at what point to invert sideswipes

[shengoikee]

((just a few thoughts on inverting sideswipes))

2 possibilities/extremities:

- you dip low on the setup, bending forward at the waist. upon take off, your head is below your hips almost immediately. this almost always results in extreme inversion. the ground is visible throughout the move.

- you leave the floor as upright as possible with little to no bending of the waist; the inversion occurring much later on in the move. the ground will not be visible until inversion occurs.


so the question is, do you crease at the waist on the setup to invert your sideswipes? how important is maximal inversion? (given that all sideswipes are "inverted") what do you look for when you see a sideswipe executed?


what are your thoughts?

[TKD_Andy]

i think you should invert it just before/as you're kicking, if you go into it upright then arch backwards as you lift off, then you should reach inversion just as you kick.

Its alot harder to do it this way but i think it yields better results.

A mix of the two wouldnt be a bad idea though, going into it slightly dipped then arching back just before you kick... i might have to try it!

[breykdown]

for mine, right at takeoff, i arch back like i would for a flashkick, except instead of going straight back, i look to the side. just look at steve teradas sideswipe for a textbook example

[Skilzat85X]

You don't need to dip that much at all to gain inversion actually, took me an unfortunate while to figure it out.

Like in my avatar (it's a terrible angle to film a Sideswipe from actually but whatever) my hips go above my head about 4 frames (0.13 seconds) after what's in the picture. They're above my head about 5 frames (0.17 seconds) before my leg hits the ground. Although the move could be higher if I didn't dip as much during the setup, the principle still applies...ok I dunno what the principle is haha. Just get the chest up and body upright as much as possible during the jump while arching the head back as much as possible during the jump and then kick quite fast immediately after these things happen and bam! Good enough for me!


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[shengoikee]

cool cool i was hoping andy/skilz would post haha. iiinteresting.

i invert mine pretty late i think. i spot the floor just before kicking.