Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 283 Gymnastics Warrior
"Hey, hey, hey, your saliva has sprayed onto my phone..."

"Isn't Mr. Kitamura a street dance teacher? What's so strange about being my teacher?"

Xia Fan took back the phone and wiped it on Martin's clothes with disgust.

"What do you, an 'outsider' of the street dance circle, know? Kitamura Hanamichi is the 'last glory' of the street dance circle in District 11, and a big shot known as the 'godfather of enlightenment'..."

"He stopped accepting apprentices ten years ago and only focused on filming master teaching videos and participating in street dance promotion activities!"

Martin's curly hair, which had just been blow-dried, was wet again by the sweat that was coming out.

During the enlightenment era when street dance was invading District 11 with cultures from various countries, he won the World Street Dance Championship for the first time as a District 11 native. This shocked the whole world at the time and indirectly triggered the rapid development of street dance in District 11...

After that, generations of street dance teenagers in District 11 watched Kimura Hanamichi’s teaching videos and grew from toddlers to graceful dancers.

"Master Kitamura actually recommended some moves to you for this small talent show stage, and even filmed a demonstration video himself. He definitely treats you as his last disciple."

Martin suddenly got up from his seat, prostrated himself before Xia Fan, and sincerely requested, "Mr. Xia, if you have the chance, please introduce me to Master Beicun. I'll get an autograph, a handshake, a photo, anything."

"If there's a chance later, it should be fine. By the way, Kitamura-sensei, you're actually more famous than I thought..."

Seeing Martin's useless little fanboy look, Xia Fan had a clearer understanding of Kimura Hanamichi's "status in the world".

After all, the vocal class of Horie is taught by Mr. Horie, and Kitamura Hanamichi, who was invited to be in charge of the street dance class, is naturally no simple character.

"By the way, I asked you to help me with the movements, what did you get off topic?"

"Which one is better? It's already noon, we have to decide quickly and practice hard in the afternoon."

Thinking that the movement problem he was struggling with had not yet been solved, he lowered his head and began to ponder.

"Thomas spins, catches the ball with an elbow spin..."

"Windmill takes one-handed AIRCHAIR..."

"Thomas spin, followed by a big loop..."

"The three moves that Master Kitamura recommended and demonstrated to you are all standard 'ending techniques' in breakdancing, and are indeed very suitable for the ending of 'Oxygen Bomb'."

Recalling the three sets of movements just now, Martin nodded in admiration.

"Ahem, but, Mr. Xia, I don't mean to discourage you, but Master Beicun demonstrated it so easily..."

"Your priority right now should be which move you can perform in its entirety, right?"

Then, he made a suggestion to Xia Fan with a complicated look and a tactful tone.

The dance "Oxygen Bomb" already has many elements of street dance moves. The three sets of moves recommended by Kitamura are very suitable, and are even more visually shocking than the "handstand splits" in the original version.

However, although these three movements do not test flexibility so much, they have very high requirements on the dancer's physical fitness and control ability, and cannot be "quickly mastered" in a day or two.

Although Xia Fan had demonstrated athlete-like stamina, a strong sense of power, and a terrifying ability to imitate movements in previous dances, Martin did not think that he could learn any of the three sets of movements before the performance.

"Of course I won't be able to perform these moves if I don't practice them, but the time for practice is very tight, so I can only choose the most suitable one to focus on, so I've been struggling until now..."

Xia Fan had a worried look on his face and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Ahem, among these moves, the third one definitely has the best visual effect, but it's also the most difficult."

After thinking for a while, Martin gave his advice sincerely.

"Yeah, I think so too, so let's decide on this one!"

"We have to hurry and start practicing right away..." Xia Fan had tried the "giant loop" in previous classes, and he was more inclined to this move, so he made up his mind immediately.

"Well, this move is very easy to get injured, so you can't just practice it casually. Wait for me!"

Martin trotted to the equipment room of the program team, took out a set of wrist guards, waist guards, elbow pads, knee pads and a safety helmet, and motioned Xia Fan to put them on.

"I'll be by your side to protect you while you practice. Just give it a try and don't force yourself. It would be putting the cart before the horse if you get hurt before the performance."

He carried over a few thick yoga mats, laid them out, and started doing warm-up exercises.

Martin has extensive experience in street dance and has been injured several times, so he naturally knows how risky it is to practice these breakdance moves.

Once a movement is wrong and there is no one to help stabilize, the joints may be worn out and sprained at best, or the ligaments may be broken or fractured at worst.

"Well, okay, I'll leave it to you."

Remembering that Kitamura Hanamichi had once warned him not to practice without permission, Xia Fan obediently put on a full set of protective gear.

"Don't be greedy. Break down the movements first and start with the Thomas spin on the floor..."

Martin applied lime powder on Xia Fan's hands, stepped back two steps, and motioned for him to try it first.

Right now, he was in no hurry to eat.

If Xia Fan couldn't complete the floor movements, he would just give up these unrealistic ideas and ask Master Beicun for a few simpler and trickier movements to avoid wasting time.

"Well, I'm ready..."

Xia Fan stood still, played the background music of his solo part, and began to dance according to the movements of Kitamura Hanamichi in the video...

After a standard rock step, he supported himself with his hands and did a Thomas turn easily.

"it is good!"

"You...you have practiced the Thomas turn before?"

Martin cheered subconsciously and then asked in surprise.

"No, this was just my first practice, and I feel okay..."

Xia Fan shook his head.

It’s a little simpler than the last “big loop”, he added silently in his mind.

"This is at least a level 8 move. Although it may be easier for people with strong wrist and core strength, it shouldn't be so smooth the first time, right?"

"Grasp the feeling you had just now and do a few more to consolidate it."

Martin swallowed and motioned to Xia Fan to bring a few more.

"Ah."

Xia Fan followed Kitamura Hanamichi's movements in the video, replayed the melody, took small steps, and did several standard Thomas turns in one breath like a professional gymnast.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, you freak, before you signed up for the draft, you must have been the gymnastics warrior who announced your retirement after making a mistake in the horizontal bar event in the competition, right?"

Watching the other person's movements constantly improving and becoming more and more standard, Martin had to believe that the other person was practicing for the first time.

Xia Fan was obviously still very unfamiliar with this move, and he had achieved his current level entirely through his terrifying body control, muscle strength and imitation ability.

(End of this chapter)