Legion Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 has anybody tried doing any of these moves .. like the butterfly twist/kick, tornado kick 540 hook etc... will these help me with balance etc ? i tried a butterfly kick but im not sure if it was right .. worked though i lifted off from my right leg whil throwing my arms counter-clockwiseand lifting my left leg into a sort of outside round house.. once my legs reaches vertical i pushed off with my right leg and took into the air ... i spun about 360 - 540 (not sure) and landed on my left leg ... wots that called ? Does anyone else do similar moves for fun ? http://www.ashleybeck.com/help.htm these do require a larg about of flexibilty .. in the one i did in the lower back ( which i found out lol)[/url] Orange sash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenris-wolf Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 Hm, I'm not too great at these kinda moves , but some people I know are pretty good - all I advise though is to practice with someone who knows how to do it. It's hard to work out what you're meant to do from pictures and instructions, and easy to hurt yourself without help Let Us Turn The Jump Rope In Accord With Socialist Principles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted May 23, 2004 Author Share Posted May 23, 2004 yeah thats my problem ... i cant find any where near i live that teaches .. does anyone know of a club like this in the UK ? Orange sash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 The key to executing these fancy jump kicks is to have good jumping skills, which comes from having powerful legs, namely quads. Good balance will help you successfully land the technique, but your balance is usually determined by the angles at which you leave the ground, and how your upper body is positioned "mid-flight". 1st dan & Asst. Instructor TKD 2000-2003No matter the tune...if you can rock it, rock it hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy_Mendiola Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 Here's a gymnast Joe Eigo's site, he does those fancy kicking techniques also. http://www.multilevelmoves.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 does any one here do traditional or modern wushu .. i heard that they use lots of jumps and spins Orange sash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 gonna pick at terms here for a bit... there is no such thing as traditional wushu. no art was ever called, in itself, wushu. you never went to a school that teaches something called wushu (bear with me...). wushu was/is a term that describes fighting arts. when you went to a school, it would be a wushu school/quan but what they taught was not (directly)called wushu. instead the art had a name of its own be it wing chun, hung gar, tai chi etc etc. you can say (translating from chinese): i am learning wu. or the name of my style is (insert name). (name of style) is a one of the wu-shus of china. however, there exists today, wushu as a registered art which is the performance arts (more or less) that was devised by the chinese government for whatever reasons (too many to go into). so in closing. there is no style called traditional wushu. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Hey Monkey i hear stuff about what happened to traditional MA in China, whats the truth? Seize the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 oh right then i mean modern wushu then .. there is a class near me .. but not quite near enough for me to attend Orange sash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Legion, dance classes will help you with balance and flexibility as well. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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