Even though I think that the Figure-8 style
looks really cool with its flourish-y motion, I have not really gotten it working. Yeah, I've hit myself in the back on slow practice throws. I do like the way this guy's Comanche style looks, and the results seem to be worth the effort to try it out, so I will, when I have the time.
It looks to me from the video that a major feature of this style is that the thrower is much more forward facing than with the "traditional" Figure-8. Anyone agree with that?
I just don't know how to manage the transition from the plane of the spin to the plane of the release. What exactly
is the plane of the release?
Hey, are we going to start calling these things "aitsikkos" now?
Also, on one of the placards in the video, the knot I've been calling the "release knot" is referred to as the "
trigger knot." I like that a lot, and I think I'll start using it as a replacement.