The wonders of centripetal force ...

[willOthewisp]

... or, "Presitdigitation, Vol. 3"

I've been doing this as a technical exercise, and seemed neat-o enough to share. Do some finger twirls, rotations all parallel to the ground, fingers pointing down. Not talking about doing just one or two, but lots of 'em. If you're like me, & your twirls usually happen pretty close to your last knuckle/fingertips, then it will take a lot of speed (or a lot of scissor-pinching) to keep yr. balisong from falling. If you've had trouble with the Y2K rollover, give a Y2K rollaround a try!

 

[Darth Detori]

didn't find it too hard. The Y2K rollaround is certainly very interesting

 

[Agent-A1]

what do you mean y2k roll around. just the same trick repeated. You catch it in a different grip.

 

[Blasto]

I guess I've never tried continuously twirling parallel to the ground. It's a workout for sure! But, I do practice twirling perp. to the ground, parallel to the body, and then perp. to the body and ground, and then parallel to the ground and back to the beginning in one big twirly circle.

 

[willOthewisp]

Agent, if you're catching the "rollaround" in a different grip, then you've misinterpreted the goal of the exercise. The point is, yes, it is the same stuff you would normally do, but oriented at an angle which makes them significantly more difficult. With the rollover, gravity is functioning in your favour, holding your rotating knife to the upper surface of your thumb. With the "rollaround" version, gravity is most definitely your enemy, as it forces your knife to slide off the sides of your thumb. I'd explain further, but I've got to get to work.

Challenge: While a "regular" Y2K is limited, as a result of gravitational force, to a single rotation over the thumb (if you tried a 2nd rotation, it would come off the top of your thumb & drop to the ground), the "rollaround" variation is not. Gravity does not affect the rollaround rotation in the same way. My theory is that one could rotate a rollaround twice before having to make a catch. I've managed a 2nd turn once (entirely accidentally!), so I know it's possible. The challenge is this: How many rotations can you squeeze out of a "Y2K rollaround" before gravity forces you to catch?