If you have 3 minutes and 41 seconds, stop what you're doing and watch this Bboy battle (also embedded below). You won't be disappointed! I watch a ton of dance videos and this one really stands out.
The battle features two of the world's most respected Bboys--Bboy Neguin (in the shorts) and Junior (in the sweats). I'm a huge fan of Neguin, who is Brazilian and has a background in capoeira. He's freakishly athletic, has crazy combos, and dances with INTENSITY. There are moments where I almost expect him to explode into flames, like a Super Saiyan.
But, Junior really steals the show here. He dances like someone who's discovered a glitch in the Matrix. He has incredible upper body strength and has crazy control over his legs; there are moments where it looks like his legs are connected to invisible wires controlled by a puppeteer.
After the battle, I did some reading about Junior. I learned that his background story is even more amazing than his dancing.
Junior grew up in the Congo (then Zaire) and contracted polio as a small kid. He was adopted by a French couple and grew up near Paris, which is where he saw street dancers doing moves that resembled movements he had practiced as a kid (i.e. balancing, spinning on his hands). He then started Bboying with various crews in and around Paris and became known across the world for his gravity-defying style.
Junior's story is a great reminder that positive things can come from negative circumstances. He's taken a debilitating disease and turned it into this beautiful style of dancing. I hope that his story inspires you today. At the very least, it's a great example of an old saying, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade..." Bboy Junior shows us that adversity needn't be a crushing weight--it can become something that leads to self-improvement, growth, and (excuse my French) a style that nobody can f*ck with.
The battle features two of the world's most respected Bboys--Bboy Neguin (in the shorts) and Junior (in the sweats). I'm a huge fan of Neguin, who is Brazilian and has a background in capoeira. He's freakishly athletic, has crazy combos, and dances with INTENSITY. There are moments where I almost expect him to explode into flames, like a Super Saiyan.
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| Junior looks like he's discovered a glitch... |
After the battle, I did some reading about Junior. I learned that his background story is even more amazing than his dancing.
Junior grew up in the Congo (then Zaire) and contracted polio as a small kid. He was adopted by a French couple and grew up near Paris, which is where he saw street dancers doing moves that resembled movements he had practiced as a kid (i.e. balancing, spinning on his hands). He then started Bboying with various crews in and around Paris and became known across the world for his gravity-defying style.
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