2014-07-16

【Aiden in English】

        I used to think that Yo-Yo didn't need skill until today I learned it @ Guang Hua Chinese Summer Camp. Boy, it is so wrong. The Chinese Yo-Yo is probably even harder than any Yo-Yo you've ever experienced.

        First off, the Chinese Yo-Yo has two discs connected with a smooth thick bar in the center. The idea is to spin the Yo-Yo by pulling a rope hooked up with two sticks used for the handle. This comes to the easy part. The not-so-easy part is when you try to do tricks by throwing the Yo-Yo up and catching it. Our Yo-Yo instructor, Eric did something I've never seen before. He threw the Yo-Yo up in the air, made a shape with the string, and caught it while it's still spinning. He looked like a magician, except with no trickery.

        The Chinese Yo-Yo has so many more features than the one of the US. It performs tricks or uses it like a jump rope. There are so many more to do and explore. It seems hard, but worth giving it a try. You never know what the Yo-Yo happens if you don't try.

【红霞译文】

        我一向以为抖空竹没什么了不得的，直到今天在宾州光华中文学校夏令营实打实学习玩的技巧，天哪，我这才发现其实并非简单。比起其它悠悠球的玩法，中国式的大概难度更大。

        首先，中国的空竹两头带有两个圆形转盘，中间靠一根光滑结实的棍子将它们串在一起，双手通过牵拉套在上面的绳子带动圆盘转动，当然这仅仅是玩耍的基本要领。其次，上抛空竹并在空中接空竹，需要相当的个人技巧。夏令营里埃里克教练的示范叫我大开眼界，他先将空竹扔向空中，然后再表演花样绳操，等快速旋转的空竹优哉游哉下落时，才动用手中那根扭动的绳子。他如同魔术师一般，只不过耶桁玩的不是挂羊头卖狗肉的把戏。

        中式抖空竹比美式悠悠球有更多玩法，它可以变戏法或用来跳绳，还有其它用途有待你去体验发掘。虽说看上去复杂，但值得亲自上手一试，否则你确实无法了解抖空竹的秘笈所在。