Jeremy Mirken's Footbag Blog

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 22 Aug 2005 16:08

In a short skooling session:

-3 barflies (getting a lot easier to link)
-down dbl down bsos
-barfly>barrage>paradon>rpt (w/ both barrages veeeeery thin tho)
-stepping mirage>atom smasher>legbeater> ripwalk> repeat> ripwalk>drop

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 23 Aug 2005 21:37

Tomorrow is my first day of being a professional. I am a bit nervous tonight as I go to sleep and I know Ill be freakin out as I make the 40 minute commute to the Gilroy Unified School District tomorrow morning. I feel like an imposter in a world in which I dont yet want to belong

My days of fun are over . . . bring on the mental drudgery of the 8:30-4:00. I am excited tho . . . this is what Ive wanted to do for more than 10 years now . . . so I guess its about time that I get to it!

Jeremy Mirken, M.S., CF-SLP

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 27 Aug 2005 19:46

Lately, I havent been diligently updating my blog after every session, but this is definitely worth a post. One week ago, I decided that I was no longer happy with hitting barfly 50% of the time. I have decided to master the move, to be able to hit it Chad D-esque, Scott Davidson-esque, Ales-esque. it is sch a beautifyl move, and such a great feeling move that there is no reason not to completely dedicate myself to the mastery of this move for at least 3-4 weeks, or as long as it takes so that I can hit this move mid-run, confidently, 9 out of 10 times.

Over the last 7-8 days, I have definitely takent he first few steps in this process. In my last 5 sessions, I have HIT at least 30 barflies on each side, probably more like 50 or 60, and have attempted approximately 80-100 on both sides. Additionally, I have practiced linking them into and out of eachother, and other moves. So far, my favorite drill has been 8 infinities> barfly>barfly>8 infinities>barfly>barfly, which I hit today. Over the last several session, Ive hit 3 consec. barflies at least 30 times, 4 consec barflies a handful of times, and 6 barflies once. Today, I hit 7 consecutive barflies, which is my record. Unfortunately I was unable to play out of the last one because I barely hit it and the set was low and uncontrolled. All in all, I just want to express how good it feels to take a move, try it lots and lots, and then get really good at it so that you can hit it at will. I am almost there!

When I am there, I will be able to hit 20 consecutive barflies. I will be able to link 5-10 barflies consistently. I will be able to hit barfly>barfly in my sleep. I will be able to hit barfly into and out of most other moves ending on clipper, although Im not currently focusing on this achievement.

For those who've read this far, I had a session with Emily Kulczyk today. We had a lot of fun, although she didnt play awesomely and I yelled really loudle from frustration on several occasions. The highlight of her session was hitting clip set drifter>drifter>drifter, her first time linking 3 drifters. She was really happy, which was awesome. As for me, I hit a lot of pretty good stuff, nothing impossibly crazy cool. I had a couple long-ish runs, but mostly in the teens, pushing genuine shuffly links and dbl downs. Of note however, I did hit one run with approx twenty consecutive symposium moves, just the basic ones tho (symp mirages and pixies bs). It went something like: symp mirage>symp pixie>symp mirage>symp pixie>symp pixie>symp pixie>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp pixie>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage>symp mirage. That felt good, and I wasnt even tired after it-if I hadnt dropped, I could have hit at least 15 more contacts of it.

All in all, good skooling, good shredding, good doubles, good props slaps, fair attitudes, fair-good music (w/ the exception of one X-rated song I was appauled at), good fun.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 30 Aug 2005 21:17

Innovation

I shredded for about 5 minutes, and put together this 96 second clip. No fancy editing, no effects, just plain, hard footbag innovation. Please leave comments in my blog ONLY IF they are exceptionally praiseworthy of my antics. Otherwise, PM me with modest praise or criticism please. Enjoy!

Aptos Session1

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » 31 Aug 2005 09:52

nice session

ted · Post by **ted** » 31 Aug 2005 10:07

What are you, an oil baron now? What the hell?
You look like a giant peach. Is that exceptional enough?

EDIT: I didn't watch the vid yet.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 31 Aug 2005 17:17

Stop yelling at me, Jeremy.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 02 Sep 2005 22:53

Had an intense session in my garage tonight, 50 minutes or so. Few notable things were hit, but I did manage 21 ducking clippers (personal record) and this unprepared genuine combo: barfly>pdx dlo>paradon>bubba beater> toe drifter. I also hit 11 ripwalks, well below my record, but it felt good. I also practiced barflies again, and flip paradon a bit. I hit dimwalk>sidewalk> ripwalk>blizzard>toe blur on my strong side, and the first 4 moves of that same combo on my flip, although they both took several tries, which was

The bright note: I invented a new game to challenge myself. I take a move i want to hit (today it was ripwalk), and give myself 1 chance to hit 1 ripwalk. If I succeed, I get two chances to hit 2 consec ripwalks, then 3 chances at 3 ripwalks, 4 at 4, and so on. I made it up to attempts at 10, but couldnt manage to hit 10 when I needed to. I should mention that if you fail to hit the number specified in the number of tries you have, the game ends. To really get your heart pumping, do not take breaks in between milestones (i.e., go straight from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 without pausing after failures). I like it because it makes me work hard, under pressure.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 05 Sep 2005 20:27

2 fun sessions with Amelia, Cameron, Bryan, Emily, and Dat. Everyone was playing pretty well or very well. I managed to hit janiwalker>ps eggbeater, paradon>ps dlo, and full symp blur. Also, I hit whirr ending on outside stall and another whirring swirl. I also hit a lot of barflies and other various dbl. down moves.

Had so much fun this weekend and now Im very sad that it is over and I must return to the world of hard labor.

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » 05 Sep 2005 20:46

I recomend instead returning to the world of gratifying self-sufficiency. You would feel better.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 06 Sep 2005 22:32

medium length skooling session:
-35 or so contact run ending with barflies bs
-55 or so ducking clippers in 6 drops
-ddd bs, on one side ddd>ddd
-ripwalk game to 7
-4 consec ducking butterflies (personal record)
-skooling fairy set one side produced; fairy ss (dlo, pickup, mirage, illusion, butterfly, whirl, drifter) and fairy op (legover, pickup, symp mirage). Any fairy moves not mentioned here were not attempted.
-twirl>osis
-step. op swirl bs (almost os)
-lots and lots of infinities
-4 consec. zulu clippers

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 07 Sep 2005 22:34

Second Skooling Session of September:
-grifters (attempting consecs)
-triage (attempting to hit cleanly)

I hit a bunch of cool new 2 trick links tonight, which you'll see on video prolly within the week, no good runs tho, legs feeling pretty dead from the night before, when i primarily skooled run length.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 11 Sep 2005 12:32

Just came in from a session with the real Phanzine. It was pretty fun. Unlike other people I sometimes play with, Dat will ALWAYS try the combos I call out for him

Anyway, I hit some pretty good stuff today, good for me anyways. I was reaaally proud of the foillowing things:

-14 tripless (not unique tho b/c i repeated blurs and ripwalks). I had never before even hit 10.
-janiwalker>ugly bs blur
-tripless runs of 7-10 contacts on about 10 occasions
-step butt>pdx whirl>whirling swirl>dyno
-clip set dlo>atomic whirl (a challenge from Dat)
-flip mobius to handcatch
-"Dat, how many tries will you give me to hit toe flurry?"
"Four."
"Four? That's it?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. (try one: drop) (try two: hit to handcatch). Did I hit it?!"
"It looked clean."
"(Kneeling punch scream) Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! I can't believe it. Ive never hit that before! Holy moly." Soo . . .
TOE FLURRY!!!!

Blackjack · Post by **Blackjack** » 11 Sep 2005 20:14

nice mirken toe flurry is phat! I saw you getting really close. your doubles have improved exponentially

~Bryan

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 13 Sep 2005 22:49

2.75 hr session w/ Moxie. My highlights only:

-bedwetter>atomsmasher, legbeater, tapdown, atomic drifter!
-18 ripwalks (i think?)
-barfly swirl 2x, ugly foot smacking on ground tho
-spinning swirl 4 times at end of session
-toe flurry 3 more times (video to come tomorrow)
-jani>blurriest
-long guiltless run of prolly 30 contacts or so in a small space, prolly half bails tho
-lots of barfly practice
-7 dlos in a row
-2 consec flip eggbeaters
-grifter b2b a couple of times, basic grifter practice

a looooong session ending only partially successfully. Was attempting furious drifter, but to no avail, at least 60-70 attempts.

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 14 Sep 2005 09:34

BOOGE!

wolfpac444 · Post by **wolfpac444** » 15 Sep 2005 06:51

Who is this stud hitting toe flurry?!?

http://www3.hmc.edu/~mwhansen/toe_flurry.mp4

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 15 Sep 2005 21:11

I don't know why you haven't gotten more comments. You've hit some very prop-worthy things in your last entries. Way to go.

You're so motivated; it's great to be around. Thanks for the suggestions during the session tonight.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 22 Sep 2005 17:15

A run I hit:

L clipper>R clipper>2 L clippers> 2R clippers> 3 clippers>3 clippers>
4 clippers>4 clippers>5 clippers>5 clippers>6 clippers>6 clippers>7 clippers >7 clippers>8 clippers>8 clippers>9 clippers>9 clippers>10 clippers>
10 clippers>11 clippers>11 clippers>12 clippers>12 clippers>13 clippers>13 clippers>14 clippers>14 clippers>15 clippers>15 clippers> 41 alternating clippers>drop. In total, 281 consecutive clippers

if my math is correct.

Also inspinning clipper bsos for the first time i believe. Also back to back, again, but not quite.

Senor Grommet · Post by **Senor Grommet** » 24 Sep 2005 15:26

flip torque>blur!
blur>toe torque>blur
inspinning clipper>inspinning clipper (x2)
shaft
some okay tripless runs
blubberman except for the last toe ripwalk
nspinning clipper>spinning clipper (bs)
inspinning clipper and barfly BSOS same run
EDIT: please dont reply to this blog with a post immediately after this one. Just continue underground reading as you normally do, never voicing your props, that is if you even think that i deserve them, because I REALLY want to be the first person to post on the next page of my blog. Thanks in advance. Im serious tho, I want to start off the new page, k, bye. Oh, and Mitko, if you read this, that Oasis thread was a joke about posters on this forum who mis-spell move names, who ramble on and on trying to explain something but fail miserably, and who use horrible punctuation or none at all in the attempt. I was actually talking about an OSIS.

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