Yeah, pretty much haha. But then again, I swing balls of fire on chains, so I'd expect people to call me a moron as well. However I don't find someone that does the tricks to be lacking in sense, only the ones who cut themselves multiple times without being sure of what they're doing. I won't make an argument out of it but no trick is baseless. They all flow from something simpler that you're already used to, and if you're used to that, the chance of hurting yourself doing the more advanced step is lessened considerably. For example a guy that tries dropping that bali like that without practicing easier tricks first, I would deem not all that bright. Personal opinion. For myself, the gap between having a knife in hand as a solid controlled object, then moving on to using a cord attachment right away, doesn't seem all that bright either. Again, personal opinion, but I feel you have to give your hands some muscle memory of controlling the object before using a live blade and letting it leave your hands. By that point, the bali guy likely is very comfortable with the weight and can guesstimate how/where it will land as controlled by his flip. Maybe that's assumption on my part though. I'm willing to concede a point but my opinion still differs based on experience with both.
