Begleri Breakdown

I want to touch on the mechanics portion of this which I find incredibly well written. Thank you Simon for putting this together

Begleri, much like cardistry has a basis of very small/minute movements and pressures we use in completing a trick or a combo, what's import; is that these movements and pressures change in an instant.

I'm going to use two examples of tricks, one a foundational trick the other a little more difficult.

Let's start with a simple inside Index roll.

If your starting in high grip and give the set a inside swing, most people will use a slip either to give themselves more time or as a Correction of oosition. This increases the momentum but by doing so you increase your grip so you don't launch your set but you slowly (and at the same time with some speed) release the grip so the Begleri can go into a roll.

The next example is a standard inside beadroll. Again starting from top grip. You don't have a death grip on your anchored bead because doing so won't allow you to slip the bead into the required grip. And this movement is loose and quick. Emphasis on the loose part. You gingerly slip the anchored bead until landing in regular low grip, this trick take literally a second to perform with soft pressure changes from gripping the anchored bead to releasing into the next grip.

The reason I brought these two tricks up is because these are two examples of pressure and micro movements and what's important about this is that these micro movements are NOT caught on camera. It just looks like we're doing the trick and not the other parts that actually make the trick happen. These are more of a physical feeling that doesn't translate to a line that we watch on FB,IG or YT and I believe this is where some of the frustration comes in especially with older players just starting out. I know players who are pushing 60 and they see a trick, it looks easy enough, but it's those "behind the scenes" movements that aren't captured that actually make the trick happen and make them flow and thats what frustrates them. It's these movements in which I think a lot of us take for granted because they just happen because we've practiced that trick so long it's just second nature and we don't pay attention to it and THIS is where muscle memory comes in. We know they happen but I think even us as content creators have a hard time translating that to the audience at large. I've talked to a few people who pick up a set for the first time and go "Okay how do I beadroll?" To which I say learn to walk before you run because if you don't understand the concept then frustration takes over and rage quits happen and I hate to see that to someone who just started to gain traction.

Everyone starts out terrible unless your @edonghumble or @keitxro. They are some of the exceptions to that. But they also have/had backgrounds in other skill based manipulation to my knowledge to they were able to apply the micro movements and pressures they were already aware of to a new object to manipulate because the foundations are more or less the same. This concept, to me; is of utmost importance and I think it should be talked about more from the people who do trick breakdowns, myself included if I ever get N00btorials going again (working life/family life makes that difficult and I don't have the proper equipment for the things I would like to do) I think this would also help the community at large to progress a little bit faster if they are more aware of this concept. But another part of this is being aware and in tune to what's happening during your line, the more in tune you are and the more heightened awareness you have of yourself and how YOU operate is all apart of this process

I have to get back to work but later on I'll post another article to this thread about speed and how that correlates to the concept of these micro pressures and movements. Thanks for taking the time to read the ramblings of a mad black woman...I mean guy...some random guy ::::twiddles thumbs and backs away slowly into the sunset::::