Tips & Secrets
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:41 pm
When I picked up my first balisong, from the local highway-side flea market, I thought nothing of it. I like knives and this particular bali had a scorpion on the handles. My first thoughts were that of any n00b, "Fuckin' sweet!!" The next day, I was bored at work and decided to type in "butterfly knife" at the YouTube home page. What I found was nothing that I had anticiipated to see. People were actually doing TRICKS with these things...without cutting themselves at that. Hell, right then and there is when I knew exactly what my new hobby was going to be. But how in the hell was I going to figure out how to do that shit???
For the next few weeks, I searched and searched for balisong help sites. Anything with an explanation for anything related to my balisong.
Balisong Manipulators are pretty stingy people from the looks of it. There was only one site that had any useful information on it without having to ask for it. http://www.balisongxtreme.com Wow! What a great site that was. It had explanation for anything and everything balisong.
Blade Forums was pretty nice, but it seemed there were more collectors hanging around there than anything.
One day, a select few group of people wanted a way to help the balisong community expand by means of competition. Greatest idea ever, if you ask me.
What I'm getting at is...I've learned more from this site than I have from ANYWHERE! I want to keep it that way. It seems, now, that the balisong community is rapidly picking up speed, for some odd reason. We need to keep these folks around. We need to keep each other around. I want to start a list here of tips & secrets. Don't keep anything to yourself. Tell us everything you know.
I'm willing to bet good money that half the people here know something no one else does. Let's see how far we can take thsi thing guys...
Tip: If my fingers are already loosened up from just starting to flip for the first time in a day, but still want to practice, there's something I like to do. Find some lotion(we all have some for something or other....), and put a generous amount in your hand. Try flipping. MFer will probably fly outta your hands first time you try this. Learn how to control it when your hands are slippery. It will do wonders for your overall control and fluidity. Take it from me.
For the next few weeks, I searched and searched for balisong help sites. Anything with an explanation for anything related to my balisong.
Balisong Manipulators are pretty stingy people from the looks of it. There was only one site that had any useful information on it without having to ask for it. http://www.balisongxtreme.com Wow! What a great site that was. It had explanation for anything and everything balisong.
Blade Forums was pretty nice, but it seemed there were more collectors hanging around there than anything.
One day, a select few group of people wanted a way to help the balisong community expand by means of competition. Greatest idea ever, if you ask me.
What I'm getting at is...I've learned more from this site than I have from ANYWHERE! I want to keep it that way. It seems, now, that the balisong community is rapidly picking up speed, for some odd reason. We need to keep these folks around. We need to keep each other around. I want to start a list here of tips & secrets. Don't keep anything to yourself. Tell us everything you know.
I'm willing to bet good money that half the people here know something no one else does. Let's see how far we can take thsi thing guys...
Tip: If my fingers are already loosened up from just starting to flip for the first time in a day, but still want to practice, there's something I like to do. Find some lotion(we all have some for something or other....), and put a generous amount in your hand. Try flipping. MFer will probably fly outta your hands first time you try this. Learn how to control it when your hands are slippery. It will do wonders for your overall control and fluidity. Take it from me.