The Cairo Crack from 3/17/17 to 3/26/17

At the request of the members, the 10/10 challenge has its own section now. Every 10 days a new thread will be opened for that particular exercise.
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Post by Russell Jones »

Hahaha I can just imagine that too Robert :)
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My practice today was a little bit better. It seemed more consistent.

When I waxed the twins yesterday I also waxed Zombie Bumble Bee for the first time after a year and a half. It did help marginally so maybe that might have helped a smidgen.
It did improve it's performance a slight bit but not enough to change it's name.

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Today's practice was much better. It felt more natural and solid results.
A lot of work still needs to be done but it's most definitely getting there.

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Post by Ben Varsek »

Practacing this crack is so much fun - I've been having many days of stickpractice because of the stormy weather and couldn't wait to practice the Cairo crack outside.
It first fealt kind of strange to stop the downward motion at 3 o'clock but I'm getting more and more used to it.

I wasn't able to shoot a video yet but I'll be shooting a video of tomorrows practice.

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Post by Ben Varsek »

Congratulations on your progress Ron - I'm still not able to get consitant results on this one but it's getting better (little by little) :)

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Good to hear that Ben.
I look forward to seeing your progress.

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Today's practice this morning was better than the last.
That's always good.

Tomorrow's the last day for this one.

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Post by Russell Jones »

Good Morning chaps, and hello Ben! It feels like it has been a while!
I got out and did some practice today, unfortunately too we to break out the Doom whip but hopefully this thread will remain open after the 10 days is up :)
I feel like I am as about as good as I am going to get with this one in the short term.... without meticulously picking apart every little thing to the bone and stitching it back up anyway.
This one was fun! Looking forward to the next challenge :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oX8_RD ... e=youtu.be
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Post by Robert Gage »

Russell, that looks (to me, at least) remarkably like the scene in Raiders. Well done!

I wonder if your dog circles round and barks simply to join in the fun. At first I though he was objecting, but I rather think he's just 'helping'! The fact that he's wagging seems to show he's enjoying himself.... :)
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Russel, I agree with Mr. Robert. That does look "scene authentic".
Good job. I'm glad though that you don't move around like that when you're doing your own style.

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Post by Matt Henderson »

That looks excellent Russell :D.

Finally, the weather's been good enough to get out and take a video, so here's my video submission:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCcR4x ... e=youtu.be
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Post by Ron May »

Matt, your Cairo crack looks very nice.
Thanks for posting your video. Good job.

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Post by Robert Gage »

Thanks for posting this, Matt. It looks - well, it's actually hard to see what it looks like! Some of those tries are probably quite good, but there's not really enough light. It does look like a good secluded spot in which to practise....
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Post by Ron May »

Here's the video for day one.
https://youtu.be/lMo-j9DNgTw

Here's the day ten comparison video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evloY5v ... e=youtu.be

It's a little improvement and I'm glad about that but it still doesn't look like the scene in the movie. The whip just sort of goes around my body instead of high behind me. I don't know if that's ok or not.
There's still a lot of refinement to do.

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Post by Matt Henderson »

Cheers Ron and Robert :).

Now I've sorted out my camera, the problem's lighting :P. It's a nice spot out in the woods, next time I'll try and get some video on the open field.
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Post by Ron May »

Matt, to make a video that's easier to see what's going on better, let the light source be in front of you in stead of behind you. The back lighting makes it a little hard to see what you're accomplishing.
But it's a good job. You are definitely getting the hang of it for sure.

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Good advice, thanks Ron :). I chose that angle because there was a fallen log to put my camera on, I didn't think of lighting as it was all fairly regular in the clearing (or so I thought).
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Post by Robert Gage »

Ron, I think the problem is there's no 'urgency' in your Cairo Crack. You don't look like you're protecting a lady from evil thugs.... :P
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Post by Ron May »

Mr. Robert, *note to self find damsel in distress*. :)

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Post by Russell Jones »

Hi guys, thanks for the comments. This one was good fun :)
Hey Matt, nice whip cracking! Thanks for sharing your clip. I know it can be hard sometimes to get the right angle.
I could see enough to notice you have very good foundations in good technique :)
Always a pleasure to watch your videos too Ron :)
Cheers :)
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