Fundamental Staff Tech

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2		Contact Staff Fundamentals			Trick creation:
3					Each primary term represents a component, that when combined, lets you create almost any trick possible! Fundamental level.
4	How to define a contact staff tricks? Sequence of moves? want to create a language?				Each category can only be used once at each stage of the trick
5	Each move can be explicitly defined, so the next person can replicate it exactly.				Secondary terms describe the combination two or more primary terms in a single term to help with communication of more complicated techniques.
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8	Primary Terms	Primary Terms	Description	Secondary Terms	Description (usually combining two primary categories)	Spinning specific terminology		Complicated pathways	How to start/stop a staff Rolling
9				infographic to help explain these more effectively	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cZSVJ89H0YuIrimxXFwv_vRqCIx9lFHl/view?usp=sharing	btb	behind the back		Gravity start: tilt. Let gravity do it’s thing
10	Planes	Wall		antispin	circular body/staff motion is opposite to staff spinning direction, in the same plane	bth	behind the head		Twist with hand
11		Side/Wheel		with spin / in spin	circular body/staff motion is the same as staff spinning type, in the same plane	prayer	hands together, fingertips and palms touching		Pressure hold pull/push
12		Horizontal		counter roll	staff spinning direction is opposite to apparent rolling direction (in the same plane)	origami	arms folded		Rip: One sided Pull/push
13	Centre of rotation	Centre		with roll	staff spinning direction is the same as apparent rolling direction (in the same plane)	take-out/interrupt	staff removed from one bodypart by another, while keeping momentum		flinging the staff up from standstill to a rolling throw. Think using centripetal/centrifugal motion might be number 5.
14		Off-Centre		helix	staff plane of rotation is perpendicular to direction of movement	place-on	opposite of above		slide: touch the staff when rolling. let the grip grind. use friction
15		End				Kickup	throw with the feet/legs from the ground
16		Off-Staff		anti turn	body turning in opposite direction than the staff spinning type	substitution/replacement	take established trick. interrupt the trick at some point and finish it with a different established trick
17	Side of Contact	Front	front side of your body	super spin	body turning in same direction, faster than the staff spinning type	native	eg: right arm is on the right side of the body, it's native side
18		Back		static roll	rolling with no spin direction	non-native	ed: right arm is crossed over to the left side of the body, it's non-native side
19		Right		Isolation	Staff, or a point on the staff, is not moving compared to the ground/bodypart	fishtail	The staff translates across the body over the course of a half beat with a single point of contact.
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21		Lightside	Top of body (facing the sky)	weave	a motion where arms(legs?) cross and uncross repeatedly during a trick
22		Darkside	Underneath the body (facing the ground)	beat	Every time the staff does a full rotation, this is one "beat". Usually counted when one end is pointing to the ground
23	Spin Type	Clockwise	choose your own reference	Technique	a way of carrying out a particular task, the execution or performance of an artistic work
24		Counter-Clockwise		Trick	a skilful act performed
25	Spin Type/Rotation	Static / 0		Trick	A unique combination of primary terms, arranged together in a sequence.
26	Spin Type/Transition	Pendulum		pinch/grab	Holding the staff with anything in such a way where gravity is no longer acting / irrelevant. eg: held in the hands, held in the armpit, etc
27	Transition	Roll		translation	physically move the staff in a straight line from one place to another
28		Lock/Trap/Pinch		rocking	combination of translation and pendulum
29		Roll Reversal
30		Wrap			dynamic energy levels - eg elbow pop in angel roll
31		Stall			momentum of staff?
32		Throw
33		Step
34		Slide	The staff temporarily moves across the body while losing friction
35	Number of Rotations	1/2	these are more of a helpful descriptor if needed
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37		1 1/2
38		2
39	Points of Contact	1
40		2	or more, if you want to get into stable locks/traps
41	Body Part	Right Wrist	a selection of joints that make it useful to describe techniques
42		Left Wrist
43		Right Elbow
44		Left Elbow
45		Right Shoulder
46		Left Shoulder
47		Upper Torso (chest/back etc)
48		Head
49		Waist
50		Right Hip
51		Left Hip
52		Right Knee
53		Left Knee
54		Right Ankle
55		Left Ankle
56	Speed modifiers	Slow, med, fast
57	Calibre	Sketchy, average, clean
58	For bodypositioning, I prefer EWBN. Or secondly; Labanotation. This is a little complicated for contact staff (as the emphasis is on the staff instead of the body), so I leave the specifics of body movement to individual style. However, some body positioning is required in order to understand techniques effectively. Therefore, I have simplified the system to the below categories for our current purposes.
59	EWBN	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol-Wachman_movement_notation
60	Labanotation	http://dancenotation.org/lnbasics/frame0.html
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62	Body Position	Straight
63		Lean forward
64		Lean Backward
65		Lean Left
66		Lean Right
67	Arm Position	Front
68		Back
69		Out to Side
70		Crossed
71		Up
72		Down
73		Hands Together
74	Actions	Walk
75		Turn Left
76		Turn Right
77		Groundwork
78		Squat
79		Lunge
80		Jump
81		walk forwards
82		step left
83		step right
84	Leg position	Front
85		Back
86		Out to Side
87		Crossed
88		Up
89		Down
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92					Other transparent card: transparent card with "FOCUS POINT" "for students to let them know you have to focus more on this pivot and that roll in oder to achive this,......" "if you want to make the transition form fishtail to angle roll you have to pay attention to this slide,...."
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