Finally kwijibo back to my hand from a bounce to trapeze from double or nothing.
I’ve went back to this trick many times just trying to complete it over the past couple weeks. Finally returned to hand with the hardest version tonight using my chief enstead of my hyperion. Been changing throws about as often as retrying incomplete tricks.
I thought this trick was harder than many others that are listed after it in the tuts on this site. Is that the general consensus from you all as well? What do you all think ranks next in difficulty after it?
I felt the same way about Kwijibo. But, you’ll notice that as you work through the trick progression on YYE, there are a lot of elements that are introduced in earlier sections, and then ramped up in the more advanced ones. The string hops in Kwijibo are so difficult because it’s a brand new element that you don’t have experience with(if you’re working from beginner upward), so you first have to become comfortable with that element, and then learn the muscle memory for that trick.
But, later on, when you come across a trick with more string hops, it will be easier for you, because you’re already comfortable with the idea.
In my own experience, a similar thing happened with the Ninja Vanish and Brent Stole. I started to look for tutorials on the Brent Stole first, because it is a more common element in tricks and combos than a Ninja Vanish, but I couldn’t even comprehend the motions. I tried a few times, sadly whipping the string around my NTH finger, not knowing what to expect. Then, I remembered the Ninja Vanish, and decided to give that a shot first. It took me about a day before I could consistently hit them, and another day to make them look decent. Now, when I came back to the Brent Stole, I understood the concept a little bit better, and knew what the motions were supposed to accomplish. After a day of practicing, I srated landing them. I’m still about 50/50 on it now, but I understand it, and i know i can do it, because of the ninja Vanish.
Got any tips? I keep getting a snarl in the gap either right when I land on the string segment, or when I try to do the flip-around. It makes quite a mess!
I have a bumblebee but the pad things are worn and its not responsive enough. I’m going to get a loop 808 with my next order (sometime next week) to take advantage of the 5$ CTX. And I can only kinda do hop the fence. Not that good though. I hit inside loop 57 last night too.
Oh yea they are ordered way one can progress more easily for sure. Kwijibo just happened to be one of those I ended up skipping over because I couldn’t get it down as fast as the others. When I went back to it the other day I noticed how Andre was performing it different than how he taught it in the tut so decided to figure out what exactly he was doing different. I found the answer in MFD’s tut then it clicked! It’s so much easier and smoother for me now.
I really like Andre’s tuts and his style but he’s so smooth that its hard to pick up on the little things he does different when performing as opposed to how the tut teaches people. I guess the little tricks will come to some people with time but not to all. Not everyone can pick up on small things to make tricks easier once they have learned a certain way.
By the way this isnt the heavy wing thing. It is looper shaped with a pretty small gap and it is double looped around the axle with 2 drops of thick lube on the bearing.