andrey germanov
Hi everyone! My name is Andrey, I'm from Bat Yam. I've been dancing breakdance for almost 10 years and training in calisthenics close to 9 years.
My love for breakdancing has been with me since elementary school. In grade 4, performers would always come to our school. The people that performed always did crazy things, which is what got me hooked on the field. Additionally, I had friends who danced breakdance and trained in Bat Yam. Every day at school, I remember how during breaks they would form circles and start breakdancing. Every break, I was with them just to experience their circles. I would try things here and there, and even got inspired to come and learn it on my own. So, I downloaded a guide at the time and started laying the groundwork, but I didn't take it seriously at first. In grade 8, I got into it seriously. I trained alone and persevered through it all.
I reached a certain level and my confidence soared. I started feeling comfortable with my skills, and when there were street performances on the Bat Yam promenade, I would enter without any doubt. During one of the street performances, one of the dancers sent me a message the next day and invited me to a training camp because he said I had potential. The dancer was called Eli and he was in a group called "ELEFUNX" who also performed at our school. From there, I went to the training camp and experienced dancing at a level I had never experienced before. It was simply insane. The training camp was 4 days of endless dancing, sweat, training, practice, and along the way, I made new friends whom I'm still in touch with today. I got all the motivation I needed from there to continue training and to be better.
After that, I decided to join a class and dive into it full force. It got to the point where my trainer would give me exercises and I would study on the side because I started progressing much faster than the rest of the group. In the class, I gave it my all, and over time I joined ELEFUNX. It was simply amazing. The training with ELEFUNX was very serious. It got to the point where it was decided that as a group, we would compete in the national championship for teams. After so much hard work and intense training, we won first place! From there, representing Israel abroad was on the horizon.
