Hi Ken,
I've been enjoying the short takes you have been posting on YouTube recently. Keep up the good work!
About ripstein: The most difficult part of the trick is getting the foot over the the bag at the right time while still having the bag at the right height. Ideal set height seems to be just above the knee, but you'll have to experiment with what feels comfortable for you.
During the set, I don't consciously jump off the support foot. Also, the trick definitely depends on your ability to do a swirl set. I don't think of the set and dex as separate motions, I just concentrate on doing a good solid clipper and then a light, crisp pushing motion off the toes of my support foot while simultaneously starting the dex.
Another helpful thing that Kenzo told me is that you know you are doing swirls right when the dexing foot comes straight up, not back and then over.
I think Penske's swirls are an excellent example of proper swirl technique.
Let me know if you have any thoughts on this.
Kankeri Japan
Had a good session today at campus.
Didn't really hit anything new, but I focused on doing short runs with harder links. I need to balance my practice time better to incorporate both single trick practice and strings. One thing I have been doing is to practice single tricks sealed with some other trick. It is tough to find a balance between the two, because if I concentrate too much on strings, I don't have the energy to really focus on new tricks. Yet freestyling depends on your ability to link tricks.
For some reason, quantum on both sides came pretty easily for me today. I hit tripwalk bsos in the midst of a fairly good run.
It was funny today because six different students came up to ask me to comment on a short story written in English. It seems that this is a homework task that the students have to do. I read the story and then write down my own comments on it. All of the stories are based on typical cross-cultural understanding themes that colleges love to spout out to students. In the course of my footbag session, I stopped to answer six different people's god-damn questions--I felt proud of myself for being such a nice guy!
Didn't really hit anything new, but I focused on doing short runs with harder links. I need to balance my practice time better to incorporate both single trick practice and strings. One thing I have been doing is to practice single tricks sealed with some other trick. It is tough to find a balance between the two, because if I concentrate too much on strings, I don't have the energy to really focus on new tricks. Yet freestyling depends on your ability to link tricks.
For some reason, quantum on both sides came pretty easily for me today. I hit tripwalk bsos in the midst of a fairly good run.
It was funny today because six different students came up to ask me to comment on a short story written in English. It seems that this is a homework task that the students have to do. I read the story and then write down my own comments on it. All of the stories are based on typical cross-cultural understanding themes that colleges love to spout out to students. In the course of my footbag session, I stopped to answer six different people's god-damn questions--I felt proud of myself for being such a nice guy!
Hey Adam,
You really are a nice guy aren't you?...
I'm glad to see that you have been playing quite often recently. I think you have some good ideas with regards to ripsteins, unfortunately I am terrible at them, and can't give any further advice.
Oh, sorry I can't make it out to your place tonight; I have class.
Let's shred soon,
TJ
PS I hit swirl > dyno (rpt) two days ago. It felt really cool.
You really are a nice guy aren't you?...
I'm glad to see that you have been playing quite often recently. I think you have some good ideas with regards to ripsteins, unfortunately I am terrible at them, and can't give any further advice.
Oh, sorry I can't make it out to your place tonight; I have class.
Let's shred soon,
TJ
PS I hit swirl > dyno (rpt) two days ago. It felt really cool.
TJ Boutorwick
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
Last night Kenzo and Karzu (!) came into town for a session. Karzu is heading to Okinawa for a wedding, so the timing worked out perfectly for us. We played at campus for a couple of hours.
I had kicked the day before, so I didn't know if my legs would hold up, but I ended up having one of my best sessions in a long time! The linking tricks practice that I have been doing in my solo sessions seems to be paying off. I had quite a few long runs with genuine links and some 5s thrown in here and there.
Highlights:
*bedwetter>run (I haven't hit bed in a long time)
*both pdx eggs and bubbabeaters in a run
*light and easy pigbeater mid-run
*blurry whirl>run
*stepping whirl>run
*tripwalk bs mid-run
After the session we came back to my place and had pizza and beer. Karzu hadn't slept the night before so he passed out soon after dinner, but Kenzo and I watched a few videos in slo-mo to analyze technique.
We were looking at Takumi's spinning to see what it is that makes him so good at it. Here are a few points we noticed:
*He spots the bag almost the moment it leaves his set foot
*When he turns and the bag comes up, it is in front of his leading arm/shoulder! After it leaves his foot, the bag is never behind him! I hadn't noticed this before, but I think it is the reason for his skill the spinning department.
*He sets from a frigid osis position
*Takumi is Gumby
I had kicked the day before, so I didn't know if my legs would hold up, but I ended up having one of my best sessions in a long time! The linking tricks practice that I have been doing in my solo sessions seems to be paying off. I had quite a few long runs with genuine links and some 5s thrown in here and there.
Highlights:
*bedwetter>run (I haven't hit bed in a long time)
*both pdx eggs and bubbabeaters in a run
*light and easy pigbeater mid-run
*blurry whirl>run
*stepping whirl>run
*tripwalk bs mid-run
After the session we came back to my place and had pizza and beer. Karzu hadn't slept the night before so he passed out soon after dinner, but Kenzo and I watched a few videos in slo-mo to analyze technique.
We were looking at Takumi's spinning to see what it is that makes him so good at it. Here are a few points we noticed:
*He spots the bag almost the moment it leaves his set foot
*When he turns and the bag comes up, it is in front of his leading arm/shoulder! After it leaves his foot, the bag is never behind him! I hadn't noticed this before, but I think it is the reason for his skill the spinning department.
*He sets from a frigid osis position
*Takumi is Gumby
It was a cold day today. I headed to campus for a session, and when I got there I realized I didn't have my shorts with me! Poop! I was so excited to play that for a moment I considered playing in my underwear, but I decided that I would have a hard time explaining myself if my professor happened to walk by.
So I ran over to a nearby shopping center to buy some shorts. On my way there, one of those English homework girls (see my post above) came up and said "Excuse me." I knew where this was heading, and although I was proud of myself for being such a nice guy to them the day before, I snapped back at her in Japanese with a "I'm in a hurry right now!"
Anyway, I wandered around the shopping center for a few minutes but couldn't find any good shorts--just underwear and stuff. So I gave up and returned back to my house to grab my shorts. This whole ordeal took an hour out of my day.
When I returned to campus, I managed to have a pretty good session. I'd like to refine my stepping a bit more.
Highlights:
*(9 unique tripless) park>side>rip>side>rip>ducking butt>ducking butt>p whirl>p whirl>osis (wanted to hit diving butt)>run
*flip whirling swirl
Came back and had some nice sake and a delicious meal of jambalaya my wife made. Oh, and some excellent cheese cake and earl grey tea.
It's a good thing I didn't play in my undies...
So I ran over to a nearby shopping center to buy some shorts. On my way there, one of those English homework girls (see my post above) came up and said "Excuse me." I knew where this was heading, and although I was proud of myself for being such a nice guy to them the day before, I snapped back at her in Japanese with a "I'm in a hurry right now!"
Anyway, I wandered around the shopping center for a few minutes but couldn't find any good shorts--just underwear and stuff. So I gave up and returned back to my house to grab my shorts. This whole ordeal took an hour out of my day.
When I returned to campus, I managed to have a pretty good session. I'd like to refine my stepping a bit more.
Highlights:
*(9 unique tripless) park>side>rip>side>rip>ducking butt>ducking butt>p whirl>p whirl>osis (wanted to hit diving butt)>run
*flip whirling swirl
Came back and had some nice sake and a delicious meal of jambalaya my wife made. Oh, and some excellent cheese cake and earl grey tea.
It's a good thing I didn't play in my undies...
Nice work guys!
And Adam, one way to not forget your trunks is the "BLT" method. Before going out to a session, check you have your "bag," "lavers," and "tampan."
Forgot who taught that to me, but it seems like a mnemonic that would help you.
And Adam, one way to not forget your trunks is the "BLT" method. Before going out to a session, check you have your "bag," "lavers," and "tampan."
Forgot who taught that to me, but it seems like a mnemonic that would help you.
hey adam
great reading about your progress!
you really are a nice guy man! i would just say i dont speak english
then start trying to sell them a footbag as a pillow/soft toy/ practice baseball
ahhaha
anyway
actually i would probably help a osharede kawaii onna no ko !
i did some jap study today - was fun
teaching footbag tmw at a holiday program for spoilt rich kids, which is usually really hilarious - sometimmes disarsterous.
hey all footbaggers should check out this song
hirai ken
life is another story.
its great
talk soon
dan
great reading about your progress!
you really are a nice guy man! i would just say i dont speak english
then start trying to sell them a footbag as a pillow/soft toy/ practice baseball
ahhaha
anyway
actually i would probably help a osharede kawaii onna no ko !
i did some jap study today - was fun
teaching footbag tmw at a holiday program for spoilt rich kids, which is usually really hilarious - sometimmes disarsterous.
hey all footbaggers should check out this song
hirai ken
life is another story.
its great
talk soon
dan
Yeah, ye' olde BLT method! Actually that was the second thing that came into my mind after contemplating playing in my underwear!
I had a pretty good session today at campus.
I hit a nice, crisp ripstein on my flip for the first time! It felt great. I then hit another ripstein on my strong side, making for two successful ripsteins in one session. Not too bad...
I think an important point for swirls is to keep the clipper cranked tightly. If there is any looseness in the foot it is much more difficult to control the set and feel the bag. Good crank is important.
Worked on popping my knee up more crisply on stepping sets, and it seemed to give me a much higher and straighter set. I'd like to work on this a bit more.
I had a pretty good session today at campus.
I hit a nice, crisp ripstein on my flip for the first time! It felt great. I then hit another ripstein on my strong side, making for two successful ripsteins in one session. Not too bad...
I think an important point for swirls is to keep the clipper cranked tightly. If there is any looseness in the foot it is much more difficult to control the set and feel the bag. Good crank is important.
Worked on popping my knee up more crisply on stepping sets, and it seemed to give me a much higher and straighter set. I'd like to work on this a bit more.
Thanks for the comments recently everyone! And Dan, it's great to hear from you! Your advice and approach totally changed my game.
I had a long solo session yesterday at campus. I did a bit of work on form and then went for some runs.
One of the things that I realized was the importance of BREATHING. I noticed that I tend to hold my breath, especially during harder tricks.
So I made it a point to stay relaxed and focus on my breathing. Instead of continuing to try tricks without catching my breath, I made sure that I had my breathing going smoothly before starting each run. Focusing on the breathing at the beginnning of a run also helped me to breath WHILE playing. I felt a whole new level of relaxation and confidence by doing this--I'm sure this will push up my consistency and string length.
Looking forward to another session tomorrow to apply some of these concepts more.
I recently downloaded a converter to change wmv files into quicktime files, which are undoubtedly the best file type for studying footbag videos.
Kenzo came and stayed at my place, and we analyzed our form by comparing it to top players.
One thing I noticed is that my clipper and toe stall timing is a bit off sometimes--I sink down with the support foot before I actually catch the bag. I've been working on correcting that and not lifting my foot up to catch toe stalls or clippers--just wait till the bag comes to the foot.
It's snowing in Kyoto today~
I had a long solo session yesterday at campus. I did a bit of work on form and then went for some runs.
One of the things that I realized was the importance of BREATHING. I noticed that I tend to hold my breath, especially during harder tricks.
So I made it a point to stay relaxed and focus on my breathing. Instead of continuing to try tricks without catching my breath, I made sure that I had my breathing going smoothly before starting each run. Focusing on the breathing at the beginnning of a run also helped me to breath WHILE playing. I felt a whole new level of relaxation and confidence by doing this--I'm sure this will push up my consistency and string length.
Looking forward to another session tomorrow to apply some of these concepts more.
I recently downloaded a converter to change wmv files into quicktime files, which are undoubtedly the best file type for studying footbag videos.
Kenzo came and stayed at my place, and we analyzed our form by comparing it to top players.
One thing I noticed is that my clipper and toe stall timing is a bit off sometimes--I sink down with the support foot before I actually catch the bag. I've been working on correcting that and not lifting my foot up to catch toe stalls or clippers--just wait till the bag comes to the foot.
It's snowing in Kyoto today~
Great video!!
Adam, you are starting to slow down your rhythm, or in other words, you are starting to get more comfortbale with moves. I like that. It seems like you are all about pixie whirl, huh?
To answer your email (phone) here, unfortunately, mostly becuase of school, I have not been kicking that much recently. I have had a load of papers to do, and the last one is being finished right now. However, February and March, I don't have much going on as far a work, so I will be concentrating a lot on my shred. Recently I have been kicking about 2 or 3 times a week, but even then it has only been for about an hour. That sucks. Actually, I'm gonna go shred right now.
I have also been busy tuning my resume and CV, and have started to send it out to various schools. Are you aware of any openings at Otani?
Adam, you are starting to slow down your rhythm, or in other words, you are starting to get more comfortbale with moves. I like that. It seems like you are all about pixie whirl, huh?
To answer your email (phone) here, unfortunately, mostly becuase of school, I have not been kicking that much recently. I have had a load of papers to do, and the last one is being finished right now. However, February and March, I don't have much going on as far a work, so I will be concentrating a lot on my shred. Recently I have been kicking about 2 or 3 times a week, but even then it has only been for about an hour. That sucks. Actually, I'm gonna go shred right now.
I have also been busy tuning my resume and CV, and have started to send it out to various schools. Are you aware of any openings at Otani?
TJ Boutorwick
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
Haven't posted in a while, but I've been playing quite a lot recently.
Had a great time with Henmo over the weekend. We had a long footbag session and then came back to my place for some homemade Mexican food. I made good some tortillas and salsa. Henmo is quite the chef also and brought some meat that he had smoked himself. We sliced it thin and had it with some beer.
The next day Henmo and I played on the banks of the Kamo River. It was a bit cold but fun. After playing we had lunch and headed up into the mountains to a hot spring. The hot spring has an outdoor bath that overlooks the mountains. Winter is a great time to go too, because the contrast between the snowy mountains and the warm water is so nice.
We had a bath for about an hour, talking about life and footbag philosophy. I always am stimulated when talking to Henmo.
Anyway, I had a session today at the campus of Bukkyo Univ. There is a young guardman there who always talks to me when I'm playing. I met him again today as I was warming up, and he continued to ask me a tediously long list of foods to see what I liked:
"Do you like flounder?"
"Yeah, flounder's good."
"Watermelon, lychee, mackerel, clams, shellfish, sardines...?"
"Yes, I'm not too picky about food (now let me play already!)"
I had a great session overall. Definitely a highlight for me. No new tricks, but I felt a whole new level of confidence and relaxation in my game. This is no doubt due to some of the footbag philosophy that I have been picking up from Henmo.
The way of thinking about technique is based on traditional Japanese sword-fighting footwork, which is very different than the footwork used in Western-style martial arts and sports.
Henmo attended a workshop with Kono Yoshinori, a martial artist who has been somewhat poplular recently. Here are a few videos to check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2XwYN9NO50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwY4lN24 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_xpjdE ... re=related
One thing that has helped me immensely is a new way of movement when switching feet. How smoothly and quickly you can switch your feet is a key point for most tricks in footbag. I used to think of this in terms of pushing off the support leg and then setting the next leg down.
Take legover for example. Starting with your right foot on the ground and your left foot in a toe stall position, you lightly push off of the ball of your right foot and immediately this movement makes the left leg plant. However, this type of movement has some drawbacks in that it involves 1.) more power because you have to literally push yourself off the ground 2.) some up and down motion, which is tiring and off balance 3.) it is slow.
The sword-fighting way of movement would be that you don't push off the ball of your right foot--you simply release the muscles that support your right knee, causing your weight to drop immediately. This is the same movement like when someone comes up behind you and bumps the back of your knee and your weight drops straight down.
As the knee naturally bends, the left leg comes down and becomes the new support leg, with the right leg rebounding naturally into the legover position.
Stepping can be done in the same way. I often hear stepping described as pushing off your suppot leg to raise the knee for the dex. But if you watch really good players, the motion in the knee is actually very different. From a clipper position you simply release the knee of the support leg, causing the clipper leg to plant and the dex to happen almost immediately and effortlessly. When done right, it feels as if the dex is over with almost immediately without you even noticing that you dexed.
This technique of not pushing off the ground but simply releasing the knee can be used in almost all tricks. Even tricks like pdx whirl. The support leg on pdx whirl drops back, with your weight falling rather than rising, and you are in position to dex immediately.
That is the beauty of this technique--the beginning of tricks involves a release and a sinking of the weight, so you are always in a better body position to hit other components. Ideally there is very little pushing on the ground.
Another thing I have been working on is centering my center of gravity as I play. Bend over at the hips and slowly straighten up like you are stacking each vertebrae on top of each other. You then lean slightly forward with your upper body, bringing your weight towards the front of your feet. The head completes a natural, upward arc of the upper body. This position is like there is a big round balloon in front of you that your body wraps around.
This stuff is hard to explain in words. I should make a video with some demonstrations.
Had a great time with Henmo over the weekend. We had a long footbag session and then came back to my place for some homemade Mexican food. I made good some tortillas and salsa. Henmo is quite the chef also and brought some meat that he had smoked himself. We sliced it thin and had it with some beer.
The next day Henmo and I played on the banks of the Kamo River. It was a bit cold but fun. After playing we had lunch and headed up into the mountains to a hot spring. The hot spring has an outdoor bath that overlooks the mountains. Winter is a great time to go too, because the contrast between the snowy mountains and the warm water is so nice.
We had a bath for about an hour, talking about life and footbag philosophy. I always am stimulated when talking to Henmo.
Anyway, I had a session today at the campus of Bukkyo Univ. There is a young guardman there who always talks to me when I'm playing. I met him again today as I was warming up, and he continued to ask me a tediously long list of foods to see what I liked:
"Do you like flounder?"
"Yeah, flounder's good."
"Watermelon, lychee, mackerel, clams, shellfish, sardines...?"
"Yes, I'm not too picky about food (now let me play already!)"
I had a great session overall. Definitely a highlight for me. No new tricks, but I felt a whole new level of confidence and relaxation in my game. This is no doubt due to some of the footbag philosophy that I have been picking up from Henmo.
The way of thinking about technique is based on traditional Japanese sword-fighting footwork, which is very different than the footwork used in Western-style martial arts and sports.
Henmo attended a workshop with Kono Yoshinori, a martial artist who has been somewhat poplular recently. Here are a few videos to check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2XwYN9NO50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwY4lN24 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_xpjdE ... re=related
One thing that has helped me immensely is a new way of movement when switching feet. How smoothly and quickly you can switch your feet is a key point for most tricks in footbag. I used to think of this in terms of pushing off the support leg and then setting the next leg down.
Take legover for example. Starting with your right foot on the ground and your left foot in a toe stall position, you lightly push off of the ball of your right foot and immediately this movement makes the left leg plant. However, this type of movement has some drawbacks in that it involves 1.) more power because you have to literally push yourself off the ground 2.) some up and down motion, which is tiring and off balance 3.) it is slow.
The sword-fighting way of movement would be that you don't push off the ball of your right foot--you simply release the muscles that support your right knee, causing your weight to drop immediately. This is the same movement like when someone comes up behind you and bumps the back of your knee and your weight drops straight down.
As the knee naturally bends, the left leg comes down and becomes the new support leg, with the right leg rebounding naturally into the legover position.
Stepping can be done in the same way. I often hear stepping described as pushing off your suppot leg to raise the knee for the dex. But if you watch really good players, the motion in the knee is actually very different. From a clipper position you simply release the knee of the support leg, causing the clipper leg to plant and the dex to happen almost immediately and effortlessly. When done right, it feels as if the dex is over with almost immediately without you even noticing that you dexed.
This technique of not pushing off the ground but simply releasing the knee can be used in almost all tricks. Even tricks like pdx whirl. The support leg on pdx whirl drops back, with your weight falling rather than rising, and you are in position to dex immediately.
That is the beauty of this technique--the beginning of tricks involves a release and a sinking of the weight, so you are always in a better body position to hit other components. Ideally there is very little pushing on the ground.
Another thing I have been working on is centering my center of gravity as I play. Bend over at the hips and slowly straighten up like you are stacking each vertebrae on top of each other. You then lean slightly forward with your upper body, bringing your weight towards the front of your feet. The head completes a natural, upward arc of the upper body. This position is like there is a big round balloon in front of you that your body wraps around.
This stuff is hard to explain in words. I should make a video with some demonstrations.
First post in about 2 months. That's odd.
I felt like posting because a few things have been happening with the Japan scene that I think are worth noting:
1. The other day, Kenzo and I auditioned for a talent contest called "Naniwa ichigei ichiza" which roughly translates to naniwa (proper name, I believe) One artist one seat. We put on a 4 minute routine for some judges and got a fairly good response. We are still waiting on the results, but if we make it, we have a shot at 1, 000, 000 yen, or ten thousand dollars. Finals are next month, and I think we have a good shot; most of the other acts that auditioned that same day as us were mediocre at best, at least from our standpoint.
2. Last Saturday night, thanks to Kenzo's friend, we put on the same routine at a club in a place called Shinsaibashi, a city that is really lively and has a lot of nightlife. It was a lot of fun, we met a lot of hip hop/ reggae dancers, exchanged contact numbers, and it seems like we will be able to do other shows at different clubs in the area. We got a really good response, and one girl came up to us after outside and said that she was really moved by our performance. I think that is one of the best compliments that someone can give. It makes me really happy to know that I reached someone doing something that I love to do. As it turns out, she is organizing some sort of a party and she asked us to come and perform.
3. Tomorrow, Kenzo and I will be on a TV show called Narutomo, which is an abbreviation of the two host's names. If nothing changes we will have 13 minutes of airtime!! We have talked with a producer (I think he is a producer) and we plan to explain the basics, show some tricks, throw a routine in the mix, let some of the celebrities try, and play four square! I think it is goin to be a lot of fun. It will also be great exposure for the sport!
Once I find video of any or all of these events, I will post.
Peace,
TJ
I felt like posting because a few things have been happening with the Japan scene that I think are worth noting:
1. The other day, Kenzo and I auditioned for a talent contest called "Naniwa ichigei ichiza" which roughly translates to naniwa (proper name, I believe) One artist one seat. We put on a 4 minute routine for some judges and got a fairly good response. We are still waiting on the results, but if we make it, we have a shot at 1, 000, 000 yen, or ten thousand dollars. Finals are next month, and I think we have a good shot; most of the other acts that auditioned that same day as us were mediocre at best, at least from our standpoint.
2. Last Saturday night, thanks to Kenzo's friend, we put on the same routine at a club in a place called Shinsaibashi, a city that is really lively and has a lot of nightlife. It was a lot of fun, we met a lot of hip hop/ reggae dancers, exchanged contact numbers, and it seems like we will be able to do other shows at different clubs in the area. We got a really good response, and one girl came up to us after outside and said that she was really moved by our performance. I think that is one of the best compliments that someone can give. It makes me really happy to know that I reached someone doing something that I love to do. As it turns out, she is organizing some sort of a party and she asked us to come and perform.
3. Tomorrow, Kenzo and I will be on a TV show called Narutomo, which is an abbreviation of the two host's names. If nothing changes we will have 13 minutes of airtime!! We have talked with a producer (I think he is a producer) and we plan to explain the basics, show some tricks, throw a routine in the mix, let some of the celebrities try, and play four square! I think it is goin to be a lot of fun. It will also be great exposure for the sport!
Once I find video of any or all of these events, I will post.
Peace,
TJ
TJ Boutorwick
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
OMG!
Wow at your last post Tj, I am so so over the moon for you guys. You are really really hitting it!
This is really exciting and I really cant wait to see some of those videos. I am really happy you guys can do some stuff - and once you start with these sorts of things you just wont stop
I think this could be a turning point!
well done.
Also on a slightly less excited note - but still important - i really agree with your analysis of stepping. and comparing it to legover makes a lot of sense. stepping is one of the concepts i have difficulty explaining - most people naturally latch onto what you are talking about adam - but its nice that i will be able to verbalise it now. Thankyou
Dan Ednie
Wow at your last post Tj, I am so so over the moon for you guys. You are really really hitting it!
This is really exciting and I really cant wait to see some of those videos. I am really happy you guys can do some stuff - and once you start with these sorts of things you just wont stop
I think this could be a turning point!
well done.
Also on a slightly less excited note - but still important - i really agree with your analysis of stepping. and comparing it to legover makes a lot of sense. stepping is one of the concepts i have difficulty explaining - most people naturally latch onto what you are talking about adam - but its nice that i will be able to verbalise it now. Thankyou
Dan Ednie
Thanks for all of the good words guys!
I have been playing pretty consistantly I feel, but I think I am at a sort of plateau; My progress has sort of slowed for the moment. That happens though. There is this concept called the power law of learning which states, basically, when you first start something (when time is close to zero), you experience mass amounts of progress; everything is new and you know nothing. Then, the more time (practice) you add, the slower you progress, which is really hard on motivation.
I have been playing for a while, and thus I believe my progress has slowed down. Oh well, it will pick up again sometime.
Also, my girlfriend started shredding! That is really exciting for me because:
1. Japan needs more shreditas
2. She is my girlfriend.
3. It will give me a chance to reevaluate my own game through teaching her.
Her first session was yesterday and she hit:
1. consecutive alternating toe stalls x 8
2. toe kick (alt) x 4
Not bad for her first session. She was really concentrated and zoned in on understanding toe sets and kicks, which is really good; she didn't give up right away.
Also, what sort of footbag magazines/ journals are there? Like there was Footbag digest or something like that, right?
I think that people should start publishing in a footbag journal that could circulate all over the world, or relate to a certain community. For example different types of practice routines, strategies, etc. I think everyone would benefit from this type of theoretical talk, plus it would look good for sponsoring as well if you could say, "yeah, number xx in the world AND I have published xx articles on xx in xx magazine."
As for me, the only highlight that sticks out is:
Scorpian's tail > Mobius
Peace,
I have been playing pretty consistantly I feel, but I think I am at a sort of plateau; My progress has sort of slowed for the moment. That happens though. There is this concept called the power law of learning which states, basically, when you first start something (when time is close to zero), you experience mass amounts of progress; everything is new and you know nothing. Then, the more time (practice) you add, the slower you progress, which is really hard on motivation.
I have been playing for a while, and thus I believe my progress has slowed down. Oh well, it will pick up again sometime.
Also, my girlfriend started shredding! That is really exciting for me because:
1. Japan needs more shreditas
2. She is my girlfriend.
3. It will give me a chance to reevaluate my own game through teaching her.
Her first session was yesterday and she hit:
1. consecutive alternating toe stalls x 8
2. toe kick (alt) x 4
Not bad for her first session. She was really concentrated and zoned in on understanding toe sets and kicks, which is really good; she didn't give up right away.
Also, what sort of footbag magazines/ journals are there? Like there was Footbag digest or something like that, right?
I think that people should start publishing in a footbag journal that could circulate all over the world, or relate to a certain community. For example different types of practice routines, strategies, etc. I think everyone would benefit from this type of theoretical talk, plus it would look good for sponsoring as well if you could say, "yeah, number xx in the world AND I have published xx articles on xx in xx magazine."
As for me, the only highlight that sticks out is:
Scorpian's tail > Mobius
Peace,
TJ Boutorwick
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson
"You can do anything" -Greg Nelson