Mr Chris Hip Hop Podcast Teacher Training: Recent Episodes
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This episode we talk about the importance of being in class and parenting that builds confidence!
n this episode of TOP Training Podcast, we delve into the crucial topic of maintaining mental health by staying in your own lane. Host Chris and Jenny Tyler explore the significance of prioritizing self-care, relaxation, and focusing on personal growth. Discover why it's essential to avoid comparison, embrace your journey, and do the necessary work to nurture your mental well-being. Tune in for practical tips and insights on how to navigate life's challenges while staying true to yourself. Join us on this empowering journey towards a healthier mind and a more fulfilling life.
This episode we talk about doing what you love, flying vs driving, relaxing more, learning and growing and Tya updates!
Chris and Jenny banter about chasing the wins. Then they went into new songs on Spotify that helps teachers in class. Then they talk about the motivational quote about chosing to be happy!
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This episode we are joined by special guest JO JO Almonte! We talk about cruise ship life, NFL, Dance studio training and much more!
"Join us in this episode of 'Mr. Chris Unplugged' as we dive deep into the enchanting world of tap dance with a focus on the dynamic tracks 'Tap En Croix' and 'Heel En Croix' from the mesmerizing Tap Level 2 album. We'll explore the rhythmic magic of these two songs, their origins, and the unique style that Mr. Chris brings to the art of tap dance. Get ready for an immersive auditory experience that will have you tapping your feet and craving for more of Mr. Chris's sensational rhythms."
This episode we our joined by our 1st podcast guest Sarah Shillinglaw! This episode is full of podcast gold! Enjoy!
This episode we talk about that feeling you get when it’s time for something new! Sometimes all you have to go on is your word or the word of someone else to get you goin!
This podcast we talk about our travel plans , Broadway shows, personal music, getting your kids involved and writing the Otter song!
This pod we talk about not wanting to do the workout and the Valentines pack for teachers!
This pod we talk about our New York trip, Broadway dance center and going to the pizza spot!
This pod we talk about the 2023 fitness album and how to use workouts and freeze dance to get your students to focus! When the brain is boggled this can help you out!
This episode we talk about our kids talking about their teachers and wondering if our dance students talked about us like that!
This episode we talk about the song pullback prankster. What to do with your hands doing a pin drop. And whatever else exclamation.
Song list: 1- Ball change Bats 2- 5 little spiders 3- It’s Fall Y’all 4- Tippy Toe Scarecrow!
This episode, I talk about the holiday mixtape. The fall collection, top dance program and booking a School Assembly near you.
Hey dance teachers! Here is a playlist for class! I put together four songs to work on popping skills! 1) Body isolation 2) Arms Hitz and 8 popping positions 3) Just a popping drill 4) The Glide Combo
This episode I talk about facing adversities in life. It’s not about how many times you fall down or fail but it’s about how many times you get back up and try again.
This episode we talk about working on what you can and I share a story about me having all the right moves but not able to finish with the slam dunk.
This podcast episode I talk about the first verse in head shoulders knees and toes and how to use those moves for across the floor Drills
This episode I talk about putting out music and overcoming the fear of what others think
This episode I talk about my trip to Cincinnati and how it was a reminder of my origin story. Students your greatness starts right where you are.
This episode I talk about how training for the butterfly kit helped me to learn persistence.
This episode I talk about making my own way and becoming a choreographer and how you can apply this to your life!
This episode I tell a story about how I almost got lost in the ocean and how having a sense of urgency will get you closer to your dreams!
This episode I thought about the best Halloween costume ever! And how it applies to you walking in your vision.
This episode I talk about the challenges you face when you try to knock out those goals!
This episode I talk about a group called new edition and how I loved the video if it isn’t love and it inspired me to copy the process of working hard and how important practice is.
This episode I talk about learning how to put the thread in the weed eater help me to be a better version of myself.
This episode I talk about expansion thinking. Think outside of the box let your dream lead you to the next level.
In this episode I tell a story about moving to Los Angeles and catching the greyhound bus and worrying about what if we actually succeed.
This episode we talk about how to use the double arm wave in your across the floor drills center floor drills and choreography
Lessons from the lake. Lessons from the lake. Is the pleasure on the other side of the rocks worth more than the pain of crossing the rocks and the discomfort of sitting and burning up in the sun.
Vid: https://youtu.be/fYERrfBEaKo 🔥 At the 1:56 mark he starts with a basic cricket freeze, elbow in side, power arm out!
🔥 At the 2:31 mark he shows the pilot freeze, if you don’t know that go to the vid!
🔥At the 3:35 mark he works on the transition from cricket to pilot. Keeping the head on the ground and arms don’t move! ( this is a great drill with counts)
🔥 At the 5:07 mark he takes his shoes off and instead of going one leg at a time he slides both legs forward and then up!
🔥At the 5:38 mark he combines the slide turn up to make one motion!
🔑 At the 7:54 mark he shows the final stage and that is to do the whole thing with the legs not touching!
Online breaking class:
https://www.patreon.com/Vincanitv
This episode and talk about what you have in your hand is the key to your future. I had three points the first point was what you have in your hand is the key to happiness. The second point was what you have in your hand is the key to confidence. And the third point was what you have in your hand can unlock your future.
This episode I talk about the song red light and how to use the robot, waving and toprock techniques during the song!!
This episode I break down the song Bounce and talk about the old school moves in the song and waving popping and gliding techs all in one!
This episode is the audio from a Zoom assembly with some students in New Jersey! The 1st part breaks down the 8 part wave and I talk about the next step! The same way the next step completes the wave the same is true in life! And then we do the stretch song and I talk about being stretched outside of your comfort zone by freestyle dance! You will enjoy this episode and you can also do the moves with us!
Inside the dump, Bing Bong finds out he is slowly fading and on the verge of disappearing forever and has lost all hope. To get both of them out of the Memory Dump and save Riley's mind, Bing Bong and Joy try to use Bing Bong's wagon to blast out to the surface. No matter how hard they sing, the wagon falls short every time. Bing Bong, in a moment of self-realization, starts the rocket again and jumps off before it flies away, making the wagon light enough for Joy to reach the top. As Joy looks and realizes what he has done, Bing Bong utters his final words: "Take her to the moon
This pod I talk about working to be a great freestyle dancer, adding the turtle and pilot freeze into your freestyle game, setting intentions for your freestyle improvement and putting the James Brown splits in your set😎
What are your intentions this week? Find something good in your life and focus on that!
This episode I talk about using it takes two the music and the moves, setting the vibe, remixing the cat daddy and pre Choreo for your freestyle game👊🏾
Toprock x-up by b-boy flipz
Link:
https://youtu.be/tku61czmEbk
1- At the 2:13 mark just working on the feet crossing
2- At the 2:34 mark working on the chest and shoulders! Adding flavor!
3- At the 2:52 mark adding the chest feet shoulders and center
4- At the 4:15 mark add the jump and before that levels!
https://youtu.be/Wt_-tTDcCh8
1- At the 1:09 mark he shows the first move, he leans back, sticks the right leg forward and the arms form the cobra pose!
2- The 2nd move is to counter the first one! So lean forward and arm goes forward
3- At the 1:53 mark he sets us up for the next moves, THATS the drop so hands go down and then right leg tucks in behind the left for a pin drop! Get the song! Also safety tip is to wear knee pads!
Pin drop https://www.amazon.com/The-Pin-Drop/dp/B00TV0AWI0/ref=nodl_
Front cross back cross pin drop spin up https://youtu.be/jnJX4IxWdx0
4- At the 3:57 mark he does the spin, stay low instead of coming up
How to train your pilot freeze. https://youtu.be/bZTXEriChBA. Notes:
Ok before we go into pilot freeze drills we have to take the pilot freeze coarse
https://youtu.be/0MBKvjfZ8pY
1- He starts off in what is called the cricket position, elbow in side and power arm out, then he lifts both legs and head does not touch the ground! Do 2 sets of holding for 5 seconds!
2- then he goes into lifting the leg up
Definitely sign up for his YouTube channel and Patreon page!
Now on to the drill!
1- Hold the basic position with legs on ground for 10 seconds ( roll and relax wrist in between sets)
2- Hold leg up in air with flex foot for ten seconds!
3- One hand on hip or finger tips lift for ten seconds!
4- Then lifts both legs up and open for ten seconds!
5- He sat on the ground and did the five positions of weight change or five poses! Legs start closed, open for 1, Nike 2,open 3, Nike 4 and close on 5!
6- Now try it in the air! The modified version is legs in basic or down 1, lift one leg 2, Nike one leg 3, open one leg 4, both legs back to basic 5!
7- take a rest and do the other side!!
This drill builds strength!
My song for this drill is Baby Freeze!
https://youtu.be/vv371450Cow
1- At the 4 sec mark right out the gate they gave us the side flip over bodies move! And he was holding the knees🔥
2- From the 6 sec mark to the 8 sec mark they did a ripple kip up stand up straight leg move to the hits🔥🔥
( Kip up drillz 3 sets of 10)
https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Chris-Hip-Hop-Technique/dp/B00TV0AFQO
3- From the 10 sec mark to the 29 sec mark they gave us BIG MOVES THAT HIT QUICK🔥 For a whole 4 counts of 8 nonstop big-ness 🔥 Lots of pinches and high knees and formation changes!
(You can definitely chop that up to create a hype across the floor set!)
4- At the 29 sec mark they hit us with the two guys doing back tucks down to the ground! They did a great job of using the ones who can do tricks! ( sometimes as a teacher I get caught up in everyone getting a trick but you can use a couple of tricks in the right formation and it works great for the visuals💜)
5- They followed that up at the 34 sec mark with three going down and doing the one foot slide while the other made it look like they were pushing them🔥
6- At the 36 sec mark one of them did a half of a flare while the others did a spin🔥
How to do flares https://youtu.be/Sz5rd22PCSI
7- At the 44 sec mark the did the step and slide glide🔥
( across the floor walks and step and slides) ( center drills 4 step and slides and 1 circle glides) How to circle glide https://youtu.be/L-2oXNe5Nwc
8- At the 51 sec mark the did a wave that shocked out and then sucked back in🔥
9- they followed that up at the 53 sec mark with the step and slide again this time pointing🔥
10- At the 56 sec mark they did three hard punches on outta your mind and did a connected fingertip wave after🔥
11- From the 59 sec mark to about the 1:05 mark they did a great job of showing us how to go from hard hitting to smooth slow with still the same energy 🔥
J Lo MIE pod notes Bring your best stuff 1st🔥
Notes on the Pod:
1- He said he didn’t go into the battle blind! He had a list, he rehearsed and he knew Ross’s list!
We need to teach them to have a set and to rehearse that set over and over!
2- Chainz also said he studied the Verzus battles before him! It’s important to show them and have them look up clips for homework on popping battles and b boy battles! World of dance duels is good for crews!🔥
3- He also talked about the importance of the energy! He said they had to keep it not about the competition but a celebration! But for teachers we have to keep it full of confidence 🔥
This episode I talk about the tutting skills of Geometrie on World of dance! https://youtu.be/tHEHx_p1Tm0
https://youtu.be/22DKBe4c1pc
1- At the 9 sec Mark, reach up and grab move and walking forward! Smooth!
2- At the 17 sec mark to the 20 sec Mark they did a throw punch a smash and a shuffle groove🤮
3- At the 39 sec Mark they did a small Indian step move and followed that with a hands up slide side to side! TLC vibes
https://youtu.be/RmxZEMWF2bg
1- At the 10 second Mark! The girl in the front started murdering the single arm tuts! To the sound of the piano! OK!
2- At the 24 second mark, same girl does a neck wave, left right and looks up, then warps the neck looking down and only used her neck for the whole part! Cold!
3- At the 56 second mark to the 1:03 mark! The connected group arm wave! Come on!!!
Judges notes:
How do you get that clean! They said literally we never sleep! 🔥🔥🔥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4QEO1RG35s&t=25s
1- At the 14 sec mark, they did a beautiful i call it mime isolation combo! Like a wall was in front of them!
2- At the 20 sec mark , they did a simple one step stomp, but the arms were constantly waving out and the shoulder hitting isolations to start each wave!!! and then into a body wave starting with the head!
3- At the 30 sec mark, Bailey got behind Kida and she did a puppet control move with her elbows and she controlled his head and neck!!!
Judges Notes:
they haven't been dancing together long, but they have to learn to build chemistry together! another pod mentions Kenone and Mari vibes would be dope!
encourage your students to watch each other and make eye contact and connect!
On this episode I talk about three moves the Williams Fam did on World Of Dance! https://youtu.be/fPYBObyobwQ
This podcast we talk about the Jr Group Grvmnt:
GRVMNT DANCE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T70QRRsVWWI
This podcast I talk about the Rodman interview in the last dance and how it spoke to me!
This podcast i talk about all the skills my 3 to 5 yr olds need to know!
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In this three song mix/dance party i have a warm up called Elbow/Body wave, it is an across the floor song but you can just have them march in place for your online classes or march forward and back. Also take a little time to break down the body wave so when it goes fast they will have it! The 2nd song is a footwork song called Kick ball change. The kick goes to the side on this drill! And the last song is a groove song called Break That Bat, working on opposition! If you need a video for any of these send me an email zondaflex@yahoo.com
1- Elbow/ Body Wave
https://music.apple.com/us/album/elbow-body-wave-across-the-floor/1091576940?i=1091576948
2- Kick Ball Change:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/kick-ball-change/1404661806?i=1404661945
3- Break That Bat:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/break-that-bat/1404661806?i=1404661934
Hey dance teachers! Here is another three song mix i put together for your online classes! The 1st one is Hokey Pokey, you can use this to get them warmed up and that cardio going! The 2nd song is a hip hop fitness song called the burped song, they definitely have enough room to get this workout in! And the last song is a technique song called Toprock Level 1, focus on the arm swings as the foot steps. I also have a song on my youtube channel and it's a slower top rock for 3 to 5 year olds! If you need a video for any of the songs, send me an email zondaflex@yahoo.com and i will send it bak to you!
Hokey Pokey:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/hokey-pokey-dance/548930530?i=548930538
The Burpee Song:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-burpee-song/1091576940?i=1091576950
Top rock Level 1:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/toprock-level-1/377782921?i=377783046
This podcast i share three songs for my teachers for their online classes. The first is a warmup song called Rolla Armz to get them moving and to get in some cardio! The second is a technique song called King Tut, make sure they are keeping the hands flat when they place their arms up and down. And the third song is a fun follow along song called 8 is great!
Rolla Armz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K7VEVCBzwI
Basic Tutting Combo: You can use these arms up and down on the song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrluSO-Qs0E
8 Is Great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uReK4kIRuzY
This episode we talk about taking care of yourself as a teacher and the breakdown of the Suge song!
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