R 16 Finals 2014

Like last time year, I made special plan to attend the world championship of B Boys and other dancing named R 16 at Olympic Park in Seoul.

R 16 is becoming more and more famous worldwide, as expected there were a lot of foreigners to enjoy the competition and to support their country. I attended the first day out of this two days grand world level championship.

I reached with my friends after a long journey as Ansan city a bit already far from the place and Olympic Park is also not in the center of Seoul. We took our tickets arranged and sponsored by KTO then had a little visit of the Park to have some fresh air to capture some photos.

The competition started on time with a most memorable showcase performance by Kenny Muhammad Ali known as The Human Orchestra. His performance was the mouth beatbox but it was more than that as he has the talent to make sounds and voices not only within the normal range and styles of beatbox but also many different light and heavy sounds simultaneously. All enjoyed his performance and he lift the atmosphere at a certain threshold needed for this competitions.

Firstly there were competitions of B Boys individuals. Then there was locking competition followed by the Popping one. International players were very sharp and competing well with local but previous world champions of Korea.

The judges were great with their showcases and performances but te players were dying for the win showing their every move, few were quite confident and other were desperate but no body loses the sportsman spirit and the Respect for each other.

In the end Issei, won the title of B Boy Individual while Cio for the Locking and Kid Boogie rocked it off for the Poppoing.