Can I get a wa wa for travis!!!

MegaFighter_X · Post by **MegaFighter_X** » 03 Jun 2005 01:55

yep. I got a couple things of advice for you.

clippers: to practice the ankle position, put the foot you want to do the clipper with behind the support leg and GENTLY press it towards the ground. This will strech your ankle out slowly. But be careful. There could be problems with overstreching your ankles. I'm not entirely sure, but why risk something that important?

Mirages: set the bag, then get that setting leg down as quickly as possible. It would look something like...

setplant> dex> delay
^--- that's about how quick you want it to be.

Personally, I belive that setting the leg back down as quick as possible serves two purposes. 1) It gives extra time to set up for the next part of the trick (the dex) and 2) as you get the foot down to the ground, it gives you some momentum to do the hop for the dex. The delay part, well... If all goes well, it should come naturally.

As you get better with the cllippers and the mirages, try getting a mirage from a clip. Basically, it's just like doing a clip set op toe, just with making your leg go over the bag before it happens. If you'd like, I'll try to do a few of those on saturday.

butterflys: get clippers down pretty much pat before worrying about these. but it's an opening the hip thing for 50% of it. the other 50% is balance, bag placement, and overall control of your body.

here's some other things to try to work on as you kick and practice.

-the basic 8 toes: ATW (in to out and out to in), legover, pickup, mirage, illusion, pixie, and farie. (basics... duh!)
- clip> same clip> op clip > repeat. (bag control)
- clip into hand. Just try to get it as straight up and as high as possible. that will develop power. Setting from your hand will give you an idea as to where the clipper should land for the best results.
- osis
-clip set mirage (control)
-clip set legover (ditto)
- far legover (clip > same out > same toe)
- far pickup ( clip > same in > same toe)
- paradox mirage (clip > same out > op toe)

The last three or four are more difficult, so try to concentrate on teh first whatever i put up there.

Now, I'm going to go to bed... It's 3 fucking AM...

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 03 Jun 2005 06:55

Ahh coool! Thanks for the tips I will surely practice them as much as I can, See ya on saturday!

-- EDIT --

No session today probably because I need to rest from kicking...

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 03 Jun 2005 19:28

So today... Well a Kicked VERY little trying to break in my new abshire mini bags, They take FOREVER to break in but its worth it, Also Since I couldn't kick I stiched today made 2 bags there tye dye bags there pretty sweet. One is filled with sand the other is filled with plastic pellets.. Ill upload a pic later

peazzzzz

Oh and my mom is coming out from cali today woohoo!

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 03 Jun 2005 20:13

SergeyKozlov · Post by **SergeyKozlov** » 04 Jun 2005 10:57

Man, nice bag, one more time =)

I read your blog.
But there is a rule about blogs-

Don't reply to other peoples posts in this category because their thoughts are all their own.

So u should say - coments are welcome =)

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 04 Jun 2005 19:58

Comments are welcome! lol, Yeah well today I had a good session alot of people were there I hit mirage a couple times and landed a xbody rake a few times, Mostly worked on both side clippers and some other 2 add tricks... Not really any good runs but was a good day loren hit a 4 dex? If I remember correctly and ben hit a siiiick bedwetter (sp?)... and lets see what else, cant remember pretty much was a good day.. And then after we were all done and tired we went swimming over at lorens house (some of us)... newayz thats about it

peazzzzzzzzz

FootbagginBum · Post by **FootbagginBum** » 05 Jun 2005 14:22

Props on everything and welcome to blogland! So sorry it took me so long to drop a positive post in here. I'll surely be reading the blog consistantly.

Props on the flip clips, rakes, hopovers, links, and both side atws. You're doing well, just always look for more new tricks to do, like same side mirage (like a pixie with a plant, newbs often forget a lot of these types of tricks and they help a lot when you don't have too many tricks and need practice with different elements.)

Of all of his 2000 posts, what John told you is probably the best post I've ever seen him make. Try to make best use of his words. John and Jeff will be able to help you a lot in the near future, just because of similarity of body type. I am less able to understand the center of gravity obstacles you will face on your way to four adds (when you get to that point, I think I can help you with anything you'll need).

Keep up the good progress and focus

Peace.

Bum

FootbagginBum · Post by **FootbagginBum** » 05 Jun 2005 14:28

Oh, and btw I voted for mini because they almost always work good for me, but I really like some felix bags, lon's river pebble granny bag, and the bags Carol stitches for herself, in addition to the french bags. Cool poll.

And, you will get to play with Lon and or Abshire for sure, and hopefully Vasek will make it to town eventually, but even if not I think you'll meet him at some point.

Sorry for the double post. Peace,
Bum

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 05 Jun 2005 15:36

Alright well I had a mini session today, Im getting really upset because it seems I cant progress anymore then I already have, Don't know why?? Ive been playing for about a month or so and all I can do is:

Mirage {Sometimes}
Pixie {Right Side}
ATW {Both Sides}
Clipper {Right foot good, Left foot is hard}
Hop over
Inside stall
toe stall
outside stall
xbody rake

Thats about it heh, And ofcourse I can kick the damn bag... I don't know... Itz all good though I just gotta keep up the practice, I started taking some glucosamine (sp?) and MSM supplements for my joints and some EAS Shakes for protein, and ofcourse ripped fuel

Newayz enough for today, peazzzz

HG · Post by HG » 05 Jun 2005 15:55

Hey travis. You are about 10x as good as i was after a month! All i could do was toe stalls, and an ATW on one side. I sucked! You are really really great for 1 month. All those tricks. Just keep that in mind. You are progressing very fast!

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 05 Jun 2005 20:35

Yeah, Well I feel like I should be able to be hitting mirages for some reason I dont know :S I guess I should just work on them hardcore for awhile...

FootbagginBum · Post by **FootbagginBum** » 05 Jun 2005 22:37

totally calm down

Mirage is a center of gravity trick, you have two switch twice, and thats hard. You're just getting the hang of switching once with pixie, and legover, pickup, and fairy should be the focuses for now. Pixie will gradually turn from a mute same side mirage into both a set and a plant style mirage dex that will make mirage much easier to practice. Until then, work it some, but mainly work the others and wait for your muscles to develop and your balance to continue to improve.

Peace,
Bum

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 05 Jun 2005 22:38

k im pissed I need to take a break from footbag or something I couldnt hit 1 mirage son of alak;sdjfl;kasdjflk;asjdlf errrrr

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 05 Jun 2005 22:38

wow we posted at the same time, haha

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 05 Jun 2005 22:42

K well I looked up fairy

TOE > SAME OUT [DEX] > OP TOE [DEL]

So is it pretty much teh opposite of a pixie you just move from out to in instead of the in to out?

professor · Post by **professor** » 05 Jun 2005 22:46

I think mirage is hard for you because you don't hop at all when you play. With mirage you have to hop at least a little to get a good catch on the bag. So work on doing toe stalls with little hops and then move to mirages.

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 05 Jun 2005 22:49

hmm, So is not hoping a bad thing? I guess It probably is considering its interferring with me not being able to do tricks heh, But yeah I should practice that, But when I try and do mirages I hop sometimes

professor · Post by **professor** » 05 Jun 2005 23:01

With mirages not hoping is a bad thing.

Think about it, say you set the bag with your right leg, you dex from in to out with your left leg. At this point your left leg is in the air while your right leg is supporting all your weight. Then you must plant your left leg and at the same time raise your right leg to catch the footbag. To do this motion, you need to hop. There is no other way to shift your weight in that position then to hop, unless you are insanely, insanely fast.

FootbagginBum · Post by **FootbagginBum** » 05 Jun 2005 23:05

that was funny how we posted simultaneously

Fairy is opposite of pixie

Footbag is all about moving your center of gravity around, and you do have to be up and moving for that. But its a lot of work, and takes getting used to. Your new footbag muscles will make you more agile all the time. You may want to start the session with a minute of vigorous jogging in place or 15 quick jumping jacks or something, just to get up off the ground and moving. And watch how little I'm on the ground in the video (video section), that should be good to aspire towards.

Also though, slow is styley and helpful, and people like Lon use it to make runs huge and give themselves gnarly control, so don't give it up entirely, just adjust a bit.

Peace,
Bum

travismontoya · Post by **travismontoya** » 06 Jun 2005 09:27

Well I havent been able to practice much today, But I started a diet so lets see how well this works, My joints are achin so Im drinking joint juice which has 1500mg of glucosamine (sp?) in it which is the LEAST amount you should have, newayz Im hoping to get mirages down before next saturday so lets see how I do

Ill post more on my session later.. peazzz

Yes loren I went out and bought some but instead of juice 4 joints I got joint juice because it has more glucosamine in it

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