mcp
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Is it too early to make a new staff goals thread? Well maybe, but I'm going to press on regardless...
So goals for 2008 please! Itemised if ya wants... I like itemisation.
1) Get rid of job, travel world spinning staff. 
2) make super tech duo doubles routine.
3) Now that my knee is better, get back to the acrobatics + staff.
4) Now that my knee is better, learn better movement, and how it works with staff. (Post-wiggling proto-dance)
5) Find some outrageous contact moves to learn, that I haven't thought of yet and learn them. (I couldn't have imagined myself doing a head roll steve at this time last year.)
6) Perform better.
7) Go to circus school, or devote 2/3 months entirely to training. (Whichever comes first)
8) Don't let my knee get injured again.
9) Find some more illusions, or visit Simian.
10) Make those two new routines I've been thinking about.
I reserve the right to change these goals in january...  You can also reserve your right.
Can't wait for Chrimborg P.R.E.S.S.I.E.S!
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14/12/07 06:39 AM
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1 Learn doubles at least a BIT more
2 Steve variations....all of em...i need more
3 Think of/learn new conveyer variations
4 Practice more with my left hand (Left handed fihtails, you'll be mine by feb)
5 learn my moves better the oppisite way
6 make a titanium staff
7 develope a character
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14/12/07 06:43 AM
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1) have solid 4 staff fountain
2) 10 catches, every time with 5 staffs, wall plane.
3) make a video with sebastian and meghan with lots of lego
4) learn lots of lego 
5) learn how to use the wierd thing i built, properly.
6) make teaching thing
7) learn all the 4 staff stuff in LAB2 with someone
8) hold another Uber
9) see strugz
10) beat him over the head with a stick.
11) work on hyperlightstaffs
12) loads more dual fishtails
13) other stuff
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here goes:
1) learn all the matrix variations (substitution (front and back) substitution w/jesus (front and back), meastrix, skip beats etc)
2) learn free three dimentional movement with contact (post modern, frilly, modern dance stuff :-P)
3) get solid with my ground work (to intersperse with frilly dance stuff)
4) clean up everything
5) learn more doubles.
6) work on performance quality.
7) perform/teach/work/turn hobby into $$$
edit:
since 7 seems inadequite...
8) figure out this damned antispin angel-angel link
9) finally make some videos
10) make a daily practice regimen and stick to it.
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Noelski
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Here are my goals,
1) Look less scared when I perform, and basically do it better...
2) quit my day job in June to be a full time juggly person
3) Clean up the other direction everything
4) figure out a way to some how make my cats do contact staff
5) Finish that gosh dang contact staff video...
6) Improve footwork (whatever the hell that means  )
7) Practice more staff juggling and nail my three staff shower so I can juggle with Ima next time he comes..
8) Film the fire pheonix for video awesomeness
(richard P erno)
9) Make "a" solo routine I am somewhat happy .
10) Dance around and look more silly (although, I thought I was doing this well, but I am not sure)
Yeah thats enough..
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15/12/07 11:34 AM
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1) Learn matrix! Arghh!
Errm that's it.
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to follow in the footsteps of those before me.
to acquire the competency of contact spinning and tossing that I can be burning them by summer
to be good enough that I can buy a collapsible staff for travel and not feel like I will muck it up in 2 days.
specifics:
-fishtails
-steves
-continuous frontside turning halos
-at least one skill in prayer formation.
-everything else that I forgot to write.
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1. groundwork, groundwork, groundwork.
2. headroll steve (yoink )
3. do less techy repetition in performances.
4. get more gigs abroad
5. learn to juggle 3 staffs (and 4 and 5..... eventually)
6. write a glow routine
7. learn butterfly kicks properly with a staff
8. re-write my contact routine so it fits to the track better.
9. get to america to spin with noel again
10. learn to use capital letters at the beginning of a sentance
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Neon_Shaolin
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1. Accomplish an exhaustive range of Dual Fishtail move and more...
2. Step out of my contact confort zone.
3. Do more with Doubles contact.
4. Perform, with competence, confidence and er... confidentiality...
5. Document experiments with staff stickies.
6. Find more 4-staff cross patterns.
7. Find a partner for two-person doubles routine.
8. Dedicate more time to learn contact moves in the OTHER direction.
9. More leg maneuvers
10. Spin on top of or at least near Ayers Rock.
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Yeah, I'll add some...
...but not many.
1) Make three sticks (or get someone else to make them for me  ) 1 x 4' and 2 x 3'.
2) Use above sticks more.
3) Solidify the matrix.
4) learn lots of geometric, antispinny, isolatey doubles.
5) Foot fishtails, and make them look good.
Non-staff goals, but will help me out with stick:
1) Stretch at least four times a week, especially my legs and shoulders.
2) Learn some form of acrobatics, even if just some basic things like cartwheels.
3) Be able to hold both legs (but not at the same time) above waist height.
4) Get some weights, and build up my leg muscles again.
5) Improve balance and posture
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Step (To Bluecat): That's something I can imagine Ed doing, only cleaner and better.
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hmmm....
right:
1) caged contact
2) continue trying to build up basic moves with style, rather than geeking out and trying to slap style in later
3) more doubles patterns with staight sides (explore squares and triangles more then head for hexagons)
4) get better at contact
5)learn how to do doubles contact without pausing mid flow
6)more cheese!
7)go to capoiera or yoga lessons, or preferably both (yeah right like I'm going to have time for that...)
8)improve footwork
9) practise throws
10) [disclaimer: in the event that i should manage to get through all the above] get started on 3 sticks
going to be a busy year....
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Mynci
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19/12/07 01:34 AM
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2008 goals
multi stick action
smooth out and link more single stick
make some new staffs so I can achieve the above.
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19/12/07 05:15 PM
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Written by: Mynci
2008 goals
multi stick action
smooth out and link more single stick
make some new staffs so I can achieve the above.
no luck on regaining your previous filched staves, huh? Sorry to hear that.
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happyinmotion
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19/12/07 08:44 PM
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2008 staff goal:
Get this Picaxe-controlled glow staff from one circuit board to a working staff
And I'm thinking that might take all year...
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Written by: squid
Written by: Mynci
2008 goals
multi stick action
smooth out and link more single stick
make some new staffs so I can achieve the above.
no luck on regaining your previous filched staves, huh? Sorry to hear that.
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1. dont be put off by the cold and nasty weather
2. try to remember new moves when i get to the beach and practice
instead of repeating what I know
3. Go back to basic moves and check there spot on
4. Try to forget people watching me and play safe by doing moves I know I can do ok and practice.
5. Become a good with opposite body side moves
6. Study all of Meg's skillz and steal em.
7. Build my own set of Double staffs
8. Get back into practicing 3 times a week.
9. Get the second half of the Matrix sorted out
10. Actualy do what I said I was going to do on this
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Pogo69
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right... my goals for 2007 were an un-mitigated failure. so, here's hoping I fare better in 2008.
doubles:
1) continue to practise
2) make everything I do more consistent and sub-conscious
3) learn more antispin doubles stuff
4) nail reverse flowers and put more work into antispin flowers
5) continue exploring and expanding on the simple things, like one beat variations, btb etc
contact:
6) start practising... anything...
7) halo 360 smooth and consistent
8) steves smooth and consistent
9) fishtails, at all
10) play with staff more in general without hand contact
11) if I get through the above, try and link a few moves with the wrist weave or similar
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Richee
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27/12/07 11:17 PM
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Same, like this year before:
1) Grip
2) Grip
3) Grip
brain failior,
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28/12/07 11:54 PM
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Written by: bluecat
1) have solid 4 staff fountain
2) 10 catches, every time with 5 staffs, wall plane.
3) make a video with sebastian and meghan with lots of lego
4) learn lots of lego
5) learn how to use the wierd thing i built, properly.
6) make teaching thing
7) learn all the 4 staff stuff in LAB2 with someone
8) hold another Uber
9) see strugz
10) beat him over the head with a stick.
11) work on hyperlightstaffs
12) loads more dual fishtails
13) other stuff
and the big obvious one - write the new routine i have been meaning to do for about a year.
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05/01/08 07:12 AM
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play even more
get a group together in perth
learn and work on more advanced moves and be able to do them continually
learn more doubles
learn more footwork and acrobatics type stuff.
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Poiboy
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06/01/08 12:38 AM
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1.finish my doubles routine
2.learn some steve variations
3.learn kickups to angel rolls
4.learn continuous jesuses
5.learn the bloody matrix.
6.figure out some moves from that chuu chuu video. (is there a video that explains that hugged butterfly antispin thing?)
7.work on my isolations
8.make S staffs
9.find something interesting to do with double crosses
10.make new doubles that will be heavy and long enough for contact while short enough for inside stuff.
11.learn contact moves the other way.
12.do more dancey stuff.
13.get an indestructible room for practicing contact.
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simta
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06/01/08 05:16 AM
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be able to do everything i can smoothly without any awkwardness
learn head stuff and more groundwork
nail fishtail waistwraps (instead of it just being a crappy btb pass)
more horizontal to vertical transitions round the neck
learn more ohno and convict stuff (espec headspin into ohno matrix)
make all my doubles actually look smooth and nice
make some staffs to start juggling with
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fire_freaks
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1. improve throws with doubles
2. learn to throw 3 staffs using seb's videos (hope till end of spring)
3. learn to throw 3 4 or even 6 staffs between 2 people
4. add more people to 3rd, teamwork rocks
5. make it good enough to perform
6. improve all kind of isolation stuff with doubles
7. improve contact enough to perform (clean it up most of moves)
8. contact and double staff with actobatics
9. at least start double contact, we'll see how it goes
10. improve S staffs and perform with'em
11. visit play festival 2008
well, and some non-staff goals
-meteor, meteor throws
-devilstick
-improvising devilstick using 3 staffs
-juggling with balls/clubs(to make tripple staff easier mostly)
-fire whip
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mcp
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05/02/08 01:23 AM
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Okay, 1 month in... And I don't know if I'll be changing these goals... but this is an update to say what I'm doing about achieving these goals...
so:
1) yeah, this one is on track.
2) this one too... thou it's gonna be hard work. I might have to make the routine using video...
3) not yet... I have to train up the other knee and be careful with the 'better' one. Always making sure my knee aligns correctly, and keeping on building the muscles to stabilize it.
4) Yeah, I think the way with this is to constantly be thinking about your movement, and trying to be more graceful all the time, even during hardcore drilling of moves. So I'm going to try and do that.
5) have a few more moves, but none of them sufficiently outrageous yet... I need one that'll take at least 3 months to learn, never mind polish, and that's going to be worth it. (I don't think the anti-spin matrix is quite worth it. Or the vertical one.)
6) Well can only learn by doing I guess... This is the one that scares me most. Hopefully the two routines I have to make, and the duo doubles routine will add some more confidence and calmest to my stage 'presence' and add new facets to it too.
7) I think this is sorted. But it's still a bit up in the air.
8) er... well, working on it. I did get nasty shin splints. But They're almost gone now. And it's not patella tendinitis so all is good. But I do think I'll get it in my other knee if I don't work hard on it.
9) Not yet.
10) big not yet.
Any changes I'd make after the SJC?
Well I'm not so concerned with acrobatics and staff anymore, I'd still like them, but I don't want to sacrifice my knees to do it. If I can get my knees sorted, I'm sure it'll come in time.
Instead I'd like to really concentrate on movement aspects and changing the height of my body.
And I might put learning club manipulation in there. Thanks to sam.
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Well, the weather has been crap enough to keep me from having the kind of practice I'd like, but I have managed to figure out a few of reverse fishtails with my left hand and one or two with the right hand. Forward fishies are much trickier, Im finding. So....if it stops raining for a bit, Ill be able to get out and nail these things to knock them off my list of goals.
Same goes for steves and snes. Still cant do a single jesus roll though...
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ooooh... is it that time already...?
doubles:
Written by: Pogo69
1) continue to practise
check!! I've been a good boy
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2) make everything I do more consistent and sub-conscious
check!! getting better/smoother all the time...
Written by: Pogo69
3) learn more antispin doubles stuff
check!! thanks, dave... 
Written by: Pogo69
4) nail reverse flowers and put more work into antispin flowers
nope...
Written by: Pogo69
5) continue exploring and expanding on the simple things, like one beat variations, btb etc
nope...
contact:
Written by: Pogo69
6) start practising... anything...
barely at all...
Written by: Pogo69
7) halo 360 smooth and consistent
nope...
Written by: Pogo69
8) steves smooth and consistent
nope...
Written by: Pogo69
9) fishtails, at all
tried.failed.on backburner...
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10) play with staff more in general without hand contact
nope...
Written by: Pogo69
11) if I get through the above, try and link a few moves with the wrist weave or similar
nope...
all in all... the doubles are coming along nicely; helps a lot that I'm really enjoying it. the contact is virtually non-existent.
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Written by: Neon_Shaolin
1. Accomplish an exhaustive range of Dual Fishtail move and more...
2. Step out of my contact confort zone.
3. Do more with Doubles contact.
4. Perform, with competence, confidence and er... confidentiality...
5. Document experiments with staff stickies.
6. Find more 4-staff cross patterns.
7. Find a partner for two-person doubles routine.
8. Dedicate more time to learn contact moves in the OTHER direction.
9. More leg maneuvers
10. Spin on top of or at least near Ayers Rock.
1. Well, I've learnt maybe two or three fishtail-to-propellor variations but still having trouble with dual fowards!
2. Kinda - I'm freestyling alot more now. Aussie Style - 'There are no moves, just dance b*tch!'
3. See above but not as much. Focusing more on single.
4. Well, one out of three ain't bad. Seeing as one of those defeats the purpose of performing...
5. Me and what camera I can be arsed carrying around with me...In Sydney?
6. I need 4 same-size staves...
7. Always on the move. Bah!
8. Nope. Though I do normal minimal beat steve throws clockwise, yet FeiCha minimal beat steve throws anti-clockwise. Yet cannot interchange... hmmm
9. Exercising my sparrow-legs as we speak before even attempting these...
10. April dear... April...
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3) learn more antispin doubles stuff
check!! thanks, dave...
No problem Pat! Never Give Up! Never Surender!
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Written by: simta
1)be able to do everything i can smoothly without any awkwardness
2)learn head stuff and more groundwork
3)nail fishtail waistwraps (instead of it just being a crappy btb pass)
4)more horizontal to vertical transitions round the neck
5)learn more ohno and convict stuff (espec headspin into ohno matrix)
6)make all my doubles actually look smooth and nice
7)make some staffs to start juggling with
1) feeling more comfortable every spin
2)can do halo's over the head consistently, head steves still not happening, gettin more control over headspins. groundwork is better, have one lay down+get back up again move that can do quite consistently now
3)i wish
4)yep, happening quite consistently now
5)gettin there,pulling off the headspin into ohno matrix every so often
6)hmmmmmmm
7)not yet,soon i reckons
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