# \*\*MoonageMin's Trick-a-Week 2022- #51- NANDA KANDA -End of year challenge $50 YYE gift certificate prize! **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865 "2022-01-02T21:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/42 "2022-01-29T14:38:54Z")
Excuse to break my Chopstick Gorilla out ---
**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/43 "2022-01-29T14:39:50Z")
Just ordered one! Should be here next week. Good call! ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/44 "2022-02-01T19:32:59Z")
Any ideas why the first undercut after the chopstick is binding for me? ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/45 "2022-02-03T17:55:20Z")
Far far far far from perfect, but this is where I’m at with it (the ending goes quite badly)! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/d/9/9d92226e0745947c7031de15a8f52afee9866f53.jpeg "Chopstick Madness YO-YO Practice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO4mNWD5aXc) ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/46 "2022-02-04T07:36:02Z")
That’s really good!! The chopsticks part is just spot on, for the very last element, I’ve got another video: [3 easy elements to enhance your flow](https://youtu.be/DGFk59wmjos) That false hook is explained here, not exactly the same but you’ll get the idea ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/47 "2022-02-04T08:11:09Z")
Thanks for the comments! I def am struggling with the final chopstick catch, keep hitting my hand as I try to throw it in. Will check out the video though; want to tidy up the last section for sure. ---
**Author:** ![ANGVS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angvs/32/77646_2.png) [@ANGVS](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ANGVS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/48 "2022-02-05T01:15:18Z")
**TAW #6 : Dumptrucks** It just feels right to have the first TaW during Fixed Axle February be one from Mr. @edhaponik [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/2/a/52a74ccb86945ab7b584f146a7e374c27acd86dc.jpeg "Fixed Axle Yo-Yo Trick Tutorial: DUMPTRUCKS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw5LbaA7sMM) ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/49 "2022-02-12T02:18:10Z")
**TAW #7 : Monochrome** A brief detour back into 1A, this week’s trick is _Monochrome_. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/8/e/48e3870c5ee7bae1ae3fb8da44950333ca016cc1.jpeg "Learn the Monochrome 1A Yoyo Trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNIAVbz-frc) ---
**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/50 "2022-02-12T13:01:01Z")
Im often behind and a bit slow. So appropriately i named this 🐢Dumps instead of Turbo :wink:. Regardless a fixed post for last week’s trick DumpTrucks. I’ll be back on the 1A train in March. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/1/4/014d0e64336c961d8d93e6c0eea3f89b833373a0.jpeg "Turtle Dumps - YoYo Trick Combo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzTl07O6EZ4) ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/51 "2022-02-15T12:37:57Z")
Anyone else struggling with the beginning bit of Monochrome? Struggling to consistently catch the string to make the slack… ---
**Author:** ![ChrysaeThrows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrysaethrows/32/122572_2.png) [@ChrysaeThrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrysaeThrows)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/52 "2022-02-15T15:15:27Z")
I’m also struggling a bit there. I found that keeping you th a bit closer to you than the nth guides the slack more easily into the gap. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/53 "2022-02-15T20:39:08Z")
I tried this trick like 3 years ago and could never do it, I had trouble with ALL of it. @ChrysaeThrows’ advice is spot on. Also, keep your hands close together and play around with the length of string for the undermount. But the hardest part for me was always the hook-like slack at the end. I wasn’t sure I’d get that even now, but I figured it out. All I needed to do was use kendama knees to loft the yo-yo just a bit, then it became easy(ish). If you need to practice just the slack, you can quickly get to that part by doing an under or nothing around your NTH hand instead of finger. ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/54 "2022-02-15T21:19:34Z")
Starting to get the hang of it now, but the slack at the end…. PWWWAAAHHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ryanmcg/32/72186_2.png) [@ryanmcg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ryanmcg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/55 "2022-02-15T22:08:14Z")
> [@MEJBelloz](#): > > but the slack at the end…. Well technically, it took me 3 years to learn 🤣 It’s all in the kendama knees, just barely loft it up before the slack motion. Once I tried that, I got it to click in a few minutes (the motion, took a bit more to start aiming it and catching the yo-yo). Also watch the video again, see how much loft he gives it before the slack motion. It doesn’t take much motion and you don’t need a good pinch for it to work. You’ll get it. You got tension hooks down crazy fast. Looks so easy. Nope. Several black eyes and over a year later and I can finally do them 🤣 (I am not even kidding) ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/56 "2022-02-15T22:28:04Z")
> [@ryanmcg](#): > > just barely loft it up before the slack motion This is exactly what I needed to land it. It’s much harder than it sounds. Now to work out the consistency. ---
**Author:** ![ANGVS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angvs/32/77646_2.png) [@ANGVS](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ANGVS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/57 "2022-02-18T19:47:14Z")
**TAW #8 : Jakub Dekan Rejection to GT** [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/7/8/2782f41250e99ed799cef9c4c364e9f1e11fb4c8.jpeg "Jakub Dekan tutorial - Rejection to Green Triangle yoyo trick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WJ2UqZM4E) Happy learning this week! ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/58 "2022-02-18T21:27:30Z")
Nice! I already know this trick, so if anyone needs help, give me a shout. ---
**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/59 "2022-02-20T20:12:45Z")
I can’t seem to get much action out of the rejection. Any tips? ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/60 "2022-02-20T22:12:32Z")
I found the rejection bit tricky as well. What works for me is slightly swinging the yo-yo forward (away from you), whilst using your thumb to push the opposite way on the string (towards you)… you don’t want to swing too much, as it’ll make the slack miss the throw. I’ve also found that the faster the throw is spinning, the better the rejection is. When it goes too slow for me, the slack doesn’t reject very well. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![MEJBelloz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mejbelloz/32/183342_2.png) [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865/61 "2022-02-22T22:26:11Z")
Here is my entry for this week… this is one of my favourites to practice, especially when hit at speed. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/6/a/c6a2409dfaee1ca5aed057a81effa7917d27d8c3.jpeg "Jakub Decan Rejection Practice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-0-RMCtdUI) [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/moonagemins-trick-a-week-2022-51-nanda-kanda-end-of-year-challenge-50-yye-gift-certificate-prize/349865.md?page=4)