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Location: United Kingdom
Hello all,
I am tentitivly scheduling a date for a 1 day (4 hour) Beginners double staff intensive tutorial to be held in Central London Sunday July 4th.
I'd like to see if there are many people interested to see if it is worth my while?
Ideally people will have a fairly firm grasp of single staff moves and how to turn with your staff - although I plan to use some of the time brushing up single staff techniques.
Aaaaanyway... PM me please - It'll be a 10 person limit and an approximate cost of £25.
big love
dave
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this'll be good..
*insert appropriate recommendatory sentence here*
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Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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I'd love to come, but I'll be away
Maybe I'll catch you in Rotterdam
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Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
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Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Id reccommend this to anyone who wants to learn some new stuff with Doubles. Daves got a *lot* of nice moves, and is an excellent teacher.
um also - if you havent been doing doubles for a while, you might like to start using them as much as possible, to build up your strength before the course. 4 hours of doubles might not seem like a lot to people like Dave, but in My experience beginners new to doubles can sometimes have their arms fall off after trying to spin doubles for hours
Josh
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Ah I'd definitely be into it but I won't be able to make it sadly.
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Hey Knoxoius
Id be up for it and im free!!!
PM me some info if you generate enuf interest
I need new doubles contact stuff!
Eezy
"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."
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Location: United Kingdom
Ah...silly Dave
Meant to be a *Beginners* intensive rather than a contacty type stylee....
Strugz if you need more doubles contact come to PiP Clapham! Ben-ja-men is on his way over soon too so that should be some extra doubles contact shinanegins.
No fear Josh (and other bambi-limbed spinners
): you wont be madly spinning for all 4 hours... I talk a lot! 
and I have cunning plans so that we won't all be buggered by the end of it. Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Southampton - Possibly..., United Kingdom
Did i not read it properly or have you just changed it
Hahaha either way - no probz m8 i will get my arse up to the sacred poi land that is clapham, to further my quest for this contact doubley business
Eezy
"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."
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B*llshitb*llshitb*llshit. all he ever does...
wonder how the censor like that one... hmmmmm.
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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Now that it says beginners... my ears prick up!
Um, I don't have a firm grasp of single staff... (don't own a staff, even!), but plenty of time to learn, right?
Please pm me if the class is going ahead?
Thanks!
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I may be interested.
Could you PM me aswell if it going ahead?
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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Note to all interested: cheese may or may not be involved....
tehee.
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
Returning to a unique state of Equilibrium
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Location: Adelaide, South Australia
LOL - Im sure it will be provided
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Cheese will be provided!???
What kind of cheese? fetta cheese? sorry dave
... we're a bit cheeky muddling up your workshop thread ... siroiusly guys...if you want to learn some yummy doubles stuff, Dave's a great teacher
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Location: United Kingdom
Hello again...
The course is confirmed...
4th July
1-5pm
at the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London.
Cost is a super low 20quid per person.
Please PM me if you'd like to participate.
Many thanks
Dave
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How much of a beginner is a beginner?
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I figure: someone who may or may not know a few basic moves turns etc... but is adept in single staf.
I will be covering basic doubles patterns in parallel, opposites and opposite split-time, turns and links. Then we'll move on to other concepts: throws, crosses, butterfly techniques etc...
being an 'intensive' I intend to go through a lot of different concepts in the session. It's not intended that you'll have everything completely nailed by the end, but that you'll have quite a few things to take home with you.
ta dvae
big and good and broken
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will big staffs be usable for this then or do we need ickle ones so we can twirl between our arms and still keep our faces?
looking forward to this...
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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hmmm....
I guess the easiest answer will be:
bring the sticks you will be doing fire with.
Massive sticks will make the buzzsaw section considerably harder
but all other things will be possible.
For the record: I spin with smaller sticks so that's what my style is generally based around.
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
i don't do fire much so i'm confused now
i'll bring little sticks - don't want to miss out on anything really and transferring skills to big sticks shouldn't be too much of a probelm i'm told.
see ya in pilton man
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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4 spaces left. PM me if you'd like to confirm a space.
Dave lovin' it...
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Me, me, ooooh Me....
me, me, me, me
oh yeah I'm already booked on!! Looking forward to it Mr Knoxious - I think I've got a pretty good chance of making it through the whole course this time (what with it being 1 day and all
). See ya at Glasto!
Live well, love much, laugh often...
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Matchsticks at the ready guys
I'll keep my eyes open for lots of little knoxious' with twigs this summer
Have fun everyone
Lisa
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Ohh and keep the teacher sweet.........give him a pong every now and then
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Knoxy's spreading the twiggy joy!
yay! what the world needs now, is twiggy love
Josh
Ps whats a pong?
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omg. Why can't I live in London :'(. I really wanna learn this, damn my Melbourne-ness. Can you get someone to video tape it...? And I'll owe you a big hug and a favour! Or something. I wanna learn more doubles!
- Klaymen
big and good and broken
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Ps whats a pong?
a pong is the reply to a ping.
a given pong is like the smokable form of a hug.
cole
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Location: London
Correct Sir Cole
Here have a pong for being top of the class.....
Me
A kiss blown is a kiss wasted, the only kind of kiss is a kiss tasted.
I'm a woman. We don't say what we want, but we reserve the right to be pissed off if we don't get it. That's what makes us so fascinating and not just a LITTLE bit scary.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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im not allowed pongs, my mummy says they are bad for me!
is there any spaces left of this cousre, of an OAP like me?
Step (el-nombrie)
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Your mummy lied
Burner of Toast
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can i join the que of poiple who want to learn doubles but can't do it tomorrow?
*takes out a bag of pongs and starts handing them out to the underprivileged*
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So howd'd the Double-session go guys?
- Klaymen
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