Rate my Bkick- Video

[Kipper]

Okay, my latest BKick attempts. How do they look, and do you have any advice for improving them (the setup is a standard Wu Shu one, I'll start running into them once I have drilled them enough, and you don't have to mention that I have to drill them more, I know that; I'm trying to work on them as often as possible).

http://rapidshare.de/files/14200702/BKick.zip.html

[Yuri]

well wheres the video?

[Kipper]

Try klicking on the link :tongue:

[Yuri]

shit, i could have sworn there was no link a few minutes ago

must be going mad

[Yuri]

your bkick is not bad, its pretty high

what i like to do is to look forward while i am in the air and that gives the kick a nice arch, but i dont know if you want it to be arched or not
i would say its good kick, good height, good extension. you should start working on standing btwist

[Less than Dan]

You MUST learn the move from a run up, it makes learning correct technuique and form much easier! It also makes learning the b-twist easier, and it's so much more fun with a run up.

While your standings are pretty good, and your trailing leg very much has the right idea, I strongly suggest learning them with a run up, THEN working on your standings.

It's also so much easier to learn this move well with a video to reference.

[Kipper]

Thanks, I'm definitely going to try btwists. And I'll try the tip for arching, I am currently trying to arch more, and that will probably help.
As for the link, I posted it about ten seconds after the topic because I noticed I forgot, but I didn't expect that anybody clicked the topic so fast that they noticed, I edited it about ten seconds after posting and thought you just overlooked it.

[Kipper]

It's also so much easier to learn this move well with a video to reference.

You mean a video of someone else, right? I do have some people I can watch live and a video reference of them as well.

You MUST learn the move from a run up, it makes learning correct technuique and form much easier! It also makes learning the b-twist easier, and it's so much more fun with a run up.

Like I said, I'll start working on the run up soon. BUT, this is the way I was taught, and the guy who taught me trained and still sometimes trains under a chinese master (I'll try to get you his name, you should be able to find references to him) who won several medals, often gold, in various weapon and non weapon disciplines in different chinese tournaments. I'm currently not questioning what he taught me, as I'm pretty sure he has his reasons to teach this way.

[Mastabiff]

Yeah I don't think he should be using the run up just yet. I'm still learning how to get the run up perfect.

It seems that you're not taking the horizontal motion of the dip 4 seriously. Keep the horizontal motion fluid as you dip, and when you come up throw the left arm back and into the air. If you watch videos of bkicks you'll see this done every time.

[Yuri]

i cant do bkicks with a runup, i can never land them right though my standing bkicks are high and what not

[Kipper]

Well, here's a new one with runup, I feel it has potential if I drill them that way, it's much easier to get horizontal and spin those 180 degrees, but I think they're lower and I'm not that consistent.

http://rapidshare.de/files/14276041/Runup_bkick.zip.html

[Mastabiff]

Gah! Just practice them standing. Put everything you've got into it, emphasize the U shape, lift up your chest.

[Kipper]

So, just discussed this with my teacher. He taught me a variation which gives you nice lift but looks like shit, and also corrected my arm swing and told me to practice the runup. I won't post them anymore till I get my Btwist, hopefully soon.