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The Meteor Book
Construction, Manipulation, Performance.
Rhys Thomas.
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I have a copy of this book (possibly the older edition) I have learned everything I can from it so this book is really just for beginers but in all reality you can probably get better help from us then this book but I thought I would post it anyway.
The Meteor Book
Construction, Manipulation, Performance.
Rhys Thomas.
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I have a copy of this book (possibly the older edition) I have learned everything I can from it so this book is really just for beginers but in all reality you can probably get better help from us then this book but I thought I would post it anyway.
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Re: The Meteor Book
Mon, October 17, 2005 - 10:16 AMI just ordered this. I am a raw beginner. I have a ton of friends who do lots of fire toys but never really done anything. Have a bud that does rope dart and poi so hoping he can help me supplement this book. Was going to start out with whip but this seems a touch safer to get my fire cherry popped.
One thing I was wondering (and don't know if it is in this book or not since it is coming tomorrow or the next day) is what kind of rope I should use to make a practice meteor. Any suggestions would be wonderful! -
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Re: The Meteor Book
Mon, October 17, 2005 - 1:13 PMI'll have to take some pictures of the rope I use. this is really prefence but some of the things I would consider manditory are the strechyness and softness of the rope.
- you dont want the rope to strech pretty much at all
- you are going to be rubbing the rope on your hands a lot as you practice so youwant something that doesnt rope burn easily.
the rope I use is the bi-colored pool rope from yardbirds or homedepot. its either blue and white or red and white. you commonly see it tied to life preservers at pool side.
for my practice meteor I then tie moneky fists at each end. I like adding weight inside the monkey fist to change the rop to end eight ratio in favor of the end weights. this makes for a much nicer balance.
I also choose my length based on my behind the back flexabuility. sense behind the back pases are going to be done with your hand around the small of your back. you should be able to hold your meteor about a hands width off center (one side longer then the other) at the small of your back and have the longer side not be touching the ground by a few inches.
give this a shot and let me know if you have any more questions
BTW, these links might help:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey's_fist
www.realknots.com/knots/faqknot.htm
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Re: The Meteor Book
Mon, October 17, 2005 - 2:04 PMTons of great info, thanks so much. Excited to finally have a toy so I can stop being a "spectator" watching all my friends practice with their toys ;) -
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Re: The Meteor Book
Mon, October 17, 2005 - 3:12 PMthe meteor uses a lot of staff and poi foundation so when your learning dont hesitate to practice with another toy. I would highly recomend having a staff on hand when trying to learn a lot of new moves.
feel free to post her for help oh yeah and HAVE FUN!!
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Re: The Meteor Book
Mon, October 17, 2005 - 10:34 PMo shit! I think it's what you're talking about but I just envisioned a pass from hand to hand btb, with one hand at the base of the neck and the receiving hand curled up towards the middle of the spine. nice -
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Re: The Meteor Book
Tue, October 18, 2005 - 1:49 PMI prefer braided nylon rope (less abraisive than poly), though someday will fork over the cash for some hemp rope from www.twistedmonk.com/ it sounds really nice. I use anything from 1/4" to 3/4" diameter and generally weigh the knots with a golf ball. Length-wise, my finished products are between 8' an 12'. I stick to horizontal movements, more similar to staff than to poi. I've never seen the book you guys are talking about, though I've heard of it. All my stuff is self taught, simply through my own tenacity and momentum. Just keep practicing, you'll figure it out or give up. ^_^ -
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Re: The Meteor Book
Tue, October 18, 2005 - 4:46 PMI weighed mine with golf ball size balls of lead for deep sea fishing. it makes for a very scarry fucked up AWESOME practice meteor, I LOVE IT.
I'll have to get me some of this hemp rops and see how nice it is and let you all know =]
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Meteor construction?
Tue, April 11, 2006 - 7:39 AMAlo all,
I just made m'self some meteors about a week ago. I really don't have much information on meteors at all (very little I can find on the net), so I figured they should be a wee bit smaller than my height so I have enough ground clearance. This seems to mostly work fine, but looking at some vids (in particular, One Wheel Dave) I see that the meteors are quite a bit longer.. Sooo, is there any kinda rule of thumb for length? I'll have to make a vid so I can see the difference between my meteors and what I've seen..
Also, reading through these posts, I see folks are using pretty heavy cores. I used a wooden core for mine with 4 loop monkeyfists (wooden doll head, similar to dowel material). Again, seems to work pretty good, but I'm wondering if I'm missing out on something by having it be quite a bit lighter than a golf ball or lead weight.
Also, I've been primarly using my right hand, wrapping the rope around my wrists for extra rotations on the figure 8.. and *ouch*, wrist is freakin sore today :( (started really getting into play the last couple of days). Gonna have to pull out the arnica salve and see how much help it is..
Anyways, thanks for any advice :)
Peace,
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Re: Meteor construction?
Tue, April 11, 2006 - 7:44 AMYarg..
I just reread through the posts and noticed I totally missed Jared's length suggestion..
Good stuff, my appologies for not catching it quicker.
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