Aside from this being my favorite month of the year, there are actual reasons else wise I would consider this month kick-ass.
The first being the fact that I am going to visit the muchly talked about Texas Renaissance Festival. Not only will I be able to experience one of the largest (if not the largest) ren fest in the nation, but I will also get the opportunity to meet the iconic Adam "Crack" Winrich. Needless to say, I am very stoked.
Another fun thing about this month is is I get to use it as an excuse to explore costuming and how it effects whip cracking performance. Yay dress up! If you haven't guessed by now, yes. There will be videos of me in several costumes coming up shortly.
In the meantime, bare with me as I am moving over 1,000 miles away within the next month and starting in on my Masters Degree.
1 more hour of whip practice logged.
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
301/10,000.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
10,000 or Bust
They say in order to be a true "Master" at anything, you need to spend 10,000 hours doing it.
While I never anticipate traveling the world and living off of my whip cracking skills, the idea of being able to physically count down the amount of hours until you're a "Master" intrigues me.
Granted, it's not a perfect equation. I mean, you could practice and practice and practice anything and be doing it wrong (and therefore never get any better). But, like I said, there is something fun ad amusing about counting it out.
So I "guesstimate" that I have spent somewhere along the lines of 300 hours cracking my whip. (I get this number from the fact that I have been whip cracking for 2-3 years now and on average practiced about 2-3 hours every week give or take)
So the count starts now:
300/10,000
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
While I never anticipate traveling the world and living off of my whip cracking skills, the idea of being able to physically count down the amount of hours until you're a "Master" intrigues me.
Granted, it's not a perfect equation. I mean, you could practice and practice and practice anything and be doing it wrong (and therefore never get any better). But, like I said, there is something fun ad amusing about counting it out.
So I "guesstimate" that I have spent somewhere along the lines of 300 hours cracking my whip. (I get this number from the fact that I have been whip cracking for 2-3 years now and on average practiced about 2-3 hours every week give or take)
So the count starts now:
300/10,000
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Mathematics of Whip Cracking
I was discussing "whip cracking theory" with my Fiance, and I think I'm on to something.
In my experience and from what I have seen in other whip-crackers, there is a psuedo "formula" to creating a successful crack.
The "formula" I have figured is as follows:
Effort+Speed+Timing=Crack, where the amount of Effort=Speed and Timing=Effort.
All three of these elements are incredibly important and must weighed the same. They can all increase or decrease, but they all must be equal in order to achieve a crack.
For example, to put it into numbers:
1+1+1=3
You can also do:
2+2+2=6
But you cannot have:
1+1+2-=3
because then the equation would be wrong.
It may not be the perfect analogy but I think there is something to it. You need to put in the right amount of effort/strength, with the proper timing and speed.
There are other components (such as body positioning and the like) that do play a part in getting a crack, but as I said before, it's not a perfect analogy.
Anyway, just a thought I had and wished to share.
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
In my experience and from what I have seen in other whip-crackers, there is a psuedo "formula" to creating a successful crack.
The "formula" I have figured is as follows:
Effort+Speed+Timing=Crack, where the amount of Effort=Speed and Timing=Effort.
All three of these elements are incredibly important and must weighed the same. They can all increase or decrease, but they all must be equal in order to achieve a crack.
For example, to put it into numbers:
1+1+1=3
You can also do:
2+2+2=6
But you cannot have:
1+1+2-=3
because then the equation would be wrong.
It may not be the perfect analogy but I think there is something to it. You need to put in the right amount of effort/strength, with the proper timing and speed.
There are other components (such as body positioning and the like) that do play a part in getting a crack, but as I said before, it's not a perfect analogy.
Anyway, just a thought I had and wished to share.
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Three Heads are Better then One
As I have mentioned in earlier posts, I work at a Renaissance Faire where I do some whip cracking.
Myself, along with two males, were asked to do a whip "solo" for the big end of the day dance spectacular. This is what we three put together:
Even though most of it is basic crack, I think it looks pretty cool. It would be more fun for us if there were more tricky combos going on. But, then again, most audience members wouldn't know the difference anyway (emphasis on MOST haha). The field we do this in is pretty large too. So, from far away, I imagine it looks a bit epic
Hope you enjoy!!!!
More soon!
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
Myself, along with two males, were asked to do a whip "solo" for the big end of the day dance spectacular. This is what we three put together:
Hope you enjoy!!!!
More soon!
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Around the Hoop and Back Again
So remember how I told you I was experimenting with various costuming obstacles? Well here's another! A hoop Skirt..A Big. Bad. Hoop Skirt. It's huge, it's wide. and god know it's in the way.
At any rate, here is the video:
I'm not too sure why, but I look insanely peeved in this video. I want to say that's my "I'm concentrating face" but that would be a lie. I have no excuses aside from: it's just the look on my face haha!
It wasn't as difficult as I thought is was going to be. Which is the good news. I do figure that if I were wearing a skirt on top of the hoop, I'd have a much more difficult time due to snagging and all.
Perhaps for another time?
More soon!
That's all for now!
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
At any rate, here is the video:
It wasn't as difficult as I thought is was going to be. Which is the good news. I do figure that if I were wearing a skirt on top of the hoop, I'd have a much more difficult time due to snagging and all.
Perhaps for another time?
More soon!
That's all for now!
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
My first BullWhip
I am very excited to announced I have officially made my very own BullWhip for the very first time!!!!....with some help.
As I mentioned in a previous post, Adam Winrich posted a youtube video on how to make a whip. I decided to try it out. Here is the result:
Pros: The whip is load and pretty fluid. Not to mention, super inexpensive and simple to make. Take about 30-45min depending. And it costs about 25$ to make per whip.
Cons: Volleys are kind of difficult to do on it because of the structure of the whip (or at least I think it has to do with the structure). Also, I can't imagine it'll outlast my nylon ones...but then again there is a humongous price difference and..this is my first whip I've ever made. Sooooo yea.
Anyways, overall I am very happy with it. Thought I would share :)
That's all for now. More soon.
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
As I mentioned in a previous post, Adam Winrich posted a youtube video on how to make a whip. I decided to try it out. Here is the result:
Cons: Volleys are kind of difficult to do on it because of the structure of the whip (or at least I think it has to do with the structure). Also, I can't imagine it'll outlast my nylon ones...but then again there is a humongous price difference and..this is my first whip I've ever made. Sooooo yea.
Anyways, overall I am very happy with it. Thought I would share :)
That's all for now. More soon.
Until Next Time,
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Moving on Up
Hey everyone!
New videos very soon, I promise!
At any rate, I have been stupid busy with my day job putting on several shows over the past few weeks.
The good news is Bryan and I have been playing with making rope whips (ala Adam Winrich, if you are interested check out his youtube video on it) and I have to say I am very pleased with how these whips are coming out.
They are not excellent whips...not by a long shot. However, they are definitely decent. They make good sound and honestly, when they cost only $25 a whip, you can't really ask for much more. I can't attest to how long they last but, like I said, they are cheap and relatively easy to make so for someone who needs a whip right away and doesn't have $150 (give or take) to spend, I'd say go for it. It would definitely get the job done.
I'll post a video soon of me using one and you'll be able to see it in action!
Bare with me folks!
That's all for now.
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
New videos very soon, I promise!
At any rate, I have been stupid busy with my day job putting on several shows over the past few weeks.
The good news is Bryan and I have been playing with making rope whips (ala Adam Winrich, if you are interested check out his youtube video on it) and I have to say I am very pleased with how these whips are coming out.
They are not excellent whips...not by a long shot. However, they are definitely decent. They make good sound and honestly, when they cost only $25 a whip, you can't really ask for much more. I can't attest to how long they last but, like I said, they are cheap and relatively easy to make so for someone who needs a whip right away and doesn't have $150 (give or take) to spend, I'd say go for it. It would definitely get the job done.
I'll post a video soon of me using one and you'll be able to see it in action!
Bare with me folks!
That's all for now.
Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon
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