Ok i've suddenly decided that i want to start doing kata in tournaments and i'm goin to make up my own kata to do but before i can start I REALLY NEED HELP on learning a backflip as most of the moves i want to learn will need me to know how to do this! Can anyone PLEASE help me with how i can learn how to do it???

Why would you possibly need to do a backflip in Shotokan Karate?

I'm not sure why you need to do a backflip either, but perhaps you should take a tumbling class or something?

The only move that requires you know a backflip is a backflip as far as I know. You should find a gymnastics coach to teach it to you porperly. In the meantime add some moves to your kata that don't involve backflips and add it later. There are plenty of flashy techniques out there!

 

DONT try to learn a backflip on your own.

 

this is a must, im a x gymnast and there are ways of learning to back flip and certin areas that need to be learnt before u even attempt a backflip.

 

you must have flexible shoulders, and a perfect handstand.

 

I would advise against learning a backflip as u will injure youre self, not if u will but YOU will.

 

Go to a gynastic school and learn correct.

Backflips couldn't have ANY conceivable use in a fight so why would you want to learn them at all (unless your a gymnast of course). You would leave yourself wide open to an attack whilst pulling one off-assuming you don't land on your head anyway:)

 

Do you do Capeiroa (spelling???), because apparently they use back flips etc: but thats just as much dance as MA.