Yet another workshop launched!

In conjunction with this coming school holidays, there will be another workshop launched this coming weekend on the 20 and 21 of March!

Here are the details for the curious ones:
The dates for the Workshop are:
20 and 21 March 2010
3-7pmm
Enrolment Fee: $50

If there are any enquiries just contact:
Mr Anthony Tang
(M) 8126 6318
(O) 6343 0594
E-mail: anthonytang@nrichlc.com.sg

I'm really looking forward to seeing all of you again! :)

Beginner Level Trick List!

Well after much thought I've (finally) come up with a list to help you guys better pick up the sport! Its basically a list tricks to help you grasp with the fundamentals of yo-yoing and I hope YOU would enjoy practicing it as I do! Enjoy!

1. Gravity Pull

2. Sleeper


3. Forward Pass


4. Breakaway


5. Around The World


6. Walk The Dog


7. The Creeper


8. Pop the Clutch


9. The UFO


10. Stop and Go



Intermediate level tricks to come soon! Keep practicing and don't give up! :)

String Theory: The Video

Remember my previous post about the common facts of yo-yo strings? No? Or maybe it was too complicated to understand? Its okay, here's a refresher course that would definitely help you out a lot! :)

I do hope this clears up whatever questions that you may have!

Gooooo Green!

At the Yew Tee Eco-Challenge 2010 where anyone and everyone who resides in the area was there!

 Yew Tee residents supporting their local event: 2000 and counting!

Basically went there to support the event and help the kids promote yo-yoing in that area. We had a couple of new comers eager to join us and learn!

There was the rubbish-bin-decorating-competition area which I like to hang out around the area for a simple reason: some of these bins are actually pretty nice to look at! And the painting process can be pretty fun to watch!

Kinda nice flowers-and-rainbows theme.

I liked this one alot. Very cute!

The amount of detail on this one is pretty amazing!

Of course, the main highlight of my trip there were these!

Aaaaaaaand, the highlight of the day! A short demo for the crowd!

 

 

 

 Hopefully there would be more of such events which would serve as a good platform to showcase the talents of the local youngsters!

 

 One happy family!

 On a possibly random closing note: UFO sighting at Yew Tee anyone?

 

It just doesn't get any more fun than this!

Was watching this in the afternoon today, totally brings back memories of the good times. It brings a nice warm fuzzy feeling just thinking about it!

 WCC 2007 video of Team Singer Oil feat. Alex, Junhao, Cheng and I.

Totally hoping to re-live it again soon!

Time to ramp it up....

....With a new trick! The Kwijibo!

I would break the trick into 3 different parts: The Trapeze, The 1.5 Mount and the Double or Nothing. Try it, and if you're not so sure about the 1.5 mount, I'll try to dig and post up a video!

Give it a shot! :)

Yew Tee...Yew Tee...Yew Tee...Yew Tee...Yew Tee...

That's a word that I don't hear very often, considering where I reside!

In case you don't know, Yew Tee is located in the west of Singapore, which, in my case, travelling there is a whole new experience to me! The sights and sounds are totally foreign, and the people seem different!

 Yew Tee Community Building (Not the gathering spot, but somewhat the nearest landmark!)

   Went to the Yew Tee RC to meet up with some of the kids there, and was totally surprised! Usually when I go visiting different areas with kids I would meet players of generally different skill levels. But at Yew Tee I was somewhat surprised to find 2 groups of players at totally opposite spectrums in terms of their handling skills!

In one group, we have the kids who have just started, learning tricks like Trapeze and what-not. And in the other group there's kids doing the new school stuff of slacks, whips, and different wierd mounts!

There's even a small showcase of yo-yos, some I have not seen in ages,some I've never even seen before and free yo-yos lying around for kids to play with! A very novel idea!

Soon, we started to get to know each other better and I got to know their future plans and ideas. Been giving it some thought and finally decided, why not? Would definitely try to make time in the future to help these young group of kids and Yew Tee RC to promote this wonderful sport!

Well, that's it for this little excursion, hopefully there will be more in the future! OVER AND OUT!

Start twisting your mind...

...with today's trick, the Brain Twister!



It's a cool trick that forms the foundation of lots of different front-style combos, so once you've got it down, try doing different variations of it; frontwards, backwards, inside, outside... go figure!

Yo-Yo Shapes 2 of 3: The Butterfly

This time I will introduce to you a yo-yo shape that modern players are definitely familiar with: The Butterfly!

A butterfly shaped yo-yo basically looks like an imperial yo-yo, cut in half, and reassembled backwards! Somewhat like this:

 The YoYoFactory FAST201

Debuting in 1958, the butterfly has a wider string gap to make it easier to catch the yo-yo body on the string. Although the butterfly shape is good for 'string tricks" like the Braintwister, Man on the Flying Trapeze and Splitting the Atom. However, it is not good for 'looping' tricks like Loop-the-Loop and Hopping the Fence, because the winged shape of the body does not allow it to easily flip while looping.

This shape is similar to a small Diabolo, sometimes called a Chinese yo-yo.

More on yo-yo shapes coming up soon! Keep a lookout for more! :)

OVER AND OUT!

Yo-Yo Visit!

This coming Sunday on 10/1/10 I'll be heading down to Yew Tee RC to meet up with the kids around the area! If are free on that day itself, or just happen to be around the area, do drop by! If you are not so free and don't have much time to go there, make time!

Here are some of the details:

Date: 10/1/10
Time: 4pm onwards
Location: Yew Tee Community Building

Map

Looking forward to meeting you guys there! :)

Only the best

Clips from the World Yo-Yo Contest 2009!







Hmm.. Totally makes you wanna be there!

Happy New Year!

It's a little belated, but hey, its the thought that counts!

I hope you guys had a great new year, cause I had a CRAZY one! Looking forward to seeing you guys again soon!

OVER AND OUT!