Yoyo revolution

Hi guys ! Sorry that i have been away for quite sometime. Neway here's a vid to show you the revolution of yoyoing. It explains what type of styles of playing ( just like i did ), the changes from a wooden axle to a metal ball bearing, and the differences in playing during a contest and offstage. Enjoy !

YoYo Revolution from Jonathan Saelens on Vimeo.

Lubing bearings

Lubing is simply means applying or dripping little sum of lubricant into your yoyo. You can actually buy the lubes from various stores but the one that i got is from Toycity. You know ... the shop that sells lots of Tamiya mini 4WD car .. Yea, that place. Neway, the main purpose of lubing is to make the yoyo more responsive. After certain amount of time playing with your yoyo, you will realised that the yoyo might not wind up as easily as usual when you flick it. So by lubing the bearings, it will restore the responsiveness of the yoyo. Here are a the few simple steps for you to lube your bearings :

Step1:Remove your strings and open apart your yoyo.


Step2:Apply a drop of lube into the bearing as shown below. Not too much otherwise the string will be soaked with the lube instead of penetrating into the bearing itself.

Step3:Put back together the other half and off you go. Its ready to be played again !
Simple right ?

Below are 2 type of lubes that I currently have.
This lube is from Supereyoyo season. I got it like ..mmmm... maybe around ...5 yrs back.. Yes~ i know~"it can last that long ???" Yes, it CAN last that long cause you will only need a drop of it and not the entire bottle but it will also depend on the frequency of usage. The frequent you use it, the faster the lube will be gone.. hehehe..
Neway the above lube is thicker than the one below.
This lube is produced by YOTECH and it can be purchased from TOYCITY. I hope this info helps in anyway for you ! Keep yoing !!

Style of playing and types of yoyos for each division.

Inorder to know what type of yoyos that you should play with, you gotta know what sort of division or style you are playing. For now, it will be best for you to know this main 5 division or should I say "style of playing". Single A, double A, 3A, 4A (also known as offstring) , & 5A ( also known as counter-weight).



Single A is the most traditional & common way of yoyoing. Everybody started out wif single A style of playing. Below are the few examples of single A yoyos.
This type of yoyo is known as a butterfly type due to its shape & its much preffered by lots of people because its easier to land your yoyo on the string. Nothing fancy, its just a yoyo that's tied to your finger but what's amazing is that, the way of you creating the flow of tricks combination & routines. Thats where it gets interesting.

Ok lets move on to the second type of division, double A. Below pictures serves as an example for double A yoyo.
Double A division is played by doing constant loopings with both hands. Sounds difficult ? No worries ~~ With enough practise, anyone can do it. Hehehe .. As you can see, the gap is much narrower than the previous yoyo. Its known as an imperial shape. This is because yoers wants the yoyo to be much responsive inorder to loop. If the yoyo is not responsive enough, a few drops of lubricant into the bearing or change of strings should help ( I would post bout lubing n strings later ).
WARNING : the string will wear out very very fast based on this division and if you do not change the string, it will SNAP one of the days. So, DO NOT play in your living room fill with your parent's precious fragile items ! Frequently change your strings if the strings is too old.

Next would be 3A division.


This division is something like 2 division combined into 1. You take 1A division and 2A division, fuse them up together n tadaaaa , u will get 3A ( i know, my maths is superb) hahahaha ... Neway, the style of playing is similar to 2A but instead of looping, you will need to use 2 butterfly shape yoyos. One of the tricks could be like this :

So far so good ? Ok, cool. Next will be 4A division. This division is also known as offstring division. The name "offstring" says it all, it means that this style of playing is that the yoyo .... is not attach to the string. A yoer will throw the yoyo up high in the sky and will catch it with the string and continue perform tricks or rountines ! This are the yoyos for offstrings.( there is alot more option but so far this is all i got).

I know ~~ "OMG that yoyo is huge !!!" hahaha.. The yoyo is design in such a way because it will be way much easier for it to land on the string. On the left side of the pic is known as HAYABUSA, its one of DUNCAN's product. It is used for this division too. Although its small but i know a few ppl that can really create marvellous tricks n routines with this yoyo. For example Lim Aik Hwee from Singapore and Sean Perez from Philipines.

Lastly, 5A division which is also known as counter-weight division.


First thing that you will notice in the pic is the dice. The dice serves as a counter-weight. This time, the yoyo is not attach to the finger but instead on that dice ! From what i know, this would be the hardest division for most yoers but a 12 yr old kid proven it wrong ! hahaha .. You can look up his name, Takeshi Matsuura ( hope that i didnt spell that wrong ! Im sorry if i did !)

Thanks for reading this post and i will post on types of strings, lubings and how to do simple maintenance on your yoyo soon !

AP 2010 clip vid !

This video is made by our very own malaysia yoer, 7th placing offstring division in the Asia Pacific Yoyo Championship 2010, Ewin Ee !!!!

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AP2010

I didnt manage to get lots of picture cos i was bz practising for my freestyle .. Oh rite, for those who dont know wats a freestyle is, heres da explanation.

Freestyle means u perform a yoyo routine along wif da music of ure own choice. For the preliminary round only 1 min is given for ure freestyle n for da finals it would be 3 min freestyle. Commonly yoers will use songs tat has a very nice bass sound or should i say gud "beat". Its about da same as dancing just tat instead of expressing it through body movements, we use yoyo routines ! Simple rite ? Ok cool, lets move on.

We ( me, ryan=dude in red,zafran n another ryan from kuching) arrived around ... mmm ... 10am if im not mistaken and as u can see.. The crowd wasnt tat huge ... yet... hahaha ..




Tat would be da stage where u will have to face ure worst fear ... Hundreds of penetrating eyes staring at u .. If u have a stage fright, this would be a gud place for u to practise n overcome your fear .. hahaha ! Just imagine tat my hands were shaking even after i was off da stage ... Shikes .. i need more practise ! T.T

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All of this are da merchandises sold during da event. They have another section tat sells yoyos for begginers but too bad i did not took a photo of it.

Da afternoon crowd starting to flow into da event. Most of them were be looking at us wif this amused or " wow , they can do tat ?!" face expression. Hahaha .. I swear to god, there was this auntie tat get so hyped she cant even close her mouth when we doin our preliminary round ! LOL !

Say cheese, Malaysian yoyoers !! I really really miss this event. Its full of live in it n it puts in more meaning into the word "friendship". Although this is would be my first time goin for such event, its definately a memorable one ...

Asia Pacific yoyo championship 2010

Recently, from 25th of March to the 28th of March, there was a huggggggeeeee yoyoing event in Singapore ! It was held in ION orchard n during tat 4 days , there was 2 days of preliminary rounds and 2 days of finals.. Unfortunately i didnt make it to da finals .. Hahaha ..

Neway , this event is mainly held for all yoers in the AsiaPacific side. It consist of 12 different countries ( if im not mistaken ) , Japan , Taiwan , Hong Kong , Singapore , Indonesia , Korea , Brunei , Malaysia , Australia , Phillipines, and ... errrr... i think it includes India too ... mmm ....

This event is organise by a yoyoing store in Singapore which goes by da name of Spinworkx. In my own opinion, Spinworkx is by far the most popular yoyo store in da Asia side . hahaha .. Oh yea, they even have online sales too...

I arrived Singapore on da 24th of March n there was soooo much time to spare. So, me n my fren from malaysia Ryan decided to head out to spinworkx n take a look who has arrived. Tats where we met a bunch of Japanese yoyo player's. They have freaking awesome skills man ... One of them is a like a picture trick machine !! n da above pic is da prove ! He just wouldnt stop making pic tricks and amuse us ... Wow ~~~~

After that, we went for dinner in some ... errr.. how should i say this ... mamak store ?? hahaha ... Lets just say a restaurant nearby da hotel. This would be partial of da Malaysian gang including one cool german dude (Pac), an Indonesian yoyo star ( Rosgana ) n 2 awesome phillipine yoers ( Ernest Khan n Hiro Koba=owner of kitty strings) ! Woohoo !

Tat ends da first nite of AP. I would update more on da event and pic soon !!

welcome !

Ello folks ~~

First of all, i would like to say welcome to my new blog ... Which im not so familiar wif rite now .. hahahaha... Well, just to let u all know , this blog is about me n yoyoing ... Wat sort of events tats gotta to do wif yoyoing , wats new and da latest news of yoyoing , wat sort of music tats suitable for all sorts of divisions , n how daily report on yoyoing from every part of Malaysia !