I'm not too sure if this is a manipulation, but it does involve using your fingers, and must improve strength, speed and skill with your fingers.

http://www.fingerjoust.com/

There is a link to the site.

HA, I used to play taht game.

And I thought we were weird spinning pens.


I still dont get the rules, do you grasp hands as if your gonna arm wresle(sp)?

lol when i first saw "finger jousting" i thought, dunt let this be thumb wars....

lol, do u just like poke ppl with ur fingers or something?

WTF, they got a championship and everything...why dont we got that? i think spinning a pen is much more acceptable than poking each other with your finger...

shut up, its fun

I still dont get the rules, do you grasp hands as if your gonna arm wresle(sp)? - Did you see the site, it has the rules on it.

BTW, wrestle. About the spelling :-)

:pullhair: I haven't seen anything worse than this so far.I mean,poking ppl with your finger?Come on,its not even a manipulation.

it's not a manip its a sport.. I wouldnt go to the championship but it can be quite fun..


and you're suppose to grab eachother's thumb

A very strange pasttime indeed. :)

It doesn't look like a manipulation though, so...
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haha cool i used to play this game with my cousin!! i didnt know it was real game/sport/hobby ...lol i dont know

Wow, pen spinning. I've watched some of the videos on here, and they are actually pretty darn cool. I've tried to do stuff like you guys are doing in class when boredom and lethargy set in, but I can't do near as much stuff as you guys. I can barely turn the pen or pencil in my fingers. Well, I guess practice does make perfect (and I don't practice, so I'm no good :lol:).

I'm the president of the World Finger Jousting Federation. I saw that we received some hits from your pen spinning forum, and I thought I'd drop by. You've got a neat forum here with a large sized active posting membership. I wish we'd have that kind of activity at the WFJF Forum.

If you have any questions, you can ask them. Alright thinks for the link. Keep on spinning and possibly jousting (with the finger of course).

can we joust with our pen? hehe :D

Ha, unfortunately, you can only use your index finger (called a lance) in finger jousting. The official arm to use is the right arm for tournament play. The arm you use is called the lancing arm, and the one you don't use is called the latent arm. I'm not sure if pen spinning would help in the arena, but it may help with dexterity. You guys really need to check out this website that linked to my website a while back. I think it will benefit pen spinners a heck of a lot more: Finger Yoga. They'd probably even link to this website also.

The finger yoga looks good, but it hurts my fingers :-(. Maybe because I broke them a few years ago? Anyways, I'm sure the rest of you pen spinners could find these excersizes useful.

Sweet, nice I like the finger yoga. thanks a lot man.

the picture on finger yoga's site is creepy as hell...

:WTF:

the yoga site say that Cracking finger is GOOD... they don't say if you SHOULD do it or ABUSE it.

cracking your fingers is good for your fingers...

It may be good for your fingers, but I'm not taking any chances since there is evidence supporting and against cracking your fingers. Arthritis could easily take down a finger jouster when he or she is in his or her prime.

i bet bonkura is a master finger yoga practioner

look at these hands!! they look just like his!