Forums > Beginner Staff Moves > Thumbs and 3/4 point back of hand balances

Okay I have returned to the net and as a result to HOP, for those of you who don't know me I used to be a ninja but I have evolved into a purely hip based lifeform

I thought I would finally put some stuff up about some of the weirdness that takes up most of my time when I play

one of the main things that I use when I play are my thumbs its a way of locking the staff and bringing it back over your arm for an extra spin
there are many different applications of this particular lock some of them pretty most of them ugly and only really fun for geeky value

the easiest thumb takes place when doing a continous hand to hand in front of you rather than grabbing it with the free hand as the staff rolls over the back of the full hand roll you hand backwards and lock the staff between the forearm and the thumb by placing the thumb on the outside of the staff and using the leverage to spin the staff around your forearm again.

basically by placing your thumb on the outside of the staff and locking it against your arm you can get further spins

note: yes I do have double jointed thumbs and yes it does help, but it doesn't mean that these locks are impossible only a bit harder, if you have unstrechy thumbs then you need to really curve your hand backwards and float the staff across the inside of your wrist rather than to lock it

thumbs are good for many things including 2 and four beat fishtails
it's a lock just go and play many things with it are hideous and will just make other geeks giggle

another fun thing is back of hand balances, start by just balncing a staff on the back of your hand then try to bounce out to the 3/4 point if you pop it right it sould hang there for a sec

now place both hands under the 3/4 points with one hand give a good push up and turn your hand so that the fingers are facing inward the staff should turn 180 degrees if you have enough inertia it will hang there for a weirdly long time pass out by reversing, practice with both hands and possibilites open up

readng back these are pretty crappy descriptions and I can't be arsed to write out tricks the tricks that go with these concetps so sometime I guess I'll have to put up a video sometime

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