I've been doing this for a/b a year and it slimmed the heck outta my arms!!
since this style of dance is mostly using the arms~

It's called parapara or techpara~ I believe I mention this awhile ago but I thought parapara/techpara deserved more attention~ =P since it's so great and fun to do once you get the dances down~

at first it seems kind of hard to do.. and the dances seem so complicated to people... but you're actually wrong~ that's your mind telling you that b/c it's unfamiliar with the style~

If you watch the dances a few times and get ahold of the moves they do,they're actually easy to do!

and it's worth learning b/c if you do it for awhile you will sweat~ and it looks so cool!! xD
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below are some examples of parapara and techpara (techpara is actually just a faster version of parapara from what I know)


here~~ is an advanced techpara~ when you get used to the dance style and know what you're doing~ you migh tbe able to pull off dances like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XTek-T7S8o

This is one of the easier techpara dances:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSNbofzcuK0

this is a J-Euro parapara dance~ J-euro is basically just a japanese pop song that's been remixed to sound like eurobeat~ (eurobeat is the main kind of parapara music)~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6frdVLs4NDQ
along with my one of my favorite parapara songs!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pstY_Ok7KiQ

an easier parapara dance I'd have to say would be:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94acHzTxIIw

and if you think that's too hard then I don't blame you~ but there are ALOT easier ones out there~ trust me~ I just couldnt' find an easy one on youtube~ =P

Any questions on parapara or tech para~ feel free to ask me!! I've been doing this style dance for years now and I know alot!! I just wanted to spread the word on this wonderful dance style!!! x3

If you have any questions on where to buy ParaPara DVDs or VCDs then I will give you all the info you need on it~!!!

(VCDs are cheaper and have no region, which is good b/c this stuff is import from Japan, which has a different region code on their DVDs than we do.. however you can play whatever region you want right here on your computer usually, but I still reccomend the VCDs more than anything)

i was hoping people would at least check this out b/c para dance is one of my passions that i've worked so hard on~ and it's a great workout too~ =o

oh well~ nobody's ever been very interested anyways~ =|

will somebody say something so it won't seem that all that typing was for nothing? Dx


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thank you for the links......I watched the easy and the hard one and it seems pretty interesting. I'd love to give it a try but i'm not sure if i'm going to be able to keep up with them

Hi! I just looked at all your links and although that dancing is not my style it was very interesting to watch. I can see how it would be easy to get into. Thanks for sharing!!! I enjoyed watching the video clips!!!

This is pritty neat, thanx for showing us,

Yeah. It looks like a lot of fun. Definately would work up a sweat!

hey man, this is cooooooooooooooooooool lol
that hyper techno waros thing looks funky, i watched it like 5 times hahaha
man that beat is awesome, and those dancers go with it lol
whats this stuff called? para para? haha its great i want more vids lol

That seems like a lot of fun! I'd feel silly doing it, but as a dancer I've done much sillier and I bet it will be a lot more fun! Thanks!

more vids, any1?

here's more techpara~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7JrBKDb38Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgiZiHC1dM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhrlMLKHbyA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGxpiNxQ30

Old but GOOood~ ^_____~::~~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlttUyQOhfo

Hahahahahahahahahahhahaha!!!! Those Asian pop stars have craaaaaaaaaaaaazy dance moves!! This is SOOOO funny i laughed so hard and sent it to my japan-mad sister. Thanks! I'm actually ..going.. to try this!! When i'm home alone obv.

Skater.

That looks like one heck of a workout...I'll bet they are pooped when they leave the club!

It seems to me that if you push back on the heels of your feet when standing and doing that dance that it would also give your inner thighs a good work out and I'm ALWAYS looking for ways to help with that area.

Great find! I love to dance and so does my daughter, even if I don't get it quite right I'd imagine that I'd still burn quite a few calories. And on top of that, my daughter and I will have great fun dancing around. Thanks again!