Tutorial: Neosonic, Fingerless Thumbaround Reverse, and Fingerless Thumbflap Charge Reverse

Here I am again to help you to learn more Pen Spinning tricks. Previously, I have already post the tutorial about how to do some fundamental tricks and another cool tricks.

The next trick that I want to share to you can be use to make a combo with the previous tricks.
Shall we start?

Neosonic

This trick is really easy, I can say that this is the easiest 'sonic' of all.
For the linkage, I usually use this trick after twisted sonic 32-21. So, it will be twisted sonic 32-21 -> neosonic 21-T. It should be the easiest way to link this trick. Here is tutorial video of neosonic.

FingerLess ThumbAround Reverse

Fingerless Thumbaround Reverse (FL TA Rev) is the next trick that should be learnt. Neosonic is not complete without FL TA Rev (At least I think so).

FL TA Rev is not a hard one. You need to feel it, like when you do thumbaround (the normal one).
Now, let's get started!

Fingerless Thumbflap Charge Reverse

Well, this is the next step of FL TA Rev and this trick is optional. You can simply learn it after the FL TA Rev. No need for more explanation, just click the play button.

This is the end of my third post, hope you enjoy doing pen spinning.
See ya!

Tutorial: Twisted Sonic, Warped Sonic, and Double Charge

Welcome back! If you have not learn the basic tricks, you can go back to the previous post
HERE: http://chrisjet98.blogspot.com/2014/08/tutorial-4-basic-tricks-thumbaround.html

This time I will bring you to learn more awesome tricks. It will be harder to learn but it will give you a huge satisfaction. In addition it will make you really cool, confuse your friend, I mean, "How can you do that?".

Are you ready? Ok, Let's do it!

Twisted Sonic

Let's start with the easiest one, it is a bit different from sonic. Sonic got 1x revolution and Twisted Sonic got 1.5 revolution. Maybe, it will be hard to learn because you have learn sonic first, but it's ok. Once again, I recommend you to have a stable pen, so it will ease you to learn.

Usually, people start learning this trick from twisted sonic 32-21 (correct me if I wrong). It means that we start it between our ring and middle finger, and it will ended between the middle and index finger.
Note: If you don't understand why it is called twisted sonic 32-21, you can go to this link
http://chrisjet98.blogspot.com/2013/12/pen-spinning-great-but-cheap-hobby.html

Enough for the explanation, I know you have already been curious with this trick.
Enjoy learning! 

Warped Sonic

So, have you learned the twisted sonic?
Allright, next we have the warped sonic.

In my opinion it is important to be learned before we move to double charge. This trick is not hard, but many people stuck at the flexibility problem. I think you should watch the video about how to fix this problem first, I hope it will help:

That's about the flexibility problem solution. You can train your flexibility while learning the tricks though.
So, here is the video to do warped sonic:

Double Charge

Finally! The Ultimate double charge (Many people fail to do this. I hope it won't happen to you)
This one really need patience and pratice. I have passed this moment, because I learn it anytime anywhere as long as I bring the pen (a bit crazy isn't it?). Studying, exams, watching TV (I don't thing I watched the TV).

Here is the video of me doing double charge ^^

This trick is really cool, even it is not an advanced one. It feels like you already have all the things in the world after you successfully done it. Back to the tutorial, don't think about the hard of it. You'll don't it without you know how long have you train. Just Have fun with it. 

SO, this is the time to change your world!

Hmm, I think this is the end of this post. I just have one thing for you to know, I have never thing about how long I have trained for a trick. It is about how you are passionate to do this.
At last, one tip I can give to you that I took from KTrinh93 video:

"Pen Spinning doesn't happen overnight. To become a successful pen spinner, you need to learn the 3P's:
Patience, Persistence, Practice"

See you at my next post!

Tutorial: 4 Basic Tricks (Thumbaround, Charge, Sonic, Fingerpass)

Thumbaround

For your information, you can learn any trick other than this for your first trick. Some people can do 'fingerpass' without knowing that he/she is doing pen spinning. However, many people begin learning pen spinning from thumbaround.

First of all, I want to sorry because the video is not mine, but I hope you can learn this trick from this video.
Since this is a basic trick, it won't take you so long to learn. You can use any pen to do it, but I recommend you to use a two sided pen or a pen with two caps (at the head and the tail) so the pen has the same weight at both side or at least stable enough to spin.
So, welcome to the world of pen spinning!

If you has master this trick, I recommend you to continue to the next one. The Charge trick!

Charge

This trick is also an easy one. The only thing that you need is: Practice!

Usually, people learn charge reverse before the normal charge. You can also see it when a drummer spin his sticks. Yeah, it is pen spinning. For you that cannot do the reverse one, here is the tutorial:

Fingerpass

Next, here is the trick I have told you in the beginning. This is pretty easy though.

Sonic

We are reaching the end of the post. The Sonic trick is the hardest among the three other tricks.
Special for this one, an unstable pen is recommended. I cannot explain why, you will know it later.
Enjoy!

Alright, that's all what I can share for now. I hope this post can help you to do Pen Spinning.
See you at the next post!

Pen Spinning, A Great but Cheap Hobby!

Don't know what to do? Have you ever seen someone spin his/her pen (or maybe pencil)? Well, it looks cool and it seems that they can easily do it, right? I've got the same experience too! 

Allright, I have done pen spinning for... no need to tell. At least I can do it right away. It was really fun, however sometimes it makes me can't leave my pen XD. Honestly, it was an easy hobby to be done. But then, it really takes time and patience to be learnt, however it will give you a proud and happy feeling when you successfully done it.

Before giving you info about the pen spinning I will give you an amazing video of pen spinning. This is a video of the pen spinning world tournament 2013. Enjoy!

More video, spectacular edited video of PSWC'14 JEB Qualification

Enough for the introduction (Isn't it boring reading many introduction?) ,now I will give you some info about all the things I know in pen spinning.

Finger Slots, Notations and Breakdowns

Spinners use a variety of systems, symbols, abbreviations and short forms to help them express how the pen is spun.

Finger Slot System

Finger Slots

For convenience pen spinners have adopted a common numbering of fingers and the spaces between them ("Finger Slots"). The fingers are numbered sequentially from "1" the index finger, to "4" pinky. The thumb is the letter "T". Finger slots are represented by combining any two of these. For instance the space between the middle and ring fingers is "23". A pen held between index and pinky is in slot "14". Sometimes the space between the thumb and index fingers near the palm is called "TF" (thumbflap) and the slot of the tips of the thumb at the index finger is called "T1". The palm is sometimes notated as "P".

Notations

The notation system consists of a combination of abbreviations and short forms of tricks and their direction slot system to define the direction and position of a trick. Words that define direction/how the move is performed are usually shortened. The 3 words that get shortened are "reverse" to "rev", "inverse" to "inv" and "fingerless" to "fl", the shortened versions are sometimes followed by a period/".". (E.g. reverse sonic is changed to rev. sonic and inverse shadow is changed to inv. shadow.)

Names of tricks are sometimes shortened or abbreviated. For example, the modifier "Fingerless" is often abbreviated to "FL" while the tricks "Thumbaround" and "Indexaround" are often abbreviated to "TA" and "IA".

Breakdowns

Breakdowns are annotations of links (a mix of a few tricks) and combos (combinations of links) which are used to define how a link or combo is performed. When moves are defined on where it is performed, spinners use the finger slots to help them; they write the trick first, the slot it starts at and a "-" after, and the slot the trick ends at (exemplis grata Sonic 23-12). When writing breakdowns, spinners usually follow two standard structures. The 1st structure is normally Direction (Rev) then "how" (Inv, FL), the trick name, and the slots it is in (exemplis grata Rev Inv Sonic 12-23). The 2nd structure is similar to the 1st one however, the "how" is written first, then the trick name is written, then the abbreviated notations and then the slots (exemplis grata Inv Sonic Rev 12-23). While many spinners write their breakdowns in these formats, they are not strictly necessary and are often deviated from.

The Tricks

Fundamental Tricks

In Pen Spinning there are 4 main fundamental tricks, spinners should learn first (it is a should, not a must).

• Thumbaround

The "ThumbAround" (previously known as "360 Degrees Normal") is performed by pushing a pen by one's middle finger (the index finger is also used to make it look smoother in a combination of moves) so to initiate the pen to spin around one's thumb a single time, then catching it in between the thumb and index finger. There are many variations, but one used most often for combinations uses just momentum and only a rotation around the thumb with a jerk of the hand or a push with the middle finger. To do this the 1st finger is put on the eraser, the 3rd finger near the middle, and the thumb in between. Pressure is then added on the pencil/pen with the thumb. This is most easily done with pens and pencils with a center of mass nearer to the writing tip, such as mechanical pencils and cheap disposable pens.

• Fingerpass

The "Pass" involves spinning the pen through the fingers. A combination of Passes are called FingerPasses. The FingerPass was used in the James Bond film GoldenEye by Boris Grishenko, in a variation using only three fingers instead of the usual four

• Charge

The Charge does not involve spinning the pen around any fingers or any body parts, rather, the pen is manipulated in such a way with two fingers, that it seems to spin in a very fast motion, in a conic-shaped path. Its conic path and its speed thus create an illusion of the charging motion of the pen. This trick is often performed by drummers using drumsticks rather than pens. It looks like the pen is spinning in the two fingers. Right-handed people performing this trick would mean that the pen is revolving clockwise. If it is going the opposite direction, it is called Charge Reverse.

• Sonic

The idea behind the Sonic is to move the pen from one finger position to another finger position in as little time as possible. In this trick, the pen is normally held between the middle and ring fingers (but could be performed with other fingers using mapping) and is moved so that it ends up between the middle and index. The move is done by revolving the pen in a conic-like motion behind a finger (or fingers). As this trick can be executed in a very short amount of time, its name means a supersonic movement

Advanced Tricks

In addition to the 4 fundamental tricks, more have been invented and used successfully in combos by numerous people

• Infinity

The pen should begin by being held in the writing position, near the tip of a pen. A wiper reverse is performed, where the pen pivots from the top of the thumb and index finger to the bottom of the thumb and index finger. A pass to the index/middle fingers is then performed. The pen pivots from the top of these fingers to the bottom. The pen is then swung back up to the writing position. When the pen is not passed to a different finger slot, the trick is called "Figure 8". When two passes are involved, the trick will be called as "Double Infinity".

• Shadow

This is a trick where the palm is facing down. The pen starts at any finger slot and does 0.5 rotations in the charge position before traveling up to the top of the hand. The pen should revolve 0.5 times on top of your fingers. As it nears the end of the 0.5 revolutions on top, slowly lift any of your fingers to catch the pen . At the end, a final 0.5 revolutions of charge should end the trick. Doing a total of 1.5 revolutions.

• Thumbspin

The ThumbSpin is a variation of the ThumbAround, except it spins more than one revolution and spins on top of the thumb. The starting and ending positions are the same as the ThumbAround

• Palmspin

This is a trick where the palm is facing up. The pen spin for more than one revolution on the middle of your palm. Usually, it starts after thumbaround. While you are doing thumbaround, you let your pen spin rather than catching it. While the pen is still spinning, you turn your palm until your palm is facing up.

• Triangle Pass

This is one of the popular trick where the pen starts on the top of the end of any of three of your fingers (too many "of" I guess). Usually, the fingers used in this trick are the thumb, index and middle finger. Starts by pushing the pen a bit with your middle finger. The pen should rotate 0.5 times on the thumb and index finger while your middle finger is going back to the first position. So, the result is 0.5 rotations, but it can be done more than that by continously rotating the pen. The more advanced spinner can do this trick on another fingers such as index, middle and ring or middle, ring, and pinky.

• Spread

Spread is a trick when you throw/bounce your pen up with your finger. The finger used in this trick are all your fingers except your thumb. Thumb has an aerial release only, there is no spread trick for thumb.

• Korean BackAround

The Korean BackAround, or simply "Bak", is a popular trick where the pen goes around any of the four fingers that are not the thumb. It is basically a Fingerless FingerAround Reverse, except follows a diagonal motion when spinning. A Bak that goes around the index finger would be called the Index Bak. A popular mini combo executed by pen spinners is called the BakFall (Korean BackAround Fall).

The last thing I want to share is just a simple video by KTrinh93.


I hope that video will encourage you to learn this cool hobby.

Well, that's all from me. I'll make another blog of the tricks spefically later. If you can give me ideas or correction about this blog, please comment down here!

Thank You!