SUGALOO Funk Phenomenon: Japan: What The Funk?! Crew Japan battle debute!!!

OK BACK FROM WHERE I LEFT OFF MONTH AGO!!! lol
I wrote it way back but forgot to post it.......

DAY 2 in JAPAN

This was yet another awesome day for me.

I got to see Nonoko (my girlfriend)'s dance performance for the first time in 5 years (wow....lol) and I got to battle on 1vs1 and on crew vs crew with TKO to represent What The Funk?! Crew!!!

So this is the first vid I took on the way to the studio where Nonoko was rehearsing for her performance.

***Be warned that I'm a little hyper because I'm excited lol***

Weeeeellll.....not all that is true SUGALOO lol

Because this event didn't allow any audiences to record the battle -_-

Why? BUSINESS.

They were selling the footage. figures eh?

It is a good strategie, not going to lie.

But to me, for this event, it was a little too much man.

I mean the event wasn't that big, full of dope dancers and etc.

Sure they had a Showcase, 1vs1, crew vs crew categories, but the level of the dancers weren't high enough to be in the DVD to be sold to people.

Yet there were a large number of Kid dancers with their mother.

I guess the organizers make money off of those parents that are obsessed with their kid's dancing.......

So unfortunately, there is not a single vid of the event, BOOOOOOOOOO (self booing lol)

Sucks, I know. I bet the crew would've love the way we represented the crew.....but thats history. We'll all go to Japan one day and do it again :D

The event was called "Run Up".

I was hyped, ready to dance with my girl, my bro, and his friends! I was ready to sweat and dance till I can't no more!!!

But the first impression I felt when I arrived at the event was "intimidation"

Why? Well there are couple reasons why I felt this way.

Reasons:

A. People were too damn serious

B. People are practicing alone, listening to their ipod on their headphone FOREVER!

C. Parents yelling at Kids to stretch and be ready for their performance

D. They were all wearing similar outfit that characterizes the dance style they do.

Let me give you and visual example.

All the poppers dressed like this

All the Hip Hop dancers dressed like this

and all the Kids dancers dressed like this

Yuuup........ that's how it was lol

Other thing that freaked me out was that

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DJ TIME!!!!!!!!!!

They did battles, break(kick us out), battle, break, battle to the final.

Man I was tired......

Because usually in the event, I battle, than I dance during DJ time to keep my body warm. Couldn't do that this time.
They weren't playing music during the break time. So I just sat on the chair and ate food.
Because of this, I couldn't dance with my bro, their friends and my girlfriend in the cyphers.......

This just was not cool.....

Later I found out that this event was for beginners and upcoming dancers in Japan. My brother from another mother in Japan, Tim, told me that the main focus of the event was to give the young generations and people who struggle passing the preliminaries in the major competition events to perform and/or battle.

Looking back at it now, it does make sense. They danced well but dance just like their teachers. I didn't feel the energy of them going "OH I WANNA CYPHER!". They were more like mentally preparing for the time for them to perform.

So its unfair to judge how Japanese Jams are like by looking at this event. I hope to go to one of my brother's event to really experience Jams in Japan.

The good news was that TKO and myself did a pretty good job!

On 1vs1, I went to the semi-finals

and on crew vs crew, we also made it to the semi-finals!!!

I need a big applause from my crewmates man lol We represented the crew to the fullest!! lol

I mean we gave all we had and actually had to miss Nonoko's performance!!! (well we saw it a head when they were rehearsing) lol

Anyway,

The thing that made me happy was the fact that we won without any routines.

Even though we are brothers, 2 years had passed since TKO and I danced together.

Yet we managed to reunite as a real good team and defeated some crews that had been practicing together longer than us.

Personally, I felt it was a result from executing our crew vision.

We, What The Funk?! Crew are true to ourselves. We embrace our individualism and uniqueness. By evolving our uniqueness with solid popping foundation, our goal is to make people say "What The F?!" as an reaction to our dance.

That's our goal.

It has always been our goal since 2009.

This event was only a tiny step, but making a step is a HUGE difference compare to not making any.

Great job dancing your ass off TKO. I know its tough to be out there alone to represent us. But WE NEVER LEFT YOU. Stay strong and stay original my brotha. You made me proud that day to have you as a crew mate once again.

Here are some pics from the event