[BBoyAdmire]

I herd that he left the gambers crew to recreate the old gamblers crew with bboy music, lazer and others. is this true? cause he edits all the gamblers vids...

[Epidemic]

he's just doing performances now

[BBoyAdmire]

shows with 4 ppl? LOL

[Epidemic]

you can do a show by yourself homie

[TerryAki]

Darkness and a few members from gamblers crew is starting a second crew called Gamblerz




here's the article


Separation of Activities (please read calmly)

Firstly, I’d like to say that I feel very apologetic to convey this news to the members of the Gambler Fan Website, to bboy manias and to Gambler fans. But I write this in the hope that if you could just read what I have to say, then you would understand.

Everything started in 2002.
My life was full of so many ups and downs.
Gambler was…

The main six members of the officially formed Gambler was Jung-dae Kim (Music), Kyung-ho Chang (Darkness), Se-bin Oh, Kwang-sun Lee (Lazer), Ji-Hoon Park (Still) and Kyu-Sang Shin (Bruce Lee). These were the people who have worked into making Gambler what it is today (So and The End (KYS) were regional members).

Due to B-boy Music’s hiatus from dancing, I changed Gambler to Gamblerz Crew and managed it myself until today.
Meanwhile, Music, Sebin and Lazer came back, and we began to dance under our original name of Gambler.
B-boy Music was the original founder of Gambler, and it’s no exaggeration to say that the history of Gambler began with him. You can tell how important he was in our crew just by the fact that he chose the main six members himself. He left Gambler temporarily to pursue other activities, but he has returned to reform the group, and I feel that my status as the representative of Gamblerz Crew speaks for itself. Sebin, also one of the original members of Gambler – he went on to form Maximum Crew – and a b-boy who has shared many glorious moments with Gambler, has decided to rejoin us too. And the legend of headspins, the subject of much curiosity to many fans, B-boy Lazer is also joining us and will be dancing under our original name ‘Gambler.’

The current 13 members of Gamblerz Crew will dance separately from us, and will continue to follow each of their ideals and move forward to achieve their goals. They will each face their own new challenges and I truly hope that their dreams will be realized.

‘Gambler’s’ motto is ‘Happy b-boying.’
It’s also ‘enjoy b-boying,’ but I want to define it as ‘happy b-boying.’ Happy B-boying! Isn’t this the fundamental reason why we all dance?
I start with a fresh mind, to make a b-boying scene where not only Gambler but all Korean b-boys can be happy and can enjoy b-boying; hoping to upgrade the Korean b-boying scene and to help it develop more in terms of the b-boying spirit, so that more people can learn about b-boying and understand it, approach it and enjoy it, and find happiness in that enjoyment; so that everyone can pursue happy b-boying. In order to do that, I would need all of your support.

In accordance with our motto of Happy B-boying, Gambler will respect each member’s private life and activity. For example ,Sebin and I have made a team called ‘MoSt mOdeRn’ where we will attempt more experimental and bold b-boying, making it an art form. We will dance as both Gambler and MoSt mOdeRn and continue to pursue a better life as b-boys.
Other members will continue to dance under their respective crews (Able, Battler, Super Dream Team, All-Star Breakers, etc); we have come together to dance as Gambler because we want to be happy.

Gambler, which I will be running, has some different founding concepts than other teams, and will be an experimental system.

The current Gamblerz Crew (main members being centered on Still, Bruce Lee and SoulSoy, with So, The End, and the members who have joined since) will continue to dance as one crew and will pursue not only b-boying but their own individual dreams. I completely understand their decisions.
I hope that they will continue to do well in international battles and spread the name of Gamblerz Crew and Korea around the world. They have really worked amazingly hard and are great b-boys. I hope you will give them your unending support and cheer, and continue to do so.

I guess you’re all bewildered at this sudden situation.

This is a brief explanation.
I thought that it was time to clear away the old, stagnant things in myself. I have to do that in order to let new things enter.
Recently, I’ve thought a lot of things as I lead Gamblerz Crew.
While Gamblerz Crew was becoming more and more famous, I couldn’t help but feel that I was disappearing. It was an ironic situation, but since I was involved in Gamblerz Crew I really couldn’t do anything about it. I was conscious of the situation but it didn’t really help me change. My body was always practising, so I started thinking and writing a lot of stuff.
Of course, I don’t deny that there was a certain ‘trigger’ that caused Gambler and Gamblerz Crew to separate. But before that, I came face-to-face with the question of ‘Am I Happy?’ What did happiness mean for me? What was my relationship with Gamblerz Crew? What was my relationship with the members? My answer was that ‘there is nothing.’

So I tried to find a new kind of happiness and in my interactions with the original members of Gambler I found a way to that. I realized that spiritual happiness from depending on one another was more important than visual material success. And the justification for it came from a completely unexpected place. It was a chance for me to clear away any leftovers or emotional residue.
I have always done my best, the justification proves my effort.
I have always valued honesty, trust and friendship, and those are my principles of life. This is why I can be honest and upright to everyone when I say that we are going separate ways.

Until now, I have worked hard for Gamblerz Crew, hard enough to think that I have a right to defend myself. I have experienced and learned and found a great many things as a member of the crew. And these experiences and this knowledge have become a part of me, have continued to be a part of me until now.
Regardless of size, it helped me realize and sense a lot of things and will forever exist within me.
I have realized what happy b-boying is, and I am going to realize my dream now.

I don’t want to enter battle competitions and win with Gambler. All I want to do is dance, as Gambler, on stage, remain Gambler, be with Gambler and dance with them. I want to find my joy in that.
I look forward to seeing Gamblerz Crew in various tournaments both in and out of Korea.

Gamblerz Fan Website will from now on become a website for Korean b-boys in general.

Darkness. I really liked this name from the beginning.
It wasn’t just the ‘dark’ part, but there was something I couldn’t explain. A while ago I learned that they use ‘dark’ to define the Chinese character ‘玄’ (hyun) rather than ‘black’. It also incorporates meanings like ‘deep’ and ‘profound.’ In philosophy it would mean endlessly deep and wise. I think this explains what I can’t.
I’d like to be that person (I’ve still got a long way to go). But I will work hard to become the kind of Darkness that befits my name and I promise everyone that I will continue to dance more and more.

I wanted freedom and I feel I have obtained it now.

I told you once, be free.

I’m going to follow that own sentiment now.

A life that isn’t bound to anything.

This is true for me and also for Gambler.

Please don’t assume or suggest anything as to the reason why Gamblerz are separating, but watch me as I go forward and give me good suggestions that will give me strength. Just think of it coolly and simply, and that will make it easier for all.

-DARKNESS-

[ampyun]

wow that was deep!!! loved that, damn! change can be good and i think people are afraid of that but maybe soon they'll see that its a good decision. it sounds like its really something he wants to do. he wants to hold onto his freedom, something i feel when i dance. letting loose and feeling nothing else but dancing!

[BBoyAdmire]

WOW in all that fame its good that he realized that dancing is for fun instead of jus going all out famous with money and crap.

[bboyemvve]

hmm interesting
Well i really hope i learn that belly to handstand move he does
In tribute to Darkness and Gambler
One of the greatest
One of the best influences out there

[Bboy comited]

wow, that really shows you that even though they appeared a success their relationships weren't happy, and that is really important because if he was just dancing with fame, and glory, but not truly happy about it than he was just bound, I'm so glad to hear that he made a decision that sets him right within himself, because that is what is most important to be happy, and also that is one of his first steps into becoming the "Darkness" he is seeking to become.

[Robot.Funk]

That was very inspiring.

It also brings up a point I have always felt and wanted to state. BBOYING has its foundation, it was built off certain things. Battling was one of them. To be honest though, the more and more I battle. the more and more I see i don't care for it that much. I enjoy entering competitions and having friendly battles. At the same time though, I don't. Where I am from we started trying to do shows, to do something that was a performance but that still displayed the aspects and foundation of BBOYING. Battling to me is trying to prove your the best, or I am better then you. You can hide behind the guise of saying your expressing yourself, but since when is it a necessity to express yourself through being better then others.

To me the enjoyment of beating someone is just the enjoyment of knowing your better then whats his name. Thing is that I don't care if I am better then whats his name, I just love to dance. I love pushing myself to the limits, improving and becoming better. I am making a big step, dropping everything and moving to Vegas April 11th. Mainly for this dance, for wanting a bigger scene, being closer to jams, maybe possibly hitting some auditions-- I don't even have to make it, I just want that to be a possibility. I've dedicated the last 7 years of my life to dancing, and trying to present myself in a way that I felt represented me and I promise if any of you ever meet me at a jam, in a cypher, on the street, if I dance, you will see it in me, in my face, in my smile, that I love dancing and bboying more then anything. This will be a learning experience for me, if I go and fail miserably at life there. If I meet no new friends, and if I feel I would be more content dancing my life away in a small town with little appreciation for it, then I will pack up, move back and start over.

I have no idea what I want to do with my life, I am 24 and make about $750 every 2 weeks, its not much but I make rent, I make bills, and I dance my ass off. That makes me happy.

So, I hope the best for Darkness, and it brings a new ray of light on my decision to
move. I truly hope that he makes it in this dance and can do something that enables him to do it until he can't anymore. I wish this to all of you.

-One

[SLF1452]

Originally Posted by Robot.Funk That was very inspiring. It also brings up a point I have always felt and wanted to state. BBOYING has its foundation, it was built off certain things. Battling was one of them. To be honest though, the more and more I battle. the more and more I see i don't care for it that much. I enjoy entering competitions and having friendly battles. At the same time though, I don't. Where I am from we started trying to do shows, to do something that was a performance but that still displayed the aspects and foundation of BBOYING. Battling to me is trying to prove your the best, or I am better then you. You can hide behind the guise of saying your expressing yourself, but since when is it a necessity to express yourself through being better then others. To me the enjoyment of beating someone is just the enjoyment of knowing your better then whats his name. Thing is that I don't care if I am better then whats his name, I just love to dance. I love pushing myself to the limits, improving and becoming better. I am making a big step, dropping everything and moving to Vegas April 11th. Mainly for this dance, for wanting a bigger scene, being closer to jams, maybe possibly hitting some auditions-- I don't even have to make it, I just want that to be a possibility. I've dedicated the last 7 years of my life to dancing, and trying to present myself in a way that I felt represented me and I promise if any of you ever meet me at a jam, in a cypher, on the street, if I dance, you will see it in me, in my face, in my smile, that I love dancing and bboying more then anything. This will be a learning experience for me, if I go and fail miserably at life there. If I meet no new friends, and if I feel I would be more content dancing my life away in a small town with little appreciation for it, then I will pack up, move back and start over. I have no idea what I want to do with my life, I am 24 and make about $750 every 2 weeks, its not much but I make rent, I make bills, and I dance my ass off. That makes me happy. So, I hope the best for Darkness, and it brings a new ray of light on my decision to move. I truly hope that he makes it in this dance and can do something that enables him to do it until he can't anymore. I wish this to all of you. -One

Livin' the dream. I like it. Good for you

[k1ng]

Robot.Funk,
while i respect everything you've shared, i have to dispute your view on battling.
if what you said is the case for yourself, then i have no quarrel.

however, if you're saying this is what it means for all bboys in general, i have to strongly disagree. perhaps you have not taken a second look at the battle experience.

through battling, you pick up on virtues like courage, patience, wisdom, and respect. the possibility of these qualtiies already invalidate your view but allow me to expand.

the cypher is where people are called out, challenged, and tested. cyphers are public and sometimes discriminating. to be the underdog, you gotta work twice as hard, right? it's situations like that which make battling so important to the development of up and coming bboys as dancers; no, to bboys as people even.

my very first battle was all with and against people i knew (Auro was against me!). it was a blessing! i mean, i still went through all the symptoms of nervousness (stiff body, heavy legs, monkey brain, and fear) but i was overjoyed afterwards because there was confidence and at the same time, humility. there's something deeper going on here than just bragging rights.

after all, we all know that there is more to life than winning. even sportsmen know this so who's the say that bboys don't understand it even more deeply?

[Robot.Funk]

Those are my views and opinions. There is nothing to dispute. How long have you been dancing King?

[k1ng]

self-employed, full-time bboy making noise for 364 days, 14 hours; non-stopping, popping popper for twice as long to boot. age 20 in 3 months.

[Robot.Funk]

heh Almost 1 year in bboying. 2 in popping. Glad to hear it. I have been BBOYing since 2000. Non Stop.

I respect your opinions, I respect your contribution to this dance, to this culture, and hope you do it for as long as life itself permits you.

However, I don't need an explanation from you on what battling is. On what this dance is, from someone who has not been dancing half the years I have. Nothing you said invalidates MY FEELINGS, MY EXPERIENCES, AN MY KNOWLEDGE from the countless years, jams, battles, trips, cyphers, competitions.

-One