First let me tell you how thrilled I am to be on this forum.
I guess I am what you could call a "net-taught cracker".
I have been doing Chinese Martial Arts for a long while and when I was younger I played with Chinese Meteor Rope, 9 sections chains and a few "soft weapons" (basically everything that is not bludgeon or blade).
A couple of months ago a friend in the "adult world" showed me his single tails and that rekindled my passion about exotic weapons.
I checked the net (youtube is your friend) and found out this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA2FSGE7lEg
and then the whole Adam Winrich vids.
I quickly purchased a cheap stock whip from Mike Murphy, then a nylon snake 3' from Ryan Galmadez and later a nylon 4'5 bullwhip from Calvin Singo on EBay.
Got to play a bit, starting getting better (vids will be coming soon) with the bullwhip.
Now my goals are :
- have a nice routine with single handed bullwhip (learn also new cracks)
- get to dual wielded cracking
- make my own nylon whip(s)
I hope some COW members can help and give me some pointers
for instance, I am looking for some tutorials for any nylon whip. I checked the very nice tutorial I got from http://www.whip-basics.de , I also check the tutorial from Derek Wood. I have hard time to figure exactly how many strands and long should they be for a basic project (for instance a 4' bullwhip, 4 plaits belly, 8 plaits overlay)...
well anyway, that was just a little self-intro and a first shout out for advices and pointers.
Happy Cracking
*edited for spelling*
