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Forum categories => Tricks => Topic started by: The Void on 03 August, 2011, 13:46:36

Title: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: The Void on 03 August, 2011, 13:46:36
After the discussion in this thread (http://www.kendama.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,52.0.html) turned to "ball-whirlwind" tricks, I asked a Japanese player if they were known in Japan, and if they had a name or not. He said they were not.

So, while "ball-whirlwind" is descriptive, I have noticed that people will use a shorter name wherever possible, so these tricks are now called Typhoon tricks. " 台風 "

Kendama Typhoons - juggling videos hosted @ Juggling.tv (http://juggling.tv/6462#id=http://juggling.tv/nuevo/econfig.php?key=8cb1c1ac064e9137c8b0)

Tips:
Don't start the typhoon until the string has gone slack.
Keep watching the ball until you have caught it again, then look at the ken.
(Both rather obvious, perhaps, but they're only obvious if they occur to you!)
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: BatDancer on 03 August, 2011, 19:34:02
I feel honoured, and slightly proud, to have played my own small part in this... :)
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: MisterJumpshoe on 05 August, 2011, 14:04:31
Typhoon tricks are great.  I already did one on my fifth edit: Typhoon jumping stick.

Mr Jumpshoe:Kendama Edit V - juggling videos hosted @ Juggling.tv (http://juggling.tv/6143#id=http://juggling.tv/nuevo/econfig.php?key=a69ce8aaa90f00e9110c)

Going to try some other now, I think.
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: Adam K on 07 August, 2011, 03:24:28
This was probably the coolest way possible to "invent" a whole new class of tricks.
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: MasterKatra42 on 07 August, 2011, 18:24:10
I hate to be cliche and go with the king of kendama, but Colin Sander has a typhoon UFO in edit 7.  Quite crazy.
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: The Void on 07 August, 2011, 20:43:16
Just to be clear, I'm not claiming to have invented them, I'm just documenting (and naming) them. The thread and video are just to see where we all can take the idea.

Oh, and, ..... Hey Joe! Welcome to the forum! :-)
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: Thorny on 15 August, 2011, 00:05:26
I'm glad you've given these tricks a name, Void! I've dabbled in Typhoon tricks, but I've never actually landed one haha.
I think I'm going to do much more with these from now on!
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: shalafi on 29 August, 2011, 09:15:38
Well, I think they look hard but not beautiful. While whirliwinds look nice but not hard (although they are)

Ok, you can Typhoonize anything with a "dama" grip so you've made aeroplane and lighthouse. You ask for more in the video, so:

- Falling down -> Thyphoon twice
- Jumping stick -> Thyphoon twice
- Moon Landing

And the one I really want to see:

- Flip Lighthouse thyphoon

That last one will be awesome.
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: The Void on 29 August, 2011, 12:08:05
When I said "So what other tricks can you Typhoon?" in the video, the emphasis was meant to be on the YOU. :)

Oh well, I guess these ones are a pretty nice challenge for someone! (Maybe me, if I find the time, but I'm not practising them without filming too, in case I get lucky! :) )
Title: Re: Typhoons: a new class of trick!
Post by: TCY on 19 October, 2015, 06:43:18
Cool.