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WITD 101.19 Characteristics of a Good Short Whip76 viewsA little longer than my normal videos (15 min). Three quick tests to do when checking a whip that will give you a quick idea how it will throw and how accurate it will be in the dungeon. 11 whips are compared and characteristics are contrasted with Mike Murphy and Joe Strain as the benchmarks other makers that are compared are: Peter Jack, Blake Bruning, Casey Tyler, Skip San Soucie, Victor Tella, Axel.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.21 How to Crack a Singetail Whip70 viewsReview WITD 101.10 The Shape of the Crack video. A basic whip cracking approach is shown, then translation into the Whips in the Dungeon approach to the 4 techniques used to crack a whip in the dungeon. Relating cracking to techniques we are already familiar with and have mileage with when throwing a flogger, quirt, cat o' nine, galley whip and dragontail will result in our proficiency in the dungeon sooner than if we jump directly into a basic cracking or sport cracking approach.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.20 Rhythm Whips73 viewsThis video combines skills covered in the 4 Techniques, Grounding the Whip, Stalling the Whip and practices merging those skills with rhythmic music. Rhythm Whips will get you practicing dungeon skills while connecting the energy of the music to the whip catcher.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.18 Whip Circle vs Whip Lane69 viewsThis video discusses the concept of using a whip circle and or a whip lane. Why one paradigm works better for horizontal style and the other paradigm works better for snake and bullwhips thrown overhand or in a forward figure 8 pattern. Some blending of both concepts is discussed as it the safety zone behind the thrower. The geometric shape of a radius forming an arc or circle as opposed to a pie shaped whip lane with the wide part of the piece of pie at the whip thrower's shoulders. A geometric parallelagrJun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.16 How to Tie a Cracker on a Fall78 viewsThis video shows 3 common methods for attaching a cracker or popper to the fall of a snake or bullwhip. This show and tell provides 3 examples. Listen to the fall, let the fall's taper and whip maker's construction of the fall tell you which method to use that will work best with a particular fall.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.15 Crackers78 viewsIntroduction to different types of crackers, sometimes called poppers. Braided signal crackers, twisted crackers and ladysally crackers shown. Different colors of crackers with a discussion of pluses and minuses of each. Different materials poly, nylon, dyneema, kevlar, horsehair, braided mason line and twisted mason line. I forgot to mention silk crackers, these provide a very clean crisp loud crack but also cut easily. Later in this series @ladysally will show in detail how to make her wonderful crackers.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.17 Basic Stances80 viewsBasic footwork or stances when throwing the 4 techniques WITD has been working on. Advanced footwork will be covered in the 200 series videos. Think about common footwork you have experience using in regular activities. Relate that footwork to whip throwing and see what works best for you.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.14 Grounding the Whip81 viewsThis video introduces the concept of grounding a long whip, then how to apply that concept to dynamically grounding a short whip. Review the Stall Speed video after viewing this segment. Easiest way to get to a past video is from my profile page, click on the Index link to the page that has all of the links to past videos.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.13 Practice Targets80 viewsThis video introduces a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional targets that can be used to practice throwing techniques to develop muscle memory and fine motor skills. The practice goal is to learn to create different surface sensations not to cut the target and throw atomized blood born pathogens around the dungeon.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.11 Stall Speed132 viewsBrief discussion of throwing safety. Continued discussion of the shape of a dynamic crack. Forward figure 8 dissected to show how to stall the whip to set up a U shaped crack.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.12 Hand Holds137 viewsThis video discusses various hand holds for both horizontal style throwing and overhand or forward figure 8 style throwing. Small discussion of wrist loops at the end of the turk's head.Jun 13, 2020
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WITD 101.10 The Shape of the Crack125 viewsThis segment discusses the shape a crack takes as the whip rolls out. Regardless of the type of throw, or angle thrown from or fancy name someone gives a crack. All static cracks will take this shape as the whip rolls out to its finish. Watch tomorrow for Stalling the whip and continued discussion of dynamic throws.Jun 13, 2020
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