Starfish kip up tutorial?

[Phil D]

anyone know of any, iv seen taegashis exampler but it doesnt show the kip up :( also has anyone got any good vids of people doing em?

[Psychostick]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5599/starkip4nq.gif

[Flowers]

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j198/towlie2110/Butternill.gif

[Phil D]

yeh i cant work out what my arms do to push up, i cant seem to get off my shoulder

[Flowers]

Your legs momentum carries you up. you use your arms to stabilize.

[saunders]

your arms aren't really important
the legs are generating momentum to carry you up

practice windmills, it will help you

[Mick]

Everytime I think of practicing Windmills, I get a mat or something soft and start trying. Then, I realize I suck a Breakdancing and tell myself :"Hey, maybe it's my wrong side." Then I try it on the other side. Then I realize I still suck and go back on the other side. After a hour of sideSwitchin' , I tell myself : " Ah,I still suck. I've lost a hour of my life."

Then I go eat a RamenSoup full of trans fat.

[TartanPajamas]

Starfish, and when your stomach is facing the ground, do a pushup.

[dbubba]

i imagine myself doing a kamehame blast into the ground when i do it :) just push away as hard as you can and let the movement of your legs help carry you up

[TartanPajamas]

That makes perfect sense, actually.

[dbubba]

really? i was afraid id come across sounding stupid

[saunders]

Starfish, and when your stomach is facing the ground, do a pushup.

not really. you need to spread your legs apart if you want to generate momentum. in starfishes you keep your legs together.
i've seen some wushu guys do starkip-ups with their legs almost together though, and even though the move is originated in wushu, it looks better imo if you do it more bboy-style (keeping legs apart).