Gabber
Ninho
★ The Academy ★
In 21 days.
Not talent. Technique.
Free with The Core, €27.97 on its own.
21 video lessons
Real tracks
The crew rates you
The 21 day challenge
One lesson a day, 15 minutes: from the stance to your own style.
Tap a day to see the drill
Week 1 ·
Foundations
One per day, by the producers of Hardcore Mania Records. You train on real hardcore, not on a click.
His character: BAS →
Your hakken mentor!
@gbr_ninho“Hey, I’m Gabber Ninho. Your teacher!”
Not a guru. One of us. No dance school. No certificate on the wall. Just years of reps, floors, and the scars on his sneakers to prove it.
“And here’s where I’ve been.”
@hardcore.maniaReal hardcore rave culture.23.6kfollowers
Gabber in 21 Days
€27.97
with The Core, €9.99/month. The whole course, plus everything else in the app.
Join The CoreBought on its own, Gabber in 21 Days is yours for life. Inside The Core, every course is open as long as you are in.
Just the course? €27.97 ›Not a way to make
money off you
This is a service for the community, at the lowest price we can make it. Learn it right, feel at home on the floor, and come dance with us.
Why Hardcore Mania exists ›
In productionFrenchcore flow, spins, the offbeat.
In The Core when it drops
In productionJab, cross, down strike. Hakken anywhere.
In The Core when it drops
No. Day 1 assumes your legs know nothing. That's the point of a system: you don't need talent to start, you need order.
One lesson and one drill per day. You choose when. Miss a day? Nothing breaks, pick up where you left off.
Two square meters. A bedroom is a training floor. Socks optional, neighbours' forgiveness not included.
Lessons are filmed in Italian by Ninho, with subtitles in English, Dutch, German, French and Spanish. Hakken is learned with your eyes and your legs, not your ears.
Train the timingKick Battle: hit the kick on real tracks, before the moves.
Watch the bestThe Floor: how the scene dances, style by style. UP the best.
Train your eyeThe Duel: two dancers side by side. Who hits harder?
Count your kicksContakick: front camera, 20 seconds. Kicks a minute, the crown of the week.
Check your timingOn the beat: send a clip, the app checks your feet against the kick.
Know the speedWhat BPM is this? Hold your phone up: it hears the kick.
Half tempo · full tempo · your own thing
What you learn
Athletic posture, soft knees, weight on the balls of your feet, loose upper body. Find the bounce on the kick.
The drill
Bounce on the pulse for one minute without stopping.
What you learn
The alternating basic step at half tempo. Pattern into the body first, speed later.
The drill
Loop the basic step over 8 counts, slow.
What you learn
Lock the step onto the kick, count the beat, stay on time.
The drill
One step on every kick for 30 seconds straight.
What you learn
Add the forward kick inside the step.
The drill
Step + kick combo, slow.
What you learn
Weight transfer. Stay light and mobile, never flat. This is the difference between looking stiff and looking clean.
The drill
Light-feet drill: minimum ground contact, continuous.
What you learn
Take days 2 to 4 and push the tempo towards 180.
The drill
Tempo ladder: slow, medium, fast.
What you learn
Chain stance + bounce + basic step + kick into one continuous 30-second loop over a full-tempo track.
The drill
The loop, three rounds.
Week 2 ·
Speed and control
What you learn
Clean speed at 180+ through a BPM ladder drill.
The drill
BPM ladder until failure.
What you learn
Your first variation on the basic step — shuffle and side variation.
The drill
Alternate basic and variation every 8 counts.
What you learn
Dance while travelling forward, back and sideways — not planted on the spot.
The drill
Box pattern: forward, back, left, right.
What you learn
Add rotation — quarter and half turns without losing the beat.
The drill
One turn every 8 counts.
What you learn
Dance a full track without stopping. Conditioning for a rave set.
The drill
Full track, non-stop.
What you learn
Tie step + variation + kick + turn into combinations that flow.
The drill
A four-move chain, repeated.
What you learn
Thirty seconds of free movement using everything so far. No fixed choreography.
The drill
Freestyle 30 seconds, three times.
Week 3 ·
Your style
What you learn
Add your own flavour: accents, upper body, attitude. Why two people do the same step and look nothing alike.
The drill
Same step, three different flavours.
What you learn
Dance the whole track — build, break, drop. Hit the drop instead of just riding the kick.
The drill
Mark the drop on a track you choose.
What you learn
Freestyle without freezing. Build a personal vocabulary of moves you can reach for.
The drill
Name your five core moves, then freestyle using only those.
What you learn
Dance inside a crowd: spatial awareness, energy exchange, no mirror.
The drill
Freestyle with your head up — do not look at your feet.
What you learn
A full set at full energy, rave intensity. Bring power, not just precision.
The drill
Full track at maximum energy.
What you learn
Film yourself well: framing, angles, presenting your dance. This feeds the whole mission economy.
The drill
Film the same 20 seconds three ways, from different angles.
What you learn
A full freestyle over a full track, everything integrated. Now you dance in the chaos.
The drill
The graduation freestyle.
10 producers · 4 countriesListen in Music ›
Ninho in a suit and bow tie, hakken at a wedding, one leg swung across the floor
Ninho mid-step on a wooden festival floor, tattooed arm out, daylight party
Ninho in the crowd at Number One, arms wide open, shouting
Ninho on the front barrier at an outdoor festival at night, hands mid-move
Ninho in pink smoke at Number One, boot kicked up to head height
Post your progress on the Floor and the crew rates it. The picks of the day go up on @hardcore.mania.
Inside The Core, every course is open as long as you are in. Bought on its own, Gabber in 21 Days is yours for life, all future updates included.
