Zorba
"The Veiled Male"
I can twirl a cane like the wind...
However, I recently learned a new technique and want to share. I was taught to hold/twirl by holding the cane between my thumb and forefinger - which works fine for me. BUT - I just had a class with a old skool teacher who twirls her cane between her forefinger and her middle finger, with an additional comment that she's also seen it between middle finger and ring finger!
So I tried it. I like it - although it will take some time to get used to and to re-train myself. I like it because it seems to give me better - or at least "easier" - control. Way less side to side arm movement: the thumb and forefinger technique that I've always used requires my concentration to keep the cane twirling in a flat circle, without the cane swinging out to the side. This "new" way its almost automatic - I don't have to concentrate as much on keeping it on track.
How were YOU trained?
However, I recently learned a new technique and want to share. I was taught to hold/twirl by holding the cane between my thumb and forefinger - which works fine for me. BUT - I just had a class with a old skool teacher who twirls her cane between her forefinger and her middle finger, with an additional comment that she's also seen it between middle finger and ring finger!
So I tried it. I like it - although it will take some time to get used to and to re-train myself. I like it because it seems to give me better - or at least "easier" - control. Way less side to side arm movement: the thumb and forefinger technique that I've always used requires my concentration to keep the cane twirling in a flat circle, without the cane swinging out to the side. This "new" way its almost automatic - I don't have to concentrate as much on keeping it on track.
How were YOU trained?