b-boy blond did slow-airflare at 2001 (when issei was 4year old kid) that's why blond was laughing when issei showed copy sign to him

Absolute fail when Issei called biting for Blonde's slow airflares loll Blonde was known for those

Blond's laugh was pure evil lol

Blond was just fucking with Issei LOL!

IMO, Foundation- Blonde. Originality- Blonde. Dynamics- Issei. Execution- Blond Battle- Blonde

FYI, Issei admitted that he even thought he lost and was surprised with the results of R16 2013. Search R16 2014 interviews.

blonde won clearly... take a look at the categories... he should have won battle and originality but he didn't,.. so the real result should have been 3-2 with blonde winner (and by the way i think foundation was a tie so maybe even 3-1) ROBBERY

I lol' hard when Blonde was gesturing having a broom and sweeping Issei lol.

Blond should have taken it

Blonde was just having fun as usual

Great battle, i really enjoyed it. Two of my favorite bboys and experience vs young talent is always fun to watch. So glad we have youtube now to watch all of these great battles.

Respect to both, with all that said best final I've seen in 2013 by far good energy.

Song ?

LOL right when Issei called bite on the slow airflares, i had a connection with blonde, we laughed at the same thing at the same time! Hahaha

Did anyone know what's the song?

First song ? And last ? :) good beats

anyone know the second song after kill bill remix?

How does one do "more style"....?

Top 10 anime villains that would have won if it weren't for plot armor

Issei's legs when he does those windmills xD Awesome

Slow air-flare is Blond's original move he did it so long long ago. Early in 2000s. Issei is too young to know it. So he did the copy sign to Blond.

Blond got robbed!

Im From Brazil realmente racha muito foda , esperamos b.boy blond ainda colar em algum campeonato no brasil ia ser muito foda esse racha zoa muito e dança muito tbm Paz ... b.,boy Otaku

One point is to be all-arounded, besides having a consistent foundation, wich was the primal issue we were discussing. A really good toprocker could score a perfect 5 showing solid toprock fundamentals, even though I doubt he could get a good score in the other categories or win the actual battle. I don't believe it to be the ultimate judging system, but it alouds to respect the foundation of each dancer's style.

What the hell was with the judging system. Blond took that

Musicality is also involved in Foundation. Issei's Musicality was really great.

How was blonde biting? I remember him doing that way back in the extreme crew days.

Quem venceu?

I just started the breakdancing and I really need to be judging already because I know all the footwork steps and the spins and bounces!

0:45 tons of props for that stance, damn!

issei first round for battle is 5...what did he do to get a 5 in battle attitude. is it just do a throw down and get back to your spot lol. Someone tell me how battle is being accounted for cuz my brain hurts. this whole system hurts my brain xD

Blond had better moves and Issei is kinda repetitive with the halos and mills. Blond only lost cause he got sloppy in his last rounds.

Man, I really wanna know the last song.

I think the best part is when Blond laughs and questions Issei bite sign and is like "I was doing 2000s before you were born son" on 2:14

damnnnn totally feel like blonde won on foundation, dynamics, originality, and battle. like chicken noodle said, he did get sloppy though. what a shame. blonde is so fresh!

Soooooo footwork and freezes don't exist in b-boying anymore??

DAYUM Icy ice judgine dynamics!!!! dope

Blode very good! Very good!

BLOND WIN - !

Love watching Blond again on 2013

i agree with the decision here dope battle in any case

Both are really good. Blonde's pretty much a legend and most people would occasionally use that in favor of blonde, but overall Blonde took this match by a mile, maybe even two. Both were really on point. Issei does do a lot of halos, but he still kills it. This match I would really say should've went to Blonde.

which one is issei?

well it has been the best final of 2013

What's frist song plz TT......

im just happy they are using the O.U.R system

Yes he is

Dope responses

Agree..

Issei on another level guys, he took this one

elbow spin and traveling airfares can boost blond's battle, dynamics, execution and creativity...

Word.. everyone is entitled to their own opinion which is cool and all but the judges are judges for a reason like you said

you should search bboy focus clip, from RBBC1 North EU Qualifier

I think you can get those high scores when you did different variation of powermoves in a set,that's why Issei can easily win with our system.

I agree that the foundation judge was way off on a lot of these battles, I'd love to hear his/her reasoning.

IS IT A POWERMOVES BATTLE?

Agree 300 %.

Even tho personally I think Blond won, That doesn't downgrade Issei at all! The kid is a beast ! And he was only like 16 when this happened? Kid is bout to run the bboy scene with pocket ! ... Shit gets me Excited dam

3:36 jajaja es un genio blond siempre con sus gestos

it is also involved in 'Originality' category i think.

since when did foundation = footwork?

For Battle, Issei was facing Blond most of the time, ending his sets in front of Blond, and looking at Blond. They were pretty much equal for the rest of the criteria for Battle.

yes

lol just tell this to these judges: - Ronnie (USA) - Execution - Wing (Korea) - Originality - Icey Ice (USA) - Dynamics - Lamine (France) - Cypher Battle - Fever One (USA) - Foundation i think they know exactly what is good! in my opinion issei got soul and that's why he won

No need for name calling dude. Yes there are a handful of freezes in there, but they are used as transitions rather than actual freezes. Observant or not, the footwork from both is minimal.

Footwork is a type of foundation. Toprock is a type of foundation. Power is a type of foundation.

If Blond wasn't acting like an idiot clowning around, trying to make fun of a 15 year old Issei he could have won. Instead he managed to make himself look like a fool.

Dude... Issei for the win!!!!!

Foundation is about the music not about the foorwork. check out dyzees explanation of the judging system

How does Issei get a 5 in Battle his first set, yet Blonde gets a 4 after doing Issei's slow motion with Airflares?

fot work plz

las piernas de Issei cuando hace los windmill ♥

I think Issei was implying that the slow-mo gimmick is Japan's move (Yosshi from Mortal Kombat)

Nice battle! If U sum up previous their sets U can see Issei was repeating, but if judge just this round without remembering previous rounds Issei was stronger. Both bboys deserve to be in the finals, just IMO Blond had bigger variation of moves. PeacE

WHAAT ISSEI MADE IT TO THE FINAL AGAIN THIS YEAR?? DAYYUUUM THIS KID IS ON FIIIIIRE HE IS ON HIS WAY TO BECOME THE BEST HE IS ONLY WHAT 15-16 YEARS OLD AS WELL HOLY FOK

before i see that score board i couldn't understand why blond lost. but now i understand. OUR system was right. guys, we only remember the afterimages of big scale therefore we can barley focus on every part of bboying. but judges on OUR system, they only concentrate on their part for judging they don't care for rest side so they can capture the details that we can't. if you think still blond got robbed, just imagine you're the judge for one of categories once and evaluate that battle again.

Foundation is confidence and musicality. Even then, those two categories are divided into sub-categories.. So there's more qualifications than you think. Yes, there are sometimes mistakes. Humans can only be so perfect...

AGGREEEE

OMG ! ! !

Powermove has it's own foundation

He made a bit of a slip up on the freeze (Didn't hold as long). But overall clean moves

Not all his freezes were facing him and he repeated that tapmill to footwork twice in this battle alone.

I see them doing like 50+ freezes... do you not see the drops into spinning side chairs.. elbow freezes? freezes are all aroundddd like unicorns on a rainbow. bro.

WHO WON THAT

If we're claiming that we can powermoves can have their own fundamentals that are equal to toprock/footwork/freeze fundamentals, that means that for example a really good toprocker could do an entire set of toprock with maybe one freeze or something in the middle and theoretically score equal points to Issei or Blonde here. This never happens though because the system is too vague, unbalanced, and applied incoherently

First time I've seen Blonde. Style is smooth and clean..

You have two great Bboys well known for their power moves & your expecting them to bust out in style..? That's like expecting a fish to walk on land.

bboy asoy geboy

Blonde Error 404 : footwork not found ! And JonattanD you're right, but in B-Boying you need all elements, not just focus on one like Blonde did in this battle...

While I agree that Issei did way too many halos, when do you say he crashed? Didn't see anything noticeable.

i think OUR system must added one more judging criteria about repeating move, when the bboy or bgirl doing their stuff again and again in the next battle theiy will get some minus point too. respect to all Bboy and Bgirl

Ils sont aussi fort

I personally don't agree with you 100%. I still think musicallity is a BIG part of foundation and that too each has their own unique set of power. Although I do agree that there aren't many in R16 that do footwork, these bboys still deserve to be appreciated.

Wtf round 2 they were tie in battle and exexution. Why did issei get 3.

I don't think there should be a "system" for judging here.. As in break it down into parts etc. It strips the creativity. . Rather, sometimes what u see first is your best judgement..you can see it through the battle.. And I saw guy in the right won the battle.

I wonder if Issei knows Blond in the Extreme crew days....

r16 is a powermove competition or what?

Blond robbed, he's should've won 3- 2

I'm pretty sure the pioneers/creators of breakdancing dint create a set of rules that you need to follow in order to consider yourself a breakdancer/bboy since they were too busy having fun.

Issei is a dope bboy, but every round he did some sort of halos followed by a sixstep, by his 2nd round you could already know what is coming next... Blonde won for me! But both dope bboys and a dope battle!