All About Linking Rings

By Rev. Albert R. Bandy

This booklet covers everything you need to know about Linking Rings, Moves, false counts, patter, suggestions, and complete routines with both 6 and 8 rings.

Contents Include:

Introduction

SECTION 1. Arranging the Rings

SECTION 2. False Counts

• Simple False Count
• Basic False Count
• Odin False Count

SECTION 3. Holding the Key Ring

• With the Gap Under the Foreigner
• With the Gap at the Base of the Little Finger
• With the Gap at the Base of the Second and Third Fingers

SECTION 4. To Link the Key and a Single

•  Rub Key Onto Single
• Twist Single Onto Key
• Twist Key Onto Single
•  Strike Key Onto Single
• Hook Key Onto Single
• Take Single From Arm and Link Onto Key
• Take Key From Arm and Link Onto Single
• Quietly Link Single to Key
•  Let Single Fall From Arm Onto Key

SECTION 5. To Unlink the Key and the Single

• Rub Single From Key
•  Twist Single From Key in Right Hand
• Twist Single From Key in Left Hand
• Take Single From Key and Pla.ce on Arm
• Take Key From Single and Place on Arm
•  Pull Single Off Key

SECTION 6. To Link Key to a Set

• Link Key to Set From the Bottom Up
•  Link Key to Set From Top Down
• Work Key Onto Set
•  Work Key From Arm Onto Set
• Join Set-of-Three to Chain of Three

SECTION 7. To Remove the Key from the Set

• Unlink Key From Set From Top Down
•  Unlink Key From Set From Bottom Up
• Separate the Chain of Six

SECTION 8. Simulated Linking

• Simulated Twist On
• Simulated Strike On
•  Toss Link

 SECTION 9. Patterns

• Cloverleaf
• Olympic Rings
•  Garden Swing
• Globe
• Opening Flower
•  Double-Linked Chain
• Jacob's Ladder
• The letter Y
• The Letter H
•  Stirrup
• Jumping Ring

SECTION 10. Special Moves

• Chain-of-Six (For Six-Ring Routines)
• Apparently Unlink Key and Show Ring Solid
• Unlink Five Rings Individually From Key
•  Link All Eight Rings

SECTION 11. Flourishes3

• Spin Right and Left
• 3Sound the Rings

SECTION 12. Routines

•  A TV Routine With Six Rings
• Another TV Routine With Six Rings
• A Platform Routine With Eight Rings
• A Platform Routine With Six Rings
• Another Platform Routine With Six Rings

SECTION 13. Patter Suggestions

• List of Illustrations

Details: All About Linking Rings

64 pages, saddle-stitched, size 5 1/2" by 8 1/2".