I originally rigged this little guy for animation, but it looked crap . So I then opted to use simple bend and twist deformers and the result was far more satisfying..
Here is the 1st 'hop' cycle...
https://www.kickarz.com/bounce2.wmv (530Kb right click - save target as)
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