[Drexl]

I love the names given to certain moves in the choreography . Recently we got
boogaloo , chaka shuffle and barrel roll. So what else can you remember from
any of the old releases ???

[Shane]

I swear they do this just so I can't keep up!

I TRIED jam a couple times, and the "Mambo side-step" along with the "step-ball-change" made me look a fool... :?

No, it wasn't ME, it was the music.... or the instructor... but certainly not ME. [-(

ROFL

[danielkvc]

Lets see:

moon run
slomo-explode
soulshaker
james-brown
lock 'n pop

On one DVD, Gandaf actually says somethink "don't we have the colest names for moves", I think it's 41...

Dan!

[teraquis]

Hey guys, wicked idea for a topic - wish I had thought of it sooner !
It can be really easy to forget that we all speak and think in a completely different language to the rest of the world.



I am going to add some more lingo also... from the release that I think threw a WHOLE heap of lingo at the average jammer... but I am also going to step in as well so I set the expectation up front about how this topic goes...

Please limit your posts to the actual names of the particular move or choreography block i.e. bugaloo or new house cardio block etc.
Posts that explain in any detail the particular move etc, or lists actual choreography will have to unfortunately be removed. Regrettably this may be an instant deletion of your post, so please use the preview button before posting your posts, and consider the intellectual property of Les Mills International.

If you are stuck for the specific name of choreography, please try and link it to the release number, the track number or the name of the track/ artist etc. Alternatively, send a private message to a friend, or myself to clarify the name of the move.

Your instructor(s) may have also referred to a particular move or set of moves by a name - they may have scripted it that way also. If that's the case, by all means let us know what they called it, and try and reference it to the actual (official) name of the move as well. For example, the bugaloo may also get referred to as "the BODYJAM chicken dance" for obvious reasons...

For any clarification in my meaning of the above: please refer to the forum rules http://www.groupfitn...?act=boardrules
Or send myself or another moderator a private message.



Now keep in mind all my notes are currently packed away until next Monday, so the actual names may not be accurate

and now for a taster of Jam lingo, a la Jam 36...

The Baseball
Coupe (actually a ballet term)
Box step
The "push-away"
Jazz hands a.k.a. Spirit Fingers a.k.a. "those fingers from Bring it on"
The hammer
Wave and snap
Uprock (actually a hip hop term)
Ragga - I thought this was sposed to be a style, not a move's name

I have missed more, but we can come back to this...

[o_c_grl]

I'm a big fan of the Drunken Uncle hip push in BJ43 :-D

The 'Throw It Up' Combo name made me laugh too

[Dancefreak]

Don't forget about the hootchie!

[erin c]

Slo Mo Fo, Tweeter turn, Lean Wit' It...

[TmbrWolf]

Jungle Back (BJ34 and a variation in 35)
Clap and Click (BJ38)

[Drexl]

Had to think back a while for some of these .... to when i first started,
there was :
jackson jive arms - looked cool but i could never get it.
beyonce bounce
bachuchara?? - high energy,my shoulders usually hurt afterwards.. no doubt from dodge technque.
Rockstar
stripper dip - sadly no money coming my way.
the basketball

One i found really hard was the (not really a name) but referred to as the :
Kick-swivel-drop and kick-ballchange ..... Any smarties out there wanna guess which
release its from ????

[Noelle]

Drexl, on Dec 19 2007, 03:12 PM, said:

bachuchara?? - high energy,my shoulders usually hurt afterwards.. no doubt from dodge technque.

Are you talking about the "Batucada" from the song "E-Samba"? That song also had the "Margarita". Hahaha.

[teraquis]

Drexl, are you questioning my knowledge of all-things-jam ?

The kick swivel drop and kick ball change was from Jam 32

[Noelle]

teraquis, on Dec 20 2007, 06:10 PM, said:

Drexl, are you questioning my knowledge of all-things-jam ?

The kick swivel drop and kick ball change was from Jam 32

Oh, it's "Yeah"!

[Drexl]

Batucada - is that what is was. yeah that E-samba track was cranking with energy.

And well done teraquis you were right , but where did these come from ?? :
"its like your trying to get out if your mini in a tight carpark"
"ladies with the elbows in the air, gentlemen with the fists right here"
"its just you me and the woomph"
"mako-senso"

[teraquis]

hmmm... made me think

"its like your trying to get out if your mini in a tight carpark" - BJ 34
"ladies with the elbows in the air, gentlemen with the fists right here" - ya got me...
"its just you me and the woomph" - BJ 41
"mako-senso" - ya got me also...

Anyone think of what the two are I have missed ?

[Noelle]

Drexl, on Dec 21 2007, 11:36 PM, said:

"ladies with the elbows in the air, gentlemen with the fists right here"

That's for "DeJa Vu" from 39.

[Drexl]

Ha Ha , you guys are great . Well done , you sure love your jam.
I just had another ... " did you see it - try not to blink "
if you get the remaining 2 i'll have to start sending out high distinction
report cards , He He.

[mittyjames]

cabbage patch anyone?

cabbage patch anyone?

[Noelle]

mittyjames, on Jan 30 2008, 07:05 PM, said:

cabbage patch anyone?

Body Jam 35, 2nd block For the win!

[katarg]

A friend of mine, while teaching BJ 37 (track 9), used to say "catch the market bag" (in spanish "agarro la bolsa de las compras").
Kisses, Vanyo!

[TmbrWolf]

BodyJam Salute - BJ 37 2nd half