Traditional Rope Coiling
Notes and Resources:
There is a large family of related but slightly different rope coiling techniques, which collectively I'm calling "traditional" coiling in the sense that they're widely preferred by practitioners of Japanese-derived rope styles.
There are (at least) three different ways of forming the coil -- folding, figure 8, and figure 8 with a single fold at the end -- as well as two different general approaches to finishing the bundle: by tucking the bight under the securing wraps, or by passing the bight through the end of the bundle.
Each combination provides a somewhat different compromise in terms of coiling speed, uncoiling speed, security, tangle-resistance, and bundle aesthetics. Which one is right for you comes down to personal preference.
This video shows two variations on the throw-the-bundle finishing method, and here you can see the more popular but less secure method of tucking a bight.
Erin Houdini has an interesting variation on Kink Academy, if you have an account there, as well.
First link/video is unavailable.
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Thanks, updated video links.
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It's broken again
Giotto's account on YouTube is terminated due to nudity, according to YouTube. You'll probably have to find another source for it.
That first video is hilarious. Love the oiling with toe jam.
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First video down again, sadly.
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Updated, thanks. Anyone know of an alternative video showing the grabbing-with-thumbs figure-8 method?
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If you're still looking for an alternate video, here is one by ShibariShamster on youtube. It took a bit to find it again but I hope it works well enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcBA9GT4XSs
First video is great, live how tidy it is
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The idea of a figure=8 coli is that it's a stack, so the line always lifts off the top. I pinch both tails of the rope between my right hand and thumb, and just start coiling with a twist in it: practice makes perfect, instead of wrapping your arm, you cross the back of it each time. It produces a coil which is an old biblical cubit long, half a meter more or less, so a single turn on the two tails uses 2 meters: given you're possibly working with a 7 meter line, you come to the bight pdq, and end up with a thin floppy hank. I therefore fold it in half when I take it off my arm, and run the bight back about half a turn, which I use to wrap the bunch once, trapping the point it comes out of the bunched hank, twice, and then over the top under the curve in the standing end right where the first wrap locked it.
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Ordered rope from Erin Houdini last year. Never got what I ordered. Took my money though.
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Second link is down
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Hello there, the second like in vimeo is broken... But I have a recommendation that is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmUTYVms1rc It shows some technics to coil the rope, and a part of I haven't seen before.
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Thank you!
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