# REgens **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Tricks\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492 "2016-03-01T19:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yoyolazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@Yoyolazar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyolazar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/1 "2016-03-01T19:52:30Z")
Any good tutorials or tips on Regens, the concept of the change of direction is throwing me off…trying to get these down as they look cool and can extend trick time. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/2 "2016-03-07T13:44:00Z")
Start throwing fixed. Fixies are all about regens and they are good to learn them on. ---
**Author:** ![OrigamiGuy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/origamiguy/32/1639_2.png) [@OrigamiGuy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/OrigamiGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/3 "2016-03-07T14:23:09Z")
somewhere has a good tutorial on this. EDIT: whoops, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/4 "2016-03-07T14:24:49Z")
> [@OrigamiGuy](#): > > somewhere has a good tutorial on this: > [https://somewhere/yoyo-tricks/regenerations/1011/](https://somewhere/yoyo-tricks/regenerations/1011/) Yeah, you can’t post links to other stores. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/5 "2016-04-05T00:53:48Z")
Oh, there is a new casual tutorial about regens. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/7/b/47bf0ed96b1866cb98412260ee32fe6eb75bb97a.jpeg "Casual Tutorial S2E5, Regens.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oR0eMdcfjo) I thought it was pretty helpful. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/6 "2016-04-05T00:59:16Z")
As you’re learning regens, let me share this with you: I consider(ed) my regens to be pretty weak. I could get enough spin, but they were pretty wobbly/vibey coming out of them. Michael Ferdico happened to have made a road trip to the ECR contest I attended in the winter, and as we were talking, I mentioned something like, “I only wish my regen game was stronger.” Showed him an example of my crappy regen. Then he absolutely liberated me by saying something along the lines of, “We all throw regens like that. Sure, you can get smooth ones, but most of the time even top-level players get a somewhat shaky regen that smooths out after a few more movements. I wouldn’t worry about it.” Man, what a relief. Here I thought I was still missing a “secret”, when the secret was that I didn’t need to worry so much about perfect smoothness in the regen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yoyolazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@Yoyolazar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyolazar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/7 "2016-04-06T21:09:37Z")
good to hear, mine are fairly wobbly too… ---
**Author:** ![tapioka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@tapioka](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tapioka)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/8 "2016-04-07T11:00:20Z")
Here are some wobbly regens too, so it’s probably not a shame  ;D [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTR7DKLrso) ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/9 "2016-04-07T12:22:56Z")
> [@tapioka](#): > > Here are some wobbly regens too, so it’s probably not a shame  ;D > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTR7DKLrso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTR7DKLrso) Holy Crap!  That unresponsive shoot the moon wins trick of the day.  That was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/10 "2016-04-08T03:12:45Z")
Unresponsive shoot the moon is beauty. That whole video was utter madness. ---
**Author:** ![Myk\_Myk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myk_myk/32/63087_2.png) [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/11 "2016-04-08T05:14:12Z")
> [@Morgoroth](#): > > Holy Crap!  That unresponsive shoot the moon wins trick of the day.  That was amazing. Ah… Is that what is going on here? [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/0/0/b0080fa4abb5f19d4c8542e82abd5b1d241687a8.jpeg "Evan Nagao - 1A Final - 1st Place - PNWR 2016 - Presented by Yoyo Contest Central") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7IXV_pgIiU&t=2m8s) ---
**Author:** ![tapioka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@tapioka](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/tapioka)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/12 "2016-04-08T09:20:51Z")
Yes. Almost shattered my glasses while trying it. I might try it again in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/13 "2016-04-08T13:44:47Z")
Alexis JV is also great at the unresponsive shoot-the-moon. ---
**Author:** ![imthegreenbean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imthegreenbean/32/20044_2.png) [@imthegreenbean](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/imthegreenbean)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/14 "2016-04-09T21:46:48Z")
I can do normal regens fine, but how do you do the knuckle regen thing that Anthony Rojas does a ton? [https://youtu.be/FW9-1YSO-t8?t=1m35s](https://youtu.be/FW9-1YSO-t8?t=1m35s) \<— That one. ---
**Author:** ![Morgoroth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/morgoroth/32/795_2.png) [@Morgoroth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Morgoroth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/15 "2016-04-09T23:05:05Z")
> [@imthegreenbean](#): > > I can do normal regens fine, but how do you do the knuckle regen thing that Anthony Rojas does a ton? > [https://youtu.be/FW9-1YSO-t8?t=1m35s](https://youtu.be/FW9-1YSO-t8?t=1m35s) \<— That one. Clearly he sold his soul. Is there a time stamp in the video that you could point out exactly what you mean by knuckle regen? ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/16 "2016-04-09T23:21:56Z")
Knuckle regens are pretty simple. It works best when winding back from a breakaway throw, and you don’t want there to be a tonne of spin left on the yoyo. It comes up to your hand, you let it wrap around and either balance it there for a moment or just “throw” it right back down into a front throw. ---
**Author:** ![imthegreenbean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imthegreenbean/32/20044_2.png) [@imthegreenbean](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/imthegreenbean)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/regens/79492/17 "2016-04-09T23:25:52Z")
> [@Morgoroth](#): > > Clearly he sold his soul. > > Is there a time stamp in the video that you could point out exactly what you mean by knuckle regen? Like 1:35. It should be the one I sent.