Takeshi Young

Takeshi Young is a salsa dancer with 8 years of dance experience. He dances all styles of salsa and is a big fan Colombian-style salsa. He is the coach for Spartan Mambo, the college salsa team at San Jose State University and runs a number of salsa-related websites including Salsa By The Bay, Salsa Memes, and Salsa Moda.

World Salsa Summit vs World Latin Dance Cup

Bachata, Competitions, Opinions, SalsaFebruary 8, 2016

World Latin Dance Cup VS World Salsa Summit

By Takeshi Young

A couple months ago, I wrote an article about the 2015 World Latin Dance Cup, which this year was one of the most poorly…

Competitions, Opinions, SalsaDecember 21, 2015

Why The World Latin Dance Cup Sucks (And How To Fix It)

By Takeshi Young

UPDATE: See my thoughts on the World Latin Dance Cup vs the World Salsa Summit. This week I attended the 6th Annual World Latin…

Dance 101, General DanceDecember 8, 2014

How To Be A Better Dance Partner (Without Improving Your Dancing)

By Takeshi Young

If you’re reading this site, then it goes without saying that Latin dances (salsa, bachata, kizomba(yes, we know its not a Latin dance)) can…

Community, SalsaOctober 27, 2014

An Introduction To The Orishas

By Takeshi Young

If you listen to a lot of salsa music, especially Cuban salsa, then you may notice certain African words repeated throughout different songs such…