"Tricking 101...a philosophy of sorts"

[sesshoumaru]

The main objective of tricking is to perform a visually impressive display of movements (derived from various "hard" & "soft" styles of martial arts, gymnastics, capoeira, and breakdancing elements), to entertain a 3rd party by way of artistic impression.

Since the creator is "humanity" and the driving force is "artistic impression", then tricking as "a system of uniform movements" will obviously be flawed. This is because as living entities, humans are flawed...and since given dominion over the world, mankind finds no fault in what it does. Blatantly speaking (in terms of tricking), we tend to believe that any deviation from a standard trick results in the creation of a "new" trick. This methodology results in a whole onslaught of tricks being taken out context, and not appreciated/recognized properly.

...which brings me to the topic of this post. Below I will attempt to breakdown "recognized" tricks, and fully catagorize them various attributes.

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THE BASICS

front kick, round/roundhouse kick, side kick, hook kick, inside/outside crescent kick, reverse-side kick, reverse-hook kick, reverse-roundhouse kick, spin-crescent kick, sweep/back sweep, front sweep, jump front kick, jump side kick, jump hook kick, jump split kick, flying side kick, flying split scissor kick, and tornado kick.

...also, check out these Capoeira basics as well: Ginga, Negativa, Meia Lua de Frente, Meia Lua de Compasso, Queixada, Armada, and Au/Cartwheel.

The basics are pretty much the combat applicable techniques found within tricking. It is important to be familiar with them, cause it's the only part of tricking that essentially has meaning. If the basics aren't stressed and enforced then tricking will lack "substance", and quickly produce images of people spinning and twisting through the air "aimlessly". As practicioners, we don't want that...tricking should be far from being an "empty" artform.

CLASS A SKILLS/TRICKS (beginner)

Name............Type...Origin...........Prerequisi te(s)

540................Kick.....TKD..............outsi de cresent kick & "good" tornado
Au-Batido........Kick.....Capoeira......_au/cartwheel
Pop 360.........-Kick.....TKD..............spin crescent kick & jump front kick
Feilong.........._Kick.....Tricking........-Hyper Pop 360
Butterfly Kick..-Kick.....Wushu........._N/A
Aerial............-Invert...Wushu.........."strong" cartwheel/au
Back Tuck......-Flip......Gymnastics...."good" back handspring, or some nerve
Kip-up...........-Invert...Wushu..........N/A


In Architecture, if the foundation is of "poor" quality, then it doesn't matter how good the building/structure is designed...the building will have a short lifespan and eventually fail. The same goes for the Class A tricks and the basics. If they're not executed properly, then the rest of your tricks will lack luster, and appear flawed. This is not to say that you can't trick or do the higher calibur tricks because your basics aren't good...but it does mean that you are more prone to injury and your tricks will lack power, because your technique is bad.

The Class A tricks have elements in them that must be learned in order to move on to the higher calibur tricks...this is because the Class B/C/D/E/F/EX skills all build off of these basic movements!

CLASS B SKILLS/TRICKS (intermediate)

Name...............Type...Origin...........Prerequ isite(s)

Cheat 720..........Kick.....Capoeira........"good" 540
Pop 720.............Kick.....TKD.............."good" Pop 360
Butterfly Twist....Twist...Wushu........--Butterfly Kick
Singleleg.........._Invert...Tricking........-Feilong
Doubleleg...........Kick.....Capoeira.......-Feilong
Flash Kick...........Flip...._Tricking........-Back tuck
Raiz.................-Invert...Capoeira......-tornado & compasso
One-Hand Raiz...-Invert..Tricking.........tornado & compasso
Parafuso...........-Kick....-Capoeira......-"good" 540
"C. Awakener".....Kick....-Tricking........."high" 540
Illusion Twist.....-Kick.....Tricking..........N/A
Btwist Round.....-Kick.....Tricking..........Butterfly Kick
Gainer................Flip......Capoeira........"good" Back Tuck & some nerve
Moon Kick..........Invert...Capoeria........N/A
Masterswipe.......Invert...Bboy............-cartwheel/au
Star Kip-up.......-Spin.....Wushu..........-Kip-up
1990/Handspin....Spin....-Bboy............."good" stationary handstand
Coin Drop...........Spin....-Bboy.............Kip-up
Gumby...............Flip.....-Capoeira........Raiz & cartwheel/au
Arashiswipe........Kick......Tricking........-scoot & decent arms strength


These tricks gives us more variety, and help spice things up a bit. The Butterfly Twist (Btwist), like the 540, is a "must have", and tricks with the "cheat" prefix can flow from it seamlessly...

Also, from here, you might want to start experimenting with gymnastic tumbling. Being able to perform "dismount" tricks are a perfect way to put the "exclamation point" on combos, and make you more of a balanced/solid trickzter.

The acquisition of the Class B skills will tell you if tricking is for you or not. Technically...once you've aqcuired these tricks, you can be considered a "good" trickzter. Unfortunately, from here on out...it'll take a higher level of fitness to progress into Class C.

CLASS C SKILLS/TRICKS (average)

Name...............Type...Origin...........Prerequ isite(s)

Aerial Switch......Invert...Tricking........"good" Aerial
Sideswipe.........-Invert...Tricking........"good" 540 & Raiz
Shuriken Twist....Kick......Capoeira......-Illusion Twist
Hypertwist......._Twist....Wushu.........."good" Btwist
Envergado........_Invert._Tricking.......-"good" Parafuso & Raiz
Pop 900.............Kick.....Tricking........"good" Pop 720
Pop 720 Double..-Kick.....Tricking........"high" Pop 720
Jacknife.............Kick.....TKD..............540 & Cheat 720
Corkscrew..........Twist...Capoeira........Moon Kick
"Flik-Flak"...........Kick.....Tricking.........Moon Kick
Gainer Arabian....-Flip.....-Tricking......_"controlled" gainer
Gainer Full........._Flip...--Capoeira....._"good" gainer
Webster............-Flip......Tricking.........N/A
Flare................-Kick.....-Bboy...........-decent flexibility & strength
Touchdown Raiz..Invert....Tricking.........Raiz & Gumby
Cheat 900.........-Kick......Tricking.........Cheat 720
Aerial Twist.......-Twist...-Wushu.........."high" Aerial & Btwist
360 Dub Hook......Kick......Tricking........."controlled" Pop 360
Feilong Cross...--.Kick..._-Tricking.........Pop 720
Terada Grab.....--Flip....--Tricking..........Side Sommi
X-Out................Flip......-Tricking........."floaty" Flash Kick
Kim Do Kick......-_Invert.._Tricking........."high" Doubleleg


Alot of things happen while learning the Class C tricks...swingthrus, transitions, misslegs, and stepdowns become more interesting, and using them occurs more often. Also, tumbling will become "commonplace", and the difficulty of it will surely increase...

Mastering these skills will begin to set you apart from your average trickzter. It's truely one of the toughest transitions between classes to make, but if done...opens doors to a vast amount of options and variations.

CLASS D SKILLS/TRICKS (advanced)

Name................Type...Origin...........Prereq uisite(s)

Shuriken Cork....--Kick.....Tricking..........Moon Kick & Corkscrew
Cheat 720 Twist...Twist....Tricking.........Cheat 900
Pop 1080..........._Kick......Tricking.........Pop 900 & added awareness
Pop 720 Triple......Kick......Tricking.........Pop 720 Double & Jacknife
Singleleg Hook......Invert...Tricking.........Pop 720 Double
Doubleleg Hook.....Kick......Tricking.........Pop 720 Double
Pop 900 Feilong...-Kick......Tricking.........Hyper Pop 720
Swipeknife...........Invert...Tricking.........Jac knife & "good" Sideswipe
Switchblade.........Kick......Tricking.........Jac knife & "good" Parafuso
Hyperhook..........-Kick......Tricking........."good" Hypertwist
Hyperswipe.........-Twist....Tricking........."good" Aerialtwist
Hypercork............Twist....Tricking.........Cor kscrew
"C.A." Lvl. II.........Kick......Tricking.........Corkscrew
"C.A." Lvl. III........Kick......Tricking........."floaty" Jacknife
Corkswipe............Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew
Cork Doubleleg......Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew
Hyper Gainerfull.....Flip....._Capoeira.......-Gainerfull
Boxcutter.............Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew
Flash-Out.............Flip......Tricking........."floaty" Flash Kick
Tornado-Side........Kick......Tricking........."high/controlled" tornado
G. Masterswipe......Invert...Tricking.......-"powerful" aerial
One-Hand C.720....Kick......Tricking......._"good" One-Hand Raiz
Kim Do Kickswipe...Invert..-Tricking.......-"high" Kim Do Kick
Kamikaze Swipe..._Invert....Tricking......._Back Full

to be continued...

[Jujimufu]

One of the most discussed threads here, unfortunately the discussion is gone haha..

Salvaged

[JKT]

Aghhh I love this!

[Cicero]

Here's the full one

http://www.hightricks.com/Tricking%20101.doc

[Scalco]

In my opinion, this was the greatest thing ever made. It's helped me more than anything.

[musasabi]

and what helps you, obviously helps charlie get his kidney back.

[poliver]

This thing made me feel small and sad for a while :(

i think i'll devote myself totally to tricking for now on.

[El Fostro]

Very Nice. I've seen this post before.

But what are:

Pop 360

Sideswipe

Feilong Cross

Terada Grab


And I really want to know what the Tornado-Side is.

[Xeult]

Thx sessh

El Fostro: Pop 360 - Not sure, think it's the regular 360cr, but don't take my word on it

Sideswipe - Kinda a Raiz Hyper, but not quite, check out Steve Teradas sideswipes http://steve-terada.com/

Feilong Cross - Instead of a first,cresent kick, u execute a hook

Terada Grab - hard to explain....Kinda a halftwist while executing an axe kick, check club540 for more info, I think it's there...

Tornado-Side is - I think it's the thing manny brown does alot.....also, I think I saw it in Bubba's samp :eh:

[Spacey]

What's a shuriken twist?

And G.M Swipe?

[[RozoN]]

Grandmasterswipe: masterswipe with no hands
Shuriken twist: I'm not sure...something with an hyper illusion twist? :-/ CAN SOME ONE CLEAR IT UP 4 ME? I tottaly forgot(sp?) :-O

[Scalco]

shuriken twist is a btwist variation. But instead of just landing on your left/right leg, you do a crescent kick downward. It kinda makes the landing look more exaggerated.

[Spacey]

shuriken twist is a btwist variation. But instead of just landing on your left/right leg, you do a crescent kick downward. It kinda makes the landing look more exaggerated.

You wouldn't mind showing it because it sounds kind of weird to me

[Augenatic]

http://i12.tinypic.com/2lias9j.gif Shruiken twist.

[JKT]

Kinda like an illusion twist.

[Spacey]

http://i12.tinypic.com/2lias9j.gif Shruiken twist.

I'm guessing the hook kick in the beginning isn't a part of the trick other than that it was kind of cool haven't seen it before but yeah

[Vaughnya]

yeah, this list made me feel like crap that i can only do a only 7 moves from class B and 5 moves from class C, i feel like a loser and that i need to trick more...and of course all from class A

i think of a shruiken twist as a hyper 360 done horizontally

[JKT]

whi is isist razi for gumby??? shouldnt it be the other way around???

[Augenatic]

No, a hook kick isn't a part of it. That's just his setup.

[draven]

I think this "list" kind of kills tricking... i dont think its supposed to be about putting tricks into classes. It should just be a unified trick list with the title "This is tricking"

[Butteroll]

I think this "list" kind of kills tricking... i dont think its supposed to be about putting tricks into classes. It should just be a unified trick list with the title "This is tricking"
if that was the case you'd see people doing half ass tornados and calling it something else, claiming it to be "teh harest hard core". The classification just shows some sort of order to separte the experienced from the unexperienced. Plus it defines a sort of progression chart per say. It's hard to really know if you've progressed unless you can easily tell, which in a lot of cases it is. However for some it's insanely difficult. Classifing the moves really justs helps people understand that there are levels there.

A brilliant idea. Thank you.

[Nielsnierusu]

ou dang i need to know, whats a:

Kim Do Kickswipe
One-Hand c720
Gainer Arabian
Switchblade
Corkswipe
Kamikaze Swipe

... discussed it with some friends but still dunno :punched:

please help :mushroom:

[sesshoumaru]

Kim Do Kickswipe

A Kim Do Kick (Doublelel X-Out), with an additional swipe. I do one in my CLN sampler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttNkPnu29Y) at the 0:33 mark.

One-Hand c720

Is basically a Cheat 720 from a Sailor Moon (One-Hand Raiz). Kim Do does one in the 05' French Open XKC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ngz8yFv3c) at the 2:31 mark, it's the first thing he does in the combo.

Gainer Arabian

Is an Arabian that starts off as a Gainer...

Switchblade

Is similar to a Jacknife, but instead of the first kicking motion being a tornado kick; it's a Parafuso (540 Doubleleg). Kyle McLean does one in the TXT Locals Gathering (2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyt4WcDfhDQ) at the 1:24 mark, it's the first think he does in the combo.

Corkswipe

Not to be confused with the Hyper Cork, the Corkswipe is a Corkscrew with a 540/Sideswipe coming out of it. Though equal in the amount of rotation as the Hyper Cork, the Corkswipe has a way more aggressive hyper. I do one in the TXT Team Sampler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wARv36maAA4) at the 0:59 mark.

Kamikaze Swipe

Is one of Matt Caito's signature moves. Usually done after a Touchdown Raiz, the Kamikaze Swipe is just a semi-inverted Hyper Full.

[fantomkid1]

nice guide

[Nielsnierusu]

Thank you sess!

[JKT]

whats the difference betwheen one hand raiz and touchdown raiz? do you use different hands??

[Dadzior]

do a combo with using all D class tricks :D

[TartanPajamas]

yeah, this list made me feel like crap that i can only do a only 7 moves from class B and 5 moves from class C, i feel like a loser and that i need to trick more...and of course all from class A

i think of a shruiken twist as a hyper 360 done horizontally

A hyper 360 is taken off of two feet.

I think this "list" kind of kills tricking... i dont think its supposed to be about putting tricks into classes. It should just be a unified trick list with the title "This is tricking"

Putting tricks into classes doesn't change anything, nor does it kill tricking. It just says "This is shit is hard, this shit is easy, learn the easy shit first".

[brandonn]

05' French Open XKC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ngz8yFv3c)

does anyone know what the opening move in the combo at 2:03 is??

[sesshoumaru]

No one is 100% sure what Terada was attempting/doing. However, it closely resembles the Double Helix Wheel Kick that's been discussed several times before. It's better for you to ignore this...unless you like it.

[shengoikee]

ohhh so it's like a slanted version of that or something.... man haha

[brandonn]

ohhh i remember it being discussed but didn't know what it looked like...cool

[Alexx]

looks like a step over jacknife

or some sorta cheat 9 double with leg extended the whole time :/ weird.

[shengoikee]

looks like a step over jacknife

ah yes! with the leg fully extended the whole time

[Kyukodo Gaz]

it just looks awesome, and I now know what one would look like!