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Hip Hop Foundations · MONTH 1

Month 1 — Rhythm, Bounce & Body Awareness

Monthly progression: Rhythm & pulse, Bounce & weight transfer, Groove vocabulary. End with Baseline assessment.

Week 1: Rhythm & pulse

Focus: Rhythm & pulse

01

Pulse walk

HH-M01-E002

START →
02

Down bounce

HH-M01-E003

START →
03

Up bounce

HH-M01-E004

START →
04

Side bounce

HH-M01-E005

START →
05

Rock

HH-M01-E006

START →
06

Step-touch

HH-M01-E007

START →
07

Two-step

HH-M01-E008

START →
08

Basic party groove

HH-M01-E009

START →
09

Head nod

HH-M01-E010

START →
10

Shoulder groove

HH-M01-E011

START →
11

Chest isolation

HH-M01-E012

START →
12

Hip isolation

HH-M01-E013

START →

Week 2: Bounce & weight transfer

Focus: Bounce & weight transfer

13

Knee release

HH-M01-E014

TRIAL
14

Weight shift

HH-M01-E015

TRIAL
15

Heel/toe weight transfer

HH-M01-E016

TRIAL
16

Quarter-turn groove

HH-M01-E017

TRIAL
17

Forward groove

HH-M01-E018

TRIAL
18

Backward groove

HH-M01-E019

TRIAL
19

Side travel groove

HH-M01-E020

TRIAL
20

Freeze on snare

HH-M01-E021

TRIAL
21

Move on 1

HH-M01-E022

TRIAL
22

Move on 2 and 4

HH-M01-E023

TRIAL
23

Kick response

HH-M01-E024

TRIAL
24

Snare response

HH-M01-E025

TRIAL

Week 3: Groove vocabulary

Focus: Groove vocabulary

25

Bass response

HH-M01-E026

TRIAL
26

Four-count phrase

HH-M01-E027

TRIAL
27

Eight-count phrase

HH-M01-E028

TRIAL
28

Sixteen-count phrase

HH-M01-E029

TRIAL
29

Half-time groove

HH-M01-E030

TRIAL
30

Double-time groove

HH-M01-E031

TRIAL
31

No-arm groove

HH-M01-E032

TRIAL
32

Arms-only groove

HH-M01-E033

TRIAL
33

Upper/lower split

HH-M01-E034

TRIAL
34

Mirror partner

HH-M01-E035

TRIAL
35

Follow-the-leader

HH-M01-E036

TRIAL
36

Stop/start drill

HH-M01-E037

TRIAL

Week 4: Baseline assessment

Focus: Baseline assessment

37

Direction-change drill

HH-M01-E038

TRIAL
38

Level-change drill

HH-M01-E039

TRIAL
39

Texture: heavy/light

HH-M01-E040

TRIAL
40

Texture: sharp/smooth

HH-M01-E041

TRIAL
41

30-second groove

HH-M01-E042

TRIAL
42

60-second groove

HH-M01-E043

TRIAL
43

Groove without looking in mirror

HH-M01-E044

TRIAL
44

Groove with eyes focused forward

HH-M01-E045

TRIAL
45

Groove with one repeated motif

HH-M01-E046

TRIAL
46

Groove to three tempos

HH-M01-E047

TRIAL
47

Rhythm, Bounce & Body Awareness — practice variation 47

HH-M01-E048

TRIAL
48

Rhythm, Bounce & Body Awareness — practice variation 48

HH-M01-E049

TRIAL
49

Rhythm, Bounce & Body Awareness — practice variation 49 CAPSTONE

HH-M01-E050

TRIAL

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