Core 4 Basic

What is core 4 technique ? Popping is made up by isolation of joints and muscles. With this in mind then you must try to breakdown what it is and what to work on.  Isolation , angle and mind / music , each one of these ideas makes up our core foundation of teaching. The isolation will give you the hits and waves , Angles / Tutting will give you a good building ideas for dance and the mind is the ability to put everything together with the music as a guild.

 

Popping / Hitting

Popping is a technique that uses the idea of muscle contracting to produce a pop, hitting effect. By working on relaxing and contracting isolated muscle group, in time it builds a snapping effect that can look like a pop. This technique is the foundation of popping dance and it mostly use to keep up with the rhythm of a song. This technique can also be use to control a robotic looking movement.

 

Joint Iso / Wave

Waving is a technique using the ideas of bending the joins one at a time to form a wave movement. The basic foundation of the arm wave is knowing the 1st 3 join to bend. Wrist, elbow and shoulder is the 3 connecting join that form the 1st foundation of arm wave. By bending the 3 joints in a rolling motion , it will from a basic arm waves. Know the basic of the clicks technique will greatly help in performing a clean hard wave.

 

Tutting / Angle

Tutting is technique that is base from sets of foundational moves and rule of angles. It start with working on keep a clean 90 degree angle with your elbow. Some of the foundation are Boxes, Out side tutting , inside tutting and transformer. This technique is all about getting use to your comfort zone and then expand to more of a free style mind set.

 

Mind Set / Music

The last core technique is using your mind to move with the technique. This will be the answer for your " why " question. Music also will help you understand what level you are as far as using technique to express music . The mind is what make you who you are!

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Academy 10 Codes

 #1 Respect your self so you can respect others.


#2 You dance to be you not to become some one you see.


#3 Always know why you are doing what you are doing.


#4 We don’t watch our self dance but dance with in our self.


#5 Discipline is the key for success.There is always someone out there working 10x harder then you.


#6 Be true to what you do and who you are.


#7 Learn to teach yourself so you can teach other.


#8 Hard work then Fun, There will never be fun before hard work.


#9 Worry about yourself and don’t judge other.


#10 When you think you know something that is when you know nothing. So keep moving.

Tommy "Hypno" Chan's Core Foundation Mind Set

Learn to forget what you learned. You can only be one with your body if you move with your will .

Understand technique is not a dance and dance can be a technique.

Never be trap with a style but let the style flow with in.

Open mind to your weak point and turn that into your strong point.

Never rush to flow to the music because music will flows through you.

Foundation is what you train, style is who you are.

Master of one technique will let you master all technique.

Learn to teach and follow but never learn just to fit in.

The power is from peace and never from hate.

Learn to sit back and watch before showcase your own.

When things are moving fast around you then you must learn to slow down your own time.

Your eyes see your next move before you think of it.

Love to work hard then hard work will be your love.

The most complex element comes from the simplest form

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