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#852183 - 06/01/08 12:38 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: burningoftheclavey]
_Poiboy_ bastard child of satan Registered: 12/01/04 Loc: Raanana, Israel	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. _________________________ proud property of shocked_prawn and devilsarmy
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#852184 - 06/01/08 05:16 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: _Poiboy_]
simta compfuzzled Registered: 11/04/06 Loc: smoke-on-trent	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 _________________________ "the geeks have got you" - Gayle
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#852185 - 04/02/08 07:54 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: simta]
fire_freaks member Registered: 08/06/07 Loc: Vilnius	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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#852186 - 05/02/08 01:23 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: fire_freaks]
mcp Flying Water Muppet Registered: 20/05/03 Loc: Edin-borrow.	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. _________________________ "the now legendary" - Kaskade I spunked in my friend's aquarium and the fish ate it. I love all fish. Especially the pink ones. They are my bitches. - Anon.
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#852187 - 05/02/08 03:32 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: mcp]
squid sanguine Registered: 15/04/07 Loc: sur	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... _________________________ "to a man whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." Abraham Maslow
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#852188 - 05/02/08 04:01 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: Pogo69]
Pogo69 there's no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness Registered: 06/04/06 Loc: limbo	ooooh... is it that time already...? doubles: Written by: Pogo69 1) continue to practise check!! I've been a good boy Written by: Pogo69 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... Written by: Pogo69 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. _________________________ --pogo (pat) [forever and always]
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#852189 - 05/02/08 04:37 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: Neon_Shaolin]
Neon_Shaolin hehe, 'Member' huhuh Registered: 13/07/05 Loc: Behind you. With Jam	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... Written by: Pogo69 Written by: Pogo69 3) learn more antispin doubles stuff check!! thanks, dave... No problem Pat! Never Give Up! Never Surender! _________________________ "I used to want to change the world, now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity..." - Lotus Weinstock
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#852190 - 06/02/08 11:08 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: simta]
simta compfuzzled Registered: 11/04/06 Loc: smoke-on-trent	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 _________________________ "the geeks have got you" - Gayle
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#852191 - 08/02/08 07:32 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: burningoftheclavey]
burningoftheclavey old hand Registered: 22/07/05 Loc: over yonder	Written by: burningoftheclavey 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. hmm...not really been playing more. but soon! and we've had a night in perth, found a juggling club in dundee, and together we'll make one..again when the warmer weather hits! working on keeping moves continuous but practise practise practise, and working on fishtail family.. which brings me nicely onto.. foot fishtails! which im working on. the tongue of my shoe is helping immensely at the moment but again with the practise. no acrobatics yet but plans for two person performance using acro and each other.. should be starting on that soon. got the cartwheel pick up down though... its early days i got months and months and months yet! _________________________ "I have a simple philosophy - Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches." - Alice Roosevelt Longworth Owned by Brenn
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#852192 - 14/03/08 03:24 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: burningoftheclavey]
Azadondo journeyman Registered: 22/04/05 Loc: Los Angeles	So... I started about a week ago. I figure this is a good way to hold myself accountable. 1. Get comfortable with the staff. 2. Practice a minimum of an hour a day 4 days a week. 3. Learn basic spins and contact... with good foot work. 4. Develop a style, so I am doing more than putting tricks next to each other (Didn't realize until it was too late that that is what I had done with poi... by which time I had gotten bored with it). 5. Find some people in LA to spin with. 6. Spin fire on the beach this summer. 7. Be able to do a 3 minute routine by June. 40% Spins, 30% Contact, 15% Throws, 15% Wraps. 8. Learn The Matrix and 3 variations. 9. Learn The Steve and 3 variations. 10. Build a fire staff (so I can put down the broom handle and towels I am using now). _________________________ Performing marriages, funerals, baptisisms, last rites and absolving the sins for HoPers for-- not very long actually.
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#852193 - 14/03/08 11:55 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: Azadondo]
Pogo69 there's no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness Registered: 06/04/06 Loc: limbo	oooh... thanks azadondo... reminded me to check in again... ooooh... is it that time already...? doubles: Written by : Pogo69 1) continue to practise still being a good boy...!! check...!! Written by : Pogo69 2) make everything I do more consistent and sub-conscious check, again!! still getting more and more smooth... lots of the moves are linking seemlessly... in the right frame of mind (altered state of mind, don't you mean?), I can sometimes get right "in the zone"... flow and stuff, you know? Written by : Pogo69 3) learn more antispin doubles stuff check!! thanks, again dave... continuing to learn more and more... linking more too... antispin and isolations... do need to do more work here, though... Written by : Pogo69 4) nail reverse flowers and put more work into antispin flowers ye, reverse flowers all good... forwards totally smooth... mixed (one reverse, one forwards) all good... moving between each, and opposite direction flowers in front plane getting better too... Written by : Pogo69 5) continue exploring and expanding on the simple things, like one beat variations, btb etc ye, I have started on this... linking into parallel btb... then switching to whatever the same thing is called when it's not parallel... ummm, also started with one beat variations, one arm on top of the other (dunno what it's called)... lots of experimentation and lots more to come (meg's and some other misc vids will help me here if I remember to watch them)... contact: Written by : Pogo69 6) start practising... anything... occasionally... the mood does take me more often now Written by : Pogo69 7) halo 360 smooth and consistent getting multiple complete rotations of halo 360/conveyor belt thingie now... not always, but... when it's on... it just keeps going... cool... Written by : Pogo69 8) steves smooth and consistent nah... although... I can do it periodically... all the freakin wristbands still getting in the way... staff gets caught, although... I was able one time I was trying to miss the wrist altogether and just land the staff above the elbow and move it around the back of the neck... shakes head at myself for helping my contact by compensating for jewellery Written by : Pogo69 9) fishtails, at all YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY...!!!! finally... after giving up, entirely, I can do em... need now to work on left hand and forwards... also wanna work on being able to do them with the little double staffs... Written by : Pogo69 10) play with staff more in general without hand contact some... sometimes... Written by : Pogo69 11) if I get through the above, try and link a few moves with the wrist weave or similar some... sometimes... _________________________ --pogo (pat) [forever and always]
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#852194 - 01/04/08 08:51 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: Poje]
Poje Elusive bearded fire moose Registered: 02/05/07 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ	Written by :Poje 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 All rights reserved GUess it's time for an update.... 1. Doubles practice has been negligible 2. Full steves have become much cleaner. Anti-prayer is coming along... 3. Do other direction conveyers count? 4.Left handed fishtails are getting better, still not there though. 5. This one has been going really well. My oppisit direction conveyors and steve are looking a LOT better. Also got other direction conveyors with a halo inbetween. 6. Nope, but made a new alum staff /shrug 7. Nope I'm doing well. Fire drums may have be cross out a couple of these... _________________________ O.B.E.S.E. Owned by Mynci!
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#852195 - 01/04/08 12:40 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: LazyAngel]
LazyAngel random guy Registered: 29/07/04 Loc: Cambridge UK	Written by :LazyAngel 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 post BJC update 1) yup iffy caged luceros and an iffy semi-caged matrix 2)nope, been geeking out... oops 3)yep: got my squares and triangles, starting on the hexagons 4) well, I know more stuff to do.. can't do it that well though so I guess its a no for now 5)hahahahaha..... no 6)so so... needs work 7)yep, capoeira was going well until I got tendonitis 8)hmmmm nope I think 9)yep, (thanks to rob's workshop) but need to make some more suitable staffs for chucking about 10)nope, not even close _________________________ Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online. 'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
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#852196 - 02/04/08 11:48 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: LazyAngel]
Mynci Macaque of all trades Registered: 27/04/05 Loc: wombling free...	oooh how do you cage a matrix or is it just a matrix with your hands clasped above your head? otherwise surely your arms would get in the way. _________________________ see no evil, hear no evil, speak B*llocks Likes tail <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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#852197 - 03/04/08 12:34 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: Mynci]
simta compfuzzled Registered: 11/04/06 Loc: smoke-on-trent	apparently its only caged as it comes around your front _________________________ "the geeks have got you" - Gayle
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#852198 - 04/04/08 12:47 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: simta]
LazyAngel random guy Registered: 29/07/04 Loc: Cambridge UK	yep.. hence 'semi-caged' _________________________ Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online. 'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
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#852199 - 04/04/08 01:08 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: Mynci]
simta compfuzzled Registered: 11/04/06 Loc: smoke-on-trent	Written by :Mynci or is it just a matrix with your hands clasped above your head? have your hands clasped behind your head and you get convict matrix _________________________ "the geeks have got you" - Gayle
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#852200 - 04/04/08 07:17 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: simta]
Mynci Macaque of all trades Registered: 27/04/05 Loc: wombling free...	Written by :simta apparently its only caged as it comes around your front got it, So the same as sandys "oh no" or "tragedy" matrix really sweet _________________________ see no evil, hear no evil, speak B*llocks Likes tail <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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#852201 - 05/04/08 07:22 AM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: mcp]
mcp Flying Water Muppet Registered: 20/05/03 Loc: Edin-borrow.	Written by :mcp 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. 1) started and continuing! 2) started and continuing! 3) Can now cartwheel and bend down without pain. WIN! 4) started and continuing. 5) maybe, the anti-spin (not anti-turn) matrix is quite fun. But lots of things to work on, none really hard enough yet. Club contact might be. 6) Still and always working on that. 7) Silly bastl, might be down to three weeks... 8) Working on it, thanks to various physios. 9) Kinda... simian doesn't have illusions, but he does have kick ass hoop dance moves. Have found some more, but they haven't been mine. 10) Yup, got a deadline for one of them... So it better get made. 11) triple staff and club manipulation. <- new goal. 12) better club juggling. <- new goal. _________________________ "the now legendary" - Kaskade I spunked in my friend's aquarium and the fish ate it. I love all fish. Especially the pink ones. They are my bitches. - Anon.
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#852202 - 05/04/08 10:09 PM Re: Staff Goals for 2008 [Re: bluecat]
bluecat geek, level 1 Registered: 15/12/02 Loc: everywhere	Written by :bluecat 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. 1: not practising - i have 'mislaid 2 staffs' and haviong too much fun with two and three, and with (shhhh) poi. 2: same 3: partwin. but not yet. 4: getting there... 5: also getting there... 6: 22 pages and counting. 7: some for bastl 8: in planning. 9: like this is ever going to happen 10: until 9 happens, i'll have to pay out on a contract for this, i think... 11: yep. MUCH nicer now 12: absolutely. i LOVE fishies now. 13: oooh yes. liek you wouldn't b'leev. meg and sam for teh win. 14: absolute, 100% perfect win. _________________________ Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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