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Standing Lotus Kick - Wushu
The standing lotus kick ( bai tui )
is a jump often performed after front
sweeps in longfist forms.
When you pratice the normal lotus kick (
with the runup ) , you can also do a couple of standing lotus kicks
as a warmup. In this tutorial you an see a standing lotus kick 360, but the detailed
instruction also explais the 540° and the 720° variations. The standing lotus kick can also be executed with a wushu weapon
in the right hand. Find more wushu tutorials at wushu main.
Technical description: Standing Lotus Kick - Wushu
- Stand with your feet about one shoulder width apart and extend your arms in front of you,
with your fingers pointing up. Look straight forward and keep your back straight.
- The strike-out is very important for the standing lotus kick.
Move your hands to the left hip and move down a bit ( bend knees ) .
Twist your upper body counter clockwise a few degrees, but keep looking straight forward.
Keep your upper body totally vertical. Don't bend to the left, the right, forward or backwards at all.
Not even a few degrees !!!
If you bend your upper body to a side
during the strike-out, the jump will not be straight and you will mess up the landing.
Also keep your head straight. If you look down or to the side, you might bend your spine without noticing.
- Jump up vertical from both feet.
The feet have to leave the floor exactly at the same time.
If one foot leaves the floor first, you probably already messed up the strike-out.
Keep in mind that the spine has a form a vertical line.
At the same time throw up your hands. Keep your hands close to your body as you move them up.
- Turn clockwise and kick the extended right leg up and slap hands and foot together.
The upper body has to stay totally upright and the hips must not be extended at all. ( hips stay compact )
There are two variation how the hands can be moved.
Varation A: Both hands slap the right foot.
Variation B: Only the left hand slaps the foot. ( see next step )
- The left leg can either stay extended, so that the extended left leg and the spine are the rotation axis...
- Or be bent like shown in the right illustration. This way the jump looks higher, but the rotations are a little bit slower.
You are recommended to keep the left leg extended if you are a beginner.
- Snap the foot back down as fast as possible and bring your arms and your legs as close as possible to the rotation axis.
Ideally all this would be done before the the highest point of the jump.
This increases the momentum and speeds up the rotation.
If the kick is done fast enough and hands and feet are brought to the rotation axis in time,
540 or 720 rotations are possible.
- Like mentioned in the last step, there are two ways how you can move the hands.
- Variation A: Bring both forearms to the chest.
- Variation B: Lift the right hand and lower the left hand.
The hands are still located close to the rotation axis. Just the height is different.
- Land in a horse stance on both feet at the same time. ( this is a standard landing for the standin lotus kick )
Then punch to the right and lift your left hand over head ( elbows extended ) like illustrated above.
Look to the right side.
If one leg lands first, your rotation was not vertical enough.
When you land, your head should be exactly at the same spot where it was when you striked out for the jump.
Landing on the left leg first is wrong.
Landing on the right leg can be OK, if the landing is straight.
Trainer advice: Standing Lotus Kick - Wushu
- Exercise: Stand with your feet one shoulder width apart and draw a line from your left foot to your right foot.
draw around the surface of your shoes so that you can see where you stand when you jump off.
Than go to a horse stance and do the same thing again.
If you now do a lotus kick from the position you drawed on the floorfirst, you should land exactly in the horse stance position
you drawed afterward. If you are able to land exactly on the horse stance drawing,
your rotation axis is vertical ( which is the aim of this exercise )
But be careful... Don't look down to the drawing as you jump.
Keep in mind that your head and your spine have to stay straight.
Related instructions: Standing Lotus Kick - Wushu
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