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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Basic Meteor
If you’re not a fire spinner, this video may be dreadfully dull. For me, it’s an ah hah! moment. As in, “Why haven’t I tried this before?” I know. I know. I got obsessed with “developing my own style” and … Continue reading
Lunch Time Practice
Today was so warm, I decided to work on my juggling. Still in the 3-5 catch range for 3 balls. You’d think waiting for a ball to fall into your hand would be easy. Noooo…. And throwing from side to … Continue reading
Lunch Time Practice
A modest day in the world of practice. Walking out to lunch, I worked on my single cane technique. Horizontal, vertical, in front, behind the back, etc. Then I realized I could toss the cane while in a ceiling plane … Continue reading
Happy Something or Other
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I… Â Well I pulled out my brand new fire staff and started practicing. First a bit of traditional: backwards, forwards, one-beat, two-beat, three-beat, and more. Then contact: conveyor, angel rolls, and whatnot. My technique was … Continue reading
Lunchtime Practice
Today, I practiced simple synchronized motions in double-cane style. There were butterfly wings, scissor isolations, cane-on-cane balances, and hook-stick spins. While the comfort with which I worked the double-canes was gratifying enough, the true excitement was from the lack of … Continue reading
A few self-observations
Instead of just saying something, I often try to paint pictures with my words. When I get excited about something, I get extremely passionate about it. Sometimes it leads to burn-out. Sometimes it makes me later question my sanity. And … Continue reading
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Lessons in Strength
Went to Bex’s (Sense of Motion) Honoring the Body workshop yesterday. It was a pilates heavy workshop on warm-ups, exercises, and stretching for fire spinners that focused on the upper body. Good thing to. Between the core body training and … Continue reading
Rediscovering the Body
I’m heading down to Triskelion Arts this weekend to attend Honoring the Body, a workshop on stretching and strength training for fire spinners. I’m excited. After last season’s shoulder wrenching foray into double-cane, I could use a structured stretching and exercise routine.