Humbled

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

I feel so unworthy!

There’s more where that came from. Just go to YouTube and search for “Chinese yo yo.”

I’m pretty sure both these guys are using diabolos rather than traditional Chinese yo yo’s with the plastic axis and hollow drums. The diabolo evolved from the Chinese yo yo after early European missionaries brought the traditional yo yo from China. I’ve always been suspicious of diabolos because they look and feel so different, but now I realize they are more forgiving of error due to their shape.

With the Chinese yo yo, you have to be really precise with your point of contact – your string always has to hit the brass center or else the yo yo loses its balance.

But diabolos, given their true hourglass shape and sloping insides, would naturally slide a wayward string into the center.

I gotta try it out.

If you’re interested in buying one, so far I’ve found sellers for both diabolos and yo yo’s online. I’ll post on it again after I do more research.

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