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Archives for March 8, 2013

Stunt Lab @ Strand Theater (3.16)

March 8, 2013 By Steve Brown

Stunt Lab at The Strand Theater

 

Former World Champion Juggler and YoYo Player Mark Hayward and the ridiculously talented and entirely too flexible Jonathan Burns are bringing their Stunt Lab show to the Strand Theater on March 16th. If you’re in the Pittsburgh area, it’s definitely worth checking out….Mark and Jonathan are seasoned performers who never fail to leave an audience entertained.

Mark and Jonathan have been flaunting their useless skills for years, and are at the top of the circus/variety arts field, but now they have decided to get seriously scientific about their latest undertaking; breaking a Guinness World Record. Using everyday objects, their quick wit, and years of training, this duo creates unique and unusual tricks and stunts that are sure to please thrill seekers of all ages.

Join this unlikely pair in their laboratory as they prepare themselves mentally and physically to be the best at useless skills no one else would or should attempt in pursuit of “The Greatest Stunt of All Time”.

A world record will be broken at the show… We hope.

Tickets are available online now at The Strand Theater website, www.thestrandtheater.org.

The Strand Theater
119 N Main St.
Zelienople PA 16063
Saturday March 16th, 8:00pm

 

Filed Under: Players Tagged With: jonathan burns, juggling, mark hayward, show, strand theater, stunt lab, yoyo

Ryosuke Ito – Intellectual Skills

March 8, 2013 By Steve Brown

Ryosuke Ito just dropped this burly 3A video, and it’s well worth a look. Great tricks, great filming, and Ito-san has some real bangers in here.

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: 3A, ryosuke ito, video

Fixed Friday: Kickflip Transitions

March 8, 2013 By Drew Tetz

Welcome back to Fixed Friday, where the tricks are made up and the points don’t matter. Because you don’t score any points. Huh? Moving on. This week I’m proud to present some original content that I’ve been working on, a z-axis flip that lets you transition between stall mounts. Let’s take a look:

The first trick is the simplest version of this idea. Throw a trapeze stall, swing and flip the yo-yo as though you were throwing a kickflip suicide, but instead of catching the loop, chop into the string. It takes a little practice to figure out the timing of the chop and the spin, I find it helps to use a two-tone yo-yo so that you can remember which side was facing you when you threw the suicide and chop when you see it come back around. If you don’t have a two-tone yo-yo, I recommend covering the sidecaps in stickers… but then, I pretty much just recommend that anyways. I should also mention that while trapeze is the simplest version of this trick, it may actually be easier to execute from a double or nothing, so if you’re struggling with the trapeze you might want to try 2or0.

The next move is an interpretation of the first pop of the classic trick,  Kwijibo, and it illustrates how the kickflip can be used to move from one mount to another. Learning the chop with the opposite hand usually requires a lot of focus on providing enough slack to cushion the yo-yo’s landing without letting it fall off.  All of you kids catching kendama fever will be thrilled to learn that it’s all in the knees… okay, maybe you don’t have to full-on crouch, but it definitely helps to move your hands along with the yo-yo to soften the landing a bit.

Now, at this point, you’re probably wondering why you wouldn’t just go with the flashier kickflip suicide. The answer? Half-flips! As you may recall from earlier lessons, one of the primary challenges of stall tricks is that you can only catch the yo-yo on one side of the string, which means transitioning from mount to mount occasionally requires elaborate restarts. With a half-flip, the yo-yo flips over halfway (natch), meaning you can transition between stall sides in the middle of mounts or combos.

The next trick is an example of such a combo: first, a half-flip from a double or nothing stall to a trapeze bro stall, something not possible with a simple hop, and then after throwing the bro stall back into double or nothing, a full flip back down to trapeze. It’s definitely not the easiest transition, but it is fun, satisfying, and has lots of possibilities for expansion.

The last trick is the brainchild of my Takeshi Kamisato, who is a gentleman and a cupcake. We start out with the 2or0 half-flip to trapeze bro, but on the catch, you pinch the string in order to keep the slack of the suicide loop from disappearing. After that, toss the yo-yo off to the side with the loop intact and catch the suicide, much in the style of Takeshi’s immortal Hans Rocks! tricks. Bam! Easier said than done, of course, but a great example of how to incorporate modern new school 1A elements in your fixed axle play.

Filed Under: Fixed Friday, Trick Theory, Video Tagged With: butterfly, drew tetz, featured, fixed axle, fixed friday, kickflip, tricks

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