# What 'unusual' styles do you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562 "2013-05-14T00:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mrtheblackho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mrtheblackho](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrtheblackho)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/21 "2013-05-14T11:15:37Z")
> [@SaltySalvador](#): > > I can’t find any videos on tourniquet or any of these other styles. Could you guys link me? There are very few out there, which sucks but hopefully one day people will start getting involved in these unusual/sub styles and make videos. You won’t find Leven anywhere because no one does it and I haven’t made any decent videos of it… yet, except for one trick. You won’t find aznnboyaZ’s offspring unless he’s made videos showcasing it, although I really want to see this. Loaf Style is pretty cool too… one handed tricks, Jon Bot is killer with those. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Yoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_yoyo/32/1032_2.png) [@Big\_Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/22 "2013-05-14T11:23:45Z")
> [@\_Z1](#): > > > [@noahshalabi](#): > > > > > [@\_Z1](#): > > > > > > Find my name under the learn section of Yoyoexpert. > > > > Moebius is some pretty sweet stuff, one heck of a challenge though. It does blow non-throwers minds though, because they don’t know about the slip knot let alone using it for tricks. > > Out of curiosity, what is the challenge of it? And thanks, Moebius sure is a lot of fun. Doing no-handed tricks gets a crowd riled up. > > Anyways to include of this discussion, I’ve purposely played many different substyles due to how boring it felt to play the main styles. The most well established substyles currently is Astro, Double Dice and Moebius. > > Pre-washed is a neat thing Dr. Yoyo of Yoyoskills figured out when it came to playing Washing Machine. > > The past couple years I’ve been trying to figure out Go-west and Sumo. A long lost style that were both made at the same time, with completely similar attributes, but with different ways of doing the same thing and a different name. > > I’m not sure but from my point of view/understanding: Washing Machine is not the name of the style. The true style is known as Go-west. Washing machine is merely a trick that comes from Go West. The difference here is that Doc Pop would unwind just a little bit at the end so he could do some 4a like loops while inside the string that is still connected to your finger-ala 1a. He would then pop out of this pseudo 1a/4a mount and pop it out so then he is in regular 4a. > > What he did would be classified as Go-west. Go West is where you have a string completely unwound up to the slipknot. You have the slipknot around your finger. The Japanese would do a neat wrap around the yoyo so that the yoyo could be thrown like 1a. Thus, being able to be stable with it and have it return back to your hand. > > This video proves otherwise. Very old from 2000-2002ish. Took me a long time find, and so I re-uploaded. > > [www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bFnQaHfXw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bFnQaHfXw) > > Sorry for the school lesson, just figure would like to know. My buddy Josh (d4kn355) does a lot of double dice, it’s a really sick style if you can get into it, but I found it very challenging ---
**Author:** ![aznnboyaZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aznnboyaz/32/651830_2.png) [@aznnboyaZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aznnboyaZ)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/23 "2013-05-14T11:33:27Z")
> [@supbreh1234](#): > > > [@aznnboyaZ](#): > > > > Honestly > > I think i just 1A weird > > > > I put the slipknot on my ring and middle finger. > > Feels more secure, and powerful. > > > > And an Offspring of Leven > > With a CW on 1 string > > Lol isnt 1A supposed to be on your middle finger:P Im weirddd ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/24 "2013-05-14T19:22:37Z")
> [@Big\_Yoyo](#): > > > [@\_Z1](#): > > > > > [@noahshalabi](#): > > > > > > > [@\_Z1](#): > > > > > > > > Find my name under the learn section of Yoyoexpert. > > > > > > Moebius is some pretty sweet stuff, one heck of a challenge though. It does blow non-throwers minds though, because they don’t know about the slip knot let alone using it for tricks. > > > > Out of curiosity, what is the challenge of it? And thanks, Moebius sure is a lot of fun. Doing no-handed tricks gets a crowd riled up. > > > > Anyways to include of this discussion, I’ve purposely played many different substyles due to how boring it felt to play the main styles. The most well established substyles currently is Astro, Double Dice and Moebius. > > > > Pre-washed is a neat thing Dr. Yoyo of Yoyoskills figured out when it came to playing Washing Machine. > > > > The past couple years I’ve been trying to figure out Go-west and Sumo. A long lost style that were both made at the same time, with completely similar attributes, but with different ways of doing the same thing and a different name. > > > > I’m not sure but from my point of view/understanding: Washing Machine is not the name of the style. The true style is known as Go-west. Washing machine is merely a trick that comes from Go West. The difference here is that Doc Pop would unwind just a little bit at the end so he could do some 4a like loops while inside the string that is still connected to your finger-ala 1a. He would then pop out of this pseudo 1a/4a mount and pop it out so then he is in regular 4a. > > > > What he did would be classified as Go-west. Go West is where you have a string completely unwound up to the slipknot. You have the slipknot around your finger. The Japanese would do a neat wrap around the yoyo so that the yoyo could be thrown like 1a. Thus, being able to be stable with it and have it return back to your hand. > > > > This video proves otherwise. Very old from 2000-2002ish. Took me a long time find, and so I re-uploaded. > > > > [www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bFnQaHfXw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bFnQaHfXw) > > > > Sorry for the school lesson, just figure would like to know. > > My buddy Josh (d4kn355) does a lot of double dice, it’s a really sick style if you can get into it, but I found it very challenging Excuse my ignorance, but what is double dice? ---
**Author:** ![TamOcello](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tamocello/32/1277_2.png) [@TamOcello](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TamOcello)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/25 "2013-05-14T20:39:54Z")
Counterweight with two of em attached ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/26 "2013-05-14T20:47:31Z")
One sliding? ---
**Author:** ![Djlll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/djlll/32/1338_2.png) [@Djlll](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Djlll)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/27 "2013-05-14T21:46:01Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > One sliding? The sound of a sliding counterweight hurts my ears and my heart, even more so if the counterweights are dice ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/28 "2013-05-14T21:48:03Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > One sliding? Yup! One dice is fixed at the end while the other dice sliding. It is one step ahead of Astro. 🙂 The set up for double dice is different than regular 5a, usually smaller matching dive with same weigjt ratios. ---
**Author:** ![yoing4lyf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoing4lyf/32/1361_2.png) [@yoing4lyf](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoing4lyf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/29 "2013-05-14T21:50:09Z")
okay for some reason (maybe cause I’ve only been yoyoing for 5 months)! I haven’t heard of any of those mentioned xD 1/2 A Hidden eel Slave Astro can you guys link me up with some videos ? or tutorials ? 😃 and for the thread! as far as I know, I know how to play 1A, Counter Weight, Moebius (few basic tricks for now) THEN after I came up with my best creation I call 2.5A ;D I believe I have invented this(hopefully) 😛 I haven’t seen anyone do it before, but basically, I put two yoyos on ONE string ! you’re probably thinking how is that even possible but I use the counter weight to attach the knots of two LONG strings and attach 2 yoyos at the end. I’m not super good at it, I tried looping with it, IT ACTUALLY WORKS ! I tried unresponsive yoyos they also work but I was having a little trouble ! I tried one looper and one unresponsive and I just stood there not knowing what to do hahah 😃 but it was fun! I mean I’;m sure if I work on it more I might come up with something big! or hopefully ;D ---
**Author:** ![Djlll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/djlll/32/1338_2.png) [@Djlll](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Djlll)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/30 "2013-05-14T21:53:33Z")
…I know im newish to yo-yoing and extremely new to 5A and even though i have lots of 5a moves down, but sometimes you guys really make me feel like i suck at it. ---
**Author:** ![Squaktopus13](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/squaktopus13/32/1325_2.png) [@Squaktopus13](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Squaktopus13)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/31 "2013-05-14T21:57:38Z")
> [@yoing4lyf](#): > > okay for some reason (maybe cause I’ve only been yoyoing for 5 months)! I haven’t heard of any of those mentioned xD > > 1/2 A > Hidden eel > Slave > Astro > > can you guys link me up with some videos ? or tutorials ? 😃 > > and for the thread! as far as I know, I know how to play 1A, Counter Weight, Moebius (few basic tricks for now) > > THEN after I came up with my best creation I call 2.5A ;D I believe I have invented this(hopefully) 😛 I haven’t seen anyone do it before, but > > basically, I put two yoyos on ONE string ! you’re probably thinking how is that even possible but I use the counter weight to attach the knots of two LONG strings and attach 2 yoyos at the end. I’m not super good at it, I tried looping with it, IT ACTUALLY WORKS ! I tried unresponsive yoyos they also work but I was having a little trouble ! I tried one looper and one unresponsive and I just stood there not knowing what to do hahah 😃 but it was fun! I mean I’;m sure if I work on it more I might come up with something big! or hopefully ;D i thought that was called hydra [Styles Of Play | YoYo Wiki | Fandom](http://www.yoyowiki.org/wiki/Styles_Of_Play) ---
**Author:** ![yoing4lyf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoing4lyf/32/1361_2.png) [@yoing4lyf](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoing4lyf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/32 "2013-05-14T22:03:46Z")
> [@Squaktopus13](#): > > > [@yoing4lyf](#): > > > > okay for some reason (maybe cause I’ve only been yoyoing for 5 months)! I haven’t heard of any of those mentioned xD > > > > 1/2 A > > Hidden eel > > Slave > > Astro > > > > can you guys link me up with some videos ? or tutorials ? 😃 > > > > and for the thread! as far as I know, I know how to play 1A, Counter Weight, Moebius (few basic tricks for now) > > > > THEN after I came up with my best creation I call 2.5A ;D I believe I have invented this(hopefully) 😛 I haven’t seen anyone do it before, but > > > > basically, I put two yoyos on ONE string ! you’re probably thinking how is that even possible but I use the counter weight to attach the knots of two LONG strings and attach 2 yoyos at the end. I’m not super good at it, I tried looping with it, IT ACTUALLY WORKS ! I tried unresponsive yoyos they also work but I was having a little trouble ! I tried one looper and one unresponsive and I just stood there not knowing what to do hahah 😃 but it was fun! I mean I’;m sure if I work on it more I might come up with something big! or hopefully ;D > > i thought that was called hydra [Styles Of Play | YoYo Wiki | Fandom](http://www.yoyowiki.org/wiki/Styles_Of_Play) I guess it is then ! I PLAY HYDRA ;D I still feel pretty good about myself hahahaha, I was just scared to look it up fearing that it exists 😛 I guess it does ! but thanks for the heads up now I’ll have less trouble learning moves 😛 ---
**Author:** ![noahshalabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@noahshalabi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noahshalabi)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/33 "2013-05-14T22:06:24Z")
> [@\_Z1](#): > > > [@noahshalabi](#): > > > > > [@\_Z1](#): > > > > > > Find my name under the learn section of Yoyoexpert. > > > > Moebius is some pretty sweet stuff, one heck of a challenge though. It does blow non-throwers minds though, because they don’t know about the slip knot let alone using it for tricks. > > Out of curiosity, what is the challenge of it? And thanks, Moebius sure is a lot of fun. Doing no-handed tricks gets a crowd riled up. > > Anyways to include of this discussion, I’ve purposely played many different substyles due to how boring it felt to play the main styles. The most well established substyles currently is Astro, Double Dice and Moebius. > > Pre-washed is a neat thing Dr. Yoyo of Yoyoskills figured out when it came to playing Washing Machine. > > The past couple years I’ve been trying to figure out Go-west and Sumo. A long lost style that were both made at the same time, with completely similar attributes, but with different ways of doing the same thing and a different name. > > I’m not sure but from my point of view/understanding: Washing Machine is not the name of the style. The true style is known as Go-west. Washing machine is merely a trick that comes from Go West. The difference here is that Doc Pop would unwind just a little bit at the end so he could do some 4a like loops while inside the string that is still connected to your finger-ala 1a. He would then pop out of this pseudo 1a/4a mount and pop it out so then he is in regular 4a. > > What he did would be classified as Go-west. Go West is where you have a string completely unwound up to the slipknot. You have the slipknot around your finger. The Japanese would do a neat wrap around the yoyo so that the yoyo could be thrown like 1a. Thus, being able to be stable with it and have it return back to your hand. > > This video proves otherwise. Very old from 2000-2002ish. Took me a long time find, and so I re-uploaded. > > [www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bFnQaHfXw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bFnQaHfXw) > > Sorry for the school lesson, just figure would like to know. My slipknot has a tendency to get stuck, I need slicker string or something. And for the entire thread, when I first started throwing I tried making a special style that involved making loops around your fingers when you throw, I didn’t know what to call it really, and I didn’t go much further than one or two tricks, but it was pretty fun actually! ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/34 "2013-05-14T22:54:16Z")
> [@yoing4lyf](#): > > okay for some reason (maybe cause I’ve only been yoyoing for 5 months)! I haven’t heard of any of those mentioned xD > > 1/2 A > Hidden eel > Slave > Astro > > can you guys link me up with some videos ? or tutorials ? 😃 > > and for the thread! as far as I know, I know how to play 1A, Counter Weight, Moebius (few basic tricks for now) > > THEN after I came up with my best creation I call 2.5A ;D I believe I have invented this(hopefully) 😛 I haven’t seen anyone do it before, but > > basically, I put two yoyos on ONE string ! you’re probably thinking how is that even possible but I use the counter weight to attach the knots of two LONG strings and attach 2 yoyos at the end. I’m not super good at it, I tried looping with it, IT ACTUALLY WORKS ! I tried unresponsive yoyos they also work but I was having a little trouble ! I tried one looper and one unresponsive and I just stood there not knowing what to do hahah 😃 but it was fun! I mean I’;m sure if I work on it more I might come up with something big! or hopefully ;D What you are speaking about is a long lost style known as Hydra. There is different forms of hydra. Hydra: two yoyos tied to one string. Cherry: two yoyos two seperate strings tied to one counterweight. A squared: two hubstack based yoyos tied on one string. Can pullstart both yoyos via hubstacks. All these substyles you hear are styles that the general community does not commit to doing. This is why you do not hear about them. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/35 "2013-05-14T23:07:44Z")
[quote=“yoing4lyf,post:29,topic:53562”] okay for some reason (maybe cause I’ve only been yoyoing for 5 months)! I haven’t heard of any of those mentioned xD 1/2 A Hidden eel Slave Astro can you guys link me up with some videos ? or tutorials ? 😃 and for the thread! as far as I know, I know how to play 1A, Counter Weight, Moebius (few basic tricks for now) THEN after I came up with my best creation I call 2.5A ;D I believe I have invented this(hopefully) 😛 I haven’t seen anyone do it before, but basically, I put two yoyos on ONE string ! you’re probably thinking how is that even possible but I use the counter weight to attach the knots of two LONG strings and attach 2 yoyos at the end. I’m not super good at it, I tried looping with it, IT ACTUALLY WORKS ! I tried unresponsive yoyos they also work but I was having a little trouble ! I tried one looper and one unresponsive and I just stood there not knowing what to do hahah 😃 but it was fun! I mean I’;m sure if I work on it more I might come up with something big! or hopefully ;D [/quote 1/2A- grab half the yoyo, it unscrews, the other half a yoyo stays spinning at the bottom of its string Hidden eel- a fishing swivel is utilized. The sting is held in place with a knot and can be pulled Slave- really uncommon style in which a separate yoyo without string is used Astro- a sliding counterweight is used. I’m not sure if the string is attached to your finger or not. A separate, normal counterweight as well as a sliding is double dice. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/36 "2013-05-14T23:08:21Z")
Wow… Epic quoting fail on my part… ---
**Author:** ![MYNAMEISZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/37 "2013-05-15T00:32:18Z")
> [@SaltySalvador](#): > > I can’t find any videos on tourniquet or any of these other styles. Could you guys link me? Here you go! Probably one of my favorite Jensen videos ever 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/embed/5vHyxuwcmek?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=UUbrnM5QM_vp5rikUWC66CeQ ---
**Author:** ![Hendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hendy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hendy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/38 "2013-05-15T00:40:30Z")
> [@MYNAMEISZen](#): > > > [@SaltySalvador](#): > > > > I can’t find any videos on tourniquet or any of these other styles. Could you guys link me? > > Here you go! Probably one of my favorite Jensen videos ever 🙂 > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vHyxuwcmek&feature=share&list=UUbrnM5QM\_vp5rikUWC66CeQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vHyxuwcmek&feature=share&list=UUbrnM5QM_vp5rikUWC66CeQ) The way that was filmed over the water made it look sooooo spacey. ---
**Author:** ![xxjohnsonxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b782af/32.png) [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/39 "2013-05-15T00:44:56Z")
Only problem is when I was messing with it I found a few things out. Rim weighted yoyos work best, YYf super long string works perfect for me, and there isn’t much I could figure out like new mounts, but it is amazing for body involving tricks, along with holding the string from your arm like it’s a counterweight sorta helps control the string. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-unusual-styles-do-you-do/53562/40 "2013-05-15T00:50:51Z")
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