Since Japanese/Asian carving tutorials can be tough to find, I grabbed the brand-new JSBA release and translated it into English. It’s still a rough translation, but it’s readable, so I wanted to share it early and let you guys take a look first. I’ll clean it up and correct things later.
You might need to download the file and zoom in a bit when reading it, some of the formatting is a little off.
Here the Link to it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bIopIXZb8SUqE-mjlqybwKljM_2dUaQJ/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for doing all that translating! I just love the whole ethos of it.
They start with an overview of the fundamental mechanics up front. This satisfies my curiosity of why, rather than getting a bunch of drills and not really understanding the purpose or where it’s headed. They talk about dynamic balance & separation early on, not leaving it just for advanced/expert riders (in comparison to CASI).
They mention a freestyle stance, but don’t really get into it until the advanced level… when they spin off hard booting & off-piste stuff as well.
I really think the North American approach beginning with freestyle fundamentals is just all wrong… as not everyone is headed to the park.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s lots of great stuff in the CASI manual. What they build from is just very different (and limiting in some ways).
https://members.casi-acms.com/documents/Ref_Guide.pdf
Big White, BC, Canada
@pigbrogg AWESOME!
I have to agree with Board Doctor. I love the diagram of the forces already on the 7th page (of 130+) that contains mg*cos(𝜃) as the accelerating force, the decelerating forces and the normal force.
I've basically just skimmed the table of contents of both yet, but it's striking how much more CASI focuses on the act of teaching rather than the actual technique. I guess you need both, but I would split them as the act of teaching is generic whereas the actual technique is highly specific to the thing you want to teach.
I've also been watching Progression Sessions on youtube, and a lot of those sessions are also focused the act of teaching and how to teach rather than discussing and thinking about what to teach.
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