Kung Fu Jump Kicks: Jump Spinning Crescent Kick

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Sifu Mallon with the Clearwater Kung Fu Center. This is Kung Fu for health. We're going to be working another jump kick right now. The jump kick that we're going to be performing is called the jump spin outside crescent kick. This kick is done in place. Starting position, again, is from your fighting stance. I'm going to break the movements down for you nice and slow. The movements start with the bending of the knees, so compressing, getting a nice spring action. You're going to jump up and, like we've talked about before in Kung Fu, where your head goes and your body follows so the first thing to rotate is your head. As I lift, I'm going to jump up, my right leg is going to come up, my left leg is going to come from behind my body, lifting in an arched knee action and this is called a crescent kick. I'm going to swing all the way through and land. Again, one more time breaking the motion up for you. One, two, three. Going at full speed, I'm going to dip down. Again. One more time. To make it easier for you, you can leave your front leg, the right leg, hanging so that's closer to the floor as you land. After you've done it a few times, you lift the leg up tucking it and this makes it look like you're jumping higher. This is jump spin outside crescent kick."