Physics Today

In 2002 an Asian nation, South Korea shook the bboyworld. A crew by the name of Expressions entered Battle of the Year and won it, beating Vagabonds in the final. From that day, everyone knew that South Korea would be a force to be reckoned with. One of the first prominent bboys from Korea was Ducky, who combined unique style with power. The first generation of crews around that time focussed mainly on power. They typically trained 8 hours a day, 5 times a week and thus a bboying nation of power heads was born. The Koreans would later be criticised for "not dancing". It is unknown whether these power heads could dance, but simply chose not to. However, despite the power dominated scene, two well-rounded bboys in particular developed their game to encompass all aspects of the dance, these were Hong 10 (Expression/Hells Angels/Drifters crew) and Physics (Rivers crew). It would be fair to say that along with Ducky, they formed the backbone of the Bboy Agency's Project Soul; a Korean All Star outfit which would compete at the UK Champs and reach the finals in every year of entering! Interestingly the three aforementioned dancers have continued to shape the Korean scene, forcing all bboys to become well-rounded in their bboying. Other prominent crews from Korea include, Gamblers, Obowang/Extreme Crew and Last for One. The Pacific scene is not dominated by Korea, one must remember that when bboying died out in the late 80's, it was countries such as Japan and Germany who kept <b>...</b>