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Twiddled Big Circles - A trickier but nicer version of Big Circles
Big Circles is a big, visual trick, but the grip change can be slightly ungainly. The twiddle that this trick adds gives a similar effect but has a smoother, if slightly more difficult, change.
Mike and LP disagree on the best way to do this - LP's way, shown in the video clip above, is to do a finger twiddle, as described in the Forward Twiddle when the hat is at the top of the circle. Mike uses a Thumb Spin to adjust the grip.
Try both and decide which feels more comfortable to you, there's little point getting both smooth as they look identical to anyone except a hat manipulation geek, and there aren't many of them in the world!
From the TricksWithHats archive
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15-03-2015
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Pose estimation of Peter Bone balancing two different lengths of pole on his head. Data source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcbArrTCoS0 (seconds 13 - 23).
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31-05-2018
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Some Bottleflipping+Juggling Tricks/nYouTube: Luca Pferdmenges
Instagram: lucapferdmenges
Snapchat: lucapferdmenges
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03-09-2016
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Can Opener - Literally flipping your lid!
Reach over your shoulder and head, and hold the hat in an inverted pinch grip
Flick the wrist upwards and release the hat, which will execute a perfect single spin (honest). Coat-peg catch above your head.
Minus five style points if you have to look...
Plus 10 points if you can catch the hat on your head blind, and without the coat-peg grip.
From the TricksWithHats archive
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04-12-2015
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Not perfect but I'll take it
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26-03-2015
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Recopilación de juegos de malabares con cuatro objetos./nMúsica: Rythm of life of Dj Achaemenid
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16-02-2015
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I felt like Stilts was obligatory anyway.
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31-08-2016
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We had one goal, which was to meet our friend Chris who was working in Portugal. The only problem was we didn't have any money to travel. So we hatch a plan to road trip it and busk to make money along the way - we started our journey in London and travelled through France, Spain and into Portugal.
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14-02-2018
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Rafael de Carlos - Massy Circus Festival (2002)
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21-05-2017
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WIP work in progress or a TIP trick in progress... featuring the MagicYoyo K5. Special Thanks to MagicYoYo in Shenzhen!
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17-01-2015
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A few more clips I took while I was on tour in 2014
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10-02-2016
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Use a palm-up fork grip at the back of the hat and remove it, straightening the arm. As the arm straightens twist the wrist and take the ring finger off the brim. Spin the hat so that it moves between the middle and forefingers, then transfer the grip to the forefinger and thumb and continue the spin for as far as you can.
Reverse the "twiddle" to place it back on the head.
The main video clip for this trick doesn't show the fingers in any great detail. See the closeup version (120K mpeg) for a better view. For best results you might want to set your video player to loop the clip.
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15-03-2015
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este video es una prueba de edicion con numeros en escena musica y diferentes escenarios del brasil
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08-05-2014
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Clément vs Feel
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04-08-2017
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Soslan Suanov at "Festival mondial du cirque de demain" (2001)
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07-07-2017
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17-01-2016
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After getting the hat to your foot (the knock to foot is the most common way, but there are plenty of others) you can hop and quickly remove your foot from the hat. Quickly get your throwing foot onto the ground and place the other foot inside the hat. As you can see from the video the hat stays fairly still and it's you that does all the movement.
This video of the hat being spun as it is thrown between the feet should give you some ideas for variations on this trick.
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04-12-2015
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Music By Ross Bugden Music - www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
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26-02-2017
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Timo Woop at "Festival mondial du cirque de demain" (2003)
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14-08-2017
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Take a pinch grip at the front of the hat's crown and flick it up and forwards. Turn the hand round so the palm is facing forwards to catch the hat in another pinch grip at the back. After you've got a feel for this try doing it without looking at the hat.
Either place it straight back on the head or reverse the process to return it.
If you use a bowler hat make sure you take a really firm pinch to crease the top of the hat when removing it, otherwise you'll be left trying to catch the smooth round surface of the back of the hat.
Once you've mastered this one it's a trivial task to start by pinching the back of the hat and flicking it to a catch on the front.
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04-12-2015
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Place your palm flat on the back of the head for a neck chop and knock the hat upwards with the little finger side of the hand.
A few tries and you will see how much force is required to get it to spin 3/4 and land on your foot. You need to flex your foot as much as possible to stop it slipping off.
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04-12-2015
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Serguey Ponomareff at a French Circus festival (2001)
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09-07-2017
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Cie Olof Zitoun at "Festival mondial du cirque de demain" (2002)
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09-07-2017
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