Mission
statement
Tips &
Tricks
Freestyle
videos
Video & Book
reviews
About the
Author
E-mail
me
Fanning
This technique is more of an exercise in allowing the handle to rotate freely in your hand. But when you get it down it does have some "flashy" appeal to it.
Download an AVI of the technique here.
Preview the Technique here with the smaller GIF file.
1. Start in the Backhand grip, closed position.
2. Begin as if executing a Horizontal basic opening, but.............
3.
4. .......when the bite handle reaches the outside (just before ricochet), allow it to fall downward.
5. Use the momentum, and a little wrist action to continue the handles movement.........
6. ........up and around.
7.
8. The spinning hbite handle should resemble a Fan's rotation.
9.
11
10.
12.
13.
14. .......when you've had enough..........
15........... whip it over to.....
16.
17........... the forward grip, open position.
As mentioned earlier, when done correctly, the spinning blade and bite handle should resemble the blades of a rotating Fan.