Linking Rings!

Fate would decide that I would try out, and consequently LOVE, linking rings.

I went to visit princess over the weekend, as we would go to the Met together to see one of her professors lecture (only 3 classmates showed up, 5 people in total including me and another friend's girlfriend), but I'm glad it was small. Her professor lectured about Islamic art, and I learned a ton. It was truly an engaging lecture and he was very nice and a very knowledgeable historian. Definitely worth missing Tannen's (more on that in a bit).

So we browsed around the Met for a bit. At first I wanted to rush a bit because I wanted to try to make Tannen's, but I realized it's not a big deal, and told her to slow down so we could see everything we wanted to see. I think she might have still felt I was rushing her, so I felt bad about that and tried to slow it down as much as I could despite my frequent back pain. The only bad part was the food was ridiculously expensive for such a small portion. Other than that, great trip; the Met is a very immersive experience.

So instead of going to Tannen's afterwards (or Momofuku, both were closed at 4!), we stopped at a magic shop I've been meaning to go to for a while, which was Fantasma Magic. I'm glad we went; the staff was way more knowledgeable, and much better magicians as they also performed full time. One of the guys did a mismatch bill and some crazy card forces I had never seen, and another did a few coins across rountines, 3 fly similar to those on Sick (but were in fact David Roth, but Ponta credits David Roth and the handlings were very similar). Then he showed me Shoot Ogawa's linking rings rountine (that included phases form Ninja Rings), and it was really incredible. It was linking rings like I had never really seen. I was still reluctant, because linking rings never interested me. However, Princess liked them so much, and the routine I was shown was different and mesmerizing, I decided to go for it.

What will ensure that I go back for their business was not only that their staff was super nice, but that the guy told me the set was 30. He rung it up to find it was 35, but charged me 30 anyways because that's what he said. Incredible!! I went home, studied the DVD for a while, practiced for a bit, and have the basic routine though not entirely smoothly (and to think, Shoot Ogawa really does teach on it!!). It also came with this great ring-from-rope routine, which I think could transition well from Sander's hyperring and Fiber Optics routine. And the ring-from-rope could transition perfectly from or two my Mikame MC box/crystal cleaver trick!

Basically, this linking ring set was the right purchase. Plus the rings make this really sweet clinging noise, and they're super shiny and strong. I like! My creative juices were flowing like nuts yesterday.

Time to wait for income to buy the Ninja Rings dvd =P.