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I went to Mumbai, India, last month to judge YOUDH, India's first ever event to feature a house competition. I judged alongside bboy Sonic and Kundu, a U.S. native who spent years dancing in the New York scene. What's significant about Kundu and I being there is that the majority of India's house dancers learned firsthand from Kundu and my Youtube videos. House is just starting to bloom in India and I was extremely honored to be part of the event. Besides Mumbai, I also taught several workshops in Kolkota. Click here to see my Facebook album documenting my trip. Also, here is a video of me and Kundu's judges' showcase from YOUDH. Enjoy.

Before I go, I just wanted to ask: who are the biggest influences in your area in terms of house dance? Do you have specific teachers/dancers there that most people learn/copy from? For example, a large number of people in the states generally believe that Serial Steppers are a big influence in France and that the same goes for Hiro of Alma in Japan. For those who live in France and Japan, are these statements accurate? I'm interested to hear your answers.

Holy crap, this is pretty crazy news to me. Almost a decade ago, I started a website under the domain "theotherside.nu." At the time, I proclaimed it "the first site ever to focus on bringing together the world's hip hop and house dancers." Now, I'm not one to embellish much, so at the time, it probably held some truth. It's just so crazy to think that back then, I was already trying to make some sort of change. Unfortunately, I lost my purpose along the way and relinquished the site to someone who consequently let it die. I haven't thought of my site since then. Yesterday, I was reminded by Danny Dance that part of the history section of my old site is still around around on breakcheck.com. That's when I decided to do some digging to see if I could somehow get at least a screenshot of my old site. To my surprise, my free host from almost 10 years ago never erased my pages! I'm so happy to see that it's still around. Click here to see the site. The house history section is still very much intact I believe a few the clips and links still work too. You can even read how I described house when I was still first learning it.

Here's a testimonial from 49ers head strength and conditioning coach, Mark Uyeyama. His wife asked me to surprise him for his birthday with a dance lesson; apparently he watched my videos often to learn dance moves. Random right? Too bad though, due to legal reasons under his 49ers contract, I can't release this video publicly, so I just wanted to share it with you guys.