In 2012, I was asked to coach a group of foreigners who were living in Korea. At that time, I noticed that there were so many foreigner Bboys living in Korea, each of them, hungry to experience all that the Korean Bboy scene had to offer. What many people didn’t know, was that getting into the Korean Bboy scene, isn’t easy at all.
The Korean Bboy scene is quite “CLAN’ish, in the sense that each of the crews, really stick to their own. Unlike most Bboy scenes around the world, there aren’t many open practices at all. Pretty much all the top crews, have their own private studios to practice in, which isn’t open to the public. Therefore you need to be invited, which I didn’t have much of a problem with, but I noticed these foreigner Bboys did.
Thus I decided to create a squad, comprising of all the foreigner Bboys and Bgirls who for whatever reason, were temporarily living in Seoul Korea. In the beginning, I put my heart and soul into leading the crew the same way that I lead the Supernaturalz. Just as I had lead many other crews around the world to become hometown, national or world champions, I was determine to lead the Seoul Seekers down the same path.
Sadly, the reality hit me, that this squad of Bboys living in Korea, is a transient bunch, each member only temporary until he or she moves back to their home and rejoins their original crew. Thus, being a “serious” squad with the intent of becoming a world champion crew wasn’t everyone’s goal, but rather, this crew was a place that they can temporarily belong, a home away from home.
Thus the Seoul Seekers became a “Bboy Social Club”, where the members would train every Saturday from 11am-2pm at The Dance Box in Jongak district. I continue to lead the sessions with warm-ups, drills, cyphers and mini lessons from time to time. Each of the members pays a monthly membership fee of 25,000 KRW ($25) or can pay a one time fee of 7,000 KRW ($7).
Recently, the our Seoul Seekers club has discussed setting up exhibition call out battles in nightclubs, which would turn into parties afterwards where we can invite all our fellow foreigners and expats to come support us, and after party with us.
Our first battle will be on Dec 2nd 2017 in one of the biggest clubs in Seoul Korea, formerly called Club Answer, now called Club Avenue. It will be a special party event with 15 promoters coming together. We will be battling against a united university mixed team comprising of the two top universities in Korea. Yonsei University and Korea National University.
I’m hoping that this battle will not only be an amazing battle, but a dope experience for all our friends and supporters who come watch this. If this goes well, we will be making a monthly event out of it, slowly battling crews one by one working our way up the chain in Korea, showing and proving that BBOYS CAN MAKE LIVING FROM BATTLING!!
If you are available this Saturday, feel free to come! It’s free when you are on our Seoul Seekers Guestlist! To get on our guestlist, click “Going” on our facebook page, and on the night of the event, give your name at the door under the Seoul Seekers Guestlist!
Event page link HERE
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