Kip-up
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The kip-up or carp skip-up is an acrobatic move employed in martial arts, breakdancing, professional wrestling and gymnastics which takes a person from a supine position directly to their feet.
This move is also sometimes referred to as a rising handspring, kick-up, Chinese get up, kick-to-stand or nip up.
Because of the appearance of this move and its variants, it is often shown in movies, specifically movies that feature fighting. The quick snapping movement gives the performer the appearance of being dexterous and acrobatic.
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[edit] Execution
From a supine position, the subject draws their legs into their chest (either straight or bent), rolls back slightly and possibly places their hands on the ground next to their ears. They will then kick their legs upward and outward while pushing off with their hands or head. The force of the kick and an arching of the back carries the body all the way up into a standing or squatting position.
[edit] Variations
- Straight Legged Kip-up
- While the mechanics to the move are all but identical, the distinguishing feature to this is that the legs remain straight while they are brought to the chest. While it is slightly more difficult, it only serves to be more aesthetically pleasing to some. This variation is more typical of martial arts.
- No Hands Kip-up
- This variation is considered more difficult because it generally requires more force to be exerted on the shoulders and neck. A distinguishing feature of the Wushu version of this is normally executed by placing the hands directly above the knees as the legs are brought to the chest. From there the hands push to add extra speed to the legs as they recoil back to land. Practically every variation of the original Kipup can be done without hands and springing up from the shoulders and back of the neck.
- Rolling Kip
- A Kip-up executed from a push up or kneeling position. The practitioner starts a forward roll but instead of rolling over to his or her feet, the legs are held back and close to the chest. This sets up the practitioner to push off and do a Kip-up.
- Headspring
- Also known as Head Kip, it is a move that consists of getting in a kneeling position and going on the top of ones head and pushing off doing a forward handspring like Kip-up.
[edit] Hop Back Variations
Hop back variations all involve the practitioner starting in a standing position, possibly jumping in the air and landing on their shoulders/back to spring back up by way of kip-up.
- Standard Hop back to Kip-up
- The practitioner crouches down and back as if sitting down on an imaginary chair. Then they hop backwards in a similar manner to a back handspring. The hands are placed behind the back of the neck to protect it from receiving damage. Once the body has landed on the shoulders and hands, the body coils like a spring and a kip-up is executed.
- Rubber Band
- The Rubber Band is a breakdancing move which consists of repeated kip-ups which do not go all the way to standing position. A rubber band is more like a back handspring, except it requires gently lowering the neck/upper shoulders to the ground to kip back up.
- Ditang Breakfall
- The ditang breakfall is a variant from ditangquan. It consists of the practitioner jumping directly up and almost coiling up the body for a kip-up in mid-air. They then fall straight down to the ground and land on the upper part of their back and slap their hands to the sides to break their fall. The practitioner pauses on the ground momentarily after which they kip-up. They may repeat this whole procedure multiple times. This kip-up is normally done straight legged with the legs split a bit off to the sides.
