Rayden

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Rayden, also known as a palm frontflip, is similar to a palm flip, but with a front flip instead of a back flip after pushing away with the hands.

A variation is the one step rayden, which involves taking a step on the wall before performing the Rayden^[1]. However, some argue that this should not be counted as a Rayden but rather a wall inward frontflip with assistance from the hands^[2].

Contents 1 History 1.1 Ben "Jenx" Jenkin 1.2 Victor "Showtime" Lopez 2 Notes

[edit] History

[edit] Ben "Jenx" Jenkin

Jenx is the actual inventor of this move, first landing it on his garden trampoline and giving it the name Jenx flip ^[3].

[edit] Victor "Showtime" Lopez

Team Tempest's Showtime landed it first on plyo^[4] and gave it the name Rayden, after a character from the video game Mortal Kombat^[5][6], whose special move looks the same, but with a double frontflip. The name Rayden is now the name commonly used in the community^[7].

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ "YouTube - One Step RAYDEN!". Youtube.com
2. ↑ "3RUN Forums • View topic - one step rayden!!!". 3run.co.uk
3. ↑ "Jenx Flip". Youtube.
4. ↑ "Team Tempest - Showtime in the gym" YouTube
5. ↑ "Raiden (Mortal Kombat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Wikipedia.org
6. ↑ The character had the name "Raiden" in some releases of the Mortal Kombat series, but "Rayden" was the name chosen by Showtime
7. ↑ Search results for "rayden", 3RUN Forums