Who has pulled off Butterfly Kicks?

[Ironberg]

It's slightly acrobatic. By "neokarate" definition (see website), a butterfly kick is where you twist strongly and elevate your body parallel to floor with your legs bent like you are doing a two-footed scorpion kick.

 

I've only been able to pull this one off a couple times on the trampoline. On the ground I can to only seem to pull off traditional jumping moves from TKD (jump spin hook, all tornado kicks, jump split kicks, etc.) So who's pulled it off? Any advice, or prerequisites?

[tommarker]

Me, but I can only spin counter-clockwise. As you take the spinning step into it, the TKD tendacy is to probably keep your body upright. As the first foot launches up, bend at the waist.

 

I try to describe it as a horizontal jump spinning wheel kick.

 

If you can do a tornado kick, you've got more than enough athletic ability

[G Money Slick]

I've seen them myself in Tae kwon do but it's kind of a worthless move in combat. Very cool looking wheel kick variation. I'm involved with kickboxing but i've never had that move pulled on me. It would look pretty easy to counter by simply ducking the head and side kicking the off balance leg.

[Bretty101]

I would have thought the butterfly kick would be easier to pull off on a solid floor rather then a trampoline.

 

I can do it on both sides fairly well usually my trailing leg goes higher then my lead leg which doesn't look so good, I can also do it pretty much vertical like an aerial.

 

The trick is to start with your body bent forward and parrallel to the floor, then start your flat spin dip your head down and spring up with the first kick.

 

Its a nice kick, I want a Butterfly twist but can never find the floor to land and don't have access to a nice matted floor to practice. They look ace though.

 

I was gonna say it's just practice, but i think you would do better to watch someone who can do it and get them to break it down for you.

 

Bretty

[Ironberg]

I see your point, but I don't know anyone who has this under their belt. Sometimes, I get so close, yet so far. It seems that I have the most trouble with becomming parallel with the floor, but once that happens, I forsee problems with recovery.

 

This kinda reminds me of my difficulty with the monkey kick. It's a cool kick, but my upper body isn't used to supporting my entire weight, and I'm just too tall to do hand-stands.

[aznkarateboi]

whats a monkey kick?

[Ironberg]

As far as I can tell, it's a kick where you fall on the palms of your hands and send both of your feet at your target. Your body sends the kicks at an angle, so you've got to kick in such a manner as to allow you to recover quickly enough to so that you end up on all fours instead of on your gut.

 

There seems to be a bit of handstand strength involved with this kick.

[SevenStar]

isn't that a mule kick?

 

As for the butterfly, when I was in longfist, I could do one. I did them counter clockwise, as tommarker described.

[Pacificshore]

Funny you should mention this kick. I recently learned how to do this kick as one of the many moves in a new bo kata I am learning. I saw myslef doing it, and it ain't purty Plus the next day, my knees were shot

[Ironberg]

I thought a mule kick was a version of the back kick that brings the heal up like a verticle hook kick onto the chin, or other target. Basically, an intentionally sloppy back kick.