Chopsticks 101 - Lesson Three - Metronome Variations

This episode is going back to some of the earliest roots of chopsticks tricks.

Metronome and Kota Watanabe's Thumb Mounts
(It's so old, that before he was known as "KohTa," he went by the alias of "Poo"... and these tricks are from the "Poo" era.)

Metronome is Jason Lee's trick. It was in a few of his older FSs back from the Duncan days. (The Golden Apple FS where he's wearing the grey hoodie sticks out in my mind most notably)

With Metronome, you'll want to take the wonderful mount that has inspired us for eons (since the old days of lesson one!) and just sorta hold it there... in the meantime, go ahead and wrap the string around your hand (kinda like a magic drop... but just more obnoxious and INYOURFACE)... from there, pop the yoyo into that little hold on the front string.

From here, you'll do a cross between an unwrapping motion, and a motion where you dump the yoyo to the outside of your throwhand. (READ: The string coming from your middle finger) From here, it'll slide back into a trapeze... and you can repeat the trick as desired - or of course... you can do the right thing and do something original... just using these ideas as a base.

For Kota's Thumb Mount's... well, the key here is just practice. At first, it might even be MORE awkward than it looks - but if it's any hope, this is the trick that I think develops more chopsticks skill/control than any other trick that enters into the chopsticks realm. This is quite literally THE trick that got me into chopsticks... I would do it all day... and it's still a huge inspiration for a bunch of my tricks. (and funnily enough, if you look closely you can see how this is based off of Metronome)

The "simple" version is just going back and forth into and out of the green triangle mount on your throwhand. (One other funny little bit of trivia - If you've ever seen the SuperYo Kickin' Tricks VHS/DVD Bill DeBoiseblanc does a trick called William Tell which has a lot of similar concepts at play - concepts which *I* personally believe have a lot more room for growth) And even though it's the simple version, it'll take some time to get used to the motion... however, if you're having trouble, don't lose hope - it's definitely one of the most fun and satisfying tricks out there.

For the full version, just keep up with the back and forth for a bit, then when you're ready, get that same hand/string wrap from metronome ready, and pop the yoyo from the Green Triangle into the hold on your throwhand. However, UNLIKE Metronome, with Kota's trick, you'll actually POP the yoyo back into the Green Triangle, instead of sliding/dumping out.

The last trick starts with Kota's mount and dismount, but then has the yoyo swing out and to the front of the string, then as it finishes its first orbit, it'll swing around the back of the string, and land in the space between your fingers and thumb. After it mounts into this position, you'll swing it back around, and land in the same place coming from the other direction... Once again, you'll swing back into the hold, but while having reversed the direction (once again). Now... If you've gotten this far, I'm sure that you've noted how you can repeat these previous few steps as much as you like... but if you wish to dismount with the shown exit from the video, you'll want to be in the most recently listed mount before attempting the dismount.

WHEW! That's confusing, but we're almost done... The last thing to do is to swing the yoyo from your thumb/finger hold, back out like you have previously, but this time, instead of landing on both strings, you'll just land on the front string - this will provide you with a Green Triangle - just like the beginning of the trick. From here, you exit as you like - or continue into whatever else you desire...

AND that's it. Despite all the text, it's more simple than you might expect (and while simple doesn't mean easy - it's at least simple haha).

Enjoy!

Category:

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• Berry
• Paul
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• Metronome

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[granako]

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