Ok.. so I've been watching videos of people pen spinning, and I was wondering, when somebody was doing a really fast combo, all of a sudden, they use their thumb to stop it for like a split second and start going again.. I was wondering if there was a name for that, or is it strictly just to keep it balanced?

There arn't names for stopping a pen, but there may be 'stops' inbetween different tricks. A thumbaround to fingerless rev TA has a lag between the tricks, but it's just the way tricks connect w/ each other, so we don't really name the 'stop' inbetween two tricks.

i think he's talking about something to Charge t1 > Fl TA reverse

OR maybe he's talking about Counter TA? :D

@SwiftBolt: can you link to a specific video (or atleast tell us the name) so we can definitely see what you are talking about?

Sounds like neosonic harmonic or a tipped sonic.

My first thought was neosonic harmonic too.

QFT. i agree. i think it's Neosonic harmonic cuz he say liek Thumbstop. forexample, maybe fingerpass, and fingerpass reverse. somepeople use Neosonic harmonic. im one of them

Um.. it's in Eriror's Callopeia video... an example of it... and I see other people doing it a lot too. It happens at... around 24 seconds.. and 29..


Oh... and I was wondering what the trick was that he used his thumb with at around 1:09 and 1:45.. 1:57 ... o_o... it also happens in the Tokyo Off when winter was spinning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNxXrMWSc8

Thanks for the help guys.. I appreciate it =]

winter does both a tipped sonic, and a charge t1 > FL TA reverse, so im not sure which you're talking about....

is it what happens at from 21~23 seconds in this video?

is it what happens at about 54~56 seconds in that video?

and if i find a neosonic harmonic vid ill link you to that also.

Strat, your link goes to Zombo's judging system...

Also I think he may mean TA harmonic as that kinda looks like its stopped by the thumb...

I checked Calliopeia.

What you mean is Neosonic.

Oh ok... so it's a neosonic that goes to the thumb, then hold it there for a split second.. is what I saw? I guess that makes sense...

It's possible to link that to a charge T1 -> FL REV right?

If it is... I'm not really sure how to do the charge T1...

I think it's a rev charge T1 actually, and its pretty easy to do for just one rotation. Gunman to rev charge t1 to fl rev is like my favorite minicombo, when i do it the charge is kind of fingerless. It goes in the same direction as the gunman & i use the momentum from that along with a hand tilt to get 1 charge rotation, then tilt the hand back up for the fl rev.

edit: maybe its a charge normal t1 its hard for me to tell with the thumb versions

i'm pretty sure he's talking about neosonic > tipped charge > rev neosonic cause it sounds more like a "thumbstop"

btw is that combo the same as tipped sonic?