Posted by James Maxwell on Thursday, November 19, 2009
While getting a new perspective on a variety of subjects at 230 in the morning, I came up with a drill that may be beneficial to you. One of the cool things about a small space with a whip is you have to control where the whip goes. Unless you want to break something and I don't recommend that. This works best with a short whip, I was using a 4' bullwhip but a snake or signal whip would work just as well. The drill itself is pretty simple, sidearm, overhead, reverse scoop. The trick is to get it into a metronome type rhythm and do something else at the same time. Like talk on the phone. Find where the cracks are distinct and even. Play around with elbow positioning, hand extension and squeeze timing. Make sure your involving your lower body too, using the hips and feet. Try it off hand. Try it on the other side of the body, reverse side arm, reverse overhead, rear scoop. Then try it with two whips. One, two, three, one two three. Stay safe, practice.
I'm the founder and CEO of SuperSonic Consulting, my attempt to teach whips to others in a structured format. I love teaching my friends and associates but it has become of dream of mine to teach everyone and spread the gospel of whip artistry around the Pacific Northwest. I'm a son, a boyfriend, an instructor, an engineer, a learner and a dreamer.