# Fixed Axle
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [May 21, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522 "2016-05-21T15:21:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Luke\_Renner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Luke_Renner)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/41 "2016-05-25T01:44:55Z")
The Chopsticks Stall is looking great. These take some practice to land consistently. Here is the Lunar Landing version single and 2x [https://youtu.be/lrxwx-\_\_ydc](https://youtu.be/lrxwx-__ydc) .
Thanks Ed for introducing me to the trick! The other name variation for the Lunar Landing is Bird in Hand (coined after a Team High Performance player landed the trick in Japan).
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/42 "2016-05-25T02:15:03Z")
Wow, impressive!
Personally, I found the landing part of the trick to be relatively easy. Took me nearly 40 years to get the Shoot the Moon part! Maybe I’ll get it two handed by the time I’m 90… :-\
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### Author:  [@Luke\_Renner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Luke_Renner)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/43 "2016-05-25T03:12:47Z")
Thanks. It took awhile to get the stall on the other hand. It is great you have Shoot the Moon down with one hand the other hand will eventually follow (before 90). Dale Myrberg helped me a lot on Shoot the Moon (this included a 600+ mile road trip to learn more from the master). He is the reason I used a pair of Jack Russells at the 2015 Nats. Here a couple of fixed axles and fixed axle challenge pins from Dale some go back to the Hummingbird Yo-Yo days.
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### Author:  [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/44 "2016-05-25T11:48:59Z")
> [@French](#):
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> I will work on filming the chopsticks stall (it is a throwhand stall) and post the video. I’m nowhere near consistent with it, so, getting you a clean video may take some time.
> Also, it isn’t that impressive really, I’ve tried to kick-flip suicide out of it, not happening yet.
> french
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> Edit: here is the link to the video. Only about 5 minutes of filming before hitting it. The video is 48 seconds long, and, of course the stall doesn’t happen until the end.
> [https://youtu.be/4aVqQLXob7E](https://youtu.be/4aVqQLXob7E)
Nice!
That is a cool way to get into it.
I wonder if you could do it from a more traditional Chopsticks Mount…
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/45 "2016-05-25T14:00:39Z")
> [@Morgoroth](#):
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> Nice!
> That is a cool way to get into it.
> I wonder if you could do it from a more traditional Chopsticks Mount…
I’ve done a more “traditional” chop sticks stall. It’s a bit awkward, as you need to throw "the wrongs way. Instead of throwing as you normally would, string facing out, I throw it string facing in (hope that makes sense). Because of the way the string will wind back up, when you go into chop sticks it you can create a stall.
It will work on a traditional stall, but much more tricky as the string is trying to wind the same way as you are trying to land on the string.
Hope that all makes sense, again, I am horrible at naming/describing tricks ;D
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### Author:  [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/46 "2016-05-25T16:12:54Z")
> [@AaronW](#):
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> I’ve done a more “traditional” chop sticks stall. It’s a bit awkward, as you need to throw "the wrongs way. Instead of throwing as you normally would, string facing out, I throw it string facing in (hope that makes sense). Because of the way the string will wind back up, when you go into chop sticks it you can create a stall.
>
> It will work on a traditional stall, but much more tricky as the string is trying to wind the same way as you are trying to land on the string.
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> Hope that all makes sense, again, I am horrible at naming/describing tricks ;D
Thanks!
I was just trying it and it is tricky.
You would also have to make sure there was enough string in the stall to regen.
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/47 "2016-05-25T16:41:37Z")
> [@Morgoroth](#):
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> Thanks!
> I was just trying it and it is tricky.
> You would also have to make sure there was enough string in the stall to regen.
Yes, that is the other part. As I toss it up into the chop stick mount, it is winding up. So I’m feeding it string from my throw hand, so the distance in the end from your throw hand to non throw hand is 8-10 inches, gets close.
I’m going to be gone all weekend, if I get time I’ll try to make a video of it.
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### Author:  [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/48 "2016-05-25T22:29:08Z")
Fixed axle or no, I seriously can’t do a trick anymore without a Lunar…
[http://instagram.com/p/BF2CZBrkpzQ/](http://instagram.com/p/BF2CZBrkpzQ/)
[http://instagram.com/p/BFw6ynCEp6F/](http://instagram.com/p/BFw6ynCEp6F/)
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/49 "2016-05-26T00:59:44Z")
:o on the fixed axle one especially!
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### Author:  [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/50 "2016-05-26T13:07:56Z")
Once again, videos from Ed where I shake my head in disbelief. The only saving grace is remembering when I was a white belt in Kyokushin karate, seeing the higher kyu and Dan doing things, and after hard work gaining the skill.
All that said, I’ve just discovered the fun of trying fixed axle tricks with unresponsive throws.
The yoyo. So simple, yet so many ways to express yourself and have fun with it.
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/51 "2016-05-26T14:09:09Z")
Ed, your latest clips of fixed axle inspired unresponsive tricks have been great. It’s been fun working out how to get to stalls using an unresponsive yoyo, and working on applying fixed axle techniques to an unresponsive.
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/52 "2016-05-27T01:13:46Z")
Had a second, here’s a quick clip of the “Chop Sticks Stall”
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quGteg7Pnq8)
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### Author:  [@hobbyman101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobbyman101)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/53 "2016-05-27T03:38:24Z")
Ed, what was the bearing axle throw you used in the instagram?
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### Author:  [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/54 "2016-05-27T11:27:30Z")
> [@hobbyman101](#):
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> Ed, what was the bearing axle throw you used in the instagram?
Sengoku Kenshin. Basically the exact opposite of a fixed axle. :wink:
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### Author:  [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/55 "2016-05-28T00:11:30Z")
> [@AaronW](#):
>
> Had a second, here’s a quick clip of the “Chop Sticks Stall”
>
> [https://youtu.be/quGteg7Pnq8](https://youtu.be/quGteg7Pnq8)
Very nice! Thank you. I love how the yoyo community is all about sharing tricks and encouraging each other.
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### Author:  [@WoodRat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WoodRat)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/fixed-axle/80522/56 "2016-05-28T00:17:04Z")
Sweet!
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