"Tricking 101...a philosophy of sorts"

sesshoumaru · Jun-24-06, 12:42 AM

The main objective of tricking is to perform a visually impressive display of movements (derived from various "hard" & "soft" styles of martial arts, gymnastics, capoeira, and breakdancing elements), to entertain a 3rd party by way of artistic impression.

Since the creator is "humanity" and the driving force is "artistic impression", then tricking as "a system of uniform movements" will obviously be flawed. This is because as living entities, humans are flawed...and since given dominion over the world, mankind finds no fault in what it does. Blatantly speaking (in terms of tricking), we tend to believe that any deviation from a standard trick results in the creation of a "new" trick. This methodology results in a whole onslaught of tricks being taken out context, and not appreciated/recognized properly.

...which brings me to the topic of this post. Below I will attempt to breakdown "recognized" tricks, and fully catagorize them various attributes.

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THE BASICS

front kick, round/roundhouse kick, side kick, hook kick, inside/outside crescent kick, reverse-side kick, reverse-hook kick, reverse-roundhouse kick, spin-crescent kick, sweep/back sweep, front sweep, jump front kick, jump side kick, jump hook kick, jump split kick, flying side kick, flying split scissor kick, and tornado kick.

...also, check out these Capoeira basics as well: Ginga, Negativa, Meia Lua de Frente, Meia Lua de Compasso, Queixada, Armada, and Au/Cartwheel.

The basics are pretty much the combat applicable techniques found within tricking. It is important to be familiar with them, cause it's the only part of tricking that essentially has meaning. If the basics aren't stressed and enforced then tricking will lack "substance", and quickly produce images of people spinning and twisting through the air "aimlessly". As practicioners, we don't want that...tricking should be far from being an "empty" artform.

CLASS A SKILLS/TRICKS (beginner)

Name............Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s)

540................Kick.....TKD..............outside cresent kick & "good" tornado
Au-Batido........Kick.....Capoeira......_au/cartwheel
Pop 360.........-Kick.....TKD..............spin crescent kick & jump front kick
Feilong.........._Kick.....Tricking........-Hyper Pop 360
Butterfly Kick..-Kick.....Wushu........._N/A
Aerial............-Invert...Wushu.........."strong" cartwheel/au
Back Tuck......-Flip......Gymnastics...."good" back handspring, or some nerve
Kip-up...........-Invert...Wushu..........N/A

In Architecture, if the foundation is of "poor" quality, then it doesn't matter how good the building/structure is designed...the building will have a short lifespan and eventually fail. The same goes for the Class A tricks and the basics. If they're not executed properly, then the rest of your tricks will lack luster, and appear flawed. This is not to say that you can't trick or do the higher calibur tricks because your basics aren't good...but it does mean that you are more prone to injury and your tricks will lack power, because your technique is bad.

The Class A tricks have elements in them that must be learned in order to move on to the higher calibur tricks...this is because the Class B/C/D/E/F/EX skills all build off of these basic movements!

CLASS B SKILLS/TRICKS (intermediate)

Name...............Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s)

Cheat 720..........Kick.....Capoeira........"good" 540
Pop 720.............Kick.....TKD.............."good" Pop 360
Butterfly Twist....Twist...Wushu........--Butterfly Kick
Singleleg.........._Invert...Tricking........-Feilong
Doubleleg...........Kick.....Capoeira.......-Feilong
Flash Kick...........Flip...._Tricking........-Back tuck
Raiz.................-Invert...Capoeira......-tornado & compasso
One-Hand Raiz...-Invert..Tricking.........tornado & compasso
Parafuso...........-Kick....-Capoeira......-"good" 540
"C. Awakener".....Kick....-Tricking........."high" 540
Illusion Twist.....-Kick.....Tricking..........N/A
Btwist Round.....-Kick.....Tricking..........Butterfly Kick
Gainer................Flip......Capoeira........"good" Back Tuck & some nerve
Moon Kick..........Invert...Capoeria........N/A
Masterswipe.......Invert...Bboy............-cartwheel/au
Star Kip-up.......-Spin.....Wushu..........-Kip-up
1990/Handspin....Spin....-Bboy............."good" stationary handstand
Coin Drop...........Spin....-Bboy.............Kip-up
Gumby...............Flip.....-Capoeira........Raiz & cartwheel/au
Arashiswipe........Kick......Tricking........-scoot & decent arms strength

These tricks gives us more variety, and help spice things up a bit. The Butterfly Twist (Btwist), like the 540, is a "must have", and tricks with the "cheat" prefix can flow from it seamlessly...

Also, from here, you might want to start experimenting with gymnastic tumbling. Being able to perform "dismount" tricks are a perfect way to put the "exclamation point" on combos, and make you more of a balanced/solid trickzter.

The acquisition of the Class B skills will tell you if tricking is for you or not. Technically...once you've aqcuired these tricks, you can be considered a "good" trickzter. Unfortunately, from here on out...it'll take a higher level of fitness to progress into Class C.

CLASS C SKILLS/TRICKS (average)

Name...............Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s)

Aerial Switch......Invert...Tricking........"good" Aerial
Sideswipe.........-Invert...Tricking........"good" 540 & Raiz
Shuriken Twist....Kick......Capoeira......-Illusion Twist
Hypertwist......._Twist....Wushu.........."good" Btwist
Envergado........_Invert._Tricking.......-"good" Parafuso & Raiz
Pop 900.............Kick.....Tricking........"good" Pop 720
Pop 720 Double..-Kick.....Tricking........"high" Pop 720
Jacknife.............Kick.....TKD..............540 & Cheat 720
Corkscrew..........Twist...Capoeira........Moon Kick
"Flik-Flak"...........Kick.....Tricking.........Moon Kick
Gainer Arabian....-Flip.....-Tricking......_"controlled" gainer
Gainer Full........._Flip...--Capoeira....._"good" gainer
Webster............-Flip......Tricking.........N/A
Flare................-Kick.....-Bboy...........-decent flexibility & strength
Touchdown Raiz..Invert....Tricking.........Raiz & Gumby
Cheat 900.........-Kick......Tricking.........Cheat 720
Aerial Twist.......-Twist...-Wushu.........."high" Aerial & Btwist
360 Dub Hook......Kick......Tricking........."controlled" Pop 360
Feilong Cross...--.Kick..._-Tricking.........Pop 720
Terada Grab.....--Flip....--Tricking..........Side Sommi
X-Out................Flip......-Tricking........."floaty" Flash Kick
Kim Do Kick......-_Invert.._Tricking........."high" Doubleleg

Alot of things happen while learning the Class C tricks...swingthrus, transitions, misslegs, and stepdowns become more interesting, and using them occurs more often. Also, tumbling will become "commonplace", and the difficulty of it will surely increase...

Mastering these skills will begin to set you apart from your average trickzter. It's truely one of the toughest transitions between classes to make, but if done...opens doors to a vast amount of options and variations.

CLASS D SKILLS/TRICKS (advanced)

Name................Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s)

Shuriken Cork....--Kick.....Tricking..........Moon Kick & Corkscrew
Cheat 720 Twist...Twist....Tricking.........Cheat 900
Pop 1080..........._Kick......Tricking.........Pop 900 & added awareness
Pop 720 Triple......Kick......Tricking.........Pop 720 Double & Jacknife
Singleleg Hook......Invert...Tricking.........Pop 720 Double
Doubleleg Hook.....Kick......Tricking.........Pop 720 Double
Pop 900 Feilong...-Kick......Tricking.........Hyper Pop 720
Swipeknife...........Invert...Tricking.........Jacknife & "good" Sideswipe
Switchblade.........Kick......Tricking.........Jacknife & "good" Parafuso
Hyperhook..........-Kick......Tricking........."good" Hypertwist
Hyperswipe.........-Twist....Tricking........."good" Aerialtwist
Hypercork............Twist....Tricking.........Corkscrew
"C.A." Lvl. II.........Kick......Tricking.........Corkscrew
"C.A." Lvl. III........Kick......Tricking........."floaty" Jacknife
Corkswipe............Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew
Cork Doubleleg......Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew
Hyper Gainerfull.....Flip....._Capoeira.......-Gainerfull
Boxcutter.............Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew
Flash-Out.............Flip......Tricking........."floaty" Flash Kick
Tornado-Side........Kick......Tricking........."high/controlled" tornado
G. Masterswipe......Invert...Tricking.......-"powerful" aerial
One-Hand C.720....Kick......Tricking......._"good" One-Hand Raiz
Kim Do Kickswipe...Invert..-Tricking.......-"high" Kim Do Kick
Kamikaze Swipe..._Invert....Tricking......._Back Full

to be continued...

*Jujimufu* · Dec-13-06, 10:43 AM

One of the most discussed threads here, unfortunately the discussion is gone haha..

Salvaged

JKT · Dec-13-06, 12:18 PM

Aghhh I love this!

Cicero · Dec-13-06, 01:50 PM

Here's the full one

http://www.hightricks.com/Tricking%20101.doc

Scalco · Dec-13-06, 02:15 PM

In my opinion, this was the greatest thing ever made. It's helped me more than anything.

**musasabi** · Dec-13-06, 02:26 PM

and what helps you, obviously helps charlie get his kidney back.

poliver · Dec-13-06, 02:55 PM

This thing made me feel small and sad for a while :(

i think i'll devote myself totally to tricking for now on.

El Fostro · Dec-13-06, 06:24 PM

Very Nice. I've seen this post before.

But what are:

Pop 360

Sideswipe

Feilong Cross

Terada Grab

And I really want to know what the Tornado-Side is.

Xeult · Dec-13-06, 10:56 PM

Thx sessh

El Fostro: Pop 360 - Not sure, think it's the regular 360cr, but don't take my word on it

Sideswipe - Kinda a Raiz Hyper, but not quite, check out Steve Teradas sideswipes http://steve-terada.com/

Feilong Cross - Instead of a first,cresent kick, u execute a hook

Terada Grab - hard to explain....Kinda a halftwist while executing an axe kick, check club540 for more info, I think it's there...

Tornado-Side is - I think it's the thing manny brown does alot.....also, I think I saw it in Bubba's samp

Spacey · Dec-13-06, 11:11 PM

What's a shuriken twist?

And G.M Swipe?

Jun-24-06, 12:42 AM	#1
sesshoumaru "King of Demons" User status: Offline Posts: 2,737 Age: 27	"Tricking 101...a philosophy of sorts" The main objective of tricking is to perform a visually impressive display of movements (derived from various "hard" & "soft" styles of martial arts, gymnastics, capoeira, and breakdancing elements), to entertain a 3rd party by way of artistic impression. Since the creator is "humanity" and the driving force is "artistic impression", then tricking as "a system of uniform movements" will obviously be flawed. This is because as living entities, humans are flawed...and since given dominion over the world, mankind finds no fault in what it does. Blatantly speaking (in terms of tricking), we tend to believe that any deviation from a standard trick results in the creation of a "new" trick. This methodology results in a whole onslaught of tricks being taken out context, and not appreciated/recognized properly. ...which brings me to the topic of this post. Below I will attempt to breakdown "recognized" tricks, and fully catagorize them various attributes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BASICS front kick, round/roundhouse kick, side kick, hook kick, inside/outside crescent kick, reverse-side kick, reverse-hook kick, reverse-roundhouse kick, spin-crescent kick, sweep/back sweep, front sweep, jump front kick, jump side kick, jump hook kick, jump split kick, flying side kick, flying split scissor kick, and tornado kick. ...also, check out these Capoeira basics as well: Ginga, Negativa, Meia Lua de Frente, Meia Lua de Compasso, Queixada, Armada, and Au/Cartwheel. The basics are pretty much the combat applicable techniques found within tricking. It is important to be familiar with them, cause it's the only part of tricking that essentially has meaning. If the basics aren't stressed and enforced then tricking will lack "substance", and quickly produce images of people spinning and twisting through the air "aimlessly". As practicioners, we don't want that...tricking should be far from being an "empty" artform. CLASS A SKILLS/TRICKS (beginner) Name............Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s) 540................Kick.....TKD..............outside cresent kick & "good" tornado Au-Batido........Kick.....Capoeira......_au/cartwheel Pop 360.........-Kick.....TKD..............spin crescent kick & jump front kick Feilong.........._Kick.....Tricking........-Hyper Pop 360 Butterfly Kick..-Kick.....Wushu........._N/A Aerial............-Invert...Wushu.........."strong" cartwheel/au Back Tuck......-Flip......Gymnastics...."good" back handspring, or some nerve Kip-up...........-Invert...Wushu..........N/A In Architecture, if the foundation is of "poor" quality, then it doesn't matter how good the building/structure is designed...the building will have a short lifespan and eventually fail. The same goes for the Class A tricks and the basics. If they're not executed properly, then the rest of your tricks will lack luster, and appear flawed. This is not to say that you can't trick or do the higher calibur tricks because your basics aren't good...but it does mean that you are more prone to injury and your tricks will lack power, because your technique is bad. The Class A tricks have elements in them that must be learned in order to move on to the higher calibur tricks...this is because the Class B/C/D/E/F/EX skills all build off of these basic movements! CLASS B SKILLS/TRICKS (intermediate) Name...............Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s) Cheat 720..........Kick.....Capoeira........"good" 540 Pop 720.............Kick.....TKD.............."good" Pop 360 Butterfly Twist....Twist...Wushu........--Butterfly Kick Singleleg.........._Invert...Tricking........-Feilong Doubleleg...........Kick.....Capoeira.......-Feilong Flash Kick...........Flip...._Tricking........-Back tuck Raiz.................-Invert...Capoeira......-tornado & compasso One-Hand Raiz...-Invert..Tricking.........tornado & compasso Parafuso...........-Kick....-Capoeira......-"good" 540 "C. Awakener".....Kick....-Tricking........."high" 540 Illusion Twist.....-Kick.....Tricking..........N/A Btwist Round.....-Kick.....Tricking..........Butterfly Kick Gainer................Flip......Capoeira........"good" Back Tuck & some nerve Moon Kick..........Invert...Capoeria........N/A Masterswipe.......Invert...Bboy............-cartwheel/au Star Kip-up.......-Spin.....Wushu..........-Kip-up 1990/Handspin....Spin....-Bboy............."good" stationary handstand Coin Drop...........Spin....-Bboy.............Kip-up Gumby...............Flip.....-Capoeira........Raiz & cartwheel/au Arashiswipe........Kick......Tricking........-scoot & decent arms strength These tricks gives us more variety, and help spice things up a bit. The Butterfly Twist (Btwist), like the 540, is a "must have", and tricks with the "cheat" prefix can flow from it seamlessly... Also, from here, you might want to start experimenting with gymnastic tumbling. Being able to perform "dismount" tricks are a perfect way to put the "exclamation point" on combos, and make you more of a balanced/solid trickzter. The acquisition of the Class B skills will tell you if tricking is for you or not. Technically...once you've aqcuired these tricks, you can be considered a "good" trickzter. Unfortunately, from here on out...it'll take a higher level of fitness to progress into Class C. CLASS C SKILLS/TRICKS (average) Name...............Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s) Aerial Switch......Invert...Tricking........"good" Aerial Sideswipe.........-Invert...Tricking........"good" 540 & Raiz Shuriken Twist....Kick......Capoeira......-Illusion Twist Hypertwist......._Twist....Wushu.........."good" Btwist Envergado........_Invert._Tricking.......-"good" Parafuso & Raiz Pop 900.............Kick.....Tricking........"good" Pop 720 Pop 720 Double..-Kick.....Tricking........"high" Pop 720 Jacknife.............Kick.....TKD..............540 & Cheat 720 Corkscrew..........Twist...Capoeira........Moon Kick "Flik-Flak"...........Kick.....Tricking.........Moon Kick Gainer Arabian....-Flip.....-Tricking......_"controlled" gainer Gainer Full........._Flip...--Capoeira....._"good" gainer Webster............-Flip......Tricking.........N/A Flare................-Kick.....-Bboy...........-decent flexibility & strength Touchdown Raiz..Invert....Tricking.........Raiz & Gumby Cheat 900.........-Kick......Tricking.........Cheat 720 Aerial Twist.......-Twist...-Wushu.........."high" Aerial & Btwist 360 Dub Hook......Kick......Tricking........."controlled" Pop 360 Feilong Cross...--.Kick..._-Tricking.........Pop 720 Terada Grab.....--Flip....--Tricking..........Side Sommi X-Out................Flip......-Tricking........."floaty" Flash Kick Kim Do Kick......-_Invert.._Tricking........."high" Doubleleg Alot of things happen while learning the Class C tricks...swingthrus, transitions, misslegs, and stepdowns become more interesting, and using them occurs more often. Also, tumbling will become "commonplace", and the difficulty of it will surely increase... Mastering these skills will begin to set you apart from your average trickzter. It's truely one of the toughest transitions between classes to make, but if done...opens doors to a vast amount of options and variations. CLASS D SKILLS/TRICKS (advanced) Name................Type...Origin...........Prerequisite(s) Shuriken Cork....--Kick.....Tricking..........Moon Kick & Corkscrew Cheat 720 Twist...Twist....Tricking.........Cheat 900 Pop 1080..........._Kick......Tricking.........Pop 900 & added awareness Pop 720 Triple......Kick......Tricking.........Pop 720 Double & Jacknife Singleleg Hook......Invert...Tricking.........Pop 720 Double Doubleleg Hook.....Kick......Tricking.........Pop 720 Double Pop 900 Feilong...-Kick......Tricking.........Hyper Pop 720 Swipeknife...........Invert...Tricking.........Jacknife & "good" Sideswipe Switchblade.........Kick......Tricking.........Jacknife & "good" Parafuso Hyperhook..........-Kick......Tricking........."good" Hypertwist Hyperswipe.........-Twist....Tricking........."good" Aerialtwist Hypercork............Twist....Tricking.........Corkscrew "C.A." Lvl. II.........Kick......Tricking.........Corkscrew "C.A." Lvl. III........Kick......Tricking........."floaty" Jacknife Corkswipe............Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew Cork Doubleleg......Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew Hyper Gainerfull.....Flip....._Capoeira.......-Gainerfull Boxcutter.............Kick......Tricking........."high" Corkscrew Flash-Out.............Flip......Tricking........."floaty" Flash Kick Tornado-Side........Kick......Tricking........."high/controlled" tornado G. Masterswipe......Invert...Tricking.......-"powerful" aerial One-Hand C.720....Kick......Tricking......._"good" One-Hand Raiz Kim Do Kickswipe...Invert..-Tricking.......-"high" Kim Do Kick Kamikaze Swipe..._Invert....Tricking......._Back Full to be continued... Last edited by sesshoumaru; Jun-26-06 at 06:22 PM..

Dec-13-06, 10:43 AM	#2
Jujimufu From Trickstutorials.com User status: Offline Location: Magicant Posts: 1,031 Age: 23	One of the most discussed threads here, unfortunately the discussion is gone haha.. Salvaged

Dec-13-06, 12:18 PM	#3
JKT Member User status: Offline Location: west london uk Posts: 1,225 Age: 18	Aghhh I love this!

Dec-13-06, 01:50 PM	#4
Cicero Innocent Bystander User status: Online Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,546 Age: 21	Here's the full one http://www.hightricks.com/Tricking%20101.doc

Dec-13-06, 02:15 PM	#5
Scalco Tricking = Life User status: Offline Location: Long Island Posts: 1,134 Age: 19	In my opinion, this was the greatest thing ever made. It's helped me more than anything.

Dec-13-06, 02:26 PM	#6
musasabi gimp classic User status: Offline Location: Norse Carolina Posts: 1,046 Age: 22	and what helps you, obviously helps charlie get his kidney back.

Dec-13-06, 02:55 PM	#7
poliver samurai mosh User status: Offline Location: Inverarnan Posts: 1,159 Age: 21	This thing made me feel small and sad for a while :( i think i'll devote myself totally to tricking for now on.

Dec-13-06, 06:24 PM	#8
El Fostro Un Sandpiper User status: Offline Location: Eastern USA Posts: 308 Age: 19	Very Nice. I've seen this post before. But what are: Pop 360 Sideswipe Feilong Cross Terada Grab And I really want to know what the Tornado-Side is.

Dec-13-06, 10:56 PM	#9
Xeult This big! User status: Offline Location: NORWAY Posts: 755 Age: 20	Thx sessh El Fostro: Pop 360 - Not sure, think it's the regular 360cr, but don't take my word on it Sideswipe - Kinda a Raiz Hyper, but not quite, check out Steve Teradas sideswipes http://steve-terada.com/ Feilong Cross - Instead of a first,cresent kick, u execute a hook Terada Grab - hard to explain....Kinda a halftwist while executing an axe kick, check club540 for more info, I think it's there... Tornado-Side is - I think it's the thing manny brown does alot.....also, I think I saw it in Bubba's samp

Dec-13-06, 11:11 PM	#10
Spacey Member User status: Offline Posts: 410 Age: 18	What's a shuriken twist? And G.M Swipe?