I’m finally starting to do a little 1a again! I found that having my NTH more closed than I might otherwise and undercutting a little closer made the slack part much easier / more consistent.
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I decided to join TaW #32. The trick is interesting but difficult, so I had to use Dark Magic to deal with it.
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This trick almost feels like a Janos type of trick with the slack flick
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Interesting mount that I need to explore more. Gentry has a trick that whips into it like a NTH Kamikaze mount. I find this version easier.
Yoyo: YYFr Ultracut
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Week 33: Tsukasa Namba Suicide
Yo here is one of my favorite tricks. Much easier to catch than it first appears. Set up is easy and comes up often also.
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Here’s the trick sorry the string looks invisible
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I think what Henry said is spot on. I think you can give it a little flip, but tension is also important and makes the trick look better and more effortless. My observations are that you should have tension on the thumb with a closed NTH. Then if you watch the tutorial the NTH pinkie opens up as the slack is released to help give some momentum and push it over. If you timing is bad like me, you can nudge it with you whole NTH, but it looks nicer IMO if it just kinda whips in with minimal hand movement.
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Thanks for the tips! I think I’m gonna file that trick in the “learn later” folder, I’m still very inconsistent with the thumb undercut thingy, and my slack definitely ain’t slacking… I’m movin’ on to this week’s trick for now 
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I hope I got the trick. Have a great weekend everyone!
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I feel like I should preemptively ask for help with this given my recent luck (or lack thereof) with these slack/whip elements 
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Lollll noooo you got this! The slack will happen way more naturally with this one like really there is no need for concern. It is a suicide so pretty different than the other ones also. Because of the type of suicide, where you catch it and you’re in kamikaze, the suicide loop is way more predictable than the standard suicide where you go from trapeze to trapeze. Just give the yoyo a little bit of upwards motion, not even enough to like hop the yoyo up legit but just a bit to cancel the pull up gravity and that helps to open the loop and adds more time to catch it. Focus mostly on the location of the th index and pay attention to where the loop is traveling; when the suicide loop travels around, often times the loop will move and land right on th index without having to track it and then try to catch it. Very much about understanding the release of the slack. Let me know if you are totally lost and I can try to think of more tips/ maybe make some vids if it would help.
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Thanks for the advice, hopefully I can get some time to actually throw today… my personal, professional and hobby life have really been on the skids this month so I could really use a win (preferably in all those areas, but I’ll take 1 out of 3 if I can get it)
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You can def get this and it’s gonna feel good. You can also stick out all the fingers on TH when you release for the suicide and that adds more opportunities for a finger to catch the loop. Also good luck w hitting a pleasant life balance yo and have fun playing !
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i as well have been crazy overloaded with life. big shoutout to Henry for stepping in 
. i did get time to work on this late last night and Henry’s tips def line up with what i found. little hop but also maybe a tad more of a hop than you think initially. also, at least for me, i get more consistency if that final proportion before the slack part has the yoyo sitting in the mount closer to my th. it makes the slack loop that travels larger. it also feels more consistent if i do the slack part with my th slightly lower in the plane than my nth instead of perfectly horizontal.
i agree, though, you def got this. i struggle more with whips and slacks, but this one wasn’t quite as bad and is SUPER satisfying to hit
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Thanks for the encouragement and tips, I’m hoping to get back on the saddle soon. TBH, it’s been hard to even get motivated to pick up a yoyo this month… I’ve been considering a career change for a long time, but at my age and at this stage in my life, it would not be the right move for my family, so I’m basically feeling trapped in misery for the foreseeable future and I’m trying to come to terms with that… sorry for turning this into a therapy session, I know we are all hurting in some way, shape or form, I’m just having a hard time accepting things than usual. I hope things calm down down for you too! 
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