hi and welcome to another tutorial my
name is Monika Matys and today I will
teach you three simple hip-hop moves.
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this video I'm going to show you how to
combine the moves in a little routine so
you know how to transition between them
let me show you the moves with the music
first and I'm gonna break them down. The
first movements today: we're going to
learn a simple slide we're going to lift
the heel a little bit of the floor shift
the weight onto the right leg and what
the right foot will be doing is you're
going to be pushing the heel down at the
same time let me show you the left foot
left leg will stay straight, you want to
keep the left foot flat and you're just
going to drag it in so just to see how
the left foot or leg should feel I want
you to just slide it in keep very little
weight on the left foot so you can slide
the foot easy. Right away you're stepping
on the ball of the foot, slide the foot
in step slide..when you finish that's
very important you want to finish with
both legs straight don't come here so
again let's go over the checklist one:
stepping on the ball of the foot
foot is at an angle we're going to have the
knee bent over the toes and the weight
is on the right leg now we're going to
be pressing right heel down at the same
time sliding left foot in flat, left leg
straight. one more time to the right and
then we're switching sides we have step
slide let's try it on the other side so
now similarly left foot we're going to
go to the left corner we'll have the
left heel up slightly weight is on the
left leg drag right foot in keeping as a
little weight on the right foot as
possible
if your foot does this like mine just did,
that means you're putting too much
weight on the foot or just the surface
the floor is a little bit difficult to
slide on and also it might be your shoes
so I always say it's best to practice if
you're practicing at home just do it
without shoes, do it in socks, not
barefoot though because we need the foot
to slide ok let's try again set up left
heel is up, weight is on the left leg, drag
the foot in remember that the heel
starts dropping to the floor
the moment you start sliding don't do
this okay it's not separated like that
you want to do those two actions at the
very same time once we have both
directions let's see if we can combine
them, we're going to slide to the right
and then to the left here we go step
slide you can pause here bring the feet
down step to the other side right away
on the ball of the foot slide the foot
in and again that slide step slide
if footwork is easy for you I'm going to
add a simple arm movement but only do it
if you are ok with the feet we're going
to bend the opposite elbow the opposite
to the side we're going so if we're
going to the right to left elbow will
Bend and you're just going to bring the
elbow to the side at the same time as
you slide it will look something like
this set up elbow and slide again one
two one more time five six seven eight
one two same thing to the other side
we're going to set up on left foot right
elbow is bent and you're just going to
bring it across on one you set up
everything and then pull on two one
so last time one two. let's connect both sides with the arm
5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next movement we're
going to do today it's called BOX step
you're going to take 4 steps starting
with your left foot first so the first
step is straight forward very small step
you're getting the weight onto the left
foot that's this this is part 1. On 2
you're going to cross right foot in
front of your left so okay so again we
have left foot 1 cross 2 keep the weight
onto the right leg because next step is
going to happen with left foot you're
going to pick it up and step directly
behind the right foot okay in a small
distance so this is position number 3
and the last one the easiest one you're
just bringing right foot next to the
left again feet are open more or less
shoulder-width apart let me show you
from the side 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 we have
left foot first stray forward then cross
right in front bring left foot behind
the right heel and then open up so the
feet are in one line left right left
right notice that we have a shape of a
square that's why the movement is called
box step you're going forward this is
one corner of the square this is the
second corner next to it then third one
behind and last one so we have a square
shape
1 2 3 4 again 1 2 3 4 last one forward
cross back and open what I want you to
do to make it look looser is a
slight knee bent so bend the knees a little
bit and we're going to bend the opposite
arm to the foot that we are stepping
with just like you're walking you're
swinging the arms to the opposite foot
something like that very simple
so if we start with left foot right arm
will swing first we're having one two
three and four again one two three four
once you have that we're going to add
our bounce so every single step you're
going to bend both knees just a little
bit let me show you we have down down
down down.
The last movement we're going
to do a little foot wave a little bit
more difficult but stay with me, we're
going to bring right heel up keep the
right heel up, add left heel up to it
bring right heel down and then left heel
down last slowly again although if you
do it slow it's kind of hard to balance
but we'll try right heel up first
keep it up join with the left heel up
right heel down left heel down up down
down up down down so for a split second
you are in this weird position but just
very quick no try again five six seven
slow up up down down right up left up
right down left down now we're going to
start with the left foot
so same movement but we're just starting
on the other side okay left foot left
heel goes up first
left right left heel down right heel
down again one two three four one two
three four we're going to now combine
each while we'll combine both sides let
me face you starting with the right
five six seven slow we'll go right left
right left and then start from the left
side left up right up left down right
down right
right down left right left right now I
wish it was that simple but we're going
to add stuff to this movement so what's
gonna happen here we're going to add a
little bit of a twist
we'll be twisting the heels and the
whole body essentially so it will look
something like that
one two three four and then starting
with the left five six seven eight
the idea is to take the foot away from
the right side to the left and the
motion with the feet is something like
this see it's like a wave okay now you
will start turning the body the moment
you lift the first heel which is our
right heel one two you're ready facing
the corner and then you can drop the
heels just please remember which heel to
drop first it's always the heel that you
started with if you start with the right
going up left goes up then right is the
first one to drop, left is dropping last
let's try it with the little body turn
five six seven eight up down down
alright so now we have to start with the
left foot and the turn the body to the
left okay so we're going up up down down
let's try it again from the right foot
from the beginning slow one two three
four left heel up five six seven eight
let's try this move a little bit faster
it will be more connected and more
smooth 5 6 7 8 1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4 1
& 2 3 & 4 so this whole move will take
four beats and only do it if you're
comfortable if you know which heel to
lift and when
if the twist is messing you up stay here
just practice this until you don't have
to think about the heels you can even
try and wave in this position 1 & 2 3 &
4 1 & 2 3 & 4 let me show you from the
side first just keeping it centered 1 &
2 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & f 4 it's 4 different
moves and then with a twist it will look
like this
1 & 2 3 & 4 1 & 2 3 & 4 we're not going
to be adding anything else no arms no
torso that's pretty much all about
footwork so let me break it down in the
same order we learned 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 and at the end of course our most
difficult movement foot wave starting
with right heel up just like we
practiced
1 & 2 3 & 4 5 & 6 7 & 8 so full 8 count
5 6 7 from the slides 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1
& 2 keep them slightly bent 5 & 6 7 & 8
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whatever you guys want to see I'll see
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