WFD Introducing New Category?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:20 pmOver the years, WFD has established many new records/categories including: Open Doubles, Closed Doubles, Paradiddles, Flams, Edurance in both Hands and Feet, Bare Hands, Upside-down and the new Full Drum Kit record.
One of the most popular requests is to open a new category for multi or compund grip technique such as: Moeller, Push-Pull or Open and Closed grip. This will be a seperate category with its own rankings and champions.
One of the reasons it has taken so long to add these is due to the confusion and lack of understanding. To clarify a point using these multi grip techniques within a single stroke roll, one must consider the movement of the back of the hand instead of the movement of the tip of the stick. We all know that a single stroke is RLRL. The exsisting rules of WFD allows one stroke per one full movement of each hand, the right hand goes down, "tap", and then back up. Again, concentrate on the back of the hand rather than the tip of the stick.
Furthermore, if the back of the hand goes down and two taps are made by the opening and closing of the fingers before the back of the hand goes up, then it's a 2 note stroke. Same would apply for the 3 note stroke and 4 note stroke. These are singles but they're multi-stroke singles which is why it would have its own category.
For clarity, the WFD staff recommends this open/close technique video by Gordy Knudtson which fully explains multi note strokes, modes, and cycles.
Gordy Knudtson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiqtelZs_2I
Although it has not been fully decided that this will be a new vategory for 2012, we would like to get your feedback and thoughts.
One of the most popular requests is to open a new category for multi or compund grip technique such as: Moeller, Push-Pull or Open and Closed grip. This will be a seperate category with its own rankings and champions.
One of the reasons it has taken so long to add these is due to the confusion and lack of understanding. To clarify a point using these multi grip techniques within a single stroke roll, one must consider the movement of the back of the hand instead of the movement of the tip of the stick. We all know that a single stroke is RLRL. The exsisting rules of WFD allows one stroke per one full movement of each hand, the right hand goes down, "tap", and then back up. Again, concentrate on the back of the hand rather than the tip of the stick.
Furthermore, if the back of the hand goes down and two taps are made by the opening and closing of the fingers before the back of the hand goes up, then it's a 2 note stroke. Same would apply for the 3 note stroke and 4 note stroke. These are singles but they're multi-stroke singles which is why it would have its own category.
For clarity, the WFD staff recommends this open/close technique video by Gordy Knudtson which fully explains multi note strokes, modes, and cycles.
Gordy Knudtson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiqtelZs_2I
Although it has not been fully decided that this will be a new vategory for 2012, we would like to get your feedback and thoughts.