[TommyRaver]

When your stringing you can perform freehand transition, but i don't know any freehand moves. I know how to trace but i can't get the helicopter, this move seems really hard to master.

[Dru]

Well remember: glowstringing is more 'move-based' while freehanding.. well it speaks for itself doesn't it? You're free to move your hands and body the way you want, so there aren't many set moves for freehanding. If you want though, learn some catches and traces and such, and after that create your own style

[Alex]

To me, freehand seems to be more of a dance then glowstringing. You need to have rhythm and flow.

[Dru]

Ah, well said Alex, well said

[Blakc ninja]

I can post a vid of the helicopter when i get the chance. Suprisingly enough there are quite a few moves that aren't easy to do well at all with freehand. 'Chasing the sun' is the same for freehand as it is stringing, try adding that to your list of moves.

[morolen]

the heli isnt easy to do, i think i took me like 5 months to learn it, of course im kinda retarded but...just practice, freehanding has a much less steep learning curve but it takes ALOT longer to get good at, ive only been at it for 4 years and im BARELY an intermediate.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by melvenorc12

It really depends on how much you practice =]. Like look at the ultralords like dave, paul, jeff... they all got hella good real quick because they practiced so much.

When i first learned a helicopter, i tried to learn it by relating it to stringing.
When i do a helicopter, i try to think of there being planes in them. When your planes are completely flat, your helicopter is really smooth. Stand next to a mirror and look to the side at the mirror while doing it. Your going to have to use a lot of wrist movement to keep these planes straight. Dont forget, when doing a helicopter, the sticks are moving for how "split time" would be for stringing. From the front, when it looks really smooth it should look just like a circle.

If you dont know what a helicopter is, it is a variation of a figure eight. The most common helicopter is just the verticle one done infront of your face. Act like you are doing a figure eight towards the sky, but instead of just doing the figure eight, you are trying to form a circle and keep your sticks going in a flat plane.

Also there are many other variations of helicopters, such as: horizantal helicopter, one handed helicopter, inverted helicopter, and a lot more.

Very good insight Melvenorc!
I don't know that much about free-hand glowsticking, but I can still perform a lot of the moves because it really closely relates glowstringing in a lot of ways. It's all pertains to the limitless circular motions you can make with your arms and body.

[Epsilon Kias]

It's not just circular either, Freehanding allows a greater range of motion than stringing allows, Tutting's a good example of a concept that can't be done with swinging strings.

Also, Tosses, stalls and other moves involving concepts of juggling and other arts, 3 stick glowsticking deffinately has more of a juggling feel than 2 stick glowsticking, There's also the wider range of movement allowed 'cos you don't need to worry about wacking yourself with the strings.

[morolen]

whoo EK is here!@#

actully brian, i think a better example of skill to practice time is the ECers like rai and ginseng and spazz, those guys kill and they havent been at it for nearly as long as dave and the UG's


as for freehanding in general, if you think you can do it, well, you can.

stringing is like a puzzle where as freehanding is like a paintbrush, both make pictures, just in different ways and with different methodologies.

[Dru]

Nice analogies Morolen