Tutorial Request #8: The Kick-Up

[SheepFreak2]

while trying to learn the first kickup, my club always flys off to the far right side doing a horizontal 360. what do i do wrong?

[SPfan1993]

yeah same here :(

[Anonym135]

Thank you!! I learned it in a few minutes with this tutorial. Your tutorials are the greatest. Keep it up pls :)

[SamMalcolmFireDancer]

can i shake your hand someday? your tutorials help me massively you have no idea im eternally grateful-sam

[jacobevelyn]

I understand the concept, but I just can't do it! I have fairly cheap single-body clubs, and every time I try, they slip off my feet. They also don't seem long enough for the end of the handle to lock against my leg.

Any advice?

[XMagicxFlameX]

@jacobevelyn

Same here. *Sigh*

[DiaboloNiclas]

THANK YOU!!!

[camjam2k8]

thanks, ive wanted to do that for years

[gebboo]

nice tut chris, hope you make some tutorials about 360's or something with balls and clubs.. I've still got some problems with my 360 with balls

[JugglerJTW]

Thanks for this tutorial. Your kick-ups look fantastic!

[jugglejam]

verry cool i learnd all of them and i can do a dubble flip  using the standerd kickup! tyvm

[XxKrnPride]

LOL. I thought this was the breaking move. Haha, sorry.

[juggleguy000]

yes, ill try.

[juggleguy000]

thanks for the tutorial. I can do the basic kick-up with my left foot. but it seems to spin the opposite way with my right. any suggestions?

[ctjuggles]

Hmm. Could you tape it and show it?

[juggleguy000]

or wait.. never mind. i just got it, lol.

[gowhitesox12]

@juggleguy000 Nice! dear sergio in the beginning streetlight/catch 22 rules

[OrphanEater1]

Great Tutorial! I do it slightly different though, instead of including that "lifting straight up" motion, I bring my knee inwards, crossing over to the other side of my body. This is pretty much the same thing, but my way is a bit more exaggerated. I never knew that crossover kick up, thats pretty awsome!

[ctjuggles]

Great thoughts!

[MovementImage]

you really provide a service with these videos, its a bit over explained for me, but thats not to say it isn't perfect for someone else, i'm sure i'll get these tricks, thanks for the ideas

[ctjuggles]

Thanks again. I respect that "its a bit over explained" part. It's true. On some I am much more long winded than others.

[ghost0711]

great tutorial ! (: i have learn how to do a crossover kick up & stomp in ! thanks (:

[ctjuggles]

Cool! Glad this had value to you.

[ctjuggles]

You know, go check out jugglingstein-- he said he'd do a tutorial on that topci and he's quite good at them.

[goedzomenno]

wow i realy gonna pratice the second one,

he is so cool xD

[ctjuggles]

Many, many thanks. Glad to help.

[rehctelfnaes]

Not ONLY do you deliver on the juggling, but you ALSO chose a great ass song in the intro.

Huzzah Catch 22.

[ctjuggles]

Ha! Thanks.

[ctjuggles]

BTW- how DID you know it based on those few notes?!

[superswifty]

Thankyou, I've been wanting a kick-up tutorial for such a long time. Straight away you showed me what i was doing wrong. Once again, excellent video.

[ctjuggles]

Thanks!

[superswifty]

No problem. I've seen a few requests for pirouettes flying around, that would be awesome too since i decided to just give up on them as i really couldn't grasp it at all.

[Qualask]

gd tutorial, you think you could do one on pirrrurettes

[zxq12]

helpful :)

[casperov]

i already know how to do these, but it would have been nice to see this before i learned. i really enjoy watching your tutorials. they are very informative, and if it didn't say you were a teacher on your profile already, the tutorials would still make it fairly clear that you are.

thanks for doing what you do =)

[ctjuggles]

Compliments to my teaching abilities are kind. Thanks for that.

[MuffinBakersGrimm]

Oh yeah nice tutorial anyway.I'll have to try the cross-over kick-up.

[python1111]

Loved it! Thanks!

[ctjuggles]

Thanks and I'm glad.

[MuffinBakersGrimm]

I tried the stomp-up once... got a few nice cuts on my face and the club broke in half.

[ctjuggles]

Are you serious?

[MuffinBakersGrimm]

Yep... not that suprising really. I found that the handle had a nail sticking out, and the club (Renegade) was in pretty bad shape anyway.

[ctjuggles]

A nail to the face! Niiiiiicce. (Ouch)

[ctjuggles]

Yes, but only with the standard kickup-- there are some clips of sprinkled throughout other vids I've made. "Show Off Reel 2006 at 5:45ish, and some stuff on "4 club transition study" I think.

[thegoheads]

oh i forgot to ask... are kickups like, really hard to do barefoot? does wearing shoes make any difference while learning kick-ups??

[ctjuggles]

Although I agree with bornametalman, I think it is BETTER to learn them with shoes-- 'cause that's how you're most likely going to be dressed when others see it.

[thegoheads]

great tutorial, as always! i tried this for 30min left-footed. no luck... i could probably do it easier with my right foot, but i tweaked my right knee again, it's all sore and swollen, so no rightfoot-kickup practice for me. bummer.

PS i'm dyin' for a good CHOPS tutorial... i'm soooo lost with chops.

[ctjuggles]

Chops! I'm on it. I have a gazillion tutorial ideas/requests written down.

[thegoheads]

sweet! i so wish i could do chops.  i always accidentally go into mills mess.

[ctjuggles]

Yeah, I'm on it. Someone else JUST asked me to do it, too.

[JugglingStein]

Awesome, Funny, Informative, YoureAteacherright?IcouldTellF­romTheWayYouInstruct, Awesome...

5 stars!

I'm making a similar video -with balls- and I'll post it as a video response! So check it out and let me know what you think!

[ctjuggles]

Thanks! You gunna explain foot catches?

[JugglingStein]

yeah, gonna try...

[ericsurf6]

Well done, enjoyed that!

[helenerund]

Haha I was just trying to learn this today at juggling club! I have pretty cheap clubs and that might be why I can't get it...but I'll keep trying!!

[pats4patrick213]

can you do a double kick up? i can get them both in the air but its sloppy which makes it difficult to go into a cascade.

[ctjuggles]

Do you mean two off one foot? I've done that a few times. You have to stack them multiplex style. (Jcrjuggler can get three, maybe even four off one foot. Crazy.)

[pats4patrick213]

so like with a circus grip then put them on your foot?

[ctjuggles]

Exactly.

[jcrjuggler]

Great video as usual. I can do three almost every time and have done four numerous times also. It's funny that you posted this today because I was out practicing left footed kickups today (with my wrist out of commission right now, I practice left side stuff). Great tutorial!!!

[ctjuggles]

Thanks!

[Yomay]

It's so weird. I really cannot do this with renegades. It works perfectly with henrys delphin every single time, but never ever with renegades. Good tutorial though, maybe I'll try to actually learn this.

[ctjuggles]

I've never seen you work with clubs (have I?).

[juggledave]

awsum tutorial!!

[ctjuggles]

Gracias.

[MGZolyn]

cool! I'll have to try that last one!

can you PLEASE do a four ball mills mess tutorial??

[Yomay]

Hey! I have that request! Take it easy ;) I'm going to make it.

[ctjuggles]

I really want that tutorial myself! I can't do this. I was going to get at your other request next.

[Yomay]

Great, then I am safe. I'll try as soon as I can.

[ctjuggles]

Thanks. I can't imagine explaining a trick that complicated.

[Viper874]

What?! You can't do a 4-ball Mill's Mess? It's as easy as: 1. reverse fountain, 2. put one arm under the other and then the other way around, and... 3. repeat! ;) So yeah...I can't do it either. Great video though.