Why is my layback raiz so ugly? Fuck.

[TartanPajamas]

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4A72204C3BAF1506

Tips, anyone?

[JCslug]

split your legs
edit: kick with your first leg. when i do it, i kick with the first leg and the other one trails, sort of like a flash maybe

[sesshoumaru]

Your main problem is that you're not dropping your upper body down below your waist. Before you even jump off the ground, your chest should be level with your waist...

When you Raiz you're "cheating" into a Gainer. Alot of people would advocate something else, but this is what i'm telling you! Though the chances of you perfectly inverting your Raiz is slim, it's not the goal. The basis of me describing the Raiz as I did, is to get you to bend over sooner.

Think of it as doing an Aerial, but when you kick your left leg back, you swing your right arm down towards the inside of right leg. As you do this, your left arm should be swooping upwards and you should be jumping off your base leg. The moment you are about to leave the ground, you turn your head to the side with your chin up towards the sky, maintaing the view of the ground. Arch your back as much as you can, and finish like a Gainer.

[orichiu]

Your main problem is that you're not dropping your upper body down below your waist. Before you even jump off the ground, your chest should be level with your waist...

When you Raiz you're "cheating" into a Gainer. Alot of people would advocate something else, but this is what i'm telling you! Though the chances of you perfectly inverting your Raiz is slim, it's not the goal. The basis of me describing the Raiz as I did, is to get you to bend over sooner.

Think of it as doing an Aerial, but when you kick your left leg back, you swing your right arm down towards the inside of right leg. As you do this, your left arm should be swooping upwards and you should be jumping off your base leg. The moment you are about to leave the ground, you turn your head to the side with your chin up towards the sky, maintaing the view of the ground. Arch your back as much as you can, and finish like a Gainer.

Thanks for that !
thats really helpful :good:

[Skilzat85X]

It's not as complicated as you may think. Raizes that are quite inverted are harder to make look nice. But that's beside the point.

Good thing I'm in a helpful mood today. Let's get descriptive and over complicate this rather simple problem by doing this:
http://www.flip-cast.com/helpimages/LaybackRaiz_0001.jpg
Looking good so far, nothing wrong here. Although I might wanna emphasize trying to push into the air more, if you want. That's not the problem though, I'm just explaining that there's not too much wrong with your takeoff.
http://www.flip-cast.com/helpimages/LaybackRaiz_0002.jpg
Problem FOUND!

As you can see here, your arm is still chilling up in the air. That means your upper body is forcing a rotation anymore, it's just chilling. To that end, you sort of just fall out of the raiz. This isn't good falling out, it just means your basically landing only because your body now has to.
So basically, PULL that arm back. Make sure that in your mind you're telling yourself "dang I better hold my arm back and keep pulling it." If you pull your arm all the way back, your body will then face the ground. That way you won't land as low because your arm won't be like "what the heck am i supposed to be doing". And your leg will come down between your arms and you'll be able to swing through pretty easy.
I briefly went over something to this effect in Reason #7 of my article "Why Your Moves Are Ugly."

Pull that arm back the whole time and you'll be good.

[Kyukodo Gaz]

Skillzat you give good advice. Good shit. Listen to that man!

[Futurebb]

Because you touch yourself at night....

[TartanPajamas]

Because you touch yourself at night....

It's all so clear to me now!

[TartanPajamas]

Thanks for the tips, everyone.

To Sesshou: Did your advice apply to a horizontal raiz or an inverted?

[simon]

TPJS:
Your like a different person with a new avatar.
i hate that.:ogre:

[sesshoumaru]

Thanks for the tips, everyone.

To Sesshou: Did your advice apply to a horizontal raiz or an inverted?

Both! Most people that can totally invert their Raiz, can also Aerial on both sides...which might not mean much, but I believe that it helps!

[TartanPajamas]

TPJS:
Your like a different person with a new avatar.
i hate that.:ogre:

Pfff, you hated me before I changed my avatar, so stop complaining.

Sesshou, you said "When you Raiz you're "cheating" into a Gainer. " I'm not sure how that really relates to the horizontal version.

[Skilzat85X]

You're just cheating in a different direction. Whether your horizontal or inverted, in a proper raiz you always come down and land in the same way, it's a gainer flash like landing. Which is why people can easily swing through gainers.

[TartanPajamas]

Oh! Ok, I got it. I'll practice this as soon as I get the chance.