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13th
May 2006
Great
day! Somewhat hungover from my sisters evil attempt to kill my through
alcohol poisoning last night, I decided to meet up with Po and some of
his friends again, for some outdoors tricking. The weather was not all
that when I left. Cloudy and very windy. Alas I got there and started
flipping about. Got some help with my backtucks again and thought I'd
try to get the fear out of me, since I can do them fine unspotted (fine
and fine, I land on my feet at least =P). So I jump back, in mid-air I
bail, ttwist a bit and land on my head in the sand. Could I be more of
a scaredy-cat ;/ So, my aerials next. I got taught a great technique and
DAMN, they just became so incredibly much easier. A little practice and
they'll look good soon I recon :P
I persuaded my gym-crazy friend to come and watch and it seems he developed
a little taste for tricking as well.
When I got home I sat down and started fooling around with Windows Movie
Maker. I made a sampler of todays endeavour and I think it became kinda
neat actually :D
Added it to the files section. Click
meh!
11th May 2006
Right, so the weather was great so me and a friend decided to sit in the
sun and drink beer. Of course, I can't resist flipping about on a nice
grass field so I jumped around a bit and after a few beers I came to the
conclusion that I would attempt backtucks with him spotting of course.
Being as awesome as I am I got a great tuck and overspun because he spotted
too much and I hit my head :( Waah, poor head :( Next try I managed to
slightly sprain my ankle... Plöh... Don't attempt backtucks while
drunk, unless of course you know them like the back of your hand...
10th May 2006
Wow, first taido session. Was great. Went through the basics and such,
also it seems we're learning backhandsprings :D Coolio indeed. One guy
there was doing aerials and whatnot and it turned out he practices tricking
with the same guy who teaches me =P Small world...
8th May 2006
It's decided, yours truly is going to take up Taido practice. To even
mention Karate in the same sentence as Taido feels awkward. Too bad Marre
doesn't share my jumping, bouncing and flying around enthusiasm =P
5th-6thMay 2006
Nothing special, practicing the 1-handed cartwheels and some random kicks
:)
3rd May 2006
Awesome, summer is here it would seem! I went to do some tan-getting...
Okay, not outdoors mind you, but in a solarium. Tanning nevertheless :P
I got home and since the weather was great I decided to practice my 1-handed
cartwheels in order to eventually be able to land an aerial. It's damn
tricky really =( I try to kick back-up with my rear leg, push off with
my front leg and toss my arms down-around me but I just don't know what
I do wrong really. I'm nowehere near being able to remove my hand and
land it I feel :( But it's great fun, everyone should try it =)
Added a clip of me doing these crappy moves =p Click
meh!
2nd May 2006
Right...
The weather today was grey and I was not really motivated to do anything
but after I watched Dogen's
tutorial on blocking yesterday I just had to go out and try it so
I called over my friend Mart to attempt to trick some with me. To my suprise,
my vert got a bit higher after just a few attempts. I'm still not ready
to attempt backtucks on grass solo and Mart was not the ideal spotter...
My handsprings are getting better but my foot still hurts after the heel
kick the 24th and my ankle is also not fully healed. Was a soft session
but still =) Hopefully the weather is better tomorrow.
New "song" added to "Files" section. Only
interesting for Swedish people and most likely not even those... =) Click
meh!
27th April 2006
New picture added to "My Art". Drawn
last year but what the hell... Le
Picture...
Also added a tiny movie clip showing how to do
a perfect Aerial :) Click
meh!
26th April 2006
Still sore as hell in the legs. I decided I'd go
to karate practice anyway. Partially because I can't bear sitting still
for much longer and partially because after karate I can use the gymnasium
to do whatever I want. The karate session was very tough on the legs this
time. Many kicks and katas. It was scary because this is the first time
I really couldn't PUSH myself through it all.. My legs just wouldn't do
100% what I wanted them to...
After the karate session I thought I'd stick around
anyway because I just can't wait til I get backtucks. A stupid move since
I couldn't even walk properly. All the backflips where terrible because
I couldn't push well enough with my legs and without height, there goes
the time to get the technique right. I tried a few handsprings. Equally
horrible. I got around well but no matter how hard I tried I my legs wouldn't
carry me through the move... On the positive side, Maria and her cartwheels
are getting better. Slow and steady wins the race. More momentum and they're
yours!
Well then, I guess I'll rest properly for a few
days now then...
25th April 2006
Words can't explain the soreness of my muscles
(yay, I've got muscles after all :p) today. I walked around all day like
a 72 year old who just happened to be in the local American prison, picking
up a soap in the shower and getting it delivered to him from behind for
the first time... Guess I'll rest for a day or two now...
24th April 2006
Awesome day. Mildly hungover from a great housewarming
party I was to meet up with some new people for outside practice. Arrived
at the park around 1:30ish PM and was amazed by the fact that these guys
tossed aerials, gainers and backtucks like they were nothing. I got alot
of help with my handsprings, straight arms, straight legs... Who woulda
thunk it? :P Attempting 540 I realized I need to work out my legs a bit.
Well, more like 540 bits, they're just too weak :P I tried some backtucks
with spotting and got great instructions on technique. They instantly
got better than my feeble attempts on the gymnasium mat, the problem is
coordinating them perfectly and remember when to do what really :) We
tricked (well, they tricked while I made the area rather uncool with my
falls and whatnot =P) for a bit when we decided to go to a martial arts
center for indoors practice. I was guided through the backtuck technique
by doing it horizontally aka rolling on the floor. After a while I rolled
out a worn out bed with springs and attemped some backtucks while spotted.
Got the technique better and I tried to do it without spotting. Went great!
With a slightly better tuck and me remembering not to relax my legs while
landing I recon I can get this move fairly soon! I got a bit cocky and
tried a running frontflip but instead of jumping up I just flew forward
and with straight legs I hammerkicked the floor with my heel. Damn I can't
walk properly now =/ God damnit, I wish I was a woman sometimes, then
I wouldn't have the balls to do stupid stuff like this. Okay, sorry for
being sexist. I remember back in high school I did a front flip on concrete
without every having tried it before. Head hit asphalt and heel slamming
in the ground like today. Haha I'm such an idiot.
Anywho, practiced some cool martial arts techniques
and played around with some of the practice weapons there before I had
to leave, I was truly exhausted and my ankle and heel was hurting a great
deal. To top it all off, I got into a fight with 5 or 6 kids on subway
on my way home... Some people need to work on their attitude before they
tick off the wrong guy...
18th April 2006
Great weather, summer is around the corner and
what better way to celebrate than go outside and break ones neck? I wanted
to practice my backtucks but I realized I was not ready to do it since
I didn't have any technique at all yet so I decided to practice handsprings
and swift cartwheels (as preparation for aerials). My handsprings are
utter crap to say the least. I attempt to run forth, put my hand in the
ground, both angles, and kick with my legs and then push with all my might
but what happens. I spin around and land sitting down... Bah! The cartwheels
got a bit faster but when I remove the hands it all falls flat =)
11th April 2006
So today, after karate practice I decided to pull
forth the big 1ft thick gymnasium mat (yes, karate practice is in a regular
school gymnasium) and pull one of these equally high benches in front
of it and attempt a backtuck. I've never attemped a backflip without a
spotter mind you, hence the need of security :) So I got up on the bench
and after 5 minutes of mental preparation I managed to jump back, twist
a bit and land half me on the mat, half me on the floor. Ah well, no injuries,
next try, same result but on the mat. Next try I jumped perfectly back!
Big whoop! I tried several more of these jumps and constantly landed on
my knees. I tried to help my partner-in-crime Maria with her cartwheel
as well, which is her white whale. Put the fear aside and just... Go nuts!
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