Crowd Awakener lvl 1, the "leet kick", and hooks in the air

[Rozenthal]

I'm really hoping i could learn some interesting kick variations since i'm pretty confident with the tornado/cheat setup now.
So any guidelines to these two moves would be really nice.

On the CA lvl1, what kicks do you do - like a split kick, or two "front" kicks to either side?

On the leet kick, what kicks do you mainly use, and what gives the best illusion? An inverted kick and roundhouse?

When doing a pop3, pop7, c7, boxcutter, anything that ends with an outside kick - how do you control the kick so it becomes a hook that moves horizontally? Most of the time, when i try a hook in the air (at an angle that i can do while on the ground) it hurts in my hips, or else it becomes a crescent kick. What should i do?

I know these might be obvious, basics or self-explainatory to some, but i'm having trouble figuring them out. Any tips would be really nice.

[gabrielb]

the ca lv1 is similar to a split but their is a major difference. you are pushing your hips high into the sky. the bottoms of your feet would face upwards...its almost like a parafuso combined wit a split round..because you stay their...its like you throw it and land immediatly after. you actually stick it out like a split round and hold it for a moment, before landing.

but the most important aspect is the hips..if u dont push ur hips up it just becomes a jump split.

[Rozenthal]

I'm not sure i understand. What's a split round, and what do you mean by pushing the hips up? Isn't the CA 1 a kind of split kick from a tornado setup?

I'm having trouble getting my legs out there and keeping them for a moment. They usually come one after another, a bit low and i have to bend my legs pretty quick to land.

[gabrielb]

I'm not sure i understand. What's a split round, and what do you mean by pushing the hips up? Isn't the CA 1 a kind of split kick from a tornado setup?

I'm having trouble getting my legs out there and keeping them for a moment. They usually come one after another, a bit low and i have to bend my legs pretty quick to land.

its not really a split kick, because split kicks u snap the kick in and out....on a crowd awakener you dont.

crowd awakeners you lift your hips fucking high.

watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNUQmtFCjzY

you can see the bottoms of ds's feet. you dont see the tops...because he's pushing his hips upwards.

as well as he's slightly leaned back, like how u would lean back on a parafuso.

if you don't lean back, as you push the hips up 2 things are probably gonna happen.

1.you end up doing a split kick
2.your gonna fall.

[Ryan Sas]

For the Crowd Awakener, it's really all about the aesthetics, the idea is to make it look cool rather than simply execute it. Play with your timing when you explode the kicks outwards and try to be layed back about 45-60 degrees so that you get the maximum effect of the kicks. Then of course you want to kinda get some hang time on your way down so you can land in a solid pose. (yeah this move is insanely simple, it's all showmanship). Anyhow, I think of it like a parafuso/x-out hybrid move. You have to tweak a few parts here and there, but essentially start off like you wanna do a slightly layed back parafuso, but keep your legs chambered, then explode out how you would for an x-out and get them as wide as possible and kind of stall it before you retract and prepare for your crouched landing, with your back facing the target.

I don't know what a "leet kick" is though, so I really can't help you there.

[gabrielb]

For the Crowd Awakener, it's really all about the aesthetics, the idea is to make it look cool rather than simply execute it. Play with your timing when you explode the kicks outwards and try to be layed back about 45-60 degrees so that you get the maximum effect of the kicks. Then of course you want to kinda get some hang time on your way down so you can land in a solid pose. (yeah this move is insanely simple, it's all showmanship). Anyhow, I think of it like a parafuso/x-out hybrid move. You have to tweak a few parts here and there, but essentially start off like you wanna do a slightly layed back parafuso, but keep your legs chambered, then explode out how you would for an x-out and get them as wide as possible and kind of stall it before you retract and prepare for your crouched landing, with your back facing the target.

I don't know what a "leet kick" is though, so I really can't help you there.

the stalling is why i referring to a split round.

though since the guy doesnt know wut that is...its kinda pointless.

leet kick is a move bubba does.

[qwerty the asdf]

the stalling is why i referring to a split round.

though since the guy doesnt know wut that is...its kinda pointless.

leet kick is a move bubba does.

lolololol

just cuz he puts the words "1337 k1ck" on screen doesn't make it a new trick

its just a really stalled and chambered 540 kick

lolololololololol that really made me laugh

EDIT: actually, after further review... im not even sure what the kick is... its some kind of 540/parafuso-kick mix

[CotyTricker26]

lolololol

just cuz he puts the words "1337 k1ck" on screen doesn't make it a new trick

its just a really stalled and chambered 540 kick

lolololololololol that really made me laugh

EDIT: actually, after further review... im not even sure what the kick is... its some kind of 540/parafuso-kick mix

tornado -ish front leg hook = leet kick

[zambri]

holy shit a load of questions...

[Skippy]

lolololol

just cuz he puts the words "1337 k1ck" on screen doesn't make it a new trick

its just a really stalled and chambered 540 kick

lolololololololol that really made me laugh

EDIT: actually, after further review... im not even sure what the kick is... its some kind of 540/parafuso-kick mix

Haha the leet kick is it's own trick :dead:

[Rozenthal]

Thanks for the advice on the CA, i think i get it now!

The leet kick is, as far as i know, a tornado where you do an inverted kick on your way up, and then chamber your kick again, and do a roundhouse as you're coming down.

Bubba does it at 2:24, 2:35, two in a row at 2:38, and then from a btwist at 2:42.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agtbx9rJopg

It's pretty easy to identify, but i have no idea how to execute it.

[breykdown]

i always thought it was just two really quickly snapped roundhouses

[aznctryboi87]

i always thought it was just two really quickly snapped roundhouses

That's what I thought it was too...:eh: