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Terms

Thumb end / pinky end
The ends identified by their relationship to your grip. Tracking one end avoids the ambiguity of a double-ended prop.
Plane
The flat surface a rotation occupies. Wall plane sits across the front of the body; wheel plane runs forward and back beside it.
Isolation
An end stays at a focal point while the hand travels around it.
Extension
The hand travels at full reach, carrying the staff around rather than adding a separate wrist rotation.
Inspin / antispin
The shaft rotates in the same direction as the moving hand (inspin), or in the opposite direction (antispin).
Hybrid
Two different driving styles performed together, such as isolation with antispin.
R-type
The hand moves while the staff keeps a fixed orientation.
Antibrid
A linked hand-to-prop relationship. In the basic double-staff tutorial, one hand follows the other staff’s thumb end.
Crank
The taught out-and-back phrase combining an antispin section with an isolation return.
VTG
Vulcan Tech Gospel: a framework for describing and connecting timing, direction, and prop relationships.

Sources

Klobfactor is an independent study companion. The original teaching is by DrexFactor; this site is not affiliated with or endorsed by him.

Both playlists were checked on 14 October 2026. The 13-entry beginner playlist and 8-entry antibrid playlist share the one-minute basic antibrids video, giving 20 distinct sources. Each lesson follows its playlist’s published order, with timestamp links for individual moves.

Beginner Double Staff Tutorials · 13 entries
  1. Grip, timing & direction · 7:42
  2. Hip & shoulder reels · 6:22
  3. Isolations · 3:37
  4. Extensions · 2:32
  5. Antispin · 9:14
  6. Inspin · 4:08
  7. Hybrids · 5:25
  8. R-types and chu-chus · 6:52
  9. Archer weaves · 6:54
  10. Basic transitions · 9:32
  11. Basic 3D · 10:28
  12. Crossers · 4:46
  13. Basic antibrids in one minute · 1:30
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Double Staff Antibrid Tutorials · 8 entries
  1. Body tracing cranks · 5:29
  2. Behind-the-back cranks · 4:45
  3. Basic antibrids · 5:01
  4. Antibrid boxes · 6:43
  5. Hand tracer boxes · 4:30
  6. Basic antibrids in one minute · 1:30
  7. Winter tech: performance study · 2:46
  8. Tutting framework · 4:51
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The supplied VTG poster credits David Cantor and Noel Yee, with artwork by Forest Stearns. It is hosted by the Flow Arts Institute.

Diagram limits

Lessons were prepared from downloaded source videos, captions, and inspected demonstration frames. The writing and diagrams here are original study aids. The diagrams describe idealized geometric relationships or simplified checkpoints. They are not motion capture, precise biomechanics, or a substitute for the source’s grip and body-clearance demonstrations.

Winter Tech is performance footage without named tutorial chapters. Its viewing windows and observation headings are editorial, and are labeled as performance studies. Other briefly demonstrated variations are also identified as demonstrations.

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