How to Do a Butterfly Twist

A butterfly twist is an acrobatic kick that originated in china, get expert tips and advice on martial arts in this free video.

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Summary: Martial arts training is an excellent way to workout your cardiovascular system and increase agility. Among the martial arts forms, Taekwondo is very acrobatic and requires excellent agility. Taekwondo incorporates kicking, punching, blocking, as well as numerous high kicks and jump kicks. Taekwondo is also a good way to build strength, learn how to focus, and learn how to protect yourself. If you would like to learn basic Taekwondo in your own home before joining a dojo, you can learn for free online from our expert Taekwondo instructor.

In this free video series, our expert Caleb Labarda will teach you how to do a butterfly twist, a variant of a butterfly kick. He'll tell what a butterfly kick is, how to do the first step, how to do the dip, how to get off the ground, and how to practice a butterfly kick. He'll also tell you about body positioning, using a punching bag to practice, spinning, and landing a butterfly kick. He'll even tell you how to do combo and combine a butterfly kick with other moves.

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Calab Labarda is a twenty-two-year-old Tae Kwon Do black belt. He has been studying the Martial Arts since he was eight-years-old, earning his first black belt at the age of eleven, his second degree at sixteen, and his third degree at twenty-one. He has been competing since he was eight and instructing since he was sixteen. He has traveled and competed on the world NASKA tour and performed on ESPN2 for the world championship night at Walt Disney World Florida.

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