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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.
How do you win a battle? Just like I said, you have to make sure your training. You have to know your rounds. Musicality is really important. When you listen to the music, you have to know what the music is saying. So you have to make sure that you can basically, show the music in your dance; show them your tricks, show them your arm-strings, show them your technique, show them your form, show them your style, show them your character. Thats the biggest thing, if you have character in your Krump, its going to be great, awesome. Its all about the trick, the kill-off. The kill-off is like the 3-point shot at the end of the game- either you can make it, or you break it. So I suggest you try to practice as much as you can, and make it. The kill-off is very important- It’s the last move of your round. If you have a great kill-off, you have a great trick and you have a great form, people are going to see it and their going to understand it. Know your music, know your dance, thats how you have musicality. And thats what makes your Krump style better.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go. What is krumping? Krumping is a lifestyle. Krumping is a character. Krumping is an energy that’s all around this world. You have to be able to express yourself. Krumping is about expression. Krumping is about opening your mind up. Showing the world what you think. Showing your talent. Showing your gift. Showing what someone has blessed you with. Krumping has came from long ago. Different African structured dance styles. Hip hop, break dancing, pop locking. Krumping is all together. It evolves. It never is at a stopping point. It’s like eternity. It continues and keeps going. It continues and keeps going. It never stops. Krumping has evolved from the day it has started. So you have to be able to show expression. You have to be able to show your lifestyle. You have to be able to release stress. Emotion. You have free will to show the world what you think and how you feel. It releases a positive outlook upon what life would be if you just took your time and express yourself. So people can know what you’re about. That’s what krumping’s about. Expression.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.

Oh man, the difference between krumping and clowing–um, clown dancers paint their face, krump dancers don’t. The dress style is different, the style of dance is different. They have more of a happier style, ’cause it’s called clown dancing so they act like clowns. Krump dancers have more of a warrior style so you gonna see two different elements of dance. You can split it right down the middle, it’s fine, it’s fine, it just like “schwoo.”

Clown dancing: Fun, enjoyable, character.

Krump dancing: Agressive, powerful, character.

So fun — agressive. Fun — agressive. Separation.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go. Me personally, I like to listen to Demolition Crew music, Buck Mouth. Buck Mouth pieces are just crazy, he has great style, he has a lot of character, it’s a super hero music, so it makes you just come alive. That’s why you’ve got to work amp, it’s amp music. We also have J- Squad. J- Squad music is also great too, he uses a lot of samples from movies, samples from TV shows, and he brings that alive also. So, the music you want to listen to per say should be Buck Mouth music from the DCs and J- Squad. Buck Mouth! Buck Mouth music is great. Buck Mouth music has great power, great energy, if I have some of it on, “So you can dance?”, “America’s Best Dance Crew” He comes alive, his amp, it makes me you want to dance even more. It makes the crowd just get involved, and be a part of like what they’re hearing, what they’re seeing. J -Squad! J- Squad also has great beats, great versatility. He just draws you and it’s like, kind of energy of their minds, and their music is awesome. So if you really want to learn how to be a good Krump dancer, I would say you should listen to J-Squad music, you should listen to Buck Mouth music, and you’re going to become better. You’re going to become good quality. Quality music, Quality dancer!

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.
So now we are going to incorporate all the moves that we just learned into a simple Krump routine; Its going to be fun, its going to be enjoyable so, lets break it down. Im going to make it easy for you. Here we go. Remember, the feet are out is the foundation. Arms: over, square, out. What I am going to do is show you the gallop, the chest pop, the tear and I’m gonna show footwork. So lets break it down again. What I do is 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, arm swing, step back, footwork. I’m making it simple, really nice and easy. Foundation: 1-2-3-4-5-6, 7 is your gallop. Chest pop is 1-2, tear through, footwork, drawback 1-2-3-4; definitely nice and clean.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.
It came from hip hop and African style tribal dances. They put those together and they were able to show people the releasing of inner-city youth that was trapped. They wanted to express theirself, they wanted to show the world how they felt throughout their–through their dance style. It went into different cities, more kids picked it up, more families picked it up, more dancers picked it up, from break-dancers to pop-lockers to, um, any different dance style. They started to grab on and latch on to this dance.

It ended up being a street thing. It ended up being in the garages, ended up being in the back yards, then it ended up being televised, then it ended up being movies, then it ended up being a world-changing, evolving dance style. Now you have workshops, now you have people training it, you have it as a class. You take something that was just in a garage, and then it grows into technique of dance. That’s how things evolve. That’s how things–that’s how people take things serious. So the history of krump is an evolving dance style that went from one step to ongoing, to this day. So the history is not even over. It’s gonna continue, it’s gon’ keep going, it’s gonna be great, gonna be awesome.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.
So this is how you do a foot-stomp. You want to be big and bring it down- Bringing it up and bringing it down. Krump dancing is a very big warrior form, you have to have character. So your foot-stomp is very important. Its just like saying a vibration; A earthquake! So when you step it up, you bring it down and make sure its a earthquake. Make sure its powerful, make sure it’s intimidating; let the crowd and audience see what your doing, let them see your power, let them see what your bringing to the table. So you have to have a great foot-stomp and have it nice and clean. So lets be graceful with the foot-stomp. You want to bring the knee up, you want to bring the knee down. You want to make sure its strong and intricate but, at the same time let the vibration happen through your foot-stomp. Make sure its sharp, easy, sweet and nice. If you come down to hard, thats a blown knee; Thats a messed up ankle. You might even smack a couple toes.
Step middle, step over, slide it back. Thats how easy it is. Your foot-stomp: strong, big, intricate but, make sure its graceful. Enjoy that, practice it-Repetition.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.

You want to call your opponent out. You want to let him know that he is the one that you want to battle. You have to train. It’s like Rocky. Remember those when he was, like, drinking the eggs and running down the streets? He wanted to be a champion. You have to train yourself. Train yourself. Train yourself. Train your moves. Train your technique. Make sure you always go down to your foundation and build yourself back up. When you go into a battle make sure you have a great introduction. Make sure you have some great style. Build it up like a roller coaster. Take it for a ride. You want to draw the crowd in. You want to intimidate the opponent but, at the same time you want to be nice and easy. You want to take your time. You want to be patient. You don’t want to just spaz out. You don’t want to just go all out in the first couple of movements. That’s where you lose your stamina. That’s where you lose your energy. So, take your time. Be patient. Enjoy it. And, from there, you should win your first round in your battle.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.
So now were going to talk about footwork-thats the best part of Krump dancing. The footwork has to be nice, clean, sharp and interesting. You want to have great footwork. Who did I study? I studied Michael Jackson. He showed great movement, he showed gentleness, he showed smoothness-thats what you want to use; you want to be smooth in your footwork. You want to have a great technique and a foundation. So, you want to make sure its interesting and creative-thats the best part about footwork. Create your footwork and have great energy and power to make sure its nice, clean and sharp.

Now I’m going to show you some Michael Jackson moves. I’m going to show you how sharp I became with my moves after I watched Michael Jackson. So lets step back and I’m going to show you a little bit. What I did, I like to use my feet and bring my knees up. He always liked to bring his knees up but, it was like really nice and smooth-crazy,fun, character, boom, snap, slides, he loved to show those movements. Thats what you need to use. Your movements need to be smooth, sharp and intricate in your Krump movement. So when your using your Krump style, you want to make sure you like to snap, boom, tap-tap-showing the movement, boom. Footwork is very important when your going into your Krump style-show that. Watch Michael Jackson; Sharp, nice and make sure you have that in your Krump style with your footwork-use it!

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.

The rules and etiquette about krump battling is that you make sure that you stay in krump. You don’t want to end up serving, as they say, doing different dance styles. Krump is a form of dance that has all the different elements where it’s break dancing, popping, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, contemporary. They have all those different styles. But you have to make sure that you stick to krump. You have to make sure you stick to the basics. The foundation of what you’re doing. If you don’t stick to it, then people are going to call you a server. People are going to say “Hey, that’s not krump dancing.” That’s just a whole ‘nother style that’s not even what we’re trying to do. So the etiquette and rules of krump. Stick to the form. Stick to your foundation and continuously build on top of your Krump.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go. So this is the demo to dance like Tight Eyez. Tight Eyez, strong, intricate, powerful, tricks, massacre. That’s what he does. He damages the opponent. He shows the opponent. He has a little bit of trickery. Gives a little bit of energy. But he’s really clean, crisp, strong, energetic. He likes to play with the crowd and he likes to play with his opponent. So what you have to do is, is be able to in mind frame yourself as Tight Eyez. Play with your opponent. Play with the character. Play with the person you’re going against. Show the crowd what you are. How powerful you are. That’s what he does. He shows them his power. He shows them the energy. He shows great technique and foundation of krump. Let’s use a couple moves. Now I’m in character. So he likes to just draw back a little bit. And when he goes into his battle, he doesn’t show too much. He just shows enough. Nice, crisp, just enough small movement right there shows intimidation. That’s shows that he’s about to go in. Go in. Going into the battle. Take a step back. He likes to show the arms, chest pop, the gallop. Footwork is also a big thing. Always watch Michael Jackson. That’s who he trains off of. Footwork, the whole body, the arms, the chest pop. Tight Eyez is all energy. All power. Shows the almighty. That’s what it’s about.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.. This is how you do an arm swing. Let’s break it down. I like to stay key to your foundation. Get the legs out nice and wide. Strong, big. Now remember the ceiling fan? It’s up there, yeah? Let’s rip through that. Tear the ceiling fan down. Nice and easy right there. Nice and easy. Bring it back, easy, back, easy, back, easy. Tear through, tear through. It’s like having sheets in front of you. You always want to rip through, rip through, rip through. That’s what you need to do. So let’s slow it down. Tearing through. That’s always what you want to do. Tear through, tear through, tear through. That’s what you want to use. You want to have another analogy? Sword. Tear through. Always use the legs. You can even step back in your arms swing. You can come back out. You can have a gallop.That’s what you want to use. Arm swings, big and strong. Make sure you have good foundation. Because if not you do an arm swing, you’re going to fall forward and you’re going to lose balance. So if you ever feel like you’re going to lose balance, step back into your foundation and use the arms swing. That’s what you need to use. Foundation. Technique. Form. Creative.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go. So, these are easy movements for kids to learn. What’s up little man? What’s up little girl? What’s up little krumpers? Let’s do it. So, I’m going to break these movements down to you. What do you do? Here’s your foundation. Put your legs out, nice and wide, strong. Do you feel that? Can’t fall. If someone pushes me back, I’m still good. That’s what you need to do. Wide foundation, wide foundation. Alright? Let’s build it up. So, easy movements for you. I love to use a square. That’s what you should do also. I’m going to draw the square out, make it really nice and slow. See that? Now let’s use the corners of the square. One, two, three, four. Use your corners, okay? And use your arms. One, two, three, four. I can even use my other arm. One, two, three, four. That’s nice and easy. Nice and sweet. Cool? Now, let’s do the tearing. So if I’m tearing, I want to turn my body just a half bit, a little bit right there. Rip like a ceiling fan, dripping down from the ceiling. That’s the energy right there. You rip that. So let’s put those two things together. One, two, three, four, five, six. Good. How was that? Let’s try it again. One, two, three, four, five, six. Now let’s add your gallop. You got a gallop. Nice and strong, yeah? Here we go again. Let’s break it down. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Now let’s add one more move. Intimidation. That’s what you need to use, intimidation. Intimidation, chest pump. Like you’re just breathing, really easy. Yeah? That’s how you get the chest out, that’s how you get the power right there. Okay, so I’m going to break it down really nice and slow. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, that’s your chest pump right there. See that? That was a character right there. I could have been like Hulk just now. Sure that, really nice and sweet.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go. So this is how to do a chest pop. You always have to make sure that you have your foundation. Make sure the stance is wide. Make sure it’s nice and easy. Nice round gravity. Gravity. Make sure it’s easy. Formed out. Clean. So what I’m going to do is take my chest and push it out. Bring it in. Push it out. Bring it in. Breathing technique. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Push it out. Bring it down. Push it out. Bring it down. Now in krumping, you might see sometimes they might use, they’re going to use their arms. Tat, tat, tat, tat, then breathe in. Tuk, tuk. Then breathe out. Tuk, tuk. And it’s really nice and sweet. Make it smooth. Now snap it. 1,2. 1,2. 1,2. 1,2. Really nice and easy just like that. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Make it easy, simple, nice, big.

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Aventus: Please. How long must I do this? I keep praying, Night Mother. Why won’t you answer me?

You’ve come at last! I knew you would! It worked! I knew you’d come, I just knew it! I did the Black Sacrament, over and over. With the body, and the things. And then you came! An assassin from the Dark Brotherhood!

It took so long. So very long. But now that you’re here, you can accept my contract. My mother, she died. I’m all alone now. So they sent me to that terrible orphanage in Riften. Honorhall. The headmistress is an evil, cruel woman. They call her Grelod the Kind. But she’s not kind. She’s terrible to all of us. So I ran away and came home and performed the Black Sacrament. Now you’re here! And you can kill Grelod the Kind!

Please hurry. To be honest, I’m kind of lonely here. As much as I hated getting sent to Honorhall, I really miss my friends there.

Grelod the Kind: Those who shirk their duties will get an extra beating. Do I make myself clear?

Samuel and Hroar: Yes, Grelod.

Grelod: And one more thing! I will hear no more talk of adoptions! None of you riff-raff is getting adopted. Ever! Nobody needs you. Nobody wants you. That, my darlings, is why you’re here. Why you will always be here until the day you come of age and get thrown into that wide, horrible world. Now, what do you all say?

Francois Beaufort and Samuel: We love you, Grelod. Thank you for your kindness.

Grelod: That’s better. Now scurry off, my little guttersnipes.

Constance Michel: You really shouldn’t be in here.

Grelod: What do you want? You have no b–

Samuel: Come to get yourself a kid? You’re out of luck. No way Grelod will let any of us get adopted. Especially not since Aventus took off.

Children: It’s Grelod!

Hroar: Someone has killed Grelod!

Aventus: Well? Grelod the Kind. Is she… you know? I knew you could do it! I just knew it! I knew the Dark Brotherhood would save me! Here, just like I promised. This should fetch you a nice price. And thank you. Thank you again.

Lydia: Honor to you, my Thane.

Astrid: Sleep well? Does it matter? You’re warm, dry, and still very much alive. That’s more than can be said for old Grelod. Half of Skyrim knows. Old hag gets butchered in her own orphanage? Things like that tend to get around. But don’t misunderstand. I’m not criticizing. It was a good kill. Old crone had it coming, and you saved a group of urchins, to boot. But there is a slight problem. You see, that little Aretino boy was looking for the Dark Brotherhood. For me, and my associates. Grelod the Kind was, by all rights, a Dark Brotherhood contract. A kill that you stole. A kill you must repay.

Well now. Funny you should ask. I you turn around, you’ll notice my guests. I’ve collected them from… Well, that’s not really important. The here and now, that’s what matters. You see, there’s a contract out on one of them, and that person can’t leave this room alive. But which one? Go on, see if you can figure it out.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.
Chris Brown.Chris Brown. Chris Brown krump dancing. Have you seen it before? I have live and in person. What have my eyes seen? A great dancer.He uses krump and he loves it.Puts it in his videos, breaks it down and shows you his movements, shows you tricks, shows you illusions man that’s Chris Brown.Chris Brown takes the krump style and takes it also to a different level. He uses all of real hip hops dance movements puts it into that krump form and shows it off that’s what I like about it.He brings it to the table shows you what you need to see. He loves to use foot work. He loves to use foot work and his feet. You know he loves Michael Jackson so he’s gonna use those movements. But he’s real big with his arms. If you ever watched him on t.v when you watch his videos he loves to use it. Have you ever seen Stomp the Yard? He was big. He was huge. He was using everything.That’s Chris Brown big movements. Large inter-kit strong technical movements.Oh. Show it, do it, make it happen. Chris Brown is in there like swimwear.

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I am Jamal Cumberbatch. This is Eternity Dance Academy and this is how we do it here. Check us out even more at Eternitydanceacademy.com
This is an introduction to krump dancing. Are you guys ready? ‘Cause I know I am, here we go.

What is the Demolition Krew? The Demolition Krew is like Justice League. Marvel. Energy. Superheroes. Superman. Batman. Spiderman. The Hulk. Something that’s just intense–a lot of power that you have to bring in. So what are you doing? You’re moving your body, you’re shifting, your character has to build, you have to be able to generate the energy of a character that’s a superhero. So you have Demolition Krew, DC’s. It’s all about changing from human form into superhero-form. Let’s enjoy it, so I’m going to tell you about myself.

What I do is I like to go into like a Superman, kind of caped-crusade energy. Spiderman kind of fluid, I like to get low, like to show ’em where I’m going to go with it. Kind of just a villain-ish kind of way, how am I gonna get my opponent in the movement I need to be in. Also Batman, getting the arms back, showing the cape, bringing my arm over, showing different movements. Got to get intense, you have to show the power, that’s what Demolition Krew’s all about. Building, destroying, building back up, showing it again.