UPSB v3

Heroes of Tomorrow / Kaku

  1. Sankaku
    Date: Wed, Jan 28 2009 00:26:35

    Username: Sankaku
    Real name: Dalton Seto
    Nicknames: kaku, yonkaku, hyakukaku, san, skankaku, hornykaku, dton, bacon
    Age: 17
    DOB: December 30th, 1991, yeah I lied on my UPSB profile
    Hair: Black
    Eyes: Brown
    Height and Weight: 6'1" and ~180 lbs
    Ethnicity: 100% Chinese, no japanese whatsoever

    Favourite Pen Colors: Red and white
    Favourite pen mod: White comssa with Dr Grip grips, HGG tips and SG tips
    Favourite Trick: Triple TA
    Favourite Hybrid: TW sonic bust
    Favourite Combo Starter: Twisted Sonic
    Favourite Combo Finisher: Triple TA
    Spinning Experience: Since Feb 08

    Favourite Food: Pho and white food tongue.gif

    Location: Vancouver BC CANADA
    Education: Grade 12, aka senior
    Wannabe: rich
    Occupation: Lifeguard/swimming instructor
    Hobbies: penspinning, swimming, biking, DJ Max

    My Comssa: (Totally copied 12ve xD)


    Spoiler:


    Yeah so it's SG tip, Dr Grip grip and HGG tip wrapped in tape on the inside of the cap. I like weight more spread out, even if it is just an HGG tip compared to a massive SG tip xD.

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    Okay JC you win -.-

    Okay, my spinning skills aren't really par with the rest of the team. I have a boring style, and none of my tricks are really that hard. So, I need help:

    Stuff I wanna work on:
    Ringaround
    IA, MA, RA rev
    Cont. baks, midbaks, ringbaks, pinkybaks
    Cool hybrid finishers
    My own style =\
    Better linkages
    Faster and smoother

    So meh, FS with KT:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpqSKajsKY4

  2. JC
    Date: Wed, Jan 28 2009 00:35:47

    Nuu, don't change your style. I like your style although it needs a bit of polishing up with your sub-par direction changes ^^" .... And your style gives the team another style. All of the people on this team have such varying styles. Yours, Arie's, Charlie's, mine, etc... they're all so different from one another and I dont' want you spinning faster and smoother like everyone else going korean D:

  3. Shadowserpant
    Date: Wed, Jan 28 2009 00:54:53

    eeew korean xP

    oh shit, okay, that TF shadow thing was AMAZING, try polishing that more
    and so was the palmspin, just get the startup smoother
    and so is the pen
    lol

  4. Sankaku
    Date: Wed, Jan 28 2009 03:43:05

    QUOTE (Shadowserpant @ Jan 27 2009, 04:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    eeew korean xP

    oh shit, okay, that TF shadow thing was AMAZING, try polishing that more
    and so was the palmspin, just get the startup smoother
    and so is the pen
    lol

    yeah, i just wanted to make sure I hit the palmspin, so i just a TA harmonic kinda thing to get a good position on the pen. And about the TF charge thing, I plan to learn and get good at shadow TF-12 > bak revs


    May as well have some feedback on my editting too while I'm at it. Comments on this please:
    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ckimfkaztmb

  5. Charlie
    Date: Wed, Jan 28 2009 21:13:51

    I think your style's fine. You'll get smoother in time. And I agree with shadow, that TF shadow was nice. Very stylistic and well executed. I think you might like my TF Shadow ~ Handaround Hybrid. I'll show you sometime.

    Just keep practicing really. I recommend learning cont baks and midbaks first. Learning cont baks teaches you how to move your hand properly for cont tricks. Then you can apply the concept for cont mid baks (which is harder). Cont pinkybaks are actually second easiest after cont baks. Cont ringbaks are the toughest imo.

  6. DaeHa
    Date: Thu, Jan 29 2009 02:07:31

    since i'm not as good with spinning advice and shadow/charlie gave some already on to the editing smile.gif (yea you know what's coming)

    didn't enjoy
    - you started off with a flash? im sorry but that's just a waste
    - i still hate your disgusting white with *insert color* neon light efftect. i thought you wanted JeB wannabe; do a cool creative background with white font not that
    - the transition you used into the first video still pisses me off
    - as usual i hate zooming in the middle of a video
    - for videos use a full neon color instead of the white with outline neon color
    - the zoom in/out at 1:26 was too slow (the one type of zooming exception i make on "neat stuff")
    - felt there wasn't enough transition going on within the 1:__ videos
    - seriously that text @___@
    - get some elaborate font

    enjoyed
    - ok your first transition into Baaron's first video i actually enjoyed
    - if that purple light and bright lighting was an edit then i liked it...but zooming on the video really beat it, busted out its brains, and burned the remains for me

    overall i thought your editting was merely blank, swirly colors or a more epic intro beginning would be nice....or is that with that over program you need that Shadow needs to get Oo?
    THAT WHITE WITH BORDER COLOR GRRRRH

    uh i actually enjoyed this one more than the other i totally shot down, so dont feel as bad (tho the music was lamer on this one)

  7. Sankaku
    Date: Thu, Jan 29 2009 05:06:25

    QUOTE (DaeHa @ Jan 28 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    since i'm not as good with spinning advice and shadow/charlie gave some already on to the editing smile.gif (yea you know what's coming)

    didn't enjoy
    - you started off with a flash? im sorry but that's just a waste
    - i still hate your disgusting white with *insert color* neon light efftect. i thought you wanted JeB wannabe; do a cool creative background with white font not that
    - the transition you used into the first video still pisses me off
    - as usual i hate zooming in the middle of a video
    - for videos use a full neon color instead of the white with outline neon color
    - the zoom in/out at 1:26 was too slow (the one type of zooming exception i make on "neat stuff")
    - felt there wasn't enough transition going on within the 1:__ videos
    - seriously that text @___@
    - get some elaborate font

    enjoyed
    - ok your first transition into Baaron's first video i actually enjoyed
    - if that purple light and bright lighting was an edit then i liked it...but zooming on the video really beat it, busted out its brains, and burned the remains for me

    overall i thought your editting was merely blank, swirly colors or a more epic intro beginning would be nice....or is that with that over program you need that Shadow needs to get Oo?
    THAT WHITE WITH BORDER COLOR GRRRRH

    uh i actually enjoyed this one more than the other i totally shot down, so dont feel as bad (tho the music was lamer on this one)

    biggrin.gif

  8. Charlie
    Date: Wed, Feb 4 2009 21:45:35

    Video -> Full View • Download


    TF Shadow ~ Handaround hybrid. You might like it -- or not. Give it a go. :]

  9. Sankaku
    Date: Wed, Feb 4 2009 23:58:15

    Oh snap Charlie that looks nice! ohmy.gif Uhhh, can you slow mo it for me? xD

  10. Sankaku
    Date: Thu, Feb 5 2009 20:45:01

    BUMP!

    Video -> Full View • Download

  11. Charlie
    Date: Thu, Feb 5 2009 23:01:36

    Video -> Full View • Download


    There you go

    And nice TAs. I dont really like how .our pinky's sticking out.

  12. Sankaku
    Date: Thu, Feb 5 2009 23:06:54

    omg that looks hard to do. Thanks vebby much. ^^ And, yeah, I'm gonna go back to my original style of FL TA's. The pinky just doesn't work for me I guess. =\

  13. Sankaku
    Date: Mon, Feb 9 2009 06:42:45

    DONT STALK ME NOW, CHECK FIRST POST

  14. Charlie
    Date: Mon, Feb 9 2009 08:48:02

    So your comssa uses SG tips too? Haha, cool. I thought I was the only one with an SG Comssa. Mine don't have extra hgg tips though. I think it's fine as it is. Not as heavy as a kt, but still nice.

    Oh and I use the extra metal rings from SG pens to put on the cap. Looks nice. Try it. :]

  15. Sankaku
    Date: Mon, Feb 9 2009 16:35:55

    QUOTE (Charlie @ Feb 9 2009, 12:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    So your comssa uses SG tips too? Haha, cool. I thought I was the only one with an SG Comssa. Mine don't have extra hgg tips though. I think it's fine as it is. Not as heavy as a kt, but still nice.

    Oh and I use the extra metal rings from SG pens to put on the cap. Looks nice. Try it. :]

    LOL i put the SG rings on my buster, since I don't wanna use the rings from my airfits. xD

  16. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Feb 10 2009 06:39:20

    Added pic of comssa. Headshot will be added later.

  17. Sankaku
    Date: Fri, Feb 20 2009 06:19:26

    Nobody lieks my comssa? D:

    Video -> Full View • Download

    From express collab xD

    Yeah i stumled at the end, but I did film that in 10 minutes... so yeah sorry about crappy lighting.

  18. Shadowserpant
    Date: Fri, Feb 20 2009 06:25:06

    holy shit that was amazing

  19. Sankaku
    Date: Sat, Mar 14 2009 18:34:13

    i forgot about my topic xD so... here


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMdFTxbwi4

    hmm the embedded one seems to lag, view it on youtube. and if you guys want, i can put up a dl link

  20. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Mar 17 2009 19:40:10

    Click my sig, do it. Nothing bad.

  21. Sankaku
    Date: Thu, Apr 2 2009 23:11:19



    sucks, i got worse

  22. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 00:13:40

    why nobody post in my thread? D:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_UqVT_X0DU

  23. tomohiro
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 02:47:49

    wow quick but really smooth combo ohmy.gif
    u've improved alot

  24. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 02:56:34

    This ones a bit faster =\


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFh5w3aHcOI

  25. Charlie
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 07:24:29

    Kaku! You look like a total korean now and your I'm glad you've worked on your finger positioning -- a lot better. Dude, nice midbak 1.5 > midbak. Glad you finally got it. :]

  26. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 23:01:04

    QUOTE (Charlie @ Apr 14 2009, 12:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Kaku! You look like a total korean now and your I'm glad you've worked on your finger positioning -- a lot better. Dude, nice midbak 1.5 > midbak. Glad you finally got it. :]

    bleh i cant get midbak 1.5 x2 tho =\

    plus, is fast spinning kaku or slow spinning kaku better? just want youz guysez opinions

  27. DaeHa
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 23:11:12

    *convinced otherwise*

  28. Charlie
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 23:19:29

    QUOTE (Sankaku @ Apr 14 2009, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    bleh i cant get midbak 1.5 x2 tho =\

    plus, is fast spinning kaku or slow spinning kaku better? just want youz guysez opinions


    somewhere in the middle kaku. :]

  29. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Apr 14 2009 23:31:35

    Is somewhere in the middle kaku about here kaku? http://cid-7858d3acd8d2ab0c.skydrive.live....bo/FS041409.wmv

    mark i showed you this already

    and btw imma upload some cool music to my skydrive over time, like, i have 12ves 3rd solo music there and colors of sorrow from the express collab thing.

  30. Charlie
    Date: Wed, Apr 15 2009 01:23:49

    QUOTE (Sankaku @ Apr 14 2009, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Is somewhere in the middle kaku about here kaku? http://cid-7858d3acd8d2ab0c.skydrive.live....bo/FS041409.wmv

    mark i showed you this already

    and btw imma upload some cool music to my skydrive over time, like, i have 12ves 3rd solo music there and colors of sorrow from the express collab thing.

    spin whatever speed you feel most comfortable in. but i think i like the faster spinning.

  31. JC
    Date: Thu, Apr 16 2009 19:42:12

    mhm, i invited you originally for the slower spinning to add some variety to the team's spinning, but now that i've seen your fast spinning, i like it a lot more personally

    as charlie's said though, spin what feels most comfortable to you

    but it's looking really really really good thumb.gif i can't believe i missed so much after being gone for a week

  32. Sankaku
    Date: Fri, Apr 24 2009 06:25:24


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aopRTkKQl1A

    Guess what pen it is :]

  33. JC
    Date: Fri, Apr 24 2009 07:55:12

    bao0 mod?

  34. Sankaku
    Date: Fri, Apr 24 2009 21:52:27

    Look at the other pens in the bottom left for a hint :]

  35. Baaron
    Date: Fri, Apr 24 2009 21:55:37

    no one even knows how to make baoos mod

    kaku can i tell what that is?

  36. Sankaku
    Date: Fri, Apr 24 2009 22:45:14

    not yet >:]

  37. JC
    Date: Sat, Apr 25 2009 05:51:01

    i don't even know what most of the pens at the bottom are -.-'' and @baaron, i didn't know that? ><

  38. Sankaku
    Date: Sat, Apr 25 2009 06:09:05

    you cant see the red one you gave me? D:

  39. JC
    Date: Sat, Apr 25 2009 07:45:34

    that's why i said i didn't know what MOST of the pens at the bottom were D: of course i recognized that one tongue.gif (that's the only one i recognized ><)

  40. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, Apr 28 2009 22:48:35

    http://cid-7858d3acd8d2ab0c.skydrive.live....0Submission.wmv

    This was my first combo I filmed for joey 1st, then I refilmed and got a better one. Good or bad?

  41. Charlie
    Date: Wed, Apr 29 2009 02:09:19

    You still lack control. The pen feels heavy for you and you need to break out of the typical korean style. Just a suggestion. :]

  42. Sankaku
    Date: Wed, Apr 29 2009 04:26:21

    what do you mean by control? it seemed controlled to me

  43. Charlie
    Date: Wed, Apr 29 2009 19:17:59

    QUOTE (Sankaku @ Apr 28 2009, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    what do you mean by control? it seemed controlled to me


    Your fingers. You don't have control over them.

  44. JC
    Date: Thu, Apr 30 2009 15:47:19

    /agrees with Charlie =\ sleep(1).gif

  45. Xero
    Date: Thu, Apr 30 2009 17:17:15

    I agree with Charlie and JC. The pen you're using seems too large and heavy, making your spinning seem awkward.
    Consider practicing with a simple double capped comssa for improved dexterity & smoothness. (Something that I've done.)
    And pay attention to the tricks you link - your direction changing needs work as well as variation.

  46. Sankaku
    Date: Sat, May 16 2009 16:22:45


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rI_cIbABb4

    As you can see, no huge pen xD

  47. JC
    Date: Sat, May 16 2009 17:07:48

    Yeah, with a smaller pen, your spinning definitely looks more controlled for the most part... Try having the same control with a longer pen though, just to make it match your hand a bit more. And you need to show a bit more of your wrist, and stop going off screen. Your angle needs a bit of adjustment. Try moving it to the left, and more angled towards your hand. So you can see a bit more of your wrist, center your hand, and have a nice angled view of your hand.

  48. Sankaku
    Date: Tue, May 19 2009 23:49:40

    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wziyjwhzryv

    sorry for dl, but youtube isnt uploading it dry.gif

  49. Charlie
    Date: Tue, May 19 2009 23:56:41

    You remind me a lot of coco_a, kaku.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sirDWni4vU

    His hands are like yours and in his older vids, his style is a bit similar. His style is a lot more controlled now and developed, but you'll see a lot of similarities. Maybe pick up something from it?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROIuMdZ6pUE...feature=related

    Try out his solo vid. He style changes a lot sometimes (like when he's doing a lot of wipers).

  50. Sankaku
    Date: Fri, May 29 2009 00:31:04



    Yeah, other than the sloppy execution of the second half, yeah?

  51. Sankaku
    Date: Sun, Jun 7 2009 21:35:29

  52. JC
    Date: Sun, Jun 7 2009 22:41:00

    lolwut rotfl.gif ?? xD haha

  53. Charlie
    Date: Sun, Jun 7 2009 22:45:38

    wtf? lol cute.

  54. Baaron
    Date: Sun, Jun 7 2009 23:45:01

    breakdown please

  55. Sankaku
    Date: Sun, Jun 14 2009 23:11:38



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtlutV1hhgY

    i totally forgot about this topic lol

  56. Sankaku
    Date: Mon, Jun 15 2009 18:14:27



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVx61Tby8rc

    how are my midbak 1.5s progressing? i started practicing them again like, 2 or 3 days ago. are they ugly, smooth, unsmooth, etc...?

  57. Charlie
    Date: Wed, Jun 17 2009 03:20:43

    Midbaks look fine. I like how do you execute them like vic does. I suggest catching it more like makin does. It adds an extra flare and makes for a good finisher.

    Your current catch looks sloppy.

  58. Sankaku
    Date: Sat, Jun 20 2009 17:41:20



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77oLM9DKhyE&fmt=18

    yea i know about the fact that i spammed my mini combo like, 3 times in that combo, but other than that, how is smoothness, linkages and the pen?

    And oh yea, got my first pinkybak 1.5 > pinkybak today :] I didnt practice it, i just decided to try it, and got it within a minute


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIGviBgiXb0&fmt=18