Fast Slow Circle Variations TUTORIAL

Harry Allick from England recently made a complete tutorial called Long Stretch Club Exercises. I got very excited about these exercises when I saw the video, and they inspired me to create my own version which I have called the Fast Slow Circle Variations TUTORIAL.

Baseball Bats to Indian Clubs

Harry Allick used three lengths of baseball bats for his tutorial, and I’m going to use my first clubs which were made according to the templates I found in the Cobbett and Jenkin book published in 1905. My clubs are 26 inches long and weigh 2 1/2 pounds each.

These clubs are basically too long for me, which is a problem especially when I swing outward or inward part shapes because there is a danger of the clubs knocking each other behind my head.

Inspiration from Harry’s Ideas

What I like about Harry’s idea that it inspired me to change the dynamics of the type of swing that you can do. Big thanks to Harry Allick.

I decided to swing two straight arm circles first, followed by one straight arm circle with the right and a back circle with the left. Then you swing two more straight arm circles followed by a straight arm circle with the left and back circle with the right arms.

Fast Slow Circle Variations TUTORIAL

This sequence is a four-count

1. Both arms swing an outward straight arm front circle
2. The right arm swings an outward straight arm front circle, left arm swings a simultaneous outward back circle
3. Both arms swing an outward straight arm front circle
4. The left arm swings an outward straight arm front circle, right arm swings a simultaneous outward back circle

Change Directions

You can take the elements from the outward circles, change direction to parallel right circles, then inward circles followed by parallel circles to the left.

Fast Slow Circle Variations Tutorial

Start Slow

So when you try this exercise, start off fairly slowly and aim to synchronise your swings by keeping an even pace with the straight arm front circle, and constantly slowing down the back circle so you can keep in time.

Learning Suggestions

You need to watch the video in order to see my suggestions on how to start and keep time. I think that it is better to see this in action rather than try and describe it in words.

This video is the first in a series of four videos, where I will add instructions on how to add a straight arm wrist circle in video number two. Followed by the crossbody shoulder wrist circle in video number three, and finally the lower back circle in video number four.

In the final demonstration at the end of this video, I run through the four sequences.

1. Outward
2. Parallel to the right
3. Inward
4. Parallel to the left

You will see that I am far from perfect in this run, as this is all very new and apart from having to remember the sequence you also have to remember how to cross your arms and at which point this needs to be done.