Hi and welcome to another tutorial my
name is Monika Matys and today I'll
teach you three basic hip hop moves. This
video starts our hip hop dance series so
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video I'll show you how to combine the
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
