Welcome back to another Scott Adkins tutorial. This time we're going to be
doing the 540
So if you want to learn how to do this kick properly I suggest that you go
back and you look at the spinning kick tutorial and the tornado kick tutorial.
They directly lead onto this kick you can't do this kick without being able to
do those kicks. Like everything else in martial arts you have to make sure that
you know the basics first and of course goes without saying stretch stretch stretch.
You need to be flexible in order to do this kicks.
So just like with the 360 turning kick or the tornado kick, which for fighting reasons I teach to
start with the kicking foot forwards so you can kick like this.
but if you're going to do this kick then you do need
the height so I recommend taking a step back.
So now we're going to be stepping in with the kicking leg and it's really important
that we use our arms as well. This kick needs speed - with the spin and also needs
height you need both things. You need speed
and you need height, you need to spin fast and you need to jump high.
I'm going to rotate because we're not fighting now and we're doing this just for fun. So I'm
really gonna allow my elbows to give me the rotation so I can start all the way
from out here and as I come in I'm gonna step and I'm really gonna use my arms and
this elbow it's gonna come up like this. Now the head turns around first, the
elbow is coming around after the head. It's really giving me that torque. I'm
pulling it around as fast as I can and I'm bending my front knee and I'm
almost reaching down and up, so that I can get the height. Now don't kick too
soon. You don't want to be starting to kick from side on and trying to get your foot all
the way to around to the front. You've got to wait wait wait wait
wait until you're facing in the direction that you want to do the kick.
Only then do you push up and throw the turning kick and you've got to
land on the foot that you've kicked with and the way to
do this successfully and to not hurt yourself is to get the height. You have
to get the height. So from here I'm stepping in
Actually to help you when you do this, when you step forwards you can step all the
way around to this position. With toes pointing away from you and then you have done
half the turn already. Now all I need to do is jump up.
So from here, using those arms you can turn all the way to here if you want and
then you jump up and throw the kick.
Now a lot of trickers out there, you trickers, you're much better than me.
I take my hat off to you. The kids these days are doing stuff though I
can't even believe. However, what's the point of doing this kick if it's not head height?
I see you guys doing these 540's, they're all the way up there.
What's the point? Got to keep it head height.
Jump Ihigh! Don't hit too high.