wall step

[Sinar89]

hey, i've seen a picture of someone doing this and my old tech teacher said that he used to be able to. its where you actually run up the wall for a few feet. one guy i saw a pic of was like 10 ft and then did a backflip. is this possible and if so how? also, can anyone give me a mini guide of how to do a kip up? thanks

[iolair]

I've seen enough genuine-looking home videos to convince me its possible (with one or two steps certainly...).

 

As for how, you're talking to the wrong guy... I guess good grip on your shoes is a start (Oh, and I guess it's really an acrobatic/gymnastic move and not a martial arts one, despite how it is used in the movies).

[tufrthanu]

The wall can not only be used for back flips but for kicks as well. You run up to it at an angle jump onto the wall and then jump back out into the room and do a round kick for instance. One of my instructors could do one off two walls, where he would run at one wall, jump onto it run up that wall and then jump off an adjacent wall and do the kick out into the room at a height of about 10 ft. I think it just takes alot of practice and speed.

 

As to the kip up that also takes speed and you will have to be a more slender person. Basically what you have to do is start by kicking your legs up so that your weight shifts onto your shoulders. Put your hands over the same side shoulder to give you support. Then once you get to the point where your legs are up in the air bring them back to your chest and kick straight out...like a stomp kick. Then use your stomach muscles to pull your torso off the ground. Unfortunately I was never able to do this move and its one I think you kinda gotta learn just by trying it out.

[pressureguy]

http://www.sandra-hess.com/sandrahess/page5.html

 

Go there and download some of her videos. She does the "wall walk" on a few of them.

 

You aren't going to believe some of those vidoes. She is amazing.

 

pressureguy

[Krazy Carol]

Very Cool.....

[scottnshelly]

It doesn't have anything to do with grip on the shoes, it can be done barefoot - and usually is.

 

it's not that they are actually running up the wall, they can't keep going up it; they just hit the wall at a fast speed, at an angle that propels them up and out. if they go straight at it, they can get another step in before kicking off and back flipping. if they go at an angle they will be propelled out to an angle allowing them to hit another wall.

 

I've never seen anyone get more than two steps on the wall before going backwards.

 

try it sometimes, but not on a sheetrock wall.

 

by the way, i've never done this, and don't have the ability. i have seen it done several times, though. i don't know if this is a common Korean thing, but i've seen it done at nearly all of the Tae Kwon Do seminars that i've been too.

[tufrthanu]

I would bet some of the chinese styles have something similar as well. And you are right people do do it barefoot...it just takes speed. I always hit the wall and just slid down it, but I think I wasnt going nearly fast or hard enough.

[senna_trem]

That was very cheesy, but very cool. And as one bad haired person to another, what is going on with her hair? I know it's not her job to look pretty, but if they're publicity shots, shouldn't she be trying to look as well groomed as possible?