# tourniquet??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\ **Created:** [April 13, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193 "2013-04-13T03:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![myself](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/myself/32/1274_2.png) [@myself](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/myself)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/1 "2013-04-13T03:20:48Z")
What is it? I have heard you need extra long string. Can someone show me a video? ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/2 "2013-04-13T03:25:32Z")
It’s a style (I believe) was invented by jensen kimmitt. You put the slipknot around your bicep, like one would a tourniquet. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/8/4/28474312338b94778d2b3fa6fc29b17099850ada.jpeg "Jensen Kimmitt - Just Chillin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVE0Fs9_co8) ---
**Author:** ![thefluteninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@thefluteninja](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/thefluteninja)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/3 "2013-04-13T03:28:13Z")
KA style of yo-yoing invented by Mr. Jensen Kimmitt. An example would be [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK4xZfuEy60). I think you can use extra long string but I am not sure. EDIT: I just tried some tourniquet with Standard Kitty and it was too short. I would buy some extra long string:) ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/4 "2013-04-13T03:30:51Z")
Yeah sure the video is called “Jensen Kimmitt-How to be too faded to talk about stuff coherently” Fyi you need a lighter and two strings for this. ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/5 "2013-04-13T05:20:59Z")
spin your own string. You could make it 20 feet if you felt so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/6 "2013-04-13T17:41:39Z")
> [@xXRickY0Xx](#): > > Yeah sure the video is called “Jensen Kimmitt-How to be too faded to talk about stuff coherently” > Fyi you need a lighter and two strings for this. not really or you could do it with YYF extra long string. That’s what I use ---
**Author:** ![ProCrastinathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/procrastinathan/32/1345_2.png) [@ProCrastinathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ProCrastinathan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/7 "2013-04-22T00:27:28Z")
> [@dynikus](#): > > spin your own string. You could make it 20 feet if you felt so inclined. ive wondered about this do you have any links you could send me on it? ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/8 "2013-04-22T01:24:27Z")
> [@ProCrastinathan](#): > > > [@dynikus](#): > > > > spin your own string. You could make it 20 feet if you felt so inclined. > > ive wondered about this do you have any links you could send me on it? Xelala the guy who owns xcube made a tutorial on making string. Here it is. “how to make a yoyo string by xela” Theres other videos but this one make more sense. all the other ones though dont explain well, sometime not even tell you how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tourniquet/52193/9 "2013-04-22T04:24:32Z")
it’s actually really easy to make string. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/1/2/d128de2b6261db51e75b617e7be439d5ad47b75a.jpeg "how to make yoyo string") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzm3eAkxxYA) That’s basically what I do. Except the nail I use is in my wall as opposed to on a board. And I tie a knot at both ends after twisting the string so I don’t have to worry about it untwisting and having to start over. How many threads you use, and how long you twist it is all up to you. I generally go back and forth 6 times, or 12 total strands. And any hook-like thing will work. I use a bent close hanger.