Destroying the house with baton dvds

I live in the dorms, in Alaska......with a roommate......he doesn't like me very much.........

stop it please



i cant take it anymore

yeah.......that's about it


....as he runs for cover......

I just ordered the grey firestaff which is the closest in size to my short globug staff. I should make enough money today to order the 3 baton twirling DVD's next. Thanks again Wing. If it wasn't for your post I wouldn't have known about the baton DVD's.

My gray Fire Staff arrived today and although I have no intention of ever lighting it up I really like it. The balance and weight on it is perfect for me. I just ordered the Baton twirling DVD's and can't wait to destroy myself and the house.

lol.......whatever makes you happy. I hope that it works well for you.

watch videos inside, spin sticks outside

always works for me

See, I just can't do that....maybe it's a mental deficiency, I dunno. Gotta have the stick in hand, gotta do it as I watch or I can never work it out.

Haven't broken anything lately, cooled off a bit after I nearly got my imac trying to do fishtails. I draw the line at my computer.

I think once you get the moves/routines down then you should be able to spin outside since all the moves will be embedded in your brain. I have a huge back yard that I never use but I think the neighbors might enjoy watching me make a fool out of myself out in the yard with the boom box turned up. Then again, if I get good enough or if they feel sorry enough for me then maybe they will throw change over the fence.

I just got the DVD's today and now I see why you are destroying the house. I was at it for 45 minutes & now I am sitting here drinking a cup of coffee and I can't stop laughing. I have seen people make fun of Baton twirlers but you won't see me making fun of them. I'm probably gonna be having nightmares about it later & by the time I get to the 3rd DVD I might look like this

It's not for the weak hearted. I was just outside with my metal baton for the first time since we got some nice weather, I was maybe a little over enthusiastic and got a wack in the eye that looks like it's going to leave a good shiner I'll have fun explaining.

What kills me about that video is all the little six year old girls in the background doing this stuff. How did they survive unscathed?

practicing contact with glasses on = bad
practicing contact with a suede jacket on = awesome!
linda

But doesn't it make you feel better when the little six year olds drop their baton? I can get through most of Volume One except for the Half turn, 1 Turn and Big Circle, Little Circle Airplane Spin, High Throw. Oh yeah and I am having problems with the Merry go Round move but am not sure if its me or if its because of the 39 inch Fire staff? I may have to modify the move a bit. As for Volume Two, I've made it about 1/4 of the way through & am wondering how long its going to take me to do the Fish? Every time I put the Fire Staff up on the top of my hand it goes rolling right off. Haven't destroyed anything in my Living room yet except for my big toe which is almost back from purple to normal skin tone. I am having a lot of fun though & I noticed today that the Grey Fire Staff didn't seem so heavy like it did a week ago & I know my fingers are gonna get hella strong eventually.

Oh, yes of course, I forgot you were working with a longer staff and not a baton. No, that merry go round / ferris wheel isn't going to work unless you have incredibly long arms. That's the move that kept me wanting to stay with a short staff, because it's a lot of fun. I can do it with the globug, try it with that. It takes a while to keep thinking of which side of your arm you swing down on, but that's why I like those silly videos, they assume you are slow witted and show it to you over and over. After a couple hours you won't even have to think about it, it just happens. Quite amazing.

The fish took me a long time, I'm just managing to keep it going continuously now after a month of despair. I cracked it first using my 4 foot broomstick, which slows everything down and makes learning contact a lot easier. Once I *felt* what it is suppose to feel like it was a lot easier to do it on everything else. You got to get momentum going for that one, from a figure 8. I still have problems moving myself out of the way, without it coming back and hitting me in my female parts. But it's amazing how these moves seem to work themselves out on their own just with persistance.
linda

Another instructional baton video series, haven't seen it, can't vouch for it, but I'm very tempted cause this one is all rolls (or contact for you lot) http://www.starlinebaton.com/prodDetails.asp?keyid=129
linda

I wish the baton videos were a bit on the cheaper side, though I guess it makes sense since baton twirling has such a big coach focus versus isolated self-learning.

I know it has been mentioned on homeofpoi before, but in case anyone missed it, there are videos of many baton tricks here:
http://www.interq.or.jp/mars/tom0503/taiikukan/adbyce/vtrlist.htm

In realvideo unfortunately, but you can get a free codec that works with media player classic instead of the RealVideo Player.

One thing I may attempt is to get some footage from baton clubs and people and put that online. That'd give an online resource to everyone while also giving me a way to learn for free..

And for anyone who missed it on my baton freestyle thread, this is about the only good baton board I've found so far:
http://www.dance.net/twirling.html

Shawn

Thanks Wing. I just forwarded the information to Bev at Sharp Baton to ask her if she has any feedback on the videos above that way we won't waste our time and money if they are of poor quality. I am all for trying out whatever is new and works well with the Fire Staff. Now if I could just get Native to bring me back my Charles video!

:drools: ooooOOOOooooo four videos on contact.... oooooooooo.... must resist....

Yow, thanks yet again Shawn!

I can resist the 4 baton contact videos only because I still want that Osaka 2004 series... just can't quite dig out the $90 yet.

Heeeyyy--- I just lit up for the first time with that short innercore...Wow! Fire is hot and loud! Who'd have thought....