Come celebrate a funky good time with us, The GroovMekanex, on our 16th year anniversary! GET DOWN TO THE FUNKINESS !!! Locking Competition | Performances | Party | Celebration | Community Saturday, October 3rd @ Distrct SF, 586 6th St. San Francisco 6pm-12midnight $12 ***** Locking Competition ***** 1v1 Locking (GMx16 Style!!) DJ: Dennis Infante…
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The 2015 Vancouver Street Dance Festival is right around the corner! Here’s a little promo mix that my VanCity Lockers brother, Boris asked me to cook up for the festival. This one goes out to all my lockers worldwide. 1hr 30min of funky treats here, from the familiar to the lesser known gritty soul/funk/disco sounds…
Read MoreCome out for this great cause, and dance to some neat tunes while you’re there! ATWL 2014 Locking Champ, Will Kong is throwing a 1v1 Locking Jam and Nepal Earthquake Relief/Fundraiser. Yours truly will be DJing for the event! This will be a fun reunion for everyone. ———- Excerpt: Hi friends and fam… The Bay…
Read MoreExcited to share and get down with the dance community in the Philippines! Locking workshop at Vibe Dance Studio, Quezon City. Class starts at 6pm and we’ll focus on applying different grooves & feel within the locking vocab, ways to listen (and adjusting) to the music, different footwork and movement. Let’s go! 4th level Don…
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Was in Vancouver to DJ this year’s 3Styles Battle (by Kim Sato / SOULdiers Company) and they asked if I would also like to participate in an exhibition battle again Locking Sun from Beautiful Life Crew! I was immediately down for the idea! I’ve never met him, but I’ve been a fan after seeing footage…
Read MoreHonored to be sharing with everyone out in Vancouver for The 3STYLES Workshop 2014. Pyro will be teaching Locking, and I will be teaching the Old School Hip-Hop class! Can’t wait to get down with everyone! —– WORKSHOPS with PYRO and DENNIS INFANTE our 3STYLES BATTLE guest judge and guest DJ from the Bay! This…
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Decided to do AllTheWayLive Locking battles this year. Last year I DJ’d for popping/locking. Thought I’d join in on the awesomeness. Had a lot of fun and made it to semi-finals against Jimini. The finals with her and Firelock was MAGIC! My favorite exchange to watch at that event. Quick shout out to the DS…
Read MoreHere’s a locking performance Jaypee and I did for City Dance Studios. Last year we did a show with our students and decided to just do a teacher’s showcase this time around. Footage courtesy of Sandy Lee/City Dance. Check out more classes through City Dance’s website at www.citydance.org
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R16 USA was doooope! So proud of all our Wiki Dojo students Dave, John, Way, Will, and Musashi. Congrats to Tiffany Jimini Bong on the 2012 R16USA Locking Champion Title! It was a fun battle/exchange with you in the finals! So happy we got JB ANNNNND MJ too!!! Not to mention having to go up…
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Here are my locking rounds from KOD. Had a lot of fun with Jon Boogz (didn’t even know he locks!!), and Lao Mao. I feel like I could’ve done more against Lao Mao, but was too caught up in the moment and the music. Oh well though, still had fun, and the vibe was great…
Read MoreTeaching again at The Artsmith Hawaii! Don’t miss Sweepy’s classes as well as Jaypee’s. I will also be DJing a Soul Train Tribute to Don Cornelius set at SOULGASM (ThirtyNine Hotel) after the classes. —— This is how Hawaii gets down on 3rd Fridays… THIS MONTH: 6:30-8:00pm Sweepy (RockSteady Crew & Machine Gone Funk) Boogaloo…
Read MoreWussup everyone, I am selling street dance mixes to fundraise for an outreach project teaching FREE dance classes for the youth in the Philippines. I will be going with AllTheWayLive Foundation’s current S.E.A.M (South East Asia, Manila) Tour. The rest of the mentors are already in Vietnam, I was only able to make it for…
Read More*UPDATE 01/03/14: This class is no longer in session at this location. Beginners and Intermediate Locking classes every Monday at the Wiki Dojo! I believe it is the only class in the east bay right now dedicated to just LOCKING. Great learning environment, come through and get with THE FUNK! For more info, mailing list,…
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Here is my Top 16 and Top 8 battle against Maru (Majestic 5, Japan) and Kenzo (Shuffle, Japan) at R16 Korea World finals. Very fun exchanges with these guys during the battles. (Much respect to both of you my new friends!). Found 2 angles of my battle with Kenzo. It was a great experience! All…
Read MoreGoin’ to Korea to rep the USA in the 1v1 Locking Category! Tony Go-Go and P-Lock confirmed judges for Locking! DOOPE!! They just listed some of the winners of the other countries. I think it’s funny how everyone is coming from a major city and I’m representing little ole Fremont, CA hahhaha. Let’s Gooooo!!! More…
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I was originally asked to DJ the battles for this event, but I decided to compete instead for a chance to battle in the world finals in Korea. Haven’t done a 1on1 Locking Battle in awhile (because I always had to DJ haha) so I felt this would be a good event to get motivated…
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Footage from our prelims and rounds for Juste Debout USA’s 2on2 Locking. Shy Guy and I made it to semi finals against Fire & Hurrikane. It’s always fun battling with my boy Shy Guy. I’m glad we were able to come out for this. The event was so awesome! Good music, vibe, people, and trip…
Read MoreIt’s that time of the year again. SF Hip-Hop Dancefest is back! DS Players will be performing for program A and GroovMekanex will be performing for program B. (I will have a very busy weekend! hahahah). Super excited to rock the stage again with DS Players and finally perform here with my GroovMekanex brothers! More…
Read MoreGroovmekanex will be performing on the main stage at Pistahan SF on Aug 15th! We’re going to be a part of Soulciety non profit org’s time slot presentation. Most likely around 1pm or so. Come out and celebrate with us at one of the biggest Filipino Festivals in the Bay Area. This 2 day event…
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