 what's up players what's going on ladies and gentlemen of zandu fitness welcome to the jump rope samurai series the jump rope samurai series is a leg up from the ninja series where we taught you the basics of how to look more fluid and have more confidence when you're jumping rope this series is a compilation to help you improve your footwork which is something the community has been asking about a lot and it's just another step in the process to becoming that pro jump roper that i know each and every one of you can be in today's video we're going to be covering the basic footwork moves that are involved with jumping rope and those are front straddle side straddle feet front to back feet side to side and diagonal straddle zandu fitness revolution jump rope let's do this all right ladies and gentlemen to get things started feet side to side feet side to side so as you'll see here my upper body in all of these tricks is basically staying the same as a wood for regular bounce my elbows are in my hands are jutting out to the sides my hips my elbows are almost been at 90 degree angles and notice how my feet are coming slightly further than shoulder width apart but you're not taking really big steps out because you don't want to mess up your swing because the ropes probably going to hit your feet so the name of the game here is basically you're just doing regular bounce except there's a little bit of a toe separation now one thing i will mention here as you can see is my regular bounce form will stay exactly the same throughout each one of these moves and i think that's super important because the moves themselves aren't really hard you just need to practice that regular bounce form and then you're only moving your feet a little bit more for each one as you can see here for feet front to back very small steps all we're doing is shifting the feet look at my feet they're not even coming two inches off the ground they're probably coming about an inch an inch and a half at the most and all i'm doing is shifting my feet about six inches up and back a lot of mistake i see a lot of people making is trying to do too much and over exaggerating their steps all of these are going to be just short little steps that you can work into each of the moves work into your workouts you know make you look cooler but also at the same time improve your footwork and agility if you're especially if you're an athlete the next one up guys is side straddle now the feet are staying together and what we're doing is hopping over an imaginary line again i just want to emphasize my knees are slightly bent and i'm staying up on my toes but it's a very subtle movement i'm just going back and forth you see that line right there or but time sorry there's an imaginary line and i'm just hopping maybe two inches over back and forth so in all honesty guys these moves make you look like you know a lot more about jump rope but they're not that much different than regular bounce it's just a matter of practicing your footwork for a long period of time all right ladies and gentlemen same thing for front straddle the feet are staying together but we're hopping forwards and backwards over the imaginary line and again look at my toes i'm up on my toes knees are slightly bent check out my arms they're at those perfect 90 degree angles and my wrists are going forward and backwards controlling everything now here i get into a little bit longer or more exaggerated of a front straddle and that's fine but again guys the name of the game is short subtle steps and you can also change up the speed as you'll see here in a second i can speed up i can slow down and that's the nice thing about doing a lot of these moves is you can go at whatever pace you feel is comfortable for yourself the last one and probably the most challenging is diagonal straddle diagonal straddle the feet are coming together and then going diagonally out so what i can tell you guys is pretend that you're standing in the middle of a square when your feet are together you're in the middle of the square and all you're doing is tapping the opposite corners with your feet so when you see my feet come together then they come out and tap the corners and you're just alternating those corners in which you're tapping uh hope hope that makes sense guys um great work today ladies and gentlemen be sure to stay tuned for tomorrow's video where we're gonna up the footwork the footwork tricks a little bit um so you're gonna be learning some more advanced stuff be sure to comment below ask questions subscribe to the channel to get more of these we love you send dude nation if you like this video please go ahead and subscribe plus give us a like on this video by giving a thumbs up thank you ladies and gentlemen for tuning in it is your jump rope dudes dan and brandon catch you on the next video in this series to live and die in LA that's what i'm talking about click this click this click