In this blog, I will try to give you a glimpse of what jumpstyle is and to define it. I will also speak of variances like the Tecktonik and the Melbourne Shuffle.

Let’s enjoy your trip in this musical universe!

Rooted in the Gabber dance, the jumpstyle appeared in Belgium and Holland in the late 90s.
This dance is based on movements with the feet : you have to jump forward or backward, balanced
with your arms;

The jumpstyle has been largely promoted by Patrick MANTIZZ, a Dutch teenager named Patrick JUMPEN by his fans, who has made videos in his backyard explaining how to dance..!

if you want to learn, watch this video!(this is the famous video of Patrick JUMPEN teaching how to jump!)

(In this video, Patrick Jumpen makes some jump movements, and explains them : this video has become famous and lauched the jumpstyle waves; it has also lauched Jumpen’s career…)

Different style, different dance, different country!
Jumpstyle was developed in Belgium and Holland, while, at the same time, in France,the Tecktonik was creating a new trend (not liked by everyone…).

{ To have more details, go to the page “What’s Tecktonik” }

Jumpstyle :

(In this video, you can see two people dancing; indeed, you can dance the jump alone or with someone else,
but the movements are not numerous).

Tecktonik :

(Here are two Polish men dancing vith verve Tecktonik).

And for the fashion :

(These men are representative of the Tecktonik trend : as described on the “What’s Tecktonik?” page, you can see the black star around the eye and the T-shirt worn very tight).

Actually, there is not a clear jumpstyle fashion, but the image below is often on their T-shirt :