540 2!

[Sudrunk Monkey]

I think I'm gettin' a lil better!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yIDuY9Z9R5s

What do you guys think?

[tuareg]

Yeah mate, looking a lot better!

[Augenatic]

Yup, looks alot better.

[Sudrunk Monkey]

Hehe, danke!

[AjStyles]

I see you been training hard this few weeks,and you post a lot of video, good work, nice 540.
Tips to improve: Bring up you hand real high, punch off/pump/jump with your toes/ball of foot, and swing the kick real hard.

[Benji]

Ahh, your progress is awesome! Looks like that martial arts conditioning is really paying off.

[Siphin]

i commented advice on youtube

[Skilzat85X]

My advice for you is the same advice I'm giving someone else. You are closer though, you should have it quite nice, and quite soon.
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Anywho, hmm. For your Tornados/540s, I'd advice you to dry digging down a little more. Really bend the leg you're going to jump off of, so you can well, jump! Your legs need to bend (on the ground) in order to jump, this is just a principle of the human body. You can do a straight vertical jump, right? Like, jump straight up and touch the ceiling? Well your legs bend down and then you jump up for that, and the principle is NO different for any trick, especially 540s. Don't just try to mimic the setup you see other people doing, understand that they are first of all turning their feet into the "cheat" position (you're already doing this well), WHILE they are digging down to be able to jump up.

Also, don't kick so early. If you kick early you can pull off a Tornado, but your 540 will suffer. You want to delay kicking out until you have clearly JUMPED and PUSHED off the ground. Then try to snap it up, I find it helps to chamber and kick for beginners especially. After you push off the ground, and you're facing your target, bring the knee up with the leg bent for a moment and then kick to full extension across.

The most important thing is to emphasize the dig and the jump, and then to not kick until you have jumped off the ground, thus opening a path for the kick. If you kick to soon, you do NOT complete the jumping motion, meaning that you're not going to go up at all, you're going to stay in the same low spot, and thus you have just an instant to land. This is why you have to force your leg back down for the 540 currently, because you need to push that jump out, and THEN snap that kick out across.

[Sudrunk Monkey]

WOW. :D Skilzat, one day I will hack your sig to say "Sudrunk says you're thumbs up matey. *cheer*'


And danke, to ya'll, I'll keep trying. ^^

[jester22]

i used to have the same 540 as you once you get the jump higher everything will look a lot better
but still a good kick
try not to lean back so far then you wont fall also your knees wont hurt after each attempt from all of ur weight

[Sudrunk Monkey]

DON'T lean back? Hmm, I see how that is. Is it because I can lose height from it?

[Skilzat85X]

It doesn't really matter when learning to be honest.

[waterboy]

that's so old school, your 540 step in! bunny hop!

keep doing what u are doing, eventually your 540 evolve into something VICIOUS!

[Sudrunk Monkey]

Isn't a sideswipe basically a VERY leaned back 540? (I'm sorry, a horizontal 540?)

Hehe, well, I was thinking about Juji's old 540 tutorial when I did the last few 540's, so thanks. And I will, danke! ^^

[generalbbb]

wrap your arms!

[erufukami]

I see you been training hard this few weeks,and you post a lot of video, good work, nice 540.
Tips to improve: Bring up you hand real high, punch off/pump/jump with your toes/ball of foot, and swing the kick real hard.

*Sigh* This is what is wrong with WAY too many tricksters' 540s. You don't swing the fucking kick. YOU KICK IT! CHAMBER THE FUCKER, SPOT YOUR TARGET, THEN KICK THE EVER LOVING SHIT OUT OF IT!

Btw. Nice work on the 540 man. Looks like you are progressing nicely.

[generalbbb]

*Sigh* This is what is wrong with WAY too many tricksters' 540s. You don't swing the fucking kick. YOU KICK IT! CHAMBER THE FUCKER, SPOT YOUR TARGET, THEN KICK THE EVER LOVING SHIT OUT OF IT!


i love you.

[Sudrunk Monkey]

i love you.


For some reason Im sayin the same thing

I shalt kick and not swing the mutherfucker. Thank you.