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Location: Oz girl in Eng-land
Hey folks... hoping you're all kinds of splendid.
I've recently started contact staffing, and as is to be expected I have some bruising. My question is, for those of you who have experienced this, did it take awhile for your muscles to get used to it, and did the bruising subsequently grow less sever over time? I know when I first started firetwirling years ago, the muscles and tendons running down from the fingers into the wrist were obviously being used in a new way. I had my wrist bandaged for a week.
I have bruising from belting myself behind the ear and such; but I also have bruising from gripping the staff with the crook of my arm. For example (and sorry, but I am unfamiliar with the terms) I pass the staff horizontally from right elbow to left, grip it with the left and push it under the armpit in a vertical wrap, send it horizontally round the back of the neck, and around the throat, and roll it down the left arm and flick off the back of the hand. The bruising is mostly left elbow, specially in the crook of my arm where I've gripped it. Do I just need to toughen up?
"Be the Bunny"
enthusiast
227 posts
Location: dublin Ireland
Suck it up. I bruise very easily man and Im covered in them. i have been doing contact staff for 3 months and until you get it right your going to bruise. Right now I have a big bruise on my left arm from snes to halo moves.
i dont think its that you toughen up as much as you actually get a nice part for the staff to move over and whe you start to clean it up is rolls over your body as opposed to bouncing.
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just lost .... evil init
2,474 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
so slowly and softly and u wont bruise, find the rhythem of the movement and move with the stick rather than forcing it to go where u want it to
be its guide and it wont beat u up to bad
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224 posts
Location: Oz girl in Eng-land
Cheers. Heck I'm not overly worried about it. I was on steroid treatment for ages, and just wondered if I was bruising more easily than the average person.
"Be the Bunny"
Pirate Ninja
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Location: Galway/Ireland
your all weak pansies
i've never, ever had a bruise from staffing.
its because im hard as
*does hard man pose*
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just lost .... evil init
2,474 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
you must become at one with the staff so that u flow with it and the cosmic tides of the universe
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enthusiast
227 posts
Location: dublin Ireland
Your not hard.your just dumber than the average joe so your body doesnt know that its been damaged
Yeah just keep practising real slow and of course if you get it slow its a lot nicer than speed
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old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
kinda as ben says, but not such a hippish way of doing it :P
if it hurts its not a natrual movement, so find the space for the staff to fall into rather than just puttin the staff where you want it.
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Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Living it up
363 posts
Location: Brisbane/Berlin, Australia
Umm Dentrassi, I don't think she's your son (not sure, don't quote me, just a wild guess:))
Sureau, nice to see someone in this part of the world that likes rubing themselves all over their staff...
IMHO their are two main popular methods to inflicting self harm with a contact stick(s):
A) Using one body part to attack another with the stick (eg a badly botched head catch)
B) Willfully moving your body in a fashion that brings about lasting pain and discomfort (eg jumping on your head)
Going slow will reduce your chances at sucsessfully using tecnique A, whilst paying attetion to what feels natural in terms of body movment will make it much more challenging to use approach B and bend things the wrong way. Becoming more strechy will also hinder for this and may make things feel natural that did not before.
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
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Location: South Wales
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Me
607 posts
Location: London/Bristol, United Kingdom
abit of practial advice don't kick the staff into your face it might seem like a good idea but trust me it's not
Maybe I should change this too something abit nicer, humm no I still think your all C
t
523 posts
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Learning to soften is good too - the staff can only put as much pressure on you as you let it.
If you don't grip the staff hard with your elbow, it can't bruise it.
If your hand is relaxed when the staff smacks it, it'll hurt less.
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
i've got internal bruising on both my hands from contact catching.
ouchy ouchy
Love is the law.
523 posts
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Written by: ado-p
your all weak pansies
i've never, ever had a bruise from staffing.
its because im hard as
*does hard man pose*
Written by: ado-p
i've got internal bruising on both my hands from contact catching.
Your iron fist technique is weak. In hardness you will find only weakness...
And now, I will kill you so hard your babysitter will die!
monkeys ate my brain
Pirate Ninja
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Location: Galway/Ireland
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Living it up
363 posts
Location: Brisbane/Berlin, Australia
Quite true about the softening though...
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
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Location: Brisbane/Berlin, Australia
...My Hash is that of a zen monk, talking
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
just lost .... evil init
2,474 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Written by: mo-seph
Your iron fist technique is weak. In hardness you will find only weakness...
And now, I will kill you so hard your babysitter will die!
thats the funniest thing ive read all day Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?
224 posts
Location: Oz girl in Eng-land
Written by: ben-ja-menWritten by: mo-seph
Your iron fist technique is weak. In hardness you will find only weakness...
And now, I will kill you so hard your babysitter will die!
agreed
....well, second funniest The bruising is definitely less since the movements have become cleaner, smoother, and more relaxed. Picked up another couple of moves last night, and so far no bruising or belting. I started a circus course tonight, so muscles are feeling interesting anyway...
Dimitri if you happen to read this thread, blessings and safe travel prayers. Have a ball in Spain. Thanks for the kick-off to contact-juggling last night, and hope to see you back in Brizzy!
~ Jen
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2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
my stick/s have been attacking me loads lately... messed up me nose at pip and got a sore shoulder from contact stuff speeding up an twacking it by accident. maybe it's cos i don't play with em enough they're gettin jealous of all my other toys...
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Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
you'll get used to the normal bruising in the normal places and it should slowly get less..........the only places i get bruises now is on my face from messing up with doubles tricks........i've had a black eye recently in fact.
*wonders off to find sticks and bruise face more*
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