Double/Single-Leg question

[Ashtar]

Double leg starts and ends with both legs together, touching the ground. I know in a single leg, one leg is flexed but the thighs remain together. Do people do it both ways, with either the inside or outside leg bent? (inside being one closest to ground when thighs are parallel to ground).

In both versions, you could probably take off and land with just the extended leg touching the ground, or maybe you could take off and/or land with both feet while having flexed the knee after the jump, or extending it at the end to land with both feet, or do both. That way it would sort of flow or something.

Plus you could do the opposite, take off with one foot and extend to a double leg at the top, then go back to that one leg (or the other leg).

Would moving it through the movement be too complicated, or have people done it?

I'm also wondering, what would a no-leg be like, like a double-leg with both legs flexed? Would that be a good thing for beginners who can't torque well?

[Matt K]

It would be called a bent knee double leg. Juji talks about it in his tutorial.
Bent knee doubleleg
How does this method work? Well, it primes the motion of the move by starting with a lower difficulty. Just imagine how much quicker you can swing a rod if it's half a meter long, compared to one that's four meters long. It takes more force to initiate the swing of the longer rod, and it takes longer to travel the same distance. The doubleleg is the same way. It's easier to doubleleg when only half of your legs are going through. When fully extended, more force is needed to complete the motion. I found this method valuable, in fact, this is what helped me the most when learning the move. How do you do it? Easy, just bend your knees at the joint and doubleleg! Gradually extend them as it gets easier until you are doing the real deal.

[Ashtar]

Ah yeah, now I remember reading it...

Would an even easier version be if your knees were still bent, but your legs were extended at the hip instead of flexed, sort of like how they are when you jump and do butt-kicks?

In either case, this or the bent-leg doubleleg (should call it doubleknee...) it seems like it would help in torquing at the top, but that you couldn't take off or land in that position.

Moreso takeoff since we straighten our legs to jump, I guess you could land in that position, though it might hurt landing on your knees (or chest, in case of the butt-kick one) but that'd be fine for a trampoline or grass. This is one case where the arms/elbows could be used to brace the impact some.