1080 1. A jumping spinning kick with three rotations 2. two and half rotations then throw the hook kick 3. two and a half spins and then a hook kick. Done like a normal 720 but you start facing the opposite direction so you get that extra 1/2 spin making it a 900. [Brian]
1080 jackknife you jump 720 degrees and you throw a roundhouse kick and a hook kick at the end. [dragonBlaze391]
1260 just what you think. 3 1/2 spins (1080 + 180) with a kick! I haven't heard of anyone doing it, but it's out there.
180 flip * See back half twist
180 medsflip * See arabian * it's about time I named one after myself!
1990 1. 1990: b-boy name for a one-handed handstand spin. 2. 2000: bboy name for 2 handed handstand spin 3. It is just like 1990, but you spin on both hands. The way I learned, from one of the members of POD and from www.breakdance.com is that one hand is over the other and you spin on the bottom palm. [Dragon]
1990 au batido * See au batido
2 men back flip grab your partners hand (stand on the same line), then both of you do a backflip at the same time. [gally]
2 men cartwheel grab your partner's hand and both of you do an one handed cartwheel at the same time. [Streen]
2000 * See 1990
2001 it's a 2000 (1990 with extra spin), but on your wrist.
3/4 back a back flip landing in a crouched position on one knee. pronounced three quarter, as opposed to three fourths.
3/4 front a partial front flip landing on the back instead of the feet. common in movie fight scenes. * pronounced three quarter (not three fourths)
3000 it's a 2000, but instead of your arms extended put your head on your hands and bend your arms - looks cooler and it's not much harder, go into as if it were a headspin. [=-009-=]
360 flip * See back full
360 gyro 1. when you do the 360 jump cresent kick don't land but spin after the kick. [dragonmaster607] 2. A jump crescent 360 with an extra spin in the air before you land. [Brian]
360 Scissor Kick Wind up and jump as if you were performing a 360. when in the air, instead of shooting out a crescent kick, the right leg shoots to the side as a side kick and the left leg shoots to the left as a ball kick, thus performing a scissor kick after the rotation. FOr even more difficulty try a 360 Triple Kick. This hasn't been performed by anyone on the NASKA Circuit but has only been seen by a handful of people like Anthony Atkins, Daniel Sterling, Kim Do, Myself, and a few others. [Darian]
360 whirlwind whirlwind kick is a tornado kick with both legs extended in sequence. To do a right-leg whirlwind, spin around as you would do a tornado, but extend your left leg as high up as possible before finishing with the right. Usually I perform this with double outward crescent kicks but it probably looks better w/ double round house kicks. [Greggy]
360-Cyclone * See 360 gyro
440 it is basically a step-over wheel kick or spinning hook kick. [Dragonmaster607]
540 1. a tornado kick (360) landing on your kicking leg only [Justin Stuelke] 2. this is a big stepping stone trick. It leads on to 720s and 900s. 3. A Parafuso is when you throw one leg up, then the other leg (the "kicking" leg) meets it in the air, and you land it like a double leg. A really nice one is on Cody's site (http://kickme.to/airbornco/). [Ittai]
540 gyro 1. A 540 kick with two rotations after the kick in the air. [Steve Terada] 2. a 540 kick done with an extra spin in the air before you land. Usually a 2 foot or split landing, landing on one foot (like a normal 540) is very difficult when you add that extra spin. [Brian]
540 hook kick a 540 with a hook kick throw at the end.
540 inward Done like a 540 twist with your body remaining vertical. Just before landing you lean back and launch a circular roundhouse kick. Unlike in the 540 twist you jump a bit forward so it looks more offensive. [///tiger//]
540 Triple easiest explained as a Jacknife/540 hook but with a outward crescent kick executed by the left leg right at the jump (if you kick the 540 with right and the hook with left) thus making it 3 kicks in the same spinning jump. [Freestyler]
540 Twist A butterfly twist start with a gainer setup [BBoyStift]
540 wheel * See 540 hook kick
540-Cyclone * See 540 gyro
720 jumping and spinning twice with a kick at the end before landing. like most spins most people don't fully leave the ground until after half a spin and then finish half a spin after touching down.
720 butterfly twist a butterfly twist with two rotations instead of one.
720 Double A jumping spinning wheel kick(360), bringing the kicking leg back in, and throwing another 360 kick to complete 720 degrees
720 switch blade you do the kick like a 720 spin kick and when your ready to do the hook kick. but instead do a cresent kick and throw the front kick. [cinder391]
720 triple you do a 360 cresent kick then a roundhouse kick and at the end do a hook kick at the end before landing. brian ho has a clip on it on billy bilang's site . [aerialkix327]
900 1. it's a 720, but instead of throwing a hook kick, you throw a round kick with the opposite leg 2. spin 720 degree vertical then throw an out to in kick at the end. If you throw and land with the kicking leg it's a 1080 [BBoyStift]
900 hook * See 1080
aerial basically a cartwheel completed without touching your hands to the ground. aerial is also a generic term for any inverted movement without the hands touching the ground.
aerial cartwheel * See aerial
aerial handstand 1. I just thought of something really cool. Everyone can do cartwheels with no hands and round-offs with no hands etc. Here's a description: Basically like a half flip, when you finish you should be where you started. It's kind of hard to explain but I tried. If you get what I am saying write your description. Thank you. [Jessica Migulioni] 2. Quickly kick to a no handed handstand but instead of flipping over, go back to the ground where you started your aerial handstand. Like Jessica said, It's a bit hard to explain. [Danielle]
aerial sideswipe * See aerial switch
aerial step-out a cool move I just thought of: start like a normal aerial, but then at the top of the spin, twist your body and kick out so you finish like a front-flip stepout. [Matt250R]
aerial switch like a regular aerial except you switch your legs in the air so that you land on the opposite leg than the one you normally would land on.
aerial twist A hypertwist with an aerial setup [BBoyStift]
aeriola 1. [chris de vera] 2. start by doing a butterfly twist/kick setup, step back with the front foot(the one in front after the twist setup), and go right into an aerial without setting that foot down. You will travel backwards when doing it. This is Chris De Vera's move-he calls it an aeriola.
air track a high difficulty bboy move that is basically a windmill in the air.
airplanes * See windmill * windmills with your arms straight spread out to the sides as high as you can get them.
angels * See windmill * windmills holding your belt.
apple jacks When in a squat position jump back on your hands and pike your lower body with your legs spread in a "V" shape. It looks like a jump split kick, but on the ground. [Steve Izzi]
arabian 1. A front tuck while turning 360 degrees in the air 2. backflip 1/2 twist
3. front tuck started backwards. for example, performing a front tuck from a back handspring. 4. starting backwards, spin 180 degress into a forward somersault
arabian step out * See webster
armada * See round house kick
armada dupla * See double leg * the capoeira name
armada pulada * See jumping roundhouse * the capoeira name
au batido 1. starts like a cart-wheel, but only one had goes down then the opposite leg kicks straight over and in the direction that the cart-wheel would have gone. sometimes called a capoeira kick or hand plant. 2. 1990 au batido: it is basically a handstand into an au batido aka "L" kick or "K" kick [dragonmaster607]
au com passo a capoeira variation of a one handed cartwheel, in which one or both legs hit your opponent in the temple. usually only the last leg will hit, and only with the heel for maximum efficiency. this is a very confusing attack, but is highly effective when done right. usually someone hit by this is knocked unconcious. [Aranha]
au cortado sem mao * See slanted aerial * the capoeira name
au de costas * See slanted cartwheel * a capoeira cartwheel performed while dipping the legs back into almost a bridge in the rotation, without touching them to the floor until the au is complete.
au esquisito * See slanted cartwheel * a capoeira cartwheel performed while dipping the legs back into almost a bridge in the rotation, without touching them to the floor until the au is complete.
au giratorio in capoeira, our name for a movement similar to a cartwheel is, au. au giratorio is a variation that adds a one handed spin to this. very similar to the b-boys "1990's" movement. [Aranha]
au malandro * See au batido
au sem mao an aerial cartwheel that launches with a dip from a common horse stance. keeping your eyes on your opponent throuought the movement, as is key in all of capoeira. [Aranha]
au spina * See cartwheel
axe kick the kicking leg comes straight up in front and than quickly down striking the target with the heel.
axe kick aerial 1. an axe kick immediately into a standing aerial. the kicking leg doesn't stop, but keeps moving as the first leg in the aerial. 2. made famous in NASKA by Anthony Atkins.
axe-wheel a back round-house kick capoeria style, but without putting the hand on the ground. in other words, do a back roundhouse kick from a normal standing position, but swing your head down towards where your right leg used to be, bring your right leg straight up, over, and down. the no-kicking leg is always grounded. [Scott]
b-spin * See spin-up
baby suicide * See suicide falls
baby windmills * See windmill * windmills with legs curled up and crossed at the ankles. no hands used.
back double full a back layout with two complete twists (720) in the air before landing facing the same direction that the layout was started.
back flip 1. jumping and rotating backwards and landing on your feet. body position can vary like in tuck or layout 2. backtuck: back flip with your legs tucked to your chest. done standing or in tumbling pass.
back full 1. a back flip with a full twist (360 deg.) in the air completed before landing. 2. a back flip, not necessarily a layout with a full 360 degree twist in, out or during it 3. a back flip with 360 twist in it (while upside down). [misteka]
back half twist 1. a back flip with a half twist in the air. the move is finished facing the opposite direction because of the 180 twist. also called a back half. 2. a back flip with 180 degrees twist in it (while upside down). [misteka]
back handspring a backflip with hands. [randy]
back kick a kick directly backwards without rotating the standing leg or body except to twist enough to see the target.
back layout a backward rotation through the air with the body straight (as opposed to tucked or piked). executed from a round-off on the floor.
backsault suicide * See suicide falls
backside 44 two persons facing each other, then doing a backflip and smacking feet together in the air. [misteka]
backtuck * See back flip
barani 1. a front flip with a 180 in it. 2. A round-off with no hands 3. sometimes spelled or pronounced as brandy or berani.
barrel roll * See butterfly twist
barrels * See windmill * windmills with your arms rounded in front of you (like you're carring a barrel)
beija flor a capoeira movement similar to the au batido, but both legs are brought down simultaniously. [Aranha]
bencao * See front pushing heel kick * the capoeira name; sometimes also a front kick
bencao pulada * See jump front kick * the capoeira name
bicycle kick Do at least 3 jump front kicks all in the air. [Sakimaru]
bilang twist a butterfly twist to one knee [scott sumner]
bio a bio is a misty flip but tuck. [scott sumner]
bio double 1. A bio flash but you throw two kicks instead of the single flash. [i k o n] 2. An aerial with a quadruple pike twist. Legs are spread, and the arms are tucked into the back of the performer's pants. Originally a Tyo-Leea kick used when the martial-artist's hands are tied behind his back. Some say it's impossible, but I've seen it in a fight before. [Wepping-leb]
bioair a charlie kick out of a bio flip. set up for a doubleleg and do a back flip, but split the legs and do an extra quarter turn so you land in an aerial. [jordan]
blade kick A standing backflip-kick Use a 2 foot take-off, do the kick as soon as possible, keep kicking leg straight and bend the other leg, land on the kicking leg. [Brian]
blitz to rush an opponent [Juju]
body flare * See flare
box splits * See side splits
break out in a form a move or a short serious of moves performed as an introduction. usually a signature move that a competitor performs before each of his or her forms.
broncos from standing position, you jump into a slanted handstand, then kick back into the standing position.
bushido flip kick a front-flip executed with legs spread and while holding a sword or staff, called bushido after Japenese samurai code of conduct.
butterfly hook Do a butterfly kick but when the last leg comes around do a hook kick. [Sakimaru]
butterfly kick A kick where the body is kept horizontal to the ground as one leg then the other comes up straight and past horizontal. Common wushu move.
butterfly stomp a butterfly twist with multiple kicks in it. the butterfly twist is done with the legs bent at a right-angle and then straightened out, one leg at a time, to do stomps in the air, while parallel to the ground. this is all done before landing. also, unlike a butterfly twist, this moves forward in the direction of which the feet are pointing. [Dragon & Phoenix Tricks]
butterfly twist 1. basically a butterfly kick except the body twists one turn with the legs straight. 2. A common wushu trick, muchlike the butterfly kick, where the body spins, parallel to the ground, with the legs rigid, like in a horse-riding stance. the body makes one horizontal rotation in the air 3. adding a kick into or out of the twist is common variation. another possibility is landing in the splits after the twist.
cabecada capoeira name for any attack where the head is used as a weapon. [Aranha]
California roll its like the fake 720 twist/540 butterfly twist but you throw an extra rotation so its basically a 1080 sideways. [Steve Terada]
can-opener flip After doing a round-off (or standing i guess) jump up as you would do a backflip. When you rise, bring one leg up and grab it as if you were doing a can opener, and let the other leg hang separately. Land as you would a flash kick. [Sakimaru]
cannonballs * See windmill * windmills done in cannonball position with arms wrapped around knees. like jumping into a pool.
capoeira 1. a very dynamic, acrobatic, and beautiful Brasilian martial art that has roots in slavery. originated roughly 450 years ago. for more info visit www.capoeiranj.com. [Aranha] 2. Capoeira: An AFRO(as in AFRICA)-Brasilian martial art which blends the physical,philosophical and spiritual aspects of various art forms such as Dance,Martial Art,Acrobatics and Music, enabling the practitioner to experience and create a unique Self-expression and understanding of life! [macaco]
capoeira kick * See au batido
capoeira switch a capoeira kick (au batido) on one hand then a switch in the air to another hand. [misteka]
cartwheel 1. with the body sideways and keeping the back straight and one leg a head of the other placing the hand of the same side on the ground followed by the other as the back leg and then the front lift. the legs rotate straight over the hands and then come down as the hands and body come up. the whole movement should be on a straight line. 2. au spina: it's a variation on a normal cartwheel (au normale) where you twist your torso while in the air so that your body face the direction of travel as you land. [montoya]
cartwheel frontflip a cartwheel linked to frontflip. [misteka]
cartwheel step out Similar to a front walkover, execept you do a cartwheel and land frontwards. Its tight!! I have tried it. It is not very hard. [Billy]
Chang kick Really easy. A jumping reverse crescent kick with the other leg tucked in. [Greggy]
chaos running gainer with a half twist, hard as hell to land.Vankuen's tricks]
chapa * See side kick * the capoeira name
Charlie kick 1. A flashkick, but instead you have to turn your body 180 degrees. [Drew J] 2. Flash kick ending in a half aerial.
cheat 1080 1. we all know the 720 kick, and the cheat 720 kick or 540 wheel, try this: a cheat 1080, so a cheat 720 kick with an extra spin before the kick. may be something for Steve to try out? [john] 2. also known as 900 hook, start in butterfly twist position, jump straight up, spin 2(1 1/2 then chamber) rotations and throw a hook/wheel/axe kick. [Greg Spirk]
cheat 720 * See 540 hook kick
cheat jackknife Start like a cheat 720 only go 360. Land on the last leg you let of the ground and do a hook kick with the back leg [Sakimaru]
chibata * See axe-wheel
Chinese splits * See side splits
chuta lua * See axe kick * the capoeira name
coffee grinder * See helicopters
Combastics an implementation of acrobatic sport karate. strictly a performance art and not a fighting discipline. [Zolt]
conquest Set up for a 720, i.e do two spins in air then as you complete the second spin, do a 540 kick. [MKC]
corkscrew kick 1. a corkscrew kick is a butterfly-twist with a gainer set-up 2. Daniel Sterling does one in the U.S.open [cinder391]
crack-knife 1. A Raiz into a hook kick. If your legs lift of left leg first, then you would do the hook kick with your left before you land it.
(similar to a jack-knife, but a raiz instead of a 540) [Josh] 2. you gotta take off like your gonna do a raiz. if u normally land a raiz with the left leg, instead of landing, turn your body a half turn over again and throw a hook kick. sick trick [Phantom X]
crackerbarrel 540 with a quarter back flip at the end [BBoyStift]
cradle 1. a jump back onto the shoulders with the legs folding over the head sometimes touching the ground and then a kip up. seen in Hong Kong action movie fight scenes. 2. starts off like a back handspring, but the arms collapse so that the shoulders and part of the back touch the ground and the legs touch (or almost touch) the ground beyond the head. not a move to do on concrete. 3. start like a back handspring, but when you land on your hands, colapse the arms and perform a kip up to land on feet. Can also be started like a gainer. [Aranha]
crane kick like a bencao pulada (jump front kick), but you jump off, kick and land with a same leg. the other leg is tucked in. [misteka]
crescent jack knife a crescent 540 with an extra kick at the end. crescent 540 hook or crescent 540 wheel.
crescent kick A back spin kick but with you body more upward not leaning. That mean less reaching ability. [BBoyStift]
cresent 540 Just like a Faylong but landing on the right leg (the last kicking leg) instead of the left.
cyclone A jumping spinning crescent with your front leg. For example: if you are right legged, then your right leg should be in front. Jump up to the right side and kick with the right leg. As you land, the left should now be in the front, while the right is in the back. [Reverse instructions for left leg] [DREW J]
dalsim The 'DALSIM' is a spiraling double leg jumping front kick. Start off running foward and once you have gained enough speed you throw one leg (which ever you are comfortable with) in the air as if you were going to do a gainer then you whip the other leg in it's opposite direction (ex. right leg whips to the left) as if it were an upside down butterfly twist then you spin with legs straight foward. You can land on one or both legs, I've developed many variations on the move. [KASON]
dead fall * See stiff board fall
death kick The ultimate kick. Grab your foot then lift it up into a axe kick position. Next turn 180 degrees and drop the leg. This should be done in one continous motion [remix]
death wish a suicide swipe variation. wind up like you're going for a 540, and go basically into a flash kick off the right leg. once you're at the top of the flip, switch so you're about to land on the left leg, then switch back again right before you land. like doing a double flash out of a 540. [jordan]
diagonal kick not defined yet
ding-bat 180 * See bio double
dish kick 1. do a 360 (do not come off the ground) to gain momentum. 2. throw your hands forward and jump doing a 360 " o|-< to >-|o to o|-< " parallel to the ground hitting with the second foot.
Dixon dip you start out doing a pike or double leg, but while you're parallel to the ground kick out your legs and rotate the rest of the way landing in a side split. [Tod Dixon]
dolphin spin it means to do a dolphin dive then while you up on the air you spin!!! easy as 1..2..3!!
double back 1. Kind of self explanitory, two tucked up backflips before you land, usually set up with a round off. learn regular backflips really good before attempting this. 2. a layout backflip with a 720 degree turn in it; a layout with two rotations in it.
double inside crescent kick 1. it is where you jump up and you do two inside crescent kicks at the same time and both soles of your feet touch together.very difficult move !! [side swipe] 2. it's just 2 inside cresent kicks in the air !! [DragonBlaze391]
double jump front like a jump split kick, but feet snap out like front kick instead of swing up straight.
double leg 1. 540 with both legs straight, usually together, you can also add a kick out 2. Another term for this kick is the Rainbow Kick [Darian] 3. Capoeira kick where legs are brought up straight and together in an arc. Like a jumping spin kick with both legs. [Nat]
double leg 540 * See double leg
double leg circles used in gymnastics, like a flare, but legs are together.
double leg illusion Start like an illusion twist...but your about to land...do like a double leg [ATB]
double leg side kick a flying side kick with two legs [pow]
double legged au batido an au batido but both legs are over your head and kicking (done in the video 'you drive me crazy' by ms. spears some lady in the green pants does it, though) [scott sumner]
double outside cresent split kick 1. as you jump up, both legs perform outside cresent kicks at the same time, reaching full side-splits as you hit max height, you complete the kicks as you descend so you can land feet together, or legs slightly crossed (one behind the other). [Brian] 2. looks way more flashy than your regular jump spilt kick, which is just 2 front kicks out to either side.
double twisting layout * See double back
Dragonlancer Ok, I decided to name this here move after me, cuz I have never seen it done. You run quite fast, and do a corkscrew kick up and forward so you are going diagonally. After one twist, or more, you have to have your back facing the direction you are moving, you break into a back layout, and land. That's it, just dont hurt yourself, because after every time I try this now, I get up about 10 minutes later. .,-/*\-,.PEACE.,-/*\-,. [Dragonlancer]
drop kick * See double leg side kick
eggbeater babies * See windmill * baby windmills with hands high on hips.
eggbeaters * See windmill * windmills with your hands high on your hips.
elbow capoeira * See au batido * a capoeira kick only on your elbow instead on your arm.
elbow flare a flare on the elbows. [obk]
elbow spin just like 1990, but lower onto your elbow by bending your arm. [obk]
Envergado * See double leg * supposedly the name of the person who is attributed with inventing this move.
fake 540 * See tornado kick
fast back walkover kick Start like a backhandspring but while flipping legs over pull your legs apart, [shenna banderas]
Faylong Like a tornado kick but instead of tucking in the left leg, it is thrown out as a cresent or wheel kick and the right leg follows with a cresent/wheel as you land on the left leg.
Faylong 540 * See cresent 540
Fei Longs dragon kick from Darian: "Fei Long's Dragon Kick is performed like a normal 360 Jump Crescent. However after the rotation, instead of kicking with the right leg with a crescent, the left leg shoots out as a front kick. Once the leg is out, you complete 1/2 to one full rotation with the leg in that position. Kim Do does a 720 like that."
Fighting Serpants * See puppet master
flare 1. a gymnastic move that involves swinging the open legs in front of and behind the arms. only the hands touch the ground during the entire movement. Sometimes called a Thomas flare in gymnastics. 2. body flare: flaring while your body is high.
3. variation: 1. Flare, but legs together (very hard) 2. Flare, but legs crossed (even harder) 3. Flare with your elbows 4. Flare with your palms [bag-of-trix]
flare variations * See flare
flash kick 1. a round-off back layout step-out. most people tuck one leg and make the motion look more like a kick than a traditional gymnastic step-out. 2. a variation is going up into a pike off the round-off so that the body makes a V and then kicking out to whip the torso back to complete the movement. It looks more powerful than a regular flash kick which simply floats over. 3. it is just a whipback, but you split the legs in the air. Also, it doesn't necessarily have to be done off a round-off
flashswipe Setup like a Kim Do split kick. Then as you jump kick a leg out(either one does not matter)in front of you like a flash kick. As your leg comes out start to spin the same direction as the leg that is out. (for example left leg out for flash kick spin to the left and vice versa) You will want to spin 360 degrees. As you spin 360 degrees lean back to give the illusion of being inverted. And finally on the way down you land like a tornado kick (360). Peace David Skakle [David Skakle]
flutter front kick run, jump, and do several front kicks in the air, switching kicking leg each time. Works best when you can have a couple people sitting down on the floor in a line, holding targets above their heads. Sometimes called a walk-over, b/c it looks like you're walking over the people. [luccini]
flutter kick 2 or more roundhouse kicks, switching leg each time you kick, without stopping or any pause between the kicks. When your feet switch, only the ball of your non-kicking foot should be touching the ground. [luccini]
flying hook to roundhouse kick run for speed, jump up and then deliver first a hook then a roundhouse with the same (non-jumping) leg before landing. [Freestyler]
flying phoenix push up with a staff or pole and give a side jumping kick above the stick, left leg folded in and right leg stretched out. kicking to the head, was used to kick of soldiers from horses. [SifuChris]
flying quad kick * See quadruple kick
flying quadruple kick * See quadruple kick
flying side kick a side kick executed after a running jump into the air. the non-kicking leg is usually tucked.
flying triple kick * See triple kick
folha secca * See gainer * the capoeira name
frogman * See cradle
front aerial an aerial cartwheel but finishing facing the same direction as started. A normal aerial you finish facing the opposite direction that you started.
front flop * See 3/4 front
front handspring gymnastic move where while moving forward the hands come down together onto the ground and the body flips over landing on the feet. arms are straight and close to side of head during the movement.
front kick bringing the knee to the chest, snapping the foot out forward and striking with the ball of the foot with the foot pointed and the toes back.
front pushing heel kick exactly what it sounds like. a kick to the front making contact with the heel. different from a front kick in that the movement is more of a push than a snap.
front snap kick * See front kick
front splits lower body flexibility move that involves bringing one leg straight in front of the body (knee up) and the opposite leg straight back behind (knee down). Also called regular splits and sometimes American splits.
front tuck jumping up and flipping forward as hips rotate over top. usually more difficult than a back tuck, because it's a blind landing and you need more height
fruit picker * See double leg * used in at least one capoeira class
gainer 1. travelling forward, but flipping backwards. not tucked like a back tuck. you occasionally see pro-wrestlers do it to sell a clothes line. 2. a back flip where you throw one leg up before the other
gainer 540 * See gainer side swipe
gainer double leg 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 a normal gainer only with the legs locked out such as when doing a flash kick. [the game 1013]
gainer full twist a gainer with a full twist.
gainer half twist a gainer with a half-twist so that you land facing the opposite direction you were going.
gainer side swipe 1. that would be a running inverted 540 kick, very cool kick. I`ve seen it done out of a 720. [Allen Clark] 2. 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 a gainer with an x-out.
gancho * See hook kick * the capoeira name
gatorback 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 * See windmill * windmills with your arms crossed over your chest.
gravity breaker 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 * See blade kick * named after Guile's special move from Street Fighter II
guillotine heel 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 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 adding extra spin(s) after a kick. e.g. gyro 540, etc.
halo kick * See 540
handcuffs * See windmill * windmills with your hands behind your back.
handstand 1. holding your body straight up with your hands only. essential beginning move in gymnastics 2. handstand pirouette: a spinning handstand, mostly preformed after the flare.
handstand pirouette * See handstand
head kip 1. a kip-up with only the head touching the ground. often seen in wushu forms. 2. a front handspring with the head also touching the ground. [MEDS] 3. a forward spring on just the head.(see Drunken Master) [MEDS] 4. 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 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 a spin performed on the top of your head. popular b-boy move. [obk]
head-flip * See head kip
head-spring * See head kip
helecoptero 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 1. your one leg sweeps around in circular direction while in a crouching position. other leg hops over the sweeping leg.
2. after doing helicopters you can go into a swipe or a masterswipe. [Mike Medal]
Hong Kong twist 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 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 standing with knees bent and feet set wide to the side pointing forward as if standing on railroad tracks.
hurricane hook kick 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 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 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 a basic 540 twist landing on the same leg that you throw into the air first. see 540 twist. [Justin Eween]
hyper illusion 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 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 1. a butterfly twist but landing on the right foot thus spinning an extra half rotation 2. an aerial twist...which is an aerial and spinning 180 degrees in the air. 3. 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 You start like an aerial twist but you land on the opposite foot...like a hyper-twist.
illusion 540 twist 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 A cresent axe kick out of a butterfly twist [BBoyStift]
inverted 1080 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 1. 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] 2. 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 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 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 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 * See 540 hook kick
jacknife aerial 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 a jacknife out of a twist. basically you do a hyper-twist and throw a hook kick at the end.Vankuen's tricks]
jonah * See back half twist
jump 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 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 what the Brits call a jump spinning crescent.
jump spinning kick 1. 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. 2. traditionally spinning has been used to mean 360 degrees of rotation, but nowadays that isn't always the case.
jump split kick jumping and swinging straight legs out to splits. toes pointed or pulled back
jumping roundhouse a round house kick done with a jump
K kick * See au batido
Kamikaze 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 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 ...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 1. 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. also called a kip. 2. one legged kip up: a kip up, but landing on your one leg [hype] 3. rubber bands: countinuous kip-ups
kip up flip a kip up to your hands (or push up position) not to your feet. [master of appearances]
kip up suicide * See suicide falls
L kick * See au batido
layout back flip a back flip with straightening your body in the air. [misteka]
layout step-out * See flash kick
loser opposite of a gainer... front flip going backwards. [Seth]
lotus kick 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...
Like a split jump but the set up is completely different -- much more "kick like" [fuzzymonk]
Lui Kang * See webster
macaco a combination of a back handspring and walkover. this capoeira move starts from a crouched position. then place one hand on the floor as you start to go back and, and continue to flip the rest of your body over to land in a standing position. [Aranha]
machine gun kicks Doing multiple round-house kicks traveling forward, while sliding on one foot. Ending this technique is best with a side kick. :) [DREW J]
mariposa * See butterfly twist * the capoeira name
martelo * See round house kick * the capoeira name
master suicide * See suicide falls
masterswipe a variation of a bboy move called a swipe. Nick Begely does it in his form. After he does the flare to split, weird kip ups(breaking move called applejacks), then he turns his body, puts his hands on the groud and his legs spin around. [BA Warrior]
matrix Arch your back as far as you can so that your back is at least parallel with the ground and add a couple slow motion reverse arm rotations. [T. Shaub]
meia lua reversao 1. A meia lua where the kicking leg swings over the body. A cross between a meia lua and a walk-over. [Ryan] 2. After meia lua de compasso kicking leg touches the ground, the second leg takes off and kicks something like an inside crescent. After the second kick you return to starting position by fast torso spin [///tiger//]
meio salto the capoeira name for variations of the kip up, including; meio salto da macaco, and meio salto em pe. [Aranha]
meio salto da macaco start from macaco. when in mid macaco, or in a handstand, colapse the arms, and fall into a kip up, then land on feet. [Aranha]
meio salto em pe * See cradle * the capoeira name
mini-flare a half flare starting and ending in a pushup position. popular b-boy move. [Scott]
missle drop kick * See double leg side kick
misty * See double leg
misty flip 1. A double leg 540 over one of your shoulder [BBoyStift] 2. double leg 540 with a late 180, Atkins does them.
mortal * See back flip * the capoeira name for some variations of the backflip, including; back tuck, layout, and flash kick.
mortal de frente * See front tuck * the capoeira name
mule kicks * See machine gun kicks
mummie twist A butterfly twist but you put your arms crossed over your chest, your legs straight, and your eyes closed... like a mummy [MATB]
mystical this is a very tough move, i've only done once myself. 1. start with right side in front 2. do an axe kick with your left leg 3. without setting down, do a front flash kick 4. in the air swich your legs and land in the front splits in the other direction.
Good luck [L. Thomas]
no shadow kick * See triple kick
noodle 1. do an elbow stand and grab one ankle. 2. lift your other leg up. [Erika]
nutcrackers * See windmill * windmills with your hands covering your nuts.
Omega bomb First, you do a front Kip Up (Not the backflip kind.) You do the Kip Up so hard that your legs swing in back of you (without touching the ground) and you get into push up position. (Jet Li does this in Romeo Must Die and in many other movies.)
Before you get into push up position, push off the ground by doing a Front Handspring.
(optional) Before you go over in the handspring, you back straighten your back and fall on your back.
That's the "omega bomb" (I dunno why they call it that, the guys name who invented it was "BBoy Omega.") Even though you might not be able to do it, this move is broken up into different moves. [Gyuken]
one handed back handspring a back handspring on one hand. [pow]
one legged kip up * See kip up
one-handed cartwheel a cartwheel done with only one hand touching the ground. an excellent preliminary step for learning the aerial cartwheel.
over head mule kick * See au batido
overload combo this is a useful 3 kick combo.
Firstly, get in a 'L' stance with your kicking leg as the BACK LEG, (ie, my right is my kicking leg, so it is at the back) then do... a turning inner crescent (turn to ur left) then when u have the target behind u leap and do a jumping turning (still to the left) inner crescent (it should hit the same target as the standing inner crescent, then when u land, do a jumping outer crescent (with the same leg again) turning to the right (if u are using the right leg)..therefore its ....
#(turning) inner crescent (if u use right leg to kick, turn round left)
#the same, but a JUMP turning inner crescent
#jump turning outer crescent (with right leg still, but now turning to the right).
its a pretty good combo for keeping distance, and pretty easy too. [Prophet]
oversplits an advanced lower-body flexibility stretch in which a 180-degree straight line is surpassed, in either front or Chinese splits. [michael]
PacMan * See puppet master
parada de ponte * See reverse planche * the capoeira name
parafuso * See 540 * the capoeira name
PARHAM This move is invented by me and it´s pretty easy. But I haven´t seen anybody do it except me. You do a folha seca (gainer or whatever you wanna call it) but instead of just doing a backflip you put you´re hands down and do a back handspring. Basiclly. It´s a gainer with hands.
axé Parham
P.S YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT MY PAGE :) parham3.tripod.com/capolili.html [Parham]
Peter kick 1. jump spinning round-house kick and then leaving that kicking leg in the air the standing leg does a spinning heel kick all in one motion. 2. this kick was named after our buddy who first showed the kick to us. it's a total sparring-based combo, but when it's done fast and right it looks good. [Zolt]
phoenix The exact same thing as an axe-kick aerial but done completely airborne. You need extreme height and momentum to execute this kick with out landing this kick in a face-plant. [Kyle]
piao de cabeca capoeira name for any variation of the common head-spin. [Aranha]
pike body position in gymnastics where the knees are straightened and the legs are pull to the upper body. the body makes an L or V shape.
planche a gymnastic strength move that involves keeping your back straight and balancing on your arms only with the body between horizontal and vertical. almost like a push-up with your feet off the ground. planche in French means board.
ponteira * See front kick * the capoeira name
pseudo gainer * See gainer half twist
puppet master 1. used to confuse your opponent. two versions are know the duck style (done by Jeff Doss) and the fat head guy style done like a fist. [scott sumner] 2. Turn your hands toward each other and start talking to each other, then one hand attacks the other causing a fight. [Jeff]
quadruple kick a scissor kick, but before landing, you shoot out a roundhouse with the leading leg then another side kick with the same leg. Jon Valera can pull this off. [Darian]
rai a one handed gainer back handspring, kick out landing into the splits. [John Su]
rainbow kick * See double leg
raiz Performing a butterfly kick, but upside down. Or it can be viewed as doing a layed out 540 without actually landing on the kicking leg.
rasteira capoeria term for many variations of a leg sweep. [Aranha]
regular splits * See front splits
relagio * See sidewinder
reverse double 540 the back leg of a double 540 is tucked.
reverse planche strength move involving holding body stiff and balancing on hands like regular planche, except front of body faces up (not down like regular planche)
Reversed Jacknife * See whirlwind
round house kick 1. a basic kick peformed by rotating the non-kicking leg so that the toes point backwards, bringing the kicking knee toward the target and snapping the foot forward striking with the instep or in some cases the ball of the foot. 2. capoeira term for a roundhouse. [misteka]
round-off 1. front handspring with 180 twist.used for momentum when performing back handsprings and back somersaults. [MEDS] 2. starts off like a cartwheel, but drive your trailing leg across to land as a hand-spring... [MEDS]
rubber bands * See kip up
S. 900 sideways 900
Challenging Martial Art trick. Basically, two horizontal spins in one jump, done with only one leg sticking out for the entire duration of the two spins. Landed with only one leg, the kicking leg.
-How it got its name: A 540 is the same thing as a 360 horizontally spinning kick, but since it is landed with one leg it gains an extra 180 degrees, therefore, making 540 degrees. This move is like a 540 with two spins.
So: 360 degrees + 360 degrees = 720 degrees (or two spins.) If landed with one leg, the kicking leg, it gains an extra 180 degrees. 720 degrees + 180 = 900. Sideways + 900 = S. 900.
-"S" stands for "Sideways." [BBoy Oki Dope]
sacarolha from portuguese, meaning 'corkscrew' literally twisting one's lower body from handstand... can be done from backward somersault. [j]
saochi * See 3/4 front * saochi is the common term in the stunt industry
scissor fish kick A kick the moon with a total of 3 kicks, but landing with the SAME leg as the one you take off from (like a Kick the Moon Switch). This makes it awkward to do the 3 kicks, because 3 kicks would normally mean that you land on the opposite leg from the one you take off from. See the video clip--> http://www.flashkicks.co.uk/flashkicks/clips_single.asp?categoryid=1&clipid=163 [Dean Trickz]
scissor kick Application is similar to a Flying Side Kick, except once in the air (assuming kicker is side-kicking with the right leg) the left leg shoots out to the left as a ball kick and the right leg shoots to the right as a side kick. The kicker should look like they are doing the splits in the air slightly leaned back. Variations include the triple-kick where before landing, you shoot out a roundhouse with the right leg. Jon Valera pulls off one more side kick with the right leg for a total of 4 kicks. [Darian]
shaolin one legged stance Standing left leg in front, turning and twisting the left leg until it rests on the right leg and the squatting down until you sit down just resting on the right foot. Good for legs and can be end move after jumps or kicks. [smoke]
Shi Ok, this is for experts only. Don't try unless you can easily pull off a barani. You start with a gainer setup, and go through with pulling your leg up, but you start to twist. By the time you are facing the opposite direction, you have to tuck forward hard and keep twisting sideways. If you just go through with that and brace your legs, you will land if you have the skill. This move was an accident and almost got the Blacklotus Crew killed. Hence the name Shi, which means death. .,-/*"*\-,.PEACE.,-/*"*\-,. [Dragonlancer]
shotgun kick go into a K kick [au batido] but grab and tuck the front leg and kick the back leg straight up in the air [Bear Loebe]
shoulder L-kick it's just a capoeira, or batido, on your shoulder. David douglas does one in the 99 U.S. open
showtime * See 540 * A laydown 540 round with your hands behind your head like your sitting back relaxing.
side flip a flip to the side. almost like tucked aerial cartwheel. [misteka]
side kick a basic kick performed by rotating the hip, bringing the knee toward the chest parallel to the ground and kicking the leg with foot slightly turned down and pulled back striking with the heel.
side splits 1. a lower body flexibility move that involves bringing the legs straight to the side with both the knees pointed forward or up. much more difficult than the front splits. sometimes also called Chinese splits. 2. see side splits.
side swipe 1. a 540 kick basically upside down. [DragonBlaze391] 2. a 540 with your upper body lower than your lower body
side swipe hook a variation of a jack knife. doing a side swipe then immediatly throwing a hook kick vertically before you touch ground. [Steve Terada]
sideswipe twist * See snapu swipe
sidewinder A capoeira move called relogio meaning clock. this is how you do it: 1.start with your body sideways doesn't matter if your facing left or right 2.then put your arm underneath your right or left rib. 3.with your strength of your arms and hands spin around. once you accomplished this move this can be used in tripping. this move is good in breakdancing.
slanted aerial 1. an aerial where the legs and body move in an angled plane instead of straigt over like in a normal aerial. 2. also known as au sem mao(capoeira)...try to look at your opponent,rather than at the ground. [MEDS] 3. looks kind of cockeyed. people should just throw aerials straight, its a lot harder and looks way better.
slanted cartwheel A cartwheel with the legs pointing backwards as close to the ground as you can get it. (needs a really strong back) [Nicko]
slanted gainer a gainer that travels to the side a little because the body is slanted from straight vertical. see video at http://members.xoom.com/parodox7/tricks/g-slantedgainer2.mpg
slide kick a side kick with moving/sliding on the other foot toward the target [nab44]
slingshot L-kick go down and do a L-Kick [au batido] but when your hand hits the ground pull your leg in and do a sling shot kick. [Twister540]
smoke kick start of with left leg push kick and then give a right legged inside cresent kick fully turning the body(spin) and landing on right leg. Great for fights and also for combat, step up on knee and kick with right to the head. [SifuChris]
Smoorenburg kick 1. jumping side kick (either leg)into spinning back-kick with other leg before landing. [MEDS] 2. or jumping front kick. (named after Ron Smoorenburg)
snapu swipe 1. throwing a side swipe (vertical) then after the kick recoil and butterfly twist out of the kick and land. [Steve Terada] 2. SICK! run wicked fast, huck a sideswipe way too high, then pull in your leg and butterfly twist, to your feets. UNSANE! dont even try it. [Matt250R]
snowblade an aerial coming out of an axe kick (a gainer) landing on the foot you take off with while the other one is tucked under. [Steven Snowden]
spin signifies a rotation before the kick. (e.g. spin crescent, spinning crescent)
spin-roundhouse 540° Give left spin back and follow up with right roundhouse in air twisting through 540 and landing left leg in front. [smoke]
spin-up 1. from lying on the back,a twist of the legs whilst rolling back onto one shoulder to standing. [MEDS] 2. From all fours, back down, you kick your leg into the air and spin them 360 landing back in your original position. 3. this move is like a windmill. but a hell a lot more easier. sit up. fall to your left side and swing your legs while your on your upper back then roll to your shoulders and both hands push u back up. while u kick with yer legs. [mr.x]
spinning star kick * See spin-up
spinning star kip * See spin-up
Spiral Kick Perform a jumping side kick, when this kick hits push into the thing you've kicked and gain a little more height. While still in the air, spin (off the side kick) and perform a back kick with the other leg. [Jamie]
splits lower body flexibilty move. see front splits and side splits.
spring * See round-off
standing flash kick * See blade kick
staple kick do an Au Batido with your leg bent fully at the knees. do this after your in the full splits, then bend your knees quickly in. Looks best when in the splits. [Todd Makowski]
stiff board fall jump up, become absolutely horizontal (put your hands on your sides, like a tick in the air!!), then fall down, like a stiff board, so that all parst touch the ground at the same time. [flemm]
straddle splits * See side splits
straight up kick 1. see vertical kicks. 2. kicking straight up.
suicide falls 1. [nab44] 2. baby suicide: doing a handstand and landing on your back [nab44] 3. suicide: doing a front handspring, but landing on your back instead of your feet [nab44] 4. master suicide: doing a front flip, but landing on your back instead of your feet [nab44] 5. kip up suicide: doing a kip up, jumping back, and landing on your back (remember all the suicides are done by softening your fall with your hands) [nab44] 6. backsault suicide: doing a backflip, right after landing quickly rolling onto your back [nab44]
suicide front * See 3/4 front
suicide swipe a 540 where you body is vertical, with your head towards the floor and your feet strait up.
sumos * See windmill * windmills grabbing your knees.
superman Set up like a flying side kick, with people crouched down in a line or kicking shields layed out in a line. Begin as though doing a flying side kick, except when you jump, go head first, like a dive roll. Targets should be two slap targets or boards at the very end to be punched. Land like a dive roll. be VERY careful, this could break your neck if you screw up the landing. [luccini]
Sushi Roll you go like the setup of a regular butterfly twist and right before you take off and you are almost on one leg, switch directions and twist the opposite direction going completly upside down, but backwards. [Jeff Doss]
swinging double foot An au sem mao, but after you kick the first foot up, bring both legs together and land on both feet. [Timothy McMillan]
swipes * See spin-up
switch blade a jump spinning cresent kick followed by a front kick with the opposite leg before landing.
switcheroo swipe do a sideswipe but instead of kicking with your right leg, you tuck it in and kick with your left leg. Almost like a raiz landing on your left leg or your front leg. [i k o n]
T kick * See au batido * the bboy name
T-kick a side kick with the body parallel to the ground together with a punch thrown parallel to the ground in line with the body. your body looks like a T, thus the name.
telephone capoeria term for a simultanious two handed clap to both of your opponent's ears. this strike is used to temporararily disrupt equilibrium and cause a state of confusion in a now dazed opponent. [Aranha]
test this * See
the mortal fake damn this is easy. get a partner to bend over, sit on thier neck as if they are going to sit you on their shoulders they stand up straight as fast as they can and you pike your legs in and you spin over like a back tuck/mortal [anthony thompson]
three quarter back * See 3/4 back
three quarter front * See 3/4 front
Tiger Kick * See 540
toe pitch when you put your leg onto your partner's palms and he lifts you up so you link to a back flip. [misteka]
toe pitch frontflip a frontflip from your partner's palms. [flemm]
toe touch * See jump split kick
tombstones * See windmill * windmills with your legs closed and body in "L" position. no hands used.
Top/Dradle Twist You do a butterfly twist but with your arms spread out to the side. It should be like a dradle/top going vertically. [MATB]
tornado kick 1. usually a roundhouse kick (right leg),then as the kicking leg lands jump and spin counter-clockwise, bringing the left knee all the way around and kicking with the right leg (land on the left...land on the right and you've done a 540). Reverse applies for the left legged. [MEDS] 2. AKA tornado kick, but geeze, if u hafta fake a 540, u need to practice! 3. not sure to describe, but like a 540 hook with the spin and hook making only one kick.
triple air walk 1. 1. Run 3 little and 3 big steps as fast as you can 2. Use your full weight for the jump and jump as high and as far as you can in the one and same second (the jump is a kicking jump so your last big step is 2 in 1 a kick with the left leg and a jump with the right leg that's IMPORTANT 3. now you must be in the air easy change your legs two times then you'll land Its very tricky but easy 2. Run, jump and throw as many front kicks as you can on the way up and down. Korean Tiger team has cool breaking demo doing this.
triple butterfly kick Not really hard to do. Basically it's a jumping frontal triple kick. Just do a double jumping front, then before you land, lash out with a final front kick. Needs some practice to look really good though. [Greggy]
triple flash same as a regular flash except you switch legs mid air, then switch legs again before hitting the ground. [Adam Hoke]
triple kick 1. a scissor kick, but before landing, you shoot out a roundhouse with the leading leg. (Jon Valera pulls off one more side kick with the right leg for a total of 4 kicks) [Darian] 2. This kick is considered the famous kick that made shoalin fighting so popular. [michael]
true 540 * See true spin kicks
true crescent 540 * See true spin kicks
true spin kicks 1. set up and landing isn't counted as part of rotation measurement. [Not sure how common this naming convention is.] 2. true 540: Pick up one leg, doesn't matter and jump and kick with the other leg and rotate 540 degrees, if you picked up the right leg, spin to the right and vice versa. A 540 spin kick rotating 540 degrees. [Angel] 3. Go as if you running and doing a 360 and right in the middle of the 360 throw an inside crescent with the opposite leg, thus creating the TRUE 540 Crescent. [Angel]
tuck ripple SAME AS A NORMAL BACK FLIP RIPPLE BUT AS YOU TAKE OFF YOU DO A TUCK AND THEN PUNCH OUT ONTO YOUR HANDS AND RIPPLE OUT A GOOD EXAMPLE IS ON MARTIAL ARTS TRICKZ [TOMSY]
tucked double leg * See side flip * Just like a double leg, except you pull both of your legs up to your chest.
tumbling pass a series of gymnastic moves. usually started with short run and round-off into back tumbling or hurdle into front tumbling.
two men back flip * See 2 men back flip
two men cartwheel * See 2 men cartwheel
two-in-one jumping roundhouse insanely difficult move. Two full spins in the air in which all two spins are jumping roundhouse kicks. While performing the, there is no shifting or switching of the legs at any time. [Joe]
Valera a double 540 where the front leg is tucked. not sure what else it's called.
varial do a sideswipe and when your legs are over your head split your legs and land on both feet (you do kind of a half back flip after the splits). it's a quicker version of the double leg split and doesn't go as high in the air. looks very trippy when you run and do it [jordan]
vaulting axe * See webster
vertical kick * See straight up kick
vertical round kick a round kick as high as it will go, vertical.
vertical side kick a side kick that is straight up (or close). basically the splits while standing.
volley kick * See 540 * named as such, because the kicking leg 'volleys' over the non-kicking leg
voo do morcego a capoeira movement that resembles a drop kick. [Aranha]
walk-over kick * See flutter front kick
wall aerial an aerial cartwheel from the wall. [misteka]
wall flip a back flip from the wall. [misteka]
webster 1. A front flip with a step out. In other words, a flash kick going forward 2. an Arabian with a step out (i.e. leg extension in mid-air). see webster and vaulting axe. 3. actually, Lui Kang did a vaulting axe in the video game before Kung Lao in the TV show. 4. front tuck with one leg extended straight during the rotation so that it touches the ground before the other. It comes down like an ax kick. Kung Lao does one in the opening sequence of Mortal Kombat TV show.
whack aerial * See aeriola
whip kick spinning hook kick
whirlwind incredibly hard trick that have yet to be seen... and hard to explain as well. Bust a Stepover-Wheelkick but land only on the kicking leg and kick a roundhouse at landing. Kinda like an Upright Illusion twist.
It´s called Reversed 540 hook because a Stepover-Wheel landed on kicking leg only could basically be described as a backwards 540.
Named whirlwind cause it´s a harder variation of the tornado (actually it is a Tornado only instead of a step in it´s a wheelkick in).. and although it is a reversed jacknife that name is just too lame =) [Freestyler]
windex Like an inverted 540 but not landing on your kicking leg. When you kick your leg out do the same with the other for a nice landing. Harder than it sounds! :P [T. Shaub]
windmill 1. a spinning and rotating move done laying on the ground with the legs open wide. The body rotates along its axis so that the back and alternately the front using the hand with the elbow in the stomach for support. a popular bboy move.
2. airplanes: A windmill done with your arms in a circle in front of your chest, and your legs tucked up, so you look kind of like a ball. Done correctly, this move should look somewhat like you are a hollow ball bouncing off of your back. check ou www.b-boy.com for good definitions and lessons. Peace.
B-Boy CNS [Rakitin]
worm 1. from lying or standing position,you jump onto your hands, and lower your body down slowly-chest first, then stomach, then legs.
2. variation: 1. Worm going backwards 2. 2-men worm. Your legs are around your friends neck and it looks like a kind of wave when you do it. dope move! [bag-of-trix]
worm variations * See worm
x-out 1. a round-off back lay-out with the legs wide apart. you can swing the legs out with straight knees or snap the feet like a jumping double front kick. 2. Some people do it piked. I prefer layed out.
xtreme an arabian x-out. that is, a back half twist with the legs splitting at the moment of the twist or right after. if you split before the twist you end up doing an arabian step out. [jordan]
yugo Do an exterior moon kick then jump and go for a rotation, as much as you can. Finish the trick with a down kick with the opposite leg, land sit down your legs crossed. [MingYou]