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Benji
Jul-06-08, 07:04 PM
I had a 540 sesh today. I broke my left big toe so now I'm training right legged moves a.k.a. the 540 since its like the only one i can do. Any advice on how to clean up my 540 is appreciated. And the flash kick haha. I hate them.

and yes, I know my aerials suck. It's hard to jump off of my left foot.:dead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF7jl-qgca0

http://www.divshare.com/download/4884509-fa2
Spyder_V
Jul-06-08, 07:16 PM
The way I'm working on my darkside 540s is to first make sure I get my knee high enough to make the kick. I noticed your kick was pretty damn low, so to train for that, do the set up, throw your non-kicking leg up and just get your kicking knee up and over it without throwing the kick. When that's easy, start throwing the kick. Working tornado kicks a lot helps well too!
Benji
Jul-06-08, 07:45 PM
Yea everything after like 11 seconds was filmed about 2 hours after the other stuff. I was too tired to kick high haha. I shoulda tried comboing when i was still fresh.

But yea, I know what you mean about the kick. I feel like it's too low, but whenever I kick higher, it turns into a leaned back 540. I've been trying to learn them without leaning back because I find it makes them easier to combo, but i guess if it looks better with a higher kick, I need to learn to combo out of a leaned back 540.

Thanks for the advice. I'll try 540s with a knee instead of a kick. I'll try to get a video of a fresh tornado to get advice on it, too.
alpha7158
Jul-08-08, 11:19 AM
With your flash kick you are trying to flash and tuck. Get good at doing whipped back somersaults and the flash kick will come a lot easier and be a lot neater.

Your 540 is good, I would say that you need to put more power into the non kicking legs knee pushing up and around.
BrandonLenz
Jul-08-08, 12:39 PM
as long as you jump higher its easy, your not getting alot of height at all on the 540. honestly i'm surprised that you landed it. i get way more hight, which is kinda bad, cuz i come down hard on that leg... urs look better than mine and u get less hieght.... i will go whine in a corner now....