tornado kcik ---> 540 (vid)

[alexle]

IGNORE THIS i just revived it to post my different setup (down abit)

any tips welcome for improving my tornado kick to eventually get to 540

if based on anything...mine wud b a slower setup. fast ones dont wrk for me

just ignore the 3rd kick coz its crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P69SJkPrn18

lol i need to learn how to spell 'kick' :tongue:

[CodyLee1337]

Keep your hands up, Learn the roundhouse variation, Kick through not too. Find a friend to old a pillow and practice kicking it, land always in ready position, and your on your way. From a martial arts point of view.

[alexle]

hmm thnx i'll try that

meanwhile have sum moreeeeeeeeeee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTnw3iCOTyc

[Sudrunk Monkey]

Doin' good! It's a good start, matey! ^^

I'd say fiddle with keeping your hands moving. Your rotation stops dead right when you kick, and I believe it's because your hands are partly killing it. Keep them making the rotation; doing a 540 means you can rotate yourself pretty quickly.

Also, your feet kinda get tangled up. XD Hey, I do it too. Try to work on positioning your foot so that your flow of momentum is not disturbed, and that you can deliver the kick and retain that flow of momentum.

Another great thing to do is to keep working on it, refine and modify, and to watch how other people do tornado kicks. There's a lot of treasure in Youtube and here; dig and discover, man. ^_~

Kudos!

[alexle]

HI
this setup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsU8U1LoNwg

vs.

these ugly setups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTnw3iCOTyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P69SJkPrn18

personally i fink the first one is better but im not as used to it and the more i look at it the worse it looks.

wat r ur thoughts?

[Artis]

Ok so i recently god a decent 540 (and i am damn happy about it) and the thing that was preventing me from landing it was that i was turning my upper body before legs kick up so i always ended up doing tornado. when your'e doing a 540 don't try to look on your left side, let your non kicking leg get up first and then spot the target and kick. that's how i learned it :good:

you also might want to check out how juji uses his arms in 540 exampler

oh yeah btw your tornados are ok.

[alexle]

hmm thanks for the advice...ive always wanted to get that nonkicking leg out but sumtimes i feel i'll lose balance and other times i cant get the kick out