Top Moves Glossary [G-L]

gainer    [Dennis]	define
travelling forward, but flipping backwards. not tucked like a back tuck. you occasionally see pro-wrestlers do it to sell a clothes line. a back flip where you throw one leg up before the other

gainer 540    [babyface]	define
See gainer side swipe

gainer double leg    [STEVEN SNOWDEN]	define
first you go into it like a gainer back tuck then when you are completely vertical twist your body into a double leg postion and land on a double leg. [STEVEN SNOWDEN]

gainer flash    [the game 1013]	define
a normal gainer only with the legs locked out such as when doing a flash kick. [the game 1013]

gainer full twist	define
a gainer with a full twist.

gainer half twist	define
a gainer with a half-twist so that you land facing the opposite direction you were going.

gainer side swipe    [Allen Clark]	define
that would be a running inverted 540 kick, very cool kick. I`ve seen it done out of a 720. [Allen Clark] start with a left-leg gainer setup, throw the left leg up and then twist to the left before you do the flip. the right leg will do a crescent over the body like a sideswipe. land on the right leg. you will travel forward when you throw the kick. [jordan]

gainer x-out	define
a gainer with an x-out.

gancho    [Aranha]	define
See hook kick the capoeira name

gatorback	define
a protective hard shelled pad worn on the back to protect the spin during falls onto hard surfaces like concrete or stairs. used by stuntmen for nasty falls.

genies    [obk]	define
See windmill windmills with your arms crossed over your chest.

gravity breaker    [jordan]	define
do the butterfly twist setup (the spin kick with the left leg) and plant the left foot. now do a 180 spin and go right into a flash without putting the right foot down. sometimes it lands kinda like a charlie kick because of the sideways momentum. [jordan]

Guile kick    [Brian]	define
See blade kick named after Guile's special move from Street Fighter II

guillotine heel    [Timothy McMillan]	define
Basically a jump axe kick with heel, landing with a front spilts, kicking leg behind. You need extreme agility and flexibility for this. Looks awesome when performed from front flip, or handspring. i have only landed this once (by accident). [Timothy McMillan]

gutterbrush    [Timothy McMillan]	define
start with a crouching roundhouse sweep,(ie non sweeping leg is completely bent, and you are practically sitting on your heel), then as you are about to face behind, execute a spinning reverse roundhouse sweep. continue this pattern , moving forward, as required. You can also just spin in a crouched position, for a revolution or two and then start the pattern. [Timothy McMillan]

gyroscope kick	define
adding extra spin(s) after a kick. e.g. gyro 540, etc.

halo kick	define
See 540

handcuffs    [obk]	define
See windmill windmills with your hands behind your back.

handstand    [BRIT]	define
holding your body straight up with your hands only. essential beginning move in gymnastics handstand pirouette: a spinning handstand, mostly preformed after the flare.

handstand pirouette	define
See handstand

head kip

define

a kip-up with only the head touching the ground. often seen in wushu forms. a front handspring with the head also touching the ground. [MEDS] a forward spring on just the head.(see Drunken Master) [MEDS] Placing your head down on the ground and whipping your legs over to land on you feet. The motion is much like doing a Kip, however it looks similar to a front handspring done using your head. Often done with out putting you hands down. [fuzzymonk]

head slide    [Tony]	define
sliding on the top, side, back or front of your head without your hands or any other part of your body to support you. it can be any type of headstand position that must travel w/o any other support than your head. [Tony]

head spin    [obk]	define
a spin performed on the top of your head. popular b-boy move. [obk]

head-flip    [MEDS]	define
See head kip

head-spring    [MEDS]	define
See head kip

helecoptero    [Sky]	define
capoeira move, starts like an Au (Cartwheel), into cartwheel switch (land on second foot that leaves the floor from cartwheel) and kick that first foot over, first foot touches ground last. so it's like a combination of Au Switch and Meia Lua Reversao but in one move. Browse the Chimp's awesome Capoeira (Chimp Capoeira) website download section for a good video of it. [Sky]

helicopters	define
your one leg sweeps around in circular direction while in a crouching position. other leg hops over the sweeping leg. after doing helicopters you can go into a swipe or a masterswipe. [Mike Medal]

Hong Kong twist	define
a move common in Hong Kong action movies that involves rotating on the bodies vertical axis. the number of rotations and angle of the body can vary. it is usually performed to sell a punch or kick in a fight scene and ends on the ground.

hook kick	define
set up is almost like a side kick except contact is made with the target on the contraction of the leg not extension. point of contact is the heel or bottom of foot.

horse stance	define
standing with knees bent and feet set wide to the side pointing forward as if standing on railroad tracks.

hurricane hook kick    [Luccini]	define
right leg forward, throw left leg roundhouse about chest height, before it lands throw jump turning hook kick (or crescent kick) with right leg. [Luccini]

hurricane kick    [Luccini]	define
start right leg forward, through (chest-height) left leg roundhouse kick (or front kick, whichever the situation calls for), before it lands, throw jump turning side or hook or crescent kick with right leg. [Luccini]

hurricane side kick    [Luccini]	define
start right leg forward, through left leg roundhouse kick(or front kick, whichever the situation calls for), before it lands, throw jump turning side kick with right leg. [Luccini]

hyper 540 twist    [Justin Eween]	define
a basic 540 twist landing on the same leg that you throw into the air first. see 540 twist. [Justin Eween]

hyper illusion    [jordan]	define
1. an illusion twist (kicking with the left leg) turning an extra half turn and landing on the right leg 2. like doing a crescent 540 out of a twist [jordan]

hyper swipe	define
like an aerial twist, but you land on the opposite leg. all in one movement, it looks like an aerial, a butterfly twist, and a sideswipe.

hyper twist	define
a butterfly twist but landing on the right foot thus spinning an extra half rotation an aerial twist...which is an aerial and spinning 180 degrees in the air. Like the butterfly twist but you over rotate & land with the other leg. U can throw diffrent kick instead of just landing like a roundhouse [BBoyStift]

hyper-aerial	define
You start like an aerial twist but you land on the opposite foot...like a hyper-twist.

illusion 540 twist	define
A basic 540 twist in which you throw a wheel/hook kick out with the landing foot causing a whip before the landing

illusion twist    [BBoyStift]	define
A cresent axe kick out of a butterfly twist [BBoyStift]

inverted 1080    [T. Shaub]	define
Similar to other inverted kicks. Approach the same as the inverted 540 and 720, but instead of landing on the inside leg like the 720 land on the outside leg to complete the 1080. It takes a lot of torque because you slow down quite a bit on the way around. [T. Shaub]

inverted 540    [Darian]	define
Executed like a normal 540, except when the right leg crescent comes out, the kicker leans back to the point the momentum almost turns it into a flash kick and landing on the right leg thus giving an upside-down appearance. [Darian] Instead of doin a laydown 540 (where you lean back) lean sideways making you move foward. It is best if you tuck in and hold the non-kicking leg. [Gaylord Focher]

inverted 720    [Jeff Spridco]	define
take the "cheat" 720, and turn it sideways. kinda like an inverted 540, only don't throw the first kick. [Jeff Spridco]

inverted butterfly twist    [Funky Munky]	define
start by going into a normal btwist set up (ie body down to the left taking off of the left leg if you do it that way) and instead of rotating over to the right, switch to the other way, landing on the left leg. [Funky Munky]

inverted jackknife    [Matt250R]	define
its basicly a sideswipe with a hook/cresent kick off the left leg as the right leg is landing. its hott. hehe.... and i did it for combastics beta so look out for it! [Matt250R]

jackknife	define
See 540 hook kick

jacknife aerial    [christian]	define
starting right leg back, you front kick with the right, continue the motion all the way up until you go into an aerial jumping off the left leg. it's basically a one foot take off charlie kick. [christian]

jacknife twist    [jordan]	define
a jacknife out of a twist. basically you do a hyper-twist and throw a hook kick at the end. [jordan via Vankuen's tricks]

jonah	define
See back half twist

jump	define
usually signifies a kick done while in the air during a jump. (e.g. jump front kick, jump roundhouse, jump back kick, etc.)

jump front kick    [misteka]	define
jump off with one leg. the other swings up then in the air (swinging leg is going down) kick with the first leg. land on the swinging leg. [misteka]

jump reverse vertical	define
what the Brits call a jump spinning crescent.

jump spinning kick	define
jumping off two feet spinning 360 degrees, kicking and landing facing the starting direction. Common kicks with this move are the crescent and wheel kick. traditionally spinning has been used to mean 360 degrees of rotation, but nowadays that isn't always the case.

jump split kick	define
jumping and swinging straight legs out to splits. toes pointed or pulled back

jumping roundhouse	define
a round house kick done with a jump

K kick	define
See au batido

Kamikaze    [Brian]	define
720 done 540 style. the take-off is like how a skater would start an axle spin, if you are kicking with the right leg, then you take off with your left while throwing your right leg up, spin, do the 540 kick with the right, (land on the right leg), the left-foot take-off gives you and extra half turn before the 540 kick making it a 720 done 540 style. [Brian]

kazi splits	define
A common Wushu move, a full 360 crescent kick but land in a full american splits with your torso facing forwards, head turned to the side and one hand up at a 45 degreee angle in a Buddha palm and the other in a fist straight out to the side.

kick the moon twist    [Dean]

define

...invented by BBoy Baby Dinosaur as far as I know. (A 'kick the moon' is a bboy move apparently). To do a "kick the moon twist"... Imagine there is a parrot sitting on your left shoulder and you have to kick it in the head with your right foot, or that you have to kick a football really far and upwards. Anyway, just do that really hard (so that the momentum of your right foot throws you over backwards in the air), and throw a full twist in before you land (which is not as hard as it sounds as long as you twist in the right direction!) The twist is done straight, and not tucked, which makes it a bit more difficult. Don't worry about the twist though or it will stop you getting any height. If you don't do the twist properly then all that happens is you land facing the wrong way. If you don't get the height, then you land twisting on your head and it hurts! (I know!!!) [Dean]

kip up	define
while lying flat on the back, rocking straight legs back toward the chest then thrusting them forward and bending the knees while arching the back and pushing with the hands next to the head in order to stand up. one legged kip up: a kip up, but landing on your one leg [hype] rubber bands: countinuous kip-ups

kip up flip    [master of appearances]	define
a kip up to your hands (or push up position) not to your feet. [master of appearances]

kip up suicide    [nab44]	define
See suicide falls

L kick	define
See au batido

layout back flip    [misteka]	define
a back flip with straightening your body in the air. [misteka]

layout step-out	define
See flash kick

loser    [Seth]	define
opposite of a gainer... front flip going backwards. [Seth]

lotus kick    [fuzzymonk]

define

Like a split jump but the set up is completely different -- much more "kick like." To do a lotus (standard wushu way)... -take a few runnign steps in a semi circle. -Throw left leg up causing you body to turn at least 180. -whip your right leg up around slap the foot, and keep swinging it into a split (both legs are suposed to be streight and held up in the air. -pull your legs down and land... [fuzzymonk]

Lui Kang	define
See webster

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