PHYSICX

Physicx (Real name: Hyo Keun Kim, Hangul: 김효근, born on 23 July 1984 in South Korea) is a South Korean Bboy, who has countless titles that put his name as one of the best bboys in the world. He is currently a member of a Korean crew called Rivers crew and was formerly a member of the Korean all-star crew, Project Soul.

History

After graduating from school he moved to Seoul, Korea, where he began his professional bboy career. Joining Rivers Crew, he was able to earn a great deal of respect from the Korean bboy community.

The name Physicx soon swept around the world after the UK B-Boy Championship, where he displayed his unimaginable and unique skills to the world for the first time and took the title as winner of the solo tournament. The world found out and discovered the hidden talent behind Physicx.The style Physicx brought onto the floor was unique even in his own category: powerheads. He helped popularize many moves, including the elbow spin. However, since 2009, Physicx's style moved more towards foundation as an expression of what Physicx has learned while being active in the bboy field.This shift in style has gained respect inside the bboy and bgirl community as it focuses more on the musical part of breakdancing than it did before, which largely neglected the "style" aspect of breakdancing.

Competitions

Physicx has been a champion of many international-level tournaments both as a member of a crew and as an individual. His most notable crew achievements include a R-16 Korea and Bboy Unit Korea title with Rivers in 2007, and UK B-Boy Championship titles with Project Soul in 2002, 2004 and 2005. As an individual, he won the solo title at UK B-Boy Championship in 2004. He was also selected for the 2005 Red Bull BC One individual tournament involving 1 on 1 battles between the top 16 bboys in the world.

Judging

Physicx has also been selected as a judge for several breakdance competitions in Korea, including B-Boy Showdown.

Dancing Style

Breakdancing has two types of dancers in it: powerheads and styleheads. Powerheads focus more on the dynamic part of breakdancing, while styleheads focus more on the musical part of breakdancing. This is not to say that the two are separate roles. Many professionals are able to take parts from their other half and incorporate it into their individual styles (although it is unprecedentedly rare to ever actually find a bboy/bgirl who is 50/50 between the two categories). Up until 2009, Physicx was a powerhead. As stated by him, Physicx's main focus is powermoves. Yet, Physicx gained so much respect because of the unique style he brought even in the powerhead field. One of the biggest signatures of a powerhead is the most difficult powermove - the airflare and variations of it, such as an elbow airflare (also known as the elbow track). However, Physicx rarely ever, if at all, used this move. His style of breakdancing was significantly different, focusing on many of the powermoves that have been neglected in the bboy culture. For example, Physicx is one of the main contributors in the popularization of the elbow spin. More recently, Physicx has been moving his style towards foundation. Although Physicx, himself, has stated that he still enjoys the powermove aspect of breakdancing the most, he feels that it is natural for bboys and bgirls to move more towards foundation as their experiences in the breakdancing world compiles up.