How to Do Hip-Hop Dance Combos

Transcript Yo, what’s up. Okay, so there’s this hot new dance that’s out right now. It’s hilarious but it’s (?). I like it. It’s called Gangnam Style, alright? So Gangnam Style just from watching it, it’s like they’re adding their own style with it but they’re doing certain dances like you can do like a …

Transcript You just learned Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Next to learn is M.C. Hammer’s Too Legit To Quit. All right so, think about it this way, M.C. Hammer is a more energetic dancer, so with this one you have to put some energy behind it. I’m going to show you some basic counts and then …

Transcript What’s up? This is Phil. So you’ve got your combinations down. Now we’re going to some choreo. So the choreo we’re going to do for today is Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” Dum, dum, dum. Alright, so I’m going to show you some basic combinations from the Beat It video. Alright, you want to go …

Transcript The next thing you’re going to learn, you’re going to learn a groove. Alright, now the groove is all up to you. Alright? This is what basically helps you get into the. Same time the music comes on, you’ll be like, “Oh snap! This is my jam!” So you follow your own groove, alright? …

Transcript You did the pump, slide, pump, slide. Now you’re going to learn the criss cross Hit, alright? So it’s, think about the criss cross like this. criss cross, criss cross. Alright? But this time what you’re going to do is you’re going to criss cross hit. Alright so it’s like you’re throwing out your …

Transcript First thing we learned was the pump fly. Second thing we learned was the crisscross hit. Then we did the groove for the last one, but check this out. What I’m going to do is, I’m going to put the groove first, because the groove is going to help you get into the pump …

Transcript All right, so, we’re going to learn some old school hits, all right? Some old school. Talking about like the 90s, stuff you don’t know about. All right, so we’re going to start with the pump slide, all right? So check this out. You don’t have to do it my way. Remember that. I’m …

Transcript We learned all the basic things of the Boogaloo. We learned basically, the Boogaloo Roll, the basic one. All right. We’re going to roll here and then, we reverse it. And then, after that, we added a kick with it. All right. Kick. Roll. Step. Once again, kick. Roll. Step. All right. Now, I’m …

Transcript So you have your basic boogaloo, which is circling motions with the bending with the legs in different directions. Now, I’m going to have you boogaloo kick. A boogaloo kick is basically the same exact thing, but you’re adding a kick with it. All right? It’s like a kick, it’s a kick-out. You’re going …

Transcript Alright. So. Boogaloo. Boogaloo is more of an old-school style all right? It started back in the ’70s. So. Boogaloo is basically from the hips all the way down, alright? I mean, you can put upper body with it. I’ll start you out with the basics, though. I’ll start you out with the hips …

Transcript Yo, What up? All right. So, we got the wrist rolls, the points, now we’re going to go to the leg. Now the legs play a very big part because you’re moving when you’re locking. You’re moving you’re jumping your bouncing. You’re going everywhere all right. So you got to use your whole entire …

Transcript We did everything to lock in subject. We did the wrist rolls. We did the point, and we also did the legs. All right? So, to do a quick review, then after that I’m going to do a combination with it, all right? So, the first thing we did was the wrist roll. So, …

Transcript All right, so, we just got done learning the arms. All right. So you practice that for a little bit. Now we are going to move on to your next step, all right? Your next one is going to be your legs. You want to focus on the legs, the legs play a big …

Transcript All right, so, we just did wrist rolls, now we’re going to work on points. Now points is just basically doing this. All right? But what you want to do is you want to put it into a dance style. All right? It’s called locking. So when you’re locking, it’s like you lock, you …

Transcript Next subject that we’re on is locking. Locking is a form of being goofy. Think about being silly. This is going to help you bring out your personality; bring out your character, alright. When you’re locking we’re going to start with the wrist rolls. The wrist rolls is the basic thing we’re going to …

Transcript We first started out with the popping exercises. We started out with the arms, then we did the legs. Remember, when you’re doing the exercises, reach out as far as you can like you’re trying to separate your whole body. You’re getting very angry so you’re going to tighten up all your muscles. All …

Transcript Yo, what’s up? Fellas, the next subject we’re on is popping. All right, so basically popping is certain isolations of the body or certain hits; arms arms, legs legs, shoulder shoulders, whatever one you prefer. Pop what you feel; wherever the motion is going to be, hit it. We’re going to start with some …

Transcript House spin. Basic spin. You’ve seen Michael Jackson do it, you’ve seen James Brown do it. The only difference is you putting your own style into it. So I see some people that always spin one leg. Some people can just…boom. It doesn’t matter where you put your leg at, just get a spin …

Transcript This one is called the hop-step, okay? So, you have to think about it. I name them like this so that way you can understand the movements. So, it’s like a hop-step. Hop-step, hop-step, hop-step, all right? So, we’re going to start off with the left foot. You’re going to hop, that leg is …

Transcript So now that you have the Hot Step, the Quick Step Slide, and the House Spin; we’re going to put them all together. Add your own style. We’re going to go over them again, then we’ll go from there. All right? So the first one; hop, step, slide, hop, step, slide. All right? Then …

Transcript House Combos, Quick Step Slide. I call it the quick step slide, because it’s two quick steps, and then it’s a slide. I’ll break it down to you real slow, then we’ll go from there. What you want to do is, you want to step, right foot, and go quick step, slide. See that? …

Transcript Swag dancing is a new subject. So, same thing. It’s like getting in the groove with your step. Say for instance, you’re doing a choreo, or you’re at a club, you’re just chilling with your boys, or what not, think about it this way. If you’re in a club, it’s like, you got the …

Transcript Putting it all together. You just learned the chest pop, you learned the cross step, you learned the stomp, then you learned some patterns. Remember foundations, all right? All right? So just remember when your krumping find your own style, be you. OK? One thing there is, make sure you always have your legs …

Transcript The next thing you’re going to learn about krumping, it’s the cross-step, all right? So with the cross-step, same thing. You’re still in your hype-mode. You’re still going at it, all right? It’s a different style to help you move. Remember you had to stomp to help you move over here. You’ve got to …

Transcript Something so easy and so basic, it’s the slide wall. Now, think about your first day of school. You’re coming down the hall. You’ve got this fresh outfit on, and it’s like, yeah, what’s up? Everybody is looking at you. That’s all you want to do, but you want to incorporate that into a …

Transcript The next move of krumping you are going to learn the chest pop. Now, the chest pop is pretty basic because everything it fits into one. Everything that I am going to show is going to all play into one, all right? So the chest pop is easy. Just, it’s more of a bounce. …

Transcript So, patterns, when you crumping, this is basically all is just your fundamental stuff, all right? To get you in the groove, to get you with crumping. Patterns, when you start patterns, incorporate any type of dance. Whether it’s locking, whether it’s popping, whether it’s just plain hip-hop, or waving, anything, but think about …

Transcript The next move of crumping you’ll learn is the stone, all right? I know that once you watched some people crump, you notice how they’re always stepping, all right? That step I was doing earlier, when I was doing the chest pop, is a part of stomping. What you want to do is, basically, …

Transcript This move you’re about to learn is the knee illusion. Now, it’s pretty basic, but it’s up to you to make it seem like it’s complicated. So, what you want to do is, you’re going to start on your knee, of course. Now, it’s somewhat like going into the knee spin, but this time …

Transcript All right, the main reason I’m selling you illusion, because in the beginning as we talked about understanding your body, finding your personality. Illusions help you to be creative because you want to become an animated person, animated character. All right, so it’s all about animation, it’s all about illusions, it’s going to help …

Transcript What I just showed you, that’s krumping. krumping is another form of dance where you add your personality.All right? So don’t be scared to play any character. Don’t be scared to dig deep in a situation, because what you want to do is, you want to tell a story, but through your body. Say, …

Transcript So, the next move, once again, you’re going to learn is the rise up. It’s another illusion move, so it also falls with the ground moves. So remember, earlier, we learned the knee-spans, all right? This time, it’s going to be an illusion. It’s kind of complicated, a little bit, but it takes some …

Transcript The next move, easiest move in the world, because you do it every day. It’s a slow walk. You don’t necessarily walk slow every day. I don’t know your life, just saying. So, slow walk, what you’re going to do is, think of, it’s all about animation, so find a character. Find a character …

Transcript All right, so the next move you’re going to learn is the side rise, not the rise up, but the side rise, all right? So it’s another illusion move, and it’s not difficult, trust me, you see people sitting like this, that’s how easy it is, all right? It’s all about knowing your body …

Transcript The next thing you’re about to learn is fingers, finger illusions. All right. Now, illusion is a big word. Think about it. It’s like a musician. Think of Houdini. When he does tricks, he uses his what? Fingers. So with fingers, you want to make everything magical. You want to make it seem what …

Transcript So the first thing you learned was the knee spin and the second thing you learned was the knee slide. Now, what I’m going to do is I’m going to show you how to combine both these moves together if you want to do them in a free style session or if you’re battling …

Transcript All right, so the next move you’re about to learn is the knee slide, not the knee spin, but the knee slide. Now, I forgot an important tip to always mention. Sometimes, you might want to wear knee pads, because it gets kind of rough, sometimes. Just letting you know. So, If you like …

Transcript The first basic move I’m going to show you is the knee spins. As far as when you’re freestyling or you’re just dancing in general, coming out with choreo, it’s not something you can basically start off with, it’s something you have to work your way into. Say for instance I’m doing boogaloo. Boogaloo …

Transcript Understanding your body is like understanding your personality. You have to know yourself, you have to know who you are as a person, rather than trying to be somebody else. You can watch me as I do my moves but you’re never going to find yourself. What I’m doing is I’m basically showing you …