Alright… that’s it!!! I’m commenting to this one too!!
This one really is easier than it looks! And if you haven’t done these kinds of tension tricks before this is a great one to start with.
Definitely my first venture into this sort of trick. I think I’m getting the rejection right, I just haven’t figured out the catch yet. I think I can, I think I can, I ….
I’m a bit late, but I stuck Gondola in this video so I could play along.
Actually I got the videos mixed up. It was the Beef Hook I was trying to do. I’m getting back on track with the actual trick now.
Beefhook is definitely harder than the trick for this week!
i was confused at first too. when you said it was easier than it looked and i thought you meant beefhook, i was gonna throw a chair at you! that trick makes me want to break things
Week 27 - Kobayashi’s rejection to hook
Still working on consistency, but man, this feels good when you land it…
That one looks like it’d be fun! Definitely would take me a while at my level/with how much time I have to throw currently.
Agreed. Honestly, I can’t really wrap my head around this one yet. Instead I am taking this week to practice Weeks 24 (Perpetuum) and 25 (Toya Kobayashi Triangle Trick).
I may end up rolling back to perpetuum. I’ll still keep trying this but it hasn’t come to me yet.
Just a note - if ANYONE needs any help please reach out. Beefhook is one trick I made it a point to master and I believe I have. I think I’ve helped a few people, and happy to help anyone else!
I had a great beef hook session last night. Finally feel like I got the trick down. Took about 10 days and averaged probably 2 hours a day of practicing. I’ve hardly done any other tricks in all those hours ha. Thanks again for your help and Henry’s.
Happy for you! It’s such a cool trick!
Week 28 - Wax on, wax off
This week’s trick is a great foundational chopsticks element that’s worth really getting down.
There are a lot of tips to help improve chopsticks tricks, my top 2 are:
- Form a C rather than an L with your non throw hand. It creates more space.
- Focus on keeping the string formation tight.
More advanced variation
This variation from Akiba Hirotaka is slightly more advanced, but also the tutorial is in Japanese.
I been meaning to learn this for awhile. I don’t often do chopstick tricks. Gonna do this one.
Little rough and I should practice more but I’m kinda focusing on 3a right now.
I was working on this yesterday, I’m getting there. This is actually the first chopsticks combo I ever learned. The part at the end is kinda tricky cause the string slides down my nonthrow hand middle finger by the time I get to that part. I noticed in the video it seems like he keeps it in place by bending his finger but I haven’t got that down solid yet. I’ll post a video today or tomorrow.