My Father taught me how to do the figure 8 spin when I was 12, but judt with Ahsoka's style of holding a lightsaber. I never knew how to do it the "normal" way. Thank you for teaching me!
Wow master you are good, I have just learned the figure 8 spin as well, in the last 1/2 hour of practice I have gotten it down pretty good from basic spin to figure 8 spin, need to practice more for speed and consistency but I am now on my way. Thank you my master.
I broke my broom and turn out it looks like a lightsaber, wanna teach myself how to look more like Chat Noir from MLB instead so i found your great account :V
Just got my Anakin Skywalker costume for con, and I feel that if I’m going to be cosplaying the chosen one himself I outta learn some cool lightsaber tricks
that is so helpful. i love all the spinning things because they are just so pretty and i just got into it a few days ago. you are such a treasure jazz. thanks a lot! 😍
I actually practiced that with a wood made swoard so i didnt felt that pain while bringing the swoard on the outside of my arm . Probably because the grip is not that large and heavy as an lightsaber grip . I made it at the end anyways even though its not that smooth yet . Practice will do i think.
you're such a good teacher, I can actually follow and understand! Question: long time ago I broke my radius bone and now I have a hard time rotating my palm upwards. It's much easier to grasp in between my index and middle finger though. Should I switch to my other hand, or could I continue using those fingers instead? 🤔
I give up at this point. I’ve tried for about a solid 30 minutes trying to perfect going to the spin to getting the lightsaber to the side of my arm. Whenever I do it, it’s so choppy and it doesn’t feel natural
hey man, it takes practice. check out some other figure 8 tutorials and see if the way they explain it makes more sense, and see if doing it the opposite direction works better for you. It's going to be choppy at first--remember that I've been doing this for years. Keep it up man, I have faith in you
I can't get the spin to look polished overhand. But underhand (the lightsaber pointing down my arm) is really easy for me. Can you make another tutorial and try to explain the moions a bit clearer?
I don’t know dude I do my spins the same way I spin my staff. So do a figure 8 and I spin it behind me like a reverse obi-ani or something. I’m right handed so when I spin it behind me I spin it up sideways then down then backwards back up. But doing it this way hurts my hand because it drills into my thumb sometimes
It should be more in the wrist, but if you end up end up using your arm more at first that's ok. If you want, you can send me a clip of you doing it at Jfuller.saber@gmail.com and I'll see if I can give you some pointers :)
why do i sometimes when in mid spin keep hitting my back. what am I doing wrong ? this is the very first spin, am I'm not dropping it down enough or what. sometimes its perfect most time si hit my side back or arm
Cool vid and clear tutorial! How long is that lightsaber just out of interest as I wanna make one and can't seem to find a "standard" length? 3ft, 4ft, 5ft? Thanks
Depends. Blades run from 24-40in, and hilts from 7-16 in. the one I'm using there has a ~11in hilt with a 36in blade. There's about 2in of blade in the hilt, so the total length is about 45 inches. I'd recommend starting with a 32 in blade as its a bit easier to control when you're learning :)
Hey, great stuff! thanks for putting this together! Upon doing the spin, after a while the inner part of the hand where the spin puts the most pressure is hurting... any tip on that? The pain is in the first index finger joint right under the knuckle, which holds the saber against it... Any tip on getting rid of that or improving it? now it hurts at simple contact...
@@JazzLikesLightsabers I guess it's from my joint not used to pressure & friction... I'll get some gloves and check :) - I put some tape and seemed to help though so I believe your suggestion is the right direction. What gloves do you use/recommend?
