Taking on a padawan

Darth Detori

Darth Detori

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padawan: word I stole from Star Wars that i'm not really sure what officially means, but has something to do about teaching someone else.

I've recently taken on a padawan in balisong flipping. You may remember her from my "first kiss" thread. but anyway, one of the biggest problems i'm having with her is her, um, wimpyness in terms of ricochetes. I'm having her learn with my BM42 which is quite light anyway, yet it's still a problem. so what do you think I should do about it? just break her in with time?
and also, do you think I should teach her in the order of what is shown on Clay's site?
 
Padawan means "apprentice",someone who learns from someone who already has the knowledge and skills they want to learn.

Well,the ricochets will toughen up the fingers after a time,so continue having her do them.If she's really interested in learning,she'll get used to them.

As far as learning,start out with a few of the minor finger exercises,along with the basic moves that most people learn.I looked thru Clay's site,and he's got some different names for most of the moves that I know,so I'd have to look thru his stuff again if you're interested in a good list.The thing I found was that some of what Clay has listed as intermediate,we called basics back in the old days.

I'll go take a look at his stuff again and make a list for you...I don't have anything else to really do tonight...so I have time.


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*The* Lunatic Puppy
It wasn't me...It was my *good* twin..
My "inner puppy" made me do it..
 
Ok,besides the hand & finger exercises,here are the truly basic moves (that we learned back in the old days).I'll give Clay's names for them,since you'll probably know them by those names.
#1 Horizontal Basic (this also has a reverse,along with a couple of modified versions..but the old standard is the main one).
#2 Vertical Opening (#1)
#3 Vertical Opening (#2)
#4 Windmill *forward grip* (this has two methods,switching handles and non-switching..use the switching to begin with).
#5 Backhand Windmill *back* (also called the "underhand windmill #1").
#6 Backhand Windmill *forward* (aka "underhand windmill #2).
#7 Bite Handle Opening

These are the usual basics that I've seen many people learn,and usually teach to newbies myself.These start building the finger strength & control needed to learn other moves (we didn't use the finger & hand exercises Clay has on his site...we just used the moves themselves to do the same things).
I hope this gives you a good place to start with your teaching
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*The* Lunatic Puppy
It wasn't me...It was my *good* twin..
My "inner puppy" made me do it..
 
awesome, thanks!

That's actually what i've taught her so far. I'll just have her work on those for a while. I may give her my fileworked jag to practice with, although she'd find that incredibly heavy...
 
I think it's better to start out with a heavier blade anyway...builds up the hand & finger strength,and toughens up the hands (by way of ricochets)for the punishment that they'll take when learning later moves.
It'll make using a lighter blade move faster as well later on.Thing is,you have to switch back & forth between the lighter & heavier to keep up the speed & strength.If a person moves from heavy to light and just uses the light thereafter,they tend to lose some of the actual hand strength.


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*The* Lunatic Puppy
It wasn't me...It was my *good* twin..
My "inner puppy" made me do it..
 
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