Let's Get Cracking A Review
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:14 pm
While at David Morgan's retail shop in Bothell, Washington I saw a copy of Dante's book. So on a whim I picked it up. For starters it's a sturdy book, good for throwing in a whip bag without having to worry about bending a cover. At 158 pages it's obvious that the Guinness record holder has put some great thought in this book and it shows. Let's take a look at the Chapter List:
1. The Pelimaries
2. Let's Get Cracking
3. How to Pick the Right Whip
4.Techniques to Safely Improve Your Style
5.Maintaing Your Whips Health
6. Single Whip Cracks, Routines & Flashes
7. Two Handed Whip Cracking
8. Some Basic Tricks
9. Performing
10. Dancing on the Edge (By The Daring Tina)
11. Teaching and Presenting Workshops
12.Practice Routines, Protocol & Beyond
As you can see, Dante touches on everything and in a logical and sequential matter. Each chapter is further broken down into subchapters that fully explain each topic. Dante's background and personality shine through in this book. He is first and foremost a stage performer and this will become an indispensable resource for anybody wanting to take the stage with a bullwhip. The topics covered are mind boggling. Need to snuff a candle? Learn the Brian Chic body wrap? Tie a popper? Perform The Arrowhead? Organize a workshop or performance? Find a whip that's right for you? It's all here. , I believe that Let's Get Cracking should be in the bag, not just the library, of anyone who uses or who want's to use a bullwhip. As reference material it's a marvelous resource and I'm glad Dante has put his years of training and knowledge out there for us to use. I only have some minor issues with the text. Some of the politics of the whip world are presented in this text and they have no place in a reference text as they do nothing to further Dante's goal of education. The drawings I believe could have been improved for clarity of movement and a bit more detail on how bullwhips differ and the effect those changes have in the use and feel of the whip would have been appreciated. Dante, good work!
(4 of 5 ****)
1. The Pelimaries
2. Let's Get Cracking
3. How to Pick the Right Whip
4.Techniques to Safely Improve Your Style
5.Maintaing Your Whips Health
6. Single Whip Cracks, Routines & Flashes
7. Two Handed Whip Cracking
8. Some Basic Tricks
9. Performing
10. Dancing on the Edge (By The Daring Tina)
11. Teaching and Presenting Workshops
12.Practice Routines, Protocol & Beyond
As you can see, Dante touches on everything and in a logical and sequential matter. Each chapter is further broken down into subchapters that fully explain each topic. Dante's background and personality shine through in this book. He is first and foremost a stage performer and this will become an indispensable resource for anybody wanting to take the stage with a bullwhip. The topics covered are mind boggling. Need to snuff a candle? Learn the Brian Chic body wrap? Tie a popper? Perform The Arrowhead? Organize a workshop or performance? Find a whip that's right for you? It's all here. , I believe that Let's Get Cracking should be in the bag, not just the library, of anyone who uses or who want's to use a bullwhip. As reference material it's a marvelous resource and I'm glad Dante has put his years of training and knowledge out there for us to use. I only have some minor issues with the text. Some of the politics of the whip world are presented in this text and they have no place in a reference text as they do nothing to further Dante's goal of education. The drawings I believe could have been improved for clarity of movement and a bit more detail on how bullwhips differ and the effect those changes have in the use and feel of the whip would have been appreciated. Dante, good work!
(4 of 5 ****)
