Arabian ( Backflip 180 )Tutorial

[meekmillin]

i can do a decent front flip (standing) but my back flip is like non existent. i know im more than fit enough to execute a flawless one but whenever i try i fail. its either i dont jump high enough or dont tuck fast enough....or both. any help?? a simple back flip is all that is keeping me from bring able to pull off at least a decent arabian. thats frustrating considerin a front tuck is considerably more difficult than the back tuck. again any advice????

[spadesishere]

I asked about the arabian during ur live chat.. And now i know y i couldnt do it.. I was thinkin a little less armpit punch instead of shoulder twist..

[gresham94]

i cant backflip but i can do the arabian

[Countryboy2266]

i just landed this today it was awsome my friends in my parkour team havent learned it yet

[TheVoiceOfEveryone]

You teached me Backflip 360 in this video thank you soo much

[breefvision]

where is this place ?

[TheP8ntballer]

@martincro3 try doing back pullovers until you are comfortable enough to do a backflip

[zTheParkourBoyz]

i can back side and front :D this should be easy

[cdbrown30]

how much practice is put into this?

[pkdukesnides1]

before i learned a backflip i learned a sideflip, now that i am trying backflip 180's, whenever i try to add the spin, i always end up doing a weird sideflip

[pkdukesnides1]

@pkdukesnides1 sorry i wrote this before i listened to the rest of the tutorial

[MidnightLostNeko]

hey epic i cant backflip and i twist on my side flip to a rount and i can frount flip but one of my trick when i try to back flip i kinda do the arabian why?

[xxpkspkspksxx]

かっこいい！

cool!

[CallofDutyPCGamer]

I am too afraid to do a real backflip, but I want to learn this because I can land a front flip! Is it possible?

[awesomefuujutsushi]

@CallofDutyPCGamer works for me..so i guess :P It's just a little harder to land, because you have to twist around before you can tuck into the front flip

[nguoibanhangvidai]

tks

love u Epic1!

[flipbackwards]

front flip bam thats it arabian...lol

[chapitrilfo]

Epic, i've seen u doing a standing full and you flip to the left, now in this video u do the flip to the right. It doesn't matter as long as i'm comfortable?

[heeeeeernan]

excellent video tutorials you could make in Spanish or with subtitles please thanks

[lovinlife4all]

brodi, i got this in one day!! great tutorial. all i did was think frontflip the other way. excelent tutorial, thank you

[3JayWiz]

YESSS LADDD

[shelbbbyrae]

I can backtuck, and frontflip but have you got any other ways to practise before your doing it because I'm scared of falling out of it before I land, does that make any sense? haha

[ekimbro08]

"im in the air im in the air im in the air i pivot and front flip BAM arabian" just like that

O.o

[Reyertjuh]

a arabian isn't a backflip 180, its a 180 frontflip ;)

[MegaRasputen]

When i do this i can only spin 90 degrees no matter how hard i try any tips???

[Koolphiend91]

i have no idea how i managed this but ive been practicing for a while i can do a reg back flip, a 360 back flip, and on a trampoline a 720 back flip but for some reason i just cant nail the 180 i always overshoot or undershoot. Any extra tips for getting the right rotation?

[Daupas]

@Koolphiend91 just watch tutorial omg it's not a backflip it's backflip+sideflip+frontflip..

[BR1ANNAoliv3r]

ok so im used to frontflips. i can do fuels. but for some reason i cannot get the arabian down for anything..watt cld i be missing??

[InThisMomment]

I cant backflip but i can do this into my pool???? Should i probly learn a backflip for better chance of lading it on ground or something?????

[Epic1]

@InThisMomment it's not 100% necessary but there's no doubt that doing so can help.

[Yrz94]

@InThisMomment don!! you are Fucked!!! don't try!!!! mamaSoka!!!

[MikeCAE1]

I Like his tutorials, i working my ass off, broke all the bones in my body, and after his demonstrate he says: Just Like That. xDDDD Peace Epic :)

[pirncedark]

çok güzel



[xDonKitchx]

there is noone in ohio

[joeymuffarco69]

its a good arabian, but arabian is not the same as a backflip 180 (back half). the difference is that an arabian has the rotation primarily before being inverted. so its essentially a 180 then a frontflip. whereas a back 180 does the rotation AFTER reaching inverted.

[mattbballplayer1]

of course he'd know how to do an arabian...

[cephalik1]

Nice, Let me know when youre here we can hit up some sweet spots in central park. stay ninja!

[cephalik1]

Hey Bro whats up man. I'm the kid from the parkour class in NYC! IT was cool meeting ya. I got the arabian today bro! When r u coming back to NYC?

[Epic1]

@cephalik1 i should be back in august. =))

[xXiDkglitchersXx]

can you make a front 180 tutorial?

[JacoboPk]

Epic, I keep doing Arabian Fulls when I do this (over twisting). I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I keep adding an extra 180 degrees to the skill. Please help...

[elfelux]

LOL at "I'm Epic" xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[STEVOxTHExSICK]

hahahaha "...I drooled a little bit..." Epic i love you. xD

[Blimp01]

that trick is so awesome ima learn this lol

[olibaba24]

nice one.thanks.ill try these days ;)

[ryanaina3]

i try to do a full but i do a arabian

[homieg471]

HELP. i did this but instead of doing a regular frontflip, i did like a 180 frontflip. is that considered a back 360? it looks cool but weird..

[Metzgerfuellsel]

أنا يجيد اللغة العربية، على الرغم من أنني الألمانية.

[pivotspain]

nice fart at 0:11

[DaRiderDude13]

i can do this on trampoline and im trying to learn it off stuff cuz i cant get enough air

[bjonse11]

do you twist to the left or the right?

[bjonse11]

i got this down already and i can already do it with a round-off thing is how do i do a 360?...

[Wolframm90]

epic can you do a standing arabian with a half twist in the end? kinda standing arabian full))

[XPCmoney]

Pivit Frontlip BAM Thats it arabian Yeah (:

Lmao !

1:03

[TheCorphogan]

ive only just got my backflips and alot of the time im landing doubled over or really low down is there anything i can do to stop this plus i have my front flips so mch better than by backs so should i be able to do this trick or will i need my back high good luck at what ever you try next

[badpker50]

"I'm Epic..." Yes you are! :) Great tutorial Epic, it has helped a lot mate. :)

[tonkiyalesha]

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[tonkiyalesha]

супер 

[Cokemaple]

Ima try this in the snow today =P

[YungTREspectroS]

thanx dude cuz i busted my ass before lol

[Gipsin1]

These are all the times that he actually does flips instead of talking.....but i love it.....time are=00:15, 02:27, 4:17-(4:20 a slow-moe-version!)

[iDarron]

wow that's such an awesome shirt

[coopy411]

I think that getting a standing front really well would help



[sPAC3cH3CK35]

wow u make it look soooooo easy

[MeliMel2011]

Nice tutorial wen the summer hit imma show u wat all ur tutorials taught me

[timothyy7]

dude i love ur tutorials, they help so much! look at my capoeria vids. im using ur tutorials to help myself learn new moves!

[mattyrowley09]

arabian is no where near a back 180 you fuck up. epic, you dont know what the fuk ur on about

[niTroRcFreAk5]

OMFGosh thank you so much

[classypinklipstick]

i wanna try this..i have my back tuck and layout..and i wanna get this so i can try practicing on my full twist. but i don't have a front tuck or anything..do you think i could still be able to do it with out being able to do a front flip?

[Epic1]

@classypinklipstick for a full twist, hit up a foam pit... throw a backflip, n soon as ur feet leave the ground, "PUNCH UR ARMPIT" .... dont literally but, tryign to do so will make that full twist happen... as for the arabian.... it's challenging without the frontflip, cuz u gotta be used to coming out of it like a frontflip, and without that muscle memory it may look more like a sideflip.

[mariomariado]

@classypinklipstick

Remember arabian and half twist backflip are not the same stunt...

In the arabian, you turn 180 before starting a FRONTFLIP.

In the backflip with half twist, you start the backflip and WHEN UPSIDE DOWN you turn 180.

Hope I was helpful.

[PYates77]

In many of my tricks, especially front flips and (still working on it) arabian's. I seem to do most of my rotation while I'm falling. I jump, and at the peak of my rotation I begin rotating into the flip. Now, I feel like I'm tucking as fast as I can, but I still end up doing all of the rotation on the way down. That causes me to either land on my butt, or land on my feet, but still completely tucked.

When Epic does it, he always has plenty of height?

Does anyone else have this issue? Any tips?

[TheJuunaziboy]

epic do you ever had that kind of problem that when you started tricking, you learned some tricks/moves other side where you should do them? i haven't been tricking even year now, but it's annoying that i learned sideflip,dbl.leg,aerial etc. to the right side but i should do them left cause' i kick to left. now i can do aerial on left (not very good yet). i spin full on left, but not sideflip on left so it's kind a u know..:/

[unicohcruelone]

tang ina mo nag ka mali ka noh kaya pinutol mo!!

[freestyle2036]

ahm.can this be done on a puzzle matts?

[0000iamme0000]

ha ha ha ha lol i heard up turn fuck them

[delarossi69]

yo I have just started free running at 29, been watching all your vids and just wanted to say thanks for taking the time and effort to make these tutorials. Makes guys like me who just dream about it actually get out and try this stuff. Cant belive there are so many haters, makes no sense to me. keep up the good work. J Dizzle...England

[alfonsoboyx3]

ok question:D

so yove heard of half in, half out? right? well. is this like the easiest half in half out or half out half in?

[jadenxy]

haha "breath! i drooled a little but"

[mattyrowley09]

bullshit, arabian is not a back 180, you jump up as you jump up you twist before u flip. so it is not a back 180

[ninjachimp1000]

totes did one today thanks to this vid cheers man!

[YouDude54]

your naja???

[RoflWaffleFilms1]

oh my god. i thought i made up this flip lmao cuz i was practicing a side flip and it ended up like this then i saw the vid and now i know i didnt make up the flip lol

[MegaMrAction]

Cool but I can't side flip to well but I can do s front flip 180

[ryanaina3]

that looks/ cool stinks i cant do it

[cjman21]

thanks for the help

[CiaoBella700]

i just found this vid?! i had to teach myself how to do this!... nice vid though

[christopheRocco77]

Uh, you forgot to tell me how to float while you do this

[insanelasseigne]

yayyy i can do it on the trampoline! thanks man

[TheTofuJ]

i tried one but i keep doing a 360 turn i cant do a 180 but i dont land on my feet a land kinda on my knees what am i doing wrong

[MrJingd]

LMAO, "thats it guys, stay positive.....Save the world" Nice touch

[1sketchy]

you look like a girl dude

[insanelasseigne]

someone please tell me what that noise was in the beginning

[ATCTKD02]

I attempted this...

watch?v=6v93h_F0gQA

I failed. xD

[multisynu]

hahaha nice he is floating!!!!

[multisynu]

hahaha nice

[JokkeProductions]

haha.. The first arabian you did.. amazing. Like "just messing around, chillin.."

You are so epic, epic!<3

[MattTheOak]

The backflip is all very good and everything, but you have the world's worst taste in t-shirts.

[MrBatchelor99]

hello epic i like doing backflips and all that type of stuff i have learnt all of my tricks from ur vids and would like to know where is a good place to learn an arabian apart from a gymnastics centre.

[melusky]

No wonder my arabians feel ugly; I don't jump straight up. I jump into the turn diagonally.

[antonkrogh]

backflip 180 is different to the arabian -.-

[ckboy05]

Nice vid man! i've been tryna get the 360 backflip but i guess i should start with the 180 first. Thanx!

[MrWerdna1992]

if you can back flip "good", if you can side flip"perfect" , if you can front flip "amazing" if you can side back bone break "you are so sorry"!!!

nice like your speech dude!!! its so catchy!!!! lol! you can be a recording artist!!!

[Colbyster213]

Hey epic wat is your email please reply asap

[gorakatigeryea]

you're awesome hahaa.i learned my backflip,wallflip,wallspin,fro­ntflip and sideflip from you!

thanks a bunch!

[KicksRuleMyWorld]

im self taught i can frontflip and backflip i dont have a gym where i live would you say that the arabian is harder than a frontflip like im not scared of doing it i just want to know is it hard to land it

[ImkindaNormal]

hahahahah, "I drooled a little bit..." classic

[Unnamedcod4Player]

is too easy for you ?

[PianoSynthPete]

cheers for this man! after getting the arabian from this tutorial i added an extra 180 and made a full of it , a skill i have wanted for a long time. thank-you mr epic (:

[FlowUrbanFlow]

My friend pointed out that I say "in a nut shell" a lot when I'm helping him learn something I can do. Now I see where I get it from.

[gangstaraza786]

hey this luks lyk a half backflip which turns out 2 be a half front flip dont u fink ^_^ :)

[noahlovern98]

whats the song?

[RaWcHeeRs123]

nice



[NiftyMan1]

name of intro song please?

[111kickass]

ARE YOU GOD THE MASSIAH HAS RETURNED !!!!

[2ez4kaws]

I keep doing 360 backflips and I don't want them yet, nice tut btw

[cayoka]

this looks so crazy

[ultimatum909]

an arabian isnt a backflip 180. its a 180 to frontflip.

[GRAVISPK14]

Oh my god, you are the arabian prince. Sick man, love the vids :D

[Rosariogalio]

@XSephirothX90210X olympic is more professional/ coach-team oriented. parkour and free-running is more of an extreme sport/hobby (but thats not to say you can't make a career out of it)

[DrStarsz]

omg , i tried doing a backflip and i ended up doing this , and now i can't do a backflip i'm too scared :| , but i can do this , like naturally :S

[hakuboshi1]

=[ my waffle fell, but I gots arabian on my own whoo hoo, still needs work doe. Im Epic2 <(^-^).

[JerkerPK]

Oops

[JerkerPK]

Hey Epic, you´re the best "fliper" I know. You´re just so awesome. Could you do a tutorial like this but a front flip, where you front flip and land like in a back flip, so it would be a front flip 180. I can front flip really good and would like to ad some twists but I don´t know the technique. I would be happy for a tutorial:) Have a great time x)

[JerkerPK]

hey epic you´re the best "fliper" i know. you´re just so awesome. could you please do a tutorial like this but front flip, where you spin from front flip and land like a back flip, so it would be front flip 180. i can front flip really good and would like to ad some twists but i don´t know the technique. i would be so happy for a tutorial:)

[PendulumPK]

I CANNOT BACKFLIP

[klkpalomo809]

epic is epic, man your tutorials help me and everybody else a lot, thnx man... u should get a nobel price for tricking lol

[klkpalomo809]

epic is epic, man your tutorials help me and everybody else a lot, thnx man... u should get a nobel price for tricking lol

[Pyrotechnic1990]

"If you can backflip, good. If you can sideflip, perfect. If you can frontflip, amazing. Very funny but true. :)

[charliemcginty10]

hey , i done my first backflip off a wall yesterday . i landed it but i jump back really far and dont get much hiegh , but when i try get hieght and jump back less i always seem to be inches away from wacking my head of the wall , any tips on how to get better lol ?

[Pyrotechnic1990]

Comment this on the wallflip tutorial :P

[yoosuf29]

Trust me, Arabian feel less dangerous once you got the back flip. I haven't mastered front flip but after I mastered Arabian, i was able to do front flip with ease!

[BernardGCZ]

How do I get height for this move?

It's either I'm not jumping high enough, or I'm not rotating fast enough.

Any tips?

[SuperEdian]

you have to throw your hands as high as you can upwards, that will give height

[Nikitair]

Thank you very much? my friend !!

Respect from Russia

peace.

[BboyDirtyChopsticks]

awesome!!

[WolvesKin]

Thanks for this awesome tutorial! It helped me learn it in just a few sessions!

[czondrek]

epic admit that you bailed on the glitched one :D kidding. great tut, hope it will help me on the summer. can't wait!!!!!

[Vman9484]

don't doubt for one second people ... Epic is a Ninja!!!

[Swiftshadow14]

Best part was the 180 dive roll helps to get over the fear + it helps muscle memory. Like that alot

[Pyrotechnic1990]

That's right !

[itssryannnn]

1:06 :D "BAM! thats it, arabian, yehhhh."

epic ur my idol

ahaa

[ahmprince]

i can do frontflip, I hope i do it. Thanks for the tutorial!

[kroganas]

i have been trying the arabian ive came close but still landing on my ass thanks for the advice cuz im still working at it

[new2tricking]

lol thats hectic im just a beginner to parkour and tricking watch some of my vids to see some stuff i can do. But Epic you are EPIC!!!!!

[MrMaboMan]

WOW THATS INTENASE!!!! that looks fun though xD. i got my backflips down pretty well and i can run and frontflip to. i might hav eto give this a try. though i suck at sideflips :X

[MidnightxxxRunner]

I'm just starting out with the basics at the moment but your a real inspiration and one day I hope to be able to do this ^^

[Epic1]

@XSephirothX90210X gymnastics has structure, fixed positions, sticking your landings, straight legs, pointy feet.

In FreeRunning and Parkour, we can do the same movements gymnasts do but we don' t have the PRESSURE that gymnasts have on us to land a certain way or do a technique a specific way. Being that this is more of a street sport, we are able to use obstacles and add more creativity whereas gymnastics has routines and required movements to be performed in routines with limited creativity.

[XPogoZac]

@Epic1 I would have to disagree with the limited creativity part

[zsianz1]

just fascinating to me to see how you break down something that looks so complicated and show us how it's done. it's a beautiful art form that's for sure.

[Epic1]

@zsianz1 ^_^ I think my fav. part of this is the slo mo at the end cuz it looks like i float for a couple seconds.

[marmoset07]

u rule epic1

[GamerXtra]

Cant do anything close to these yet but working my way up slowly :) Keep posting epic :)

[8sebastian]

I don't know how to backflip but I can frontflip and side flip pretty good. Would I be able to learn this??? Also should I learn an arabian first or cartwheel arabian???

[Epic1]

@8sebastian DUMB QUESTION!!!

Of course u can learn this, you can learn alll three... idk how many times I gotta tell people it's ABOUT HWO YOU USE YOUR BODY!!! Walk urself through it, understand it, break it down, make sur eur comfortable, practice someplace safe.

[m0t3na1]

You're doing a great job on these tutorial ^^

Thx man! 5*/5*

[skv1991]

Thanks Epic =)

I think it will help many people :)

good work )

[guillekungfu]

yours tutorials are really good! :D

[amARFeniX]

Epic has superpowers =]

[TeamZiTech]

you are sick in a god way

[mojsije1234]

yo! how did u make this "logo -epic " above the subscribe button???????

how did u put it there.....

i know it is stupid question but anwser it plz......

[mojsije1234]

answer*

[Epic1]

@mojsije1234 I'm a YouTube Partner

[BlackSabbathMark]

Sweet tutorial and very very good detail in explaining, i definetly need to try this

[parkourwusher]

This kind of tutorial, for me, is not usefull, because don't explain the progression of trick, like the tutorial of Ryan Doyle or Alessio Da Col, sorry for bad english!

[Epic1]

@parkourwusher This is not a documentary on me learning a technique... this is a TUTORIAL!! EXPLAINING HOW TO DO IT... not HOW I LEARNED IT. -lolz- Silly!!

[parkourwusher]

@Epic1 Ok, you are right, but some exercise about the learning phase are important to help a tricker to have the bases for learn any trick do you want to explain.However I like the tutorial and I watch all yours video, my commenti is about something more you can do to help trickers.Sorry!Good training!Greetings from Italy!

[Epic1]

@parkourwusher i'm having a little trouble understanding what ur asking.

[parkourwusher]

@Epic1 Sorry, my english ago disgust, I mean if you can explain how you learned a trick, which exercises are needed to make that trick, maybe on other video that you going to do; would be helpfull to many people.Thanks!sorry, if I made you waste time..

@parkourwusher

I understand what you mean, but I will not baby anyone through their training... 'nor will I spoil their journey by giving them all the answers... It's more fun to figure thigns out on ur own, to discover secrets on your own. That way you build an understanding... an understanding on how something works, and the physics behidn it. Knowing your body's limits and having the knowledge that