welcome back to the channel in this
video we're going to be talking about
some basic steps to get you to twirl a
stick
some tips on how to do this properly as
well as some drills to improve your
overall dexterity
using twirls with a stick
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first try this drill position your hand
palm face up
and draw a circle with the tip of the
stick to your side
from your perspective it will look like
this
now rotate the wrist with a stick
pointing up
and do the same thing to draw an even
bigger circle
again from your point of view it's going
to look like this
now once you've gotten these movements
down you've pretty much gotten
the path of motion of the twirl the only
difference between drawing that
circle and doing it well is that with a
twirl your wrist is a little bit more
loose so basically what you're going to
do is initiate the
momentum of the movement let the stick
flow
and then guide it back up
so i'll be opening up my hand to
demonstrate this a bit because it's hard
to do
slowly so basically you're gonna let the
stick flow down like this when you
initiate the movement
and as it falls you're going to guide it
back up
so if it helps you you can loosen your
grip as well just to get a better feel
for the dynamics
of letting the stick naturally flow with
the momentum
and for step four repeat the same things
in the opposite direction
to twirl the stick back up
now here's a few tips to getting these
movements right
holding it one fist from the bottom is a
good grip position for learning how to
twirl
it's much easier to manipulate the
weapon from this position
you can learn to do the same thing even
when holding the very end eventually
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a common mistake i've seen some students
make is that they try to execute the
twirl
by manipulating the stick with their
fingers remember that the stick is
gripped the same way the whole time
another common mistake is trying to
execute the movement between your two
arms there are ways to get away with
that but for now the twirl is done
away from now you might end up hitting
yourself
and lastly as i mentioned a while ago
relax let the momentum flow and
guide it to execute a proper twirl don't
try to control the stick the entire time
with a tense grip
and a tense wrist you also don't want to
abruptly stop the movement it's gonna
feel awkward
again just let it flow
and now for some drills practicing
movements with twirling mechanics has
been helpful for me in developing my
dexterity with the stick
and my ability to manipulate the weapon
once you've gotten the mechanics down
try out these drills to rehearse the
twirls as well as to condition your
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wrist
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do
so i hope you guys found this video
useful keep practicing and i'll see you
in
the next one with your overall dexterity
using twirls with a stick
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