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in the last couple of days Musashi had the chance to show me a few contact meteor moves and the horizontal one handed rotor. (thanks again!)
The trick to it was the placement of your hand near the 2/3 mark toward one end rather then in the center. This really helped a lot when pushing the meteor around with two finders and then letting it roll around the back side to get pushed around again.
This of center placement make your torer look of center (cuz it is) and to some cherries out there it looks bad. However, when you slide even a few inches out of this sweet spot your meteorb looses its splay in one direction of the other so you can imagin how trying to pull this off closer to the middle is hard.
This is different then the way Lareina taught me (over some toast) to do the two handed horizontal rotor. Its also different from the way I have seen the virticle one handed rotor. Both seem to be done just off the center like most moves.
Mushashi also apears to do the two handed horizontal roter more off to one side rather then tighter in the center where I find my sweet spot.
has onyone been able to pull this off with one hand in the same (more central) position that some of us are used to??
I would love to have a mote evenly splayed out over the head rotor rather then sucha wobely concusion machine =]
The trick to it was the placement of your hand near the 2/3 mark toward one end rather then in the center. This really helped a lot when pushing the meteor around with two finders and then letting it roll around the back side to get pushed around again.
This of center placement make your torer look of center (cuz it is) and to some cherries out there it looks bad. However, when you slide even a few inches out of this sweet spot your meteorb looses its splay in one direction of the other so you can imagin how trying to pull this off closer to the middle is hard.
This is different then the way Lareina taught me (over some toast) to do the two handed horizontal rotor. Its also different from the way I have seen the virticle one handed rotor. Both seem to be done just off the center like most moves.
Mushashi also apears to do the two handed horizontal roter more off to one side rather then tighter in the center where I find my sweet spot.
has onyone been able to pull this off with one hand in the same (more central) position that some of us are used to??
I would love to have a mote evenly splayed out over the head rotor rather then sucha wobely concusion machine =]
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Re: one handed overhead rotor
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 12:48 AMWell, the hand that is pushing the rotor is the reason it's wobbly, not necessarily its placement. Think about causing the hand at the 2/3 mark (or wherever) should make a small circle in the air as if the meteor were rotating around its middle. Lo and behold, it actually does loes its wobble!
The other option is to use one hand, but transfer it from one side of the center to another (hard to imagine from print). THis keeps it well splayed and allows your hand to stay hoevering in the middle. For this technique, look for videos of chinese circus. They use this one handed helicopter that stays in the middle. -
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Re: one handed overhead rotor
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 12:12 PMI think speed has alot to do with it too. I agree with some cherries, it doesn't look as good as directly using the center, it's one thing I try to work on. But yah, if you speed up I've found I can move my hand back towards the center(also the best place to do horizontal throws from, imo), but it's tricky because you're actually pushing more with your fingers, and because you're speeding up it's also easier to lose that 'sweet spot'. Mistah Wraps is deadon about the moving from either side of the center, I've noticed the kids from the varekai vid also rolling a third beat around the wrist, then letting go to recatch on the other side, but most ppl seem to pick that up on their own once you play around w horizontal meteor long enough(?) -
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Re: one handed overhead rotor
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 1:58 PMYep, with a single hand I generally spin off center. Or, I spin from one end to the other, do a little wrist flip thing, and spin back to the other end, etc. I agree that it can get out of plane, and center is best for straight up thows. Off center is good for throws to other people, however. I honestly don't practice as much as I'd like, simply due to my dislike of rope burns, and crappy shoulder joints, alas. :)
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Re: one handed overhead rotor
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 2:02 PMso your suggesting taking your hand out of the path of the meteor (rahter then letting it roll over the back of your hand as your hand un-twists) and then catching and drving the oposit side of the meteor.
and then doing this every other rotation?
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