The non-martial arts

[Darth Cephalus]

Posted the call for videos over here
http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=22222.0

Lets see if we can get this started.

[DARTH CH3M15T]

That buugeng looks wierd. it seems like its the string of led configuration thats in the hasbro fx sabers. I'd love to have a small straight double bladed staff or two. but i'd want extremely small hilt with small blades on it. the spins i could do would look epic and seem twice as fast.

[Darth Cephalus]

I dropped a few hints and managed to mind trick someone into buying me a buugeng for Christmas this year. My powers of suggestion were not enough to net me an LED model but I will mess around a bit more with the wood one I did get and post some videos. So far, double small staff has exactly the complications you would expect. The over the shoulder will take some work to get down. The other thing about the s curve is that you have to keep a loose grip because the staff has to be able to rotate 180 degrees in your hand to not break momentum since the curve makes it unidirectional. I can also say that finger rolls become a much more interesting thing to do.

[Darth Cephalus]

It has been a while so I thought I should post something. The new baby is taking a majority of the time, but I was able to film this. it is a practice freestyle moving with dual sabers while spinning. Features somewhat repetitive saberwork with footwork and body spins. Also includes an opposing dual super obi/ani spin that is a work in progress. Set to Law by David Bowie.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEY7KV6X08" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEY7KV6X08</a>

[SleezogTrang]

Man winter is taxing. Practice has slowed down immensely, and its hard to stay on it. I'm not one for the cold, and my leather jacket is just too thick to get behind me well. The apartment is small. After learning all this stuff from you guys it feels like a stalling.... can't wait to get out this spring. But I am still here ...lurking .....watching .....learning. Thanks again.

[Darth Cephalus]

Man winter is taxing. Practice has slowed down immensely, and its hard to stay on it. I'm not one for the cold, and my leather jacket is just too thick to get behind me well. The apartment is small. After learning all this stuff from you guys it feels like a stalling.... can't wait to get out this spring. But I am still here ...lurking .....watching .....learning. Thanks again.

No problem. Winter has slowed me down as well. I keep thinking I will make it out to do one of those last three tutorials, but it has not happened yet. 

[Darth Cephalus]

Trying out a new toy. Buugeng (dual s-staffs) spinning to Forest by System of a Down. Next step is to set these up with some EL tape. There is definitely a learning curve to these (see what I did there?) as they are verry differently balanced. The uni-directionality of them also takes some getting used to. I can't help but think that, if I can get good at them, there might be some interesting lightsaber moves that can be adapted.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_VHHrSuj0" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_VHHrSuj0</a>

[Darth Cephalus]

Another forum member here posted a video of this guy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YZZR3B8SNyftdMFQlAfQg/feed
His saber work is very good. I am particularly impressed with some of the dual wield footwork he uses and with his staff and single saber triple wield. Worth a look. I contacted him on youtube to see if he might drop by. I notice he seems to use v2 ultrasabers. It would be nice to have him for the light side of this year's end of year saber montage.

[Dauntless Seven]

Hi Darth C.  Haven't visited this section of the forum in awhile.  Still have to view last year's spinning comp. video.  Firstly, big congrats upon your new babe and best wishes for a stellar 2015.  Those Buugeng are really odd and I'm not sure what to think about them yet.  You should be defining some nice triceps with that workout.  That young man (Master Shade Nion) has some entertaining videos and talent.  Looks like he has 3 Aeon v2.  I would never part with the ones that I have. 

[Darth Cephalus]

Thanks Dauntless. Your post made me realize I never posted a link to the montage on this thread. Consider that now remedied.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_fabiOtA6Y" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_fabiOtA6Y</a>

I am looking forward to next year. The plan as such is to see if I can get enough volunteers come October/November to have enough footage for two videos: one light and one dark. As to the Buugeng. Yes they are odd. Looking at videos of people much better than me, I can see that if I want to get good at them, I need to be a lot more proficient with finger rolls. If I can do that, there should be some nice advanced blade inversion tricks that I should be able to learn to do with the sabers. They should also help with my goal to eventually learn to spin two staffs fluidly. Once my son is a bit more alert, I will have to see about getting a picture of him in the gallery with a saber.  Since he can't manage an ultrasaber yet, I will have to find something a bit smaller. 

[Darth Lysanders]

awesome videos guys.. I have a lot to learn and practice in a short time, but i should be able to replicate some of what I seen for my film project for school in march...I really like the NY jedi class.. I'll see what I can do.

[Darth Cephalus]

This is a variation of a hand switch I had used in past. It maintains a greater degree of contact to get an extra rotation. In the first slow duo, you can see what I am doing is using one hand to roll the saber around the other and into grab position.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVJECXz7k8" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVJECXz7k8</a>

and an alternate look at the move from the last video using a long hilt contact saber.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43mi0S2XFb4" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">www.youtube.com/watch?v=43mi0S2XFb4</a>

[DARTH CH3M15T]

Heres a dual wielding trick for you to try at home. Be careful :-S

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tm_8pi7sr0" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tm_8pi7sr0</a>

[Darth Cephalus]

I'm setting aside time to try it tomorrow. I can see from the video that this move will not work in my indoor practice space.

[Darth Cephalus]

So shelves be damned, I couldn't wait. First off, challenge accepted. I chose to end it in flowers rather than a stop.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3hGMP8uB_Y" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3hGMP8uB_Y</a>

Next challenge returned. You will notice I am using nerf swords as I want to spare the sabers. Can you beat me to pulling it off smoothly?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-RJQFJqi_E" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-RJQFJqi_E</a>

Lastly, a new spin I am working on. I call it a halo spin for what the blade does as it goes around the head. It is still a work in progress, but there you go.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ2x6nBydJc" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ2x6nBydJc</a>