hi and welcome to another tutorial my
name is monica mates and today i'll
teach you three simple hip hop moves
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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 then i'm going to break them
down
first movement 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 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
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 okay
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 step 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 okay 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
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
two last time one
two let's connect both sides with the
arm
five six seven eight
one two three
four five six
seven 8. next movement we're going to do
today
it's called back step you're going to
take four 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 one
on two you're going to cross right foot
in front of your left
two okay so again we have
left foot one cross two
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 three 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
five six seven eight
one two three
four we have left foot first straight
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 back
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 one two
three four again one
two three four last one
forward cross back
and open what i want you to do to make
it look looser is a slight knee bend
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
last movement we're going to do a little
foot wave a little bit more difficult
but say 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 here lap first
keep it up join with the left heel up
right heel down left heel down
up up down
down up up
down down so for a split second you are
in this
weird position but just very quick all
right let's 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 well we'll combine both sides let
me face you
starting with the right 5 6 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 left 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 going to
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 the footway 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 already 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 up down
down all right 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 five
six seven eight one and
two three and four one
and two three and four
one and two three and
four so this whole move will take four
beats
um 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
one and two three and four
one and two three and four let me show
you from the side
first just keeping it centered one and
two three and a four one
and two three and a four it's four
different moves
and then with a twist it will look like
this one and
two three and four one
and two three and four 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
five six seven eight
one two three four
five six seven eight
and at the end of course our most
difficult movement foot wave
starting with right heel up just like we
practiced one
and two three and four
five and six seven and eight so full
eight count
five six seven from the slides
one two three four
five six seven eight
one and two keep the arm slightly bent
five and six seven and eight
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you