Poppers from HK?

[Poption]

To introduce myself, I was born/raised in Hong Kong and it wasn't until 8 yrs ago that I started schooling in the United States.

I was first exposed to popping in high school by a Korean friend of mine, who showed me clips of nam nyun joon. Like many others, I was fascinated by the waves and the hard hits.

At first I took things causally, just messin around with my buddy, but when I got into College the dance grew on me and I started to experiment with all the different styles, in particular boogaloo. Sadly, at my university, no one was really into the dance. I tried teaching some guys, but all of them just wanted to learn tricks. It was hard to get them to feel the funk.

Like many others, I still have a long way to go, but I have acquired some foundation from a teacher back at home named Popping K. He was originally from Taiwan and is a real old G. It was such a relief to find someone who understood the essence of funkstyle.

I am sure my story echos many out there, especially from ASIA, who are as eager to learn as me. Just wanna say not to give up and keep this dance alive. Share the groove!

If there is anyone here who is from HK, please give me a shout out. I will be starting work in HK and would love to have someone to get down with.

Spread the funk!

[LOBO]

yo welcome!!

thnx for dropin ur history. U shuld talk to poppin tito,

[westcoastpoppin]

Welcome to the boards Poption

[poppinrice]

Poppin' K? i mnight know the guy.

maybe you know Poppin Kwon too? he is the pioneer of poppin in Taiwan, he basically brought poppin over.

[Poption]

His real name is Kay, I believe he belongs to a locking crew in Taiwan.

Kwon is awesome... seen a couple vidz of him on youtube, recognized by the EBs... dope.

[Poption]

Thanks for the warm welcome LOBO. Will definitely look up Poppin Tito.

[TETRIS]

For taiwan info, TonyFlow will be a good contact to hit up

[itstitoitstito]

so where u at in the states??? or are u back in hk already...this is the shadow popper tito by the way
im in the us tho
people see me twice in a year or something


poppin tito sounds hella corny..hahah just call me tito
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[Poption]

nice to meet you tito...

I'm in the states right now as well... I go to Cornell University in upstate New York, been getting down with a breaking crew called Absolute Zero. (cause there is no better alternative)

Like you I used to only go back to HK twice, during the summer and winter breaks. Usually I hit up Studiodanz, where my teacher offers classes. If you get a chance, you should check it out.

Unfortunately, I will be heading back to HK working full time after May but I would love to get down with you if you happen to be in town. I will also be in NYC during the summer, hopefully visiting Popshop often.

Let me know wassup.

[itstitoitstito]

yoz
im in cali

yeah well i havent been back there for 7 years now..but i do have some contacts with the hk poppers..if u need them

the popular crew in hk right now is since 70s from what i kno..
siu yin 88 siu dak poppin lok

they sometime go to this forum

http://forum.talkdance.net/

this is a hk dance forum..
anyway... its not workin right now..maybe it would work again later..

also i kno the guy at studiodanz... big lok right? he and i have the same birthday..


anyway yeah if i ever in hk ..i will look for u..
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[poppinrice]

i might be going to hong kong over the summer.

[Poption]

thanks for da headz up tito, I will definitely check the forum out when it works. Feel free to add me and msg me on MSN if you do go back to 852. Hopefully I will run into Since 70s, but it seems like the Guangdong scene is much more alive...

Rice, do hit me up on MSN if you happen to be in HK. Would love to get down with you. I remember watching your clips from the Wiggles forum... dope stuff!

[poppinrice]

Fo sho man, you are most likely the only person i know in HK.

So it would be nice if you show me around

(Clubs, food, shopping..)

Even a place to stay... n what not.

[poppinrice]

Update: I will be in Hong Kong for a couple days late June.


got to get a visa.

[cynricng]

well my situation is totally the opposite.

I used to live in Cali and have recently came back to Hong Kong and started taking a Popping class.

Ive just taken a couple of classes, though, so Im still trying to catch up with everyone.

I take only 1 class a week because of my work, but I really love popping.

However, everyone else in the class have at least 6 months of experience, so I dont really get to learn the basics which is really frustrating.

I was wondering if there are some tutorials on the basics that I could practice myself.