540 needs tweaking... vid

[bahamuto]

I went to the gym on saturday with my camera and i realized that I dont really like the way my 540 kick looks... i dont know how to explain it though... Anyone have any oppinions?

http://media.putfile.com/540helpplzz

(bonus backflip and front flip at the end)

[kristo]

It looks fine to me. It's definitely more of a layback 540...do you want a more upright one (like wushu style)? If so, you just really need to drill dynamic inside crescent, and get them really speedy.

Though, the 540 as you have it now, could be turned into a pretty sick sideswipe. You're pretty close.

[DarkXacreD]

I wish my early 540s and backflips looked like that

[Bystander]

Pretty decent 540, man. As for improvements, just drilling it will show improvements, also, I think you should kick a little harder, it looks like you're kinda just letting the leg go over without actually KICKING.

Though you seem pretty proud of it, as you have it in your avatar...

[shengoikee]

holy shit your flips look so effortless! haha.... scary thing is if you were to add some speed youd probly be another foot or so off the ground.

with your 540 youre basically chambering early and dragging a straight leg across your target. some people do this really well (eg. animal or juji) and if you want the thing to look more powerful and stable your just gonna have to work on kicking faster. it's pretty simple you just gotta kick over with more force! on the other hand you could start to focus on changing the kick into a round kick rather than a crescent where your leg would lock just before the target and snap out a lot faster. that will likely entail a few more adjustments but it's looking good already so im sure youll do well either way!

[Augenatic]

Your non kicking leg is bent all the way through... That can look a little stupid. Imo, you should straighten out your non kicking leg and kick over it... Then you can bend it again, like every single dewd with a decent 540 does (Kelly Magovern, Juji) ^_^. (imo)

[Less than Dan]

Your non kicking leg is bent all the way through... That can look a little stupid. Imo, you should straighten out your non kicking leg and kick over it... Then you can bend it again, like every single dewd with a decent 540 does (Kelly Magovern, Juji) ^_^. (imo)

I disagree. I like the bent non kicking leg, it adds more emphasis to the kick.