Gravity

Well around this time last year I injured myself in kickboxing and tore my ACL. Things would've been fine and I could walk but I wouldn't have been able to trick or do martial arts again so I had to go into surgery. After the surgery in September of '09 I had a 9 months of recovery before it would be back to its original strength and here I am.

I may not have learned too much since my last real sampler, but you work with what you've got. Inspired by the song used in some episodes of Stargate: Universe, this is my Summer Sampler of 2010.

I'm back.

~Team Kakumei~

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[singingcowboy674]

That bears a striking resemblance to Capoeira. A type of Brazilian martial arts that is hidden in dance. It was founded by slaves. They hid it in their dances to keep their owners from recognizing it as fighting skills. Glad to see you're better!

[DamienZshadow]

@singingcowboy674 Yes I know of Capoeira but what I practice is usually under the label of "tricking". There are similarities because the concept is the same. Tricking is quite basically any acrobatic human feats including various disciplines such as gymnastics, martial arts, capoeira, and breakdancing.

Other stuff I like to do includes parkour and freerunning which involves moving yourself around your environment, all very fun stuff!

[Norf1989Tricker]

Hey im 2 years after acl injury i train parkour and tricking 4 years but after injury i still cant back to good landings and good jumps from right leg do you feel you are 100% back after sugery ?

[DamienZshadow]

@Norf1989Tricker Yea, I feel as good as new, sometimes even forgetting I ever had an injury to begin with. I was really diligent with my physical therapy though, stretching and strengthening the specific muscles as much as I could.

It could also be a psychological reason. At first I did find myself favoring the leg by not using it as much which can make it even weaker. You just have to pay attention to exercise both legs evenly. Why no videos up? I'd like to see what you can do.

[Norf1989Tricker]

video is comming ;p is in work we made some clips but we need work some more when video will come i will send it to you

[DamienZshadow]

@Norf1989Tricker Awesome, keep me updated!

[DamienZshadow]

@Omadah Yea it is primarily a Chinese Kung Fu style front sweep but it can look pretty suave in a combo. Try that front Chinese sweep into a more Japanese-esque spinning back leg sweep and it will look really cool.

[Omadah]

I like that sweep you used at 1:39, I saw it on one of my video games and instantly thought of applying it to my weapons form training.

[DamienZshadow]

@AngelSakka Thanks, dude. I suppose I would like to do stunt work but I wouldn't know where to really start.

Yea, working to improve myself all around. You're more than welcome to join us whenever you're ready. Just let me know.

[AngelSakka]

Welcome back to the craziness, my awesome tricking best friend~ Nice compilation of you getting back into the swing of things. My thought while watching this was "why aren't you submitting stuff for stuntman jobs?" XD Despite you working your way back up, might as well put yourself out there like I am for modeling again. ^^;

Glad to hear you're doing daily workouts now too! Nothing makes me happier than seeing results, you know? Hope to one day be able to practice tricking again. =]