How to Spot a Wushu Butterfly Twist

In this video lesson you will learn how spot a wushu butterfly twist. In Chinese (Mandarin) the butterfly twist is called "Xuan Zi Zhuan Ti". Learn the wushu b-kick (butterfly kick) before you try the b-twist, and don't try to spot anybody if you can't do a butterfly twist yourself. Click here for more wushu videos.

Execution

Stand on the left side of your student.
Grab your students' left hand with your left hand and his right hand with your right hand. The left hand has to be under the right hand.
Then run up to 3 steps on the side of your student and let him jump off from his left leg like if he was doing something in-between a wushu cartwheel without hands and a wushu butterfly kick. Since you are running hand in hand, it's impossible to do a proper butterfly runup. Just make sure your student jumps off from his left leg and that he swings his upper body down and then to the left. (see video)
Then pull his right hand up and align him with your left hand.
All he has to do is straighten and close his legs.
Make sure you don't twist him vertically and don't pull his right arm up too high. Initiate the twist between 45° and horizontal level. If you twist him vertically he will lose control and there is a 90% chance that you will injure his knee or ankle.
Release his left hand first and then his right hand.
Your student has to land on his left leg.
Check the trainer advice for additional information.

Advice

If you haven't spotted anybody before, try this: (but again, keep in mind that you shouldn't spot anybody if you can't to a wushu butterfly twist yourself)
- Just do one step on the side of your student. Hold his hands like explained above.
- Let him bend his upper body down and slightly to the left.
- Then let him hop from the left leg and tell him to kick his right leg up. BTW, the right knee should NOT be bent.
- Pull him a little bit so that he lands on his back. Since this is an exercise for both of you, let him land on a pile of soft mats.
- Later you can try this faster and release his hands in mid-air. But use mats until you are sure you can spot your student.
It's YOUR responsibility to pull your student into the right direction. Don't injure our students' ankle or knee by pulling him vertically.
For more information on how to do a proper wushu butterfly twist, check out the animated wushu b-twist lesson.

Performance

In this Video: Yang Jia Le and Song Long Yong SJ Wushu School
Team: School Team 1 - Song Jiang Wushu School
Coach: Wang Guang Ming
Taped by: Mavi

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