this tutorial is awesome, i just started learning kicks and this is really useful and just for other as a few reference points if people look back at this video while training roundhouse kick 0:59 hook kick 3:10 other pointers for roundhouse and hook kick 5:00 1st combo 6:30 2nd combo 9:18
Thank you. I've kind of undergone a whole mindset shift this last week. I broke a lot of barriers that were holding me back, including thinking like that. It's amazing how much my mindset changed with just one week. I had to just trust myself to do things and be confident that I'd find a way to get there and do what I want to do. Thanks so much for your tutorials and advice.
Think DIVE ROLL take off, where you reach and jump UP & OVER the ledge... that momentum will carry you to the other side, and once you see the other side or as you're passing over the ledge you tuck and thanks to the momentum from the dive takeoff, you won't hit the wall because by the time you fully tuck, you'll be well away from the wall.
Im so glad im a martial artist because it makes things so much easier to learn tricking...if you got your kicking down and the chambers ,foot/knee placement and technique ETC. its so much easier .... thanks man
Close, but the jackknife is more advanced. Jackknife is basically a 540 into a hook before or as you land. So the finish is kinda the same as in this video, but the jackknife has a jump and a full 360 spin beforehand. =P
Honestly, how you defend yourself, I feel, depends on the individual's ability to use their reactions in their favor... and there are many different styles, but I think kicks can help when the fight is in your favor, many do not expect kicks but there are some who know how to counter a kick if your kick is too slow or not powerful enough.
Yeah I plan on doing more tricking tutorials. I am still learning TKT but i'm beginning to get the hang of it and then I can better do tutorials without calling things the wrong name. But also tricking is so defined by big tricks, I'm not sure I'd ever be able to do a tutorial on big tricks like a full snapu because i may not be able to do it clean enough to demonstrate it. =( But for now, Just a buncha fun combos. =)))
THANK YOU . I'm 28, and fat now. I used to look like you. I started my own company, and the years took their toll. Successful, now, I can return to core principle of what matters; my body. I went out in the yard today, and staying ON AXIS was what I missed as a youth. I'm so happy to have officially made a return to tricking. Imagine a 236 pound guy: round house -> hook -> tornado kick -> AERIAL -> switch direction and come back. Fucking. Glorious. Thanks for the tips, kid.
I personally feel that you should only kick as high as the limits of your flexibility, a decent kick height is hip height, a good kick height is head height, and a CLEAN kick height is where you kick straight up in the splits like TIM MAN!!!!
Form does take more effort, however when you can trick and have razor sharp kicks, people acknowledge your efforts in going the extra miles to control your body just that much more. =)
That's what i like to hear! Keep it simple and fun. No need for huge tricks, because people usually progress to that on their own eventually. Basic kicks, flips, and possibly twists? I can dig it! Keep it up bro ^_^
Im a beginner but i really like tricking, and i was in a city where i had a lot of friends to help and critique my form but now i don't. This video is simple and really helpful. Thank you so much for the free info you rule!!
If your friends started growing would you go around asking people if you can still draw and write or would you practice on your own and find our for yourself?
thanks kyle! i don't trick or parkour (i'm an old snowboarder (?))- i found this searching for tips on doing a capoeira 'parafuso.' this video has given me something to do for the next year when i'm stuck indoors (always need to stretch splits too)- you rock!
Yep, he does. He did martial arts, and that's how he got into tricking. He has a video on his channel explaining everything, it should be on the Q&A playlist. Hope this helped.
This actually helped me make my 540 better. I never thought of using my first leg as a hook kick for momentum and with a little tweaking it gave me a lot more spin! Now I just need to get it a little higher and start doing jackknives :)
dude shit i went straight to things like sideflips to corkscrew follow ups and GMS to scoot corks, i COMPLETELY forgot about the basics, i have been doing freerunning and parkour for awhile so i thought i may aswell start tricking aswell!! thanks so much Epic i will definitely look out for your tutorials more often!! this one was simply... epic! haha =)
Kyle i really love your tuts! also it amazes me to see you can do everything both ways! now i got a question: when you do a roundhouse and hook kick in one jump isn't that a jackknife?
It would be awesome if you continued to make more Tricking tutorials along with parkour/freeruning ones as well. Not saying you dont have tricking tutorials but the parkour far out weighs the tricking. Good job and keep it up!
Avid watcher of your video since 2 years back, I would love if you made a video about the next step after this, say kind of tricks should I practice after this one!
I've done an EPIC FAQ on how to jump higher but Pip Anderson has done an amazing tutorial on how to gain height with your jumps. Search HOW TO JUMP HIGHER PARKOUR
Wow this has helped me so much! I am a trampolinist thinking about starting some tricking because it would be awesome to expand my abilities as an acrobat! These tutorials are really handy :) any tips? I don't want to CHANGE my style because I don't want to throw off what I've learned (I compete trampoline) but I want to ADD a new style on the ground for tricks :)
I make only tornado hooks back and round house kicks if I train or doing shadow boxing. Didn't knew that people see this like a dance. But it gives me a good feeling to see this movie because this skills it's not only to damage people.
I would suggest searching for smth you like (Check the webpage club540.com, where u have almost every immaginable trick and flip) and just going from there, you gotta find yourself
So I have a question, in the past year at my martial arts academy, I have joined the demo team and we have been working on many intermediate moves such as jumping outside crescent kick, tornado kick, butterfly and several other tricks, what do you think would be the next step up for me?
Kyle, great video, I see this is video 26 in your playlist, is there a progression you recommend to work through your tutorials? Not sure where to go next after this vid..Thanks!
I watched this vid many months ago and it looked hard to understand but I started tkd months ago also and now this is so much easier to understand. Guys I recommend doin tkd to really get a better understanding of kicks and technique. If ur in Sydney Australia, I recommend castle hill tkd world, sick dojang
do you have a way to get over the fear of flips without mats/trampolines, I also don't have a gym near by to practise at, I've been trying really hard to do flips but I cant get over the fear so cant bring myself to do them :)
Hi Kyle :) i love your videos, and im 17 and im trting to start parkour\free running however i dont know how to start :s i dont know what tricks i should do :s i can only do a butterfly kick so far :( i was wondering if you could do a mini series on the basics tricks, on how to get started :)
This may be a stupid question but can these kicks help if you have to like defend yourself? Or are they just to look cool and not meant for self defense?
I'm just wondering, what's your Martial Arts background because you seem to know alot about kicks. I used to do ITF style TKD (International TKD Federation) for 2 years and now I do WTF style TKD (World TKD Federation). I've been doing martial arts for 5 years and I've always wanted to learn how to trick, thx for giving me a place to start. :)
The hook kick you point your foot when you hook, its only flexed when u push it out, the best way I can explain it (as a red belt in taekwondo) is you do a side kick beside where you wanna kick and hook it back to hit your target, foot flexed while side kick, pointed while hooking
my hook kick sucks mainly cause my hip flexors are too stiff! do you have any specific stretches for this area that would help me get my knee higher before i extend for the kick?
Hi EPIC,I have some weird problem... Its more comfortable for me to use my right leg in the tornado kick,but its also more comfortable for me to twist to the right...I cant combine some kicks because I cant do a tornado kick with my left leg. what should I do? change the twisting side(I already got 3/2 full and more twisting stuff to the right) or just learn the tornado kick stuff with my left leg? Thank you! and sorry for the bad english
I will be releasing a tutorial here shortly to give beginners a next level progression combination. If you are subbed then you should see it on your Subscriptions Feed, if not then I have put an annotation at the end of this video to direct folks like you who are wanting to know what's next. =)
5:33 in sport sparring, you never want to make your back face your opponent. you either hit them, which makes it easy to pull your foot back and rechamber, or you miss and try to over come your momentum and get back into sparring stance
About what height do you want your hook kicks to be? I'm still working on getting more flexibility so my hooks are about hip height, so there's roughly 90 degrees between my legs, more on a good day.
I got the hook kick down on my right side, but all my tricks are on the left side.and i have serious troubles getting it down on the left side.any tips?i find this kick useful for gaining momentum for tricks such as the raiz,which its on my left side aswell...
hey kyle thx for the tutorial im kind of late but whatever i landed it down but i cant get that hook kick in the air down how can i get higher for that one part
Wouldn`t there be more momentum if you just had your feet straight, used more force and then come in as you said? Thinking about form just makes it look slower and more messy.
this tutorial is awesome, i just started learning kicks and this is really useful and just for other as a few reference points if people look back at this video while training
roundhouse kick 0:59
hook kick 3:10
other pointers for roundhouse and hook kick 5:00
1st combo 6:30
2nd combo 9:18
"Lead with your ass" greatest quote of all time 😂
lol
Thank you. I've kind of undergone a whole mindset shift this last week. I broke a lot of barriers that were holding me back, including thinking like that. It's amazing how much my mindset changed with just one week. I had to just trust myself to do things and be confident that I'd find a way to get there and do what I want to do. Thanks so much for your tutorials and advice.
This video is literally the first exposure I had to learning tricking a little over 3 years ago. Now I can Dub Dub... Thank you Kyle
Did you learn in a gym or by yourself??
Think DIVE ROLL take off, where you reach and jump UP & OVER the ledge... that momentum will carry you to the other side, and once you see the other side or as you're passing over the ledge you tuck and thanks to the momentum from the dive takeoff, you won't hit the wall because by the time you fully tuck, you'll be well away from the wall.
Im so glad im a martial artist because it makes things so much easier to learn tricking...if you got your kicking down and the chambers ,foot/knee placement and technique ETC. its so much easier .... thanks man
Close, but the jackknife is more advanced. Jackknife is basically a 540 into a hook before or as you land. So the finish is kinda the same as in this video, but the jackknife has a jump and a full 360 spin beforehand. =P
Exactly what i need at this time! I just started practising kicks to get more posibilities to throw combos. Thank you!!
Honestly, how you defend yourself, I feel, depends on the individual's ability to use their reactions in their favor... and there are many different styles, but I think kicks can help when the fight is in your favor, many do not expect kicks but there are some who know how to counter a kick if your kick is too slow or not powerful enough.
Yeah I plan on doing more tricking tutorials. I am still learning TKT but i'm beginning to get the hang of it and then I can better do tutorials without calling things the wrong name. But also tricking is so defined by big tricks, I'm not sure I'd ever be able to do a tutorial on big tricks like a full snapu because i may not be able to do it clean enough to demonstrate it. =( But for now, Just a buncha fun combos. =)))
THANK YOU . I'm 28, and fat now. I used to look like you. I started my own company, and the years took their toll. Successful, now, I can return to core principle of what matters; my body. I went out in the yard today, and staying ON AXIS was what I missed as a youth. I'm so happy to have officially made a return to tricking. Imagine a 236 pound guy: round house -> hook -> tornado kick -> AERIAL -> switch direction and come back.
Fucking. Glorious. Thanks for the tips, kid.
can you upload a video so i don't have to imagine?
+Randomdude sooo riight . Comment wasnt random at akl
Make this happen
I personally feel that you should only kick as high as the limits of your flexibility, a decent kick height is hip height, a good kick height is head height, and a CLEAN kick height is where you kick straight up in the splits like TIM MAN!!!!
It's a lovely quote that says, "Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do."
every video i see you, u look completely different lol
ha, fizz...
+StackingTheCup BOOM BLITZ GET OUT THE WAY BLITZ GET OUT THE WAY
+Mark Wu so r y
Main fizz
Form does take more effort, however when you can trick and have razor sharp kicks, people acknowledge your efforts in going the extra miles to control your body just that much more. =)
That's what i like to hear! Keep it simple and fun. No need for huge tricks, because people usually progress to that on their own eventually. Basic kicks, flips, and possibly twists? I can dig it! Keep it up bro ^_^
Im a beginner but i really like tricking, and i was in a city where i had a lot of friends to help and critique my form but now i don't. This video is simple and really helpful. Thank you so much for the free info you rule!!
Thank you man this helped a lot. I had no idea where to start but Now I see the light
If your friends started growing would you go around asking people if you can still draw and write or would you practice on your own and find our for yourself?
thanks kyle! i don't trick or parkour (i'm an old snowboarder (?))- i found this searching for tips on doing a capoeira 'parafuso.' this video has given me something to do for the next year when i'm stuck indoors (always need to stretch splits too)- you rock!
helped me better my roundhouse and hook kick. excellent video
Yep, he does. He did martial arts, and that's how he got into tricking. He has a video on his channel explaining everything, it should be on the Q&A playlist.
Hope this helped.
I do have an updated 540 tutorial... try finding it in my videos.
This actually helped me make my 540 better. I never thought of using my first leg as a hook kick for momentum and with a little tweaking it gave me a lot more spin! Now I just need to get it a little higher and start doing jackknives :)
Great tips! I'm currently taking classes from Loopkicks, and have been drilling these nonstop. I love the way you break it down.
dude shit i went straight to things like sideflips to corkscrew follow ups and GMS to scoot corks, i COMPLETELY forgot about the basics, i have been doing freerunning and parkour for awhile so i thought i may aswell start tricking aswell!! thanks so much Epic i will definitely look out for your tutorials more often!! this one was simply... epic! haha =)
Hey Kyle, love what you've done to your videos. I was a subscriber when you had about 33k and now I'm back. Keep it :)
More tricking tutorials!! :D
Some good starter combos include:
Tornado > Hook > Cartwheel/Aerial
Backside 900 > Hook > Cartwheel/Aerial
Pop 360 Crescent > Back Sweep > anything
More advanced combos/transitions would include swing-throughs (s/t for short).
ex. B-Twist s/t gainer
ex. TD Raiz s/t corkscrew
Kyle i really love your tuts! also it amazes me to see you can do everything both ways! now i got a question: when you do a roundhouse and hook kick in one jump isn't that a jackknife?
It's cool that you do tuto for beginners ! and have you advices, or exercices to soften legs ?
Hey Kyle when you do a roundhouse and jump off one foot into a hook kick like you explained, is that called a switch hook
I have a follow along stretch video in my tutorials playlist
It would be awesome if you continued to make more Tricking tutorials along with parkour/freeruning ones as well. Not saying you dont have tricking tutorials but the parkour far out weighs the tricking. Good job and keep it up!
Avid watcher of your video since 2 years back, I would love if you made a video about the next step after this, say kind of tricks should I practice after this one!
I've done an EPIC FAQ on how to jump higher but Pip Anderson has done an amazing tutorial on how to gain height with your jumps. Search HOW TO JUMP HIGHER PARKOUR
Wow this has helped me so much! I am a trampolinist thinking about starting some tricking because it would be awesome to expand my abilities as an acrobat! These tutorials are really handy :) any tips? I don't want to CHANGE my style because I don't want to throw off what I've learned (I compete trampoline) but I want to ADD a new style on the ground for tricks :)
Awesome! Best starting point i've come across yet...! Thanks so much :D Drill this till that tornado's second nature!
Keep watching videos and studying the movements... learn to see a movement, break it down into steps so you can visualize how to learn it. =)
Hey man! thank you so much for all these tutorials! gonna be watching them all! :D
Good job!!! Now that's what I call a true basic tutorial...keep it up!
Hi just wanted to say youre awesome and thank you for taking the time to do this! Youre videos have helps me lots
Keep stretching and keep practicing... some things take time.
Excellent Tutorial. Will do it as part of my Movement Practice at London Real! Those guys are amazing!
I make only tornado hooks back and round house kicks if I train or doing shadow boxing.
Didn't knew that people see this like a dance. But it gives me a good feeling to see this movie because this skills it's not only to damage people.
THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL! I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN DO MORE TUTORIALS AND DRILLS FOR TRICKING?
so close, tks a lot. I practice martial art for years and your video helps me correct my technique a lot
Using the roundhouse kick to hook kick concept, could you make a new tutorial for the cheat 720? Like with a double pump to it as well
Thanks epic! Can you do a video about basic combos please?
this video really helps! after I master those basic moves, which video should be the next hill to climb over? Could you plz give me the link for it?
I would suggest searching for smth you like (Check the webpage club540.com, where u have almost every immaginable trick and flip) and just going from there, you gotta find yourself
+Gold Warrior i love that website
+Gold Warrior i love that website
I suggest you to make more tutorials like this, in series, what tricks to do next etc.
Nice tutorial epic your really good at giving details instructions on the kicks
So I have a question, in the past year at my martial arts academy, I have joined the demo team and we have been working on many intermediate moves such as jumping outside crescent kick, tornado kick, butterfly and several other tricks, what do you think would be the next step up for me?
Very nice Kyle, some of the very best instruction on tricking on youtube...you have helped many beginners out. Subscribed!
You are pretty awesome brother! You have helped me out tremendously!!! God bless you brother!
this is an amazing breakdown, this is very helpful and informative thank you very much!
hello epic are you going to do one of these videos for parkour ?
I was just wondering is there like a progression to your videos? which ones should we watch as beginners? and which are more complicated?
You are amazing bro, your method is really impressive and easy to follow. I like it very much. Keep uploading the beginner triking vedios.
I really like this tutorial! I've gotta try the hook kicking tornado kick, looks like a cheat feilong :D
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Helped me out ALOT!
This video helped me out a lot! Thanks! just in an hour of practicing these kicks I pretty much got them down.
Thank you for this Kyle! I think you have just motivated me to start doing more kicks! :P
Kyle, great video, I see this is video 26 in your playlist, is there a progression you recommend to work through your tutorials? Not sure where to go next after this vid..Thanks!
Thank for your teaching. Really useful for the beginner
Great tips man seriously for beginners I will be adding this to my combo opener thanks again dude
Awesome! Thanks Epic. I'm more of a free runner that's always wanted to get into tricking :)
Been 4 years since I last snapped a kick, glad I can do everything in this tutorial despite my kick being a little low. This was mad helpful.
Thanks I kindof needed this. Even tho I can already do the cork and a tornado
Dude your helpful I've been trying to do this on other tutorials for days but after this I completely got it!!
Hey Kyle, any tips for overcoming the fear of falling when doing a trick such as an aerial?
I watched this vid many months ago and it looked hard to understand but I started tkd months ago also and now this is so much easier to understand. Guys I recommend doin tkd to really get a better understanding of kicks and technique. If ur in Sydney Australia, I recommend castle hill tkd world, sick dojang
do you have a way to get over the fear of flips without mats/trampolines, I also don't have a gym near by to practise at, I've been trying really hard to do flips but I cant get over the fear so cant bring myself to do them :)
Hi Kyle :) i love your videos, and im 17 and im trting to start parkour\free running however i dont know how to start :s i dont know what tricks i should do :s i can only do a butterfly kick so far :( i was wondering if you could do a mini series on the basics tricks, on how to get started :)
This may be a stupid question but can these kicks help if you have to like defend yourself? Or are they just to look cool and not meant for self defense?
I'm just wondering, what's your Martial Arts background because you seem to know alot about kicks. I used to do ITF style TKD (International TKD Federation) for 2 years and now I do WTF style TKD (World TKD Federation). I've been doing martial arts for 5 years and I've always wanted to learn how to trick, thx for giving me a place to start. :)
Kyle when are you conning to the gaurdian gym?
Got both kicks and leaps down,video response soon? need better lighting. Thanks for the tut.
nice, what video should I watch after this one? I'm still a beginner but would love to get more into tricking
I usually think roundhouse for tornados and 540s.
The hook kick you point your foot when you hook, its only flexed when u push it out, the best way I can explain it (as a red belt in taekwondo) is you do a side kick beside where you wanna kick and hook it back to hit your target, foot flexed while side kick, pointed while hooking
You are officially my tricking master!!
my hook kick sucks mainly cause my hip flexors are too stiff! do you have any specific stretches for this area that would help me get my knee higher before i extend for the kick?
aweesome!!! i'm gonna start to practice it to improve the tricks ;D
:,D I've been wanting this video to come out for ages :,) thanks epic
Hi EPIC,I have some weird problem... Its more comfortable for me to use my right leg in the tornado kick,but its also more comfortable for me to twist to the right...I cant combine some kicks because I cant do a tornado kick with my left leg.
what should I do? change the twisting side(I already got 3/2 full and more twisting stuff to the right) or just learn the tornado kick stuff with my left leg?
Thank you! and sorry for the bad english
I will be releasing a tutorial here shortly to give beginners a next level progression combination. If you are subbed then you should see it on your Subscriptions Feed, if not then I have put an annotation at the end of this video to direct folks like you who are wanting to know what's next. =)
5:33
in sport sparring, you never want to make your back face your opponent. you either hit them, which makes it easy to pull your foot back and rechamber, or you miss and try to over come your momentum and get back into sparring stance
Maximilian Lotz This is tricking, no sparring in tricking
+Kusalin Thanyakullsajja tricking is not fighting or sparring
About what height do you want your hook kicks to be? I'm still working on getting more flexibility so my hooks are about hip height, so there's roughly 90 degrees between my legs, more on a good day.
Thanks for the video plz keep them comin. Im tryin to learn this.
I bet this was very helpful to many people. :) But Kyle! Could you maybe do a tutorial on the stuff, that comes after? ;)
I can’t wait to start training! Thanks for this🙏
Kyle how do I help with dizziness when doing movements such as the butterfly twist(though I haven't mastered it yet)?
Thank you in advance
I got the hook kick down on my right side, but all my tricks are on the left side.and i have serious troubles getting it down on the left side.any tips?i find this kick useful for gaining momentum for tricks such as the raiz,which its on my left side aswell...
What do you recommend for a daily routine/regimen to maintain and build tricking skills?
hey kyle thx for the tutorial im kind of late but whatever i landed it down but i cant get that hook kick in the air down
how can i get higher for that one part
Hey epic.
Do u have anything martial arts background?
"Then it'll be as easy as ... eating a cookie" Oh god that caught me off guard. LOL
This is amazing thanks so much for making this! Keep 'em comin! :D
Wouldn`t there be more momentum if you just had your feet straight, used more force and then come in as you said? Thinking about form just makes it look slower and more messy.
I got the tornado kick on the first day because I practice taekwondo and we do a lot of these things
Same
christiansfd I've done taekwondo, Mauy Thai, Brazilian Jujitzsu and MMA so I've done a lot of this aswell
Tanah Tramantana nice, I done taekwondo, karate, kung fu, boxing and kendo
same
I do parkour and freeruning
And most gymnasts are bad at tricking