you're just showing the rhythm with the knees and the knees go

back and forth it's very repetitive we're going to go forward forward

forward forward. Once you get into that groove we're going to add the arms so

bend one arm at a time doesn't matter which one, you're going to go with the

arms one two one two one two one two feel free to snap if you want to or just

keep the hands loose - loose fists okay so no creepy fingers going on. After we have

the knee bent one two one two twist on one two one two and you can just mirror

me one two one two one two notice that I stay twisted to one side for two knee

bends so I wait here for two knee bends then I switch the side one two one two

without a twist this movement will look a little bit stiff so it will look

something like this even if you add the arms it will still not be what we need

it to be so that's why the twist the upper body is very important - it just

adds a little bit of groove to your movements okay let's try it again and

and we have side and side and side

let's twist to your right and left and right and left good few more times one

two one two one two one two once you have that at the arm one so and it

doesn't matter which arm you're bending okay just a little bend, snap if you need

to one two one two one two one two and this is a first very very basic movement

perfect for the crowded dance floor you can do it literally to any song. For this

next move we're going to add a little bit of a heel shift it's still a similar

movement, still stationary... Alright guys so we're getting on the heels feel the

weight going into the heel and we're just going to lift the toes and place

them diagonally so you drop them when your body is facing the corner. Let's

try that again. We're gonna go one mm-hmm try to do it with knees slightly

bent avoid doing this with straight legs this will make you look super stiff okay

so we're going to have a slight knee bent and on one we're going to shift to

the side. We have: one, at the same time on one when the toes are landing you're

going to do the first event so it will look something like this one and then

we'll add the second one so just so there's a little bit of bouncing

involved with this movement it's a little bit looser okay let's try it

again one shift, two knee bends. We have one two from here we're going to go

straight to the other side so we're not stepping the middle we want to shift all

the way the other way and and again lifting the toes turning the body to the

other side diagonal. We have one so let's try it again going to the right get on

those heels one two shift one two one two shift one

so notice that the moment the toes are touching the floor I'm starting my first

knee bend. if you wait for too long you're going to lose the beat so let's try that

right away 5 6 7 8 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 notice that

the angle is small I'm not turning all the way from one side to the other just

keep it very little 20-30 degrees let's try it from the center from the beginning

5 6 7 here we go 1 2 shift 1 2 1 2 shift 1 2 from one side to the other

now notice that I'm not lifting the toes all the way up I'm not putting too much

weight onto the heel because then it will make me trip backwards so the toes

lift just a little bit if it's an inch of the floor that's fine, we just need to

get them over the floor so we can twist so we can pivot on the heels once you

have it you can add the arms I'll show you two options option 1 for balance you

can keep the arms slightly bent by your sides and they don't have to do anything

specific maybe you can just snap one two one two and I'm snapping on count two

which is the snare one two one two alright or option two: we're going to do

the arm bend so just like with the previous movement we'll bend one arm and

then the other I suggest doing the opposite arm it will help you with

balance a little bit - so opposite to the direction that you're going in. If you're

shifting to the right you're going to bend left arm. Let's try 5 6 7 8 1 2 switch

1 2 1 2 switch 1 2 1 2 switch 1 2 and 1 2 1 2 last movement we're going to do

today it's also stationary so it doesn't require much room but this time we're

going to lift the foot and we're going to do a little kick step, each foot will

be going forward 2 times and we'll start with the right leg. You're going to go

kick put it down in the middle kick again very small kick it's going to be pretty

energetic and you want to keep the foot close to the floor so don't give me this

right very small movement the weight will be shifted onto your left leg right

foot kicks two times kick put a down kick stop in the middle, shift weight

onto the right leg left is free to move, you're kicking two times kick put it down

on the toes kick again let's try it one more time we're going

with the right foot first you're gonna go kick toes kick down kick

toes kick down kick toes kick down and kick toes kick down, good

so we're putting the foot down on the toes just to have a little break right

so we're going after the first kick pause for a split second it will be very

quick but it will help you with balance we don't want to do a kick in the air

two times without having that little break in between

so kick toes kick put it down kick toes kick put it down let's do it again

kick toes okay put it down kick toes kick and down

alright once you have that this is the next part this is what makes the

movement happen - we're going to add a little torso forward action. What happens

here torso is a little bit more difficult than footwork so bear with me

we're going to just lean forward or slouch even you can say from the middle

spine okay so you're just dropping the torso forward come up drop again come up

this movement looks pretty weird on its own but it's okay we'll connect it with the

kick step very very soon... alright so now every single time you're

kicking the torso we'll be going forward let's try it

right foot starts we have forward forward switch forward and forward

switch forward and forward switch forward and forward 6 7 8 1 2 1 2 1 2 1

2 loose torso, very small movements very small kick and again 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

okay guys last thing that's missing is arms they shouldn't be just hanging

there so we're going to add the same movement you already know a little bit

of an arm band and we're going to stick to the opposite side so if right foot

goes forward you're going to bend left arm the way I'd do it is bending on

one letting it down on two just so it has a nice flow to it so let me show you

first how this would look. We have one two one two one two one two a lot of

things are happening here there's a lot going on we're moving the feet because

we're kicking we're moving the torso forward and on top of that we're moving

the arms in two separate motions so it might be a little bit tough. If it's

difficult if you're just starting out start with the arm bent forget about the

second movement it will look something like this 1 2 1 so you can just keep the

arm there for 2 kicks 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 and if you can add that little throw on

the second kick 1 2 1 so nice and simple groove movement ok guys let me put the

movements together in a little routine so you know how to use them, you know how

to transition from one to the other and you can already use the moves on the

dance floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 one two three four five six seven eight

let's let me show you again five six seven eight one two three shift on heels

five six seven kick one two three four five six seven eight

what's happening here we're going to start in place for the first four counts

we have one two three four after that you're going to shift on the heels to

your right bend the knees and the opposite arm five

six seven eight the try that again five six seven eight

one two three shift five six seven eight one more time first eight count five six

seven eight one two three four five six seven eight from here you have to center

the body and we're going to start right foot kicking you're going to go one two

three four five six seven eight and if this is easy for you at the arm

either one of the options either the bend and hold or bend drop bend drop

this is the second eight count we'll try it from the second eight count 5 6 7 8 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 this is option 1 for the arms and this is going to be option 2

second 8 count 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 let me show you with the music, let's try

together we have 5 6 7 8 1 three four five six seven eight one two

three four five six seven eight let me show you from the side five six seven

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

eight all right guys that's it for today thank you so much for watching and I'll

see you in the next one