tornado to 540, 540 to sideswipe progression...

[rako]

hey its the first time i post on this site but ive been visitng it for mebe 2 months now. thats how long ive been into tricking actually...

anyways ive been doin kung fu for well over 12 years now and i had learned the tornado kick bout 7 years ago. i always found it to be rather easy and wanted to do more!!! anyways i stumbled upon tricking and quickly found the 540! i tried it out and withing 2 3 tries, i got a basic 540 that looked like shit but atleast i was landing with the kickin leg. after 2-3 days of trying, i finially got them pretty well.

the other day, i decided to try sideswipes...and after 2-3 tries, i landed them no prob...

i dono if its just me or am i progressing very quickly in terms of kicks? i can also c720 and have crappy jacknife(second kick not very high).

how long did it take for u to progress from tornado to 540 to sideswipe? and do u progress more in specific types of moves faster? such as flips, twists, kicks, or bboy moves?

[Dragonic MiKe]

You're probably experiencing normal advanced kick progression for someone who's been in martial arts for 12 years, which is very fast compared to someone with no acrobatic or martial arts experience whatsoever.

If your sideswipe is properly inverted then you basically just raped tricks and within a year you'll be awesome.

Have you learned any other non-kick tricks (backflip)?

[Origional]

Mike is right:good:



Skilz will probably tell you your sideswipe is wrong(or at least could be better)

[J-Slide]

flips and twists for me, thats for damn sure my kicks are coming in a lag but it will be here soon.. aha

[rako]

i can back/front/side flip, i started back layout(whip) and landing them with my hands on the floor but on foot, handsprings, cartwheels, td raiz, arabian...

aerials :S 2 months...and im exactly where i was wen i started!!! i started gainerflashes, landing on knees cuz im barely even pushing myself...not too comfy with it yet...

bkick is a breeze but btwist...i seem to overrotate all the time! i just cant seem to spot my landing cuz things spin way too fast. so i either hyper it and fall, or my legs dont even touch and i do a double and land on my face! but i swear...im not puttin any effort into it!!! i cant go any slower cuz then i just dont twist at all :S

as for my sideswipes...ill try to get a video of them. it feels like im doing them rite. my hips r above me and wen i kick, it feels like im landing a gainerflash...plus my back is arched and im looking on the ground when im inverted.

but its not just the kicks...everything seems to b coming rather easy EXCEPT AERIALS!!! which makes no sens since its appearently so god dam easy!

once i get aerials, raiz, and back layouts down, im gona start comboing and get a sampler out for hopefully my 3 months :D

[Origional]

I want to see vids.

If your tricks are as clean as I think they are then I strait up hate you. There should be a law against progressing that fast.

[Dragonic MiKe]

Cartwheels are essential.

[uFail]

lol how can you have a sideswipe if you can't even raiz :smile: , because isn't sideswipe sort of like a raiz switch? Also isn't raiz an inverted/very laid back tornado?

[Augenatic]

haha, i could sideswipe before i could raiz.. i can raiz now though, and it helps a lot to think of it as a raiz with a swipe. so raiz is definitely recommended, but not absolutely necessary if you can do a good 540.

[Origional]

raiz is a cheat flashkick

[dpitlock]

raiz is a cheat flashkick

YOU FUCKED UP MY THREAD REPLYING PROCESS!

[Augenatic]

raiz is a cheat flashkick

awwwh, get out of here

[Origional]

YOU FUCKED UP MY THREAD REPLYING PROCESS!
huh?

[dpitlock]

DONT TRY AND FIX IT NOW! WALK AWAY!

[Miojo]

Vids?

[rako]

vids soon! in bout a month or so lol still wana clean up the moves. but ya i can raiz, but its the sideways one...when i try to invert it, i always land short...but when i kick with my rite foot through, i get enough momentum to land straite...i dono :S raiz is like trying to backflip with no hands...its just more difficult in terms that there is a lot less power involved.

[Origional]

raiz must always be inverted

good luck