Animating tips?

[100_Sad_Pandas]

I'd like to try my hand at animating this sprite (Asura):
However redrawing the sprite over and over isn't really that productive and honestly doesn't look that good, what I had was really jumpy and awkward. Would anyone have any tips or videos they could share with me to help me improve on animating this stance? I currently use PS CC. Thanks!

[TiE]

Though you might have seen it already, I propose to give it another try.
http://mugenguild.com/forum/topics/my-secret-a-particular-tutorial-186175.0.html