Half-Swirl Aeroplane Tutorial (Was: VOTW 14-05-2012)

[The Void]

I hope this helps some of you with the trick!

http://juggling.tv/12018 ← Original JTV page

[Thorny]

I'm rather glad you've thrown this together.
I know how to do this trick, but I don't really do a 'half-swirl' it just kinda goes a bit mental how I do it
Controlled, might I add... just mental.

You do it inwards, compared to me as well... I'll throw together a quick 40 second video soon of myself doing it how I usually do it and then again but THIS way

[AlexSmith]

Awesome, thanks Void. I once tried to figure this one out, but gave up after some frustrated attempts. This should definitely make things easier

[John]

Thanks for this, Void. I'm a bit rubbish at these! I have a couple of days holiday so no excuses not to land this, really...

[PAshaRome]

Thank you, Void. It is very useful

[The Void]

Cheers guys, good luck!

Thorny, I'm worried from your description that you might be doing something that wouldn't be allowed in competition. Yeah, throw up a video of your way, so I can check. I wonder if "a bit mental" corresponds to a full swirl instead of a half-swirl? (See Dave's vid of all full-swirl variations.) If so, you better learn the unmental version. :-)

[Elmoney]

Pretty cool tutorial Thank's you the void now I got something to learn

[AlexSmith]

Thanks to this video (literally), I now have the swirls down (along with some fun exits!). Now I just need to dig up the original swirl video and learn the rest of the ridiculous variations haha

[TheKendamaSensation]

Dang it! So close. Aeroplane part was off a little bit. Great video editing!

[The Void]

I love how Swirls and Half-Swirls are cropping up in loads of people's videos these days.

[Dave]

Swirls. Man I love these tricks. I may have to pick up ones Dama and get back on it

[The Void]

Dave! You're back! :-) Your trick has taken over the world, y'know.

[Dave]

Well I'm glad I have contributed something to the Kendama scene. :-) I'm off to check out what people have done with them

[BKA]

Akimoto-san has upped the swirl-count!:

[Buddhaprice]

Saw that video just the other day was fascinated by it ,and it really got me playing around with this trick. Thanks void for posting that video tutorial a while back it helped me understand a little bit better how the physics work behind this maneuver