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Thread #38646 Message #2836719
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
11-Feb-10 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: English Concertina Tutorial
Subject: RE: English Concertina Tutorial
"Actually the 'shake' is easiest produced by me with ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL movement, but a fair amount of force" etc
I'll try to explain...
I've done a fair bit of martial arts - and one very basic technique of standing and moving (in horse stance - with the knees bent) correctly is to visualise being supported like a puppet with 5 strings- 2 wrist, 2 knee and the most important, the top of the head. This one supports all the weight of the trunk, and most of the legs, and once you get the hang of this visualisation, you stand correctly, and move easily. (As far as the flinging around of weapons, punches and kicks, starting the movements from the string suspension points works brilliantly, but that is digressing.) Of course some cynics may comment on looking a bit like The Thunderbirds puppets, but, hey, who cares....
I thus visualise a horizontal rod on the bass side of the box, and 'the shake movement starts from there' - hahaha - that doesn't really help much does it? :-) but it works for me like the martial arts stuff, without unnecessary thinking effort, which suits me fine.... :-P