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QuietDom -> RE: Double ended flogger? (1/29/2008 5:58:57 PM)
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Typically, you clench one of these bad boys in a fist, starting in a position with your arm extended forward and your palm downwards. Then you swing the thumb-side tails pretty much as you would for a normal figure-8 flogging pattern. The downward portion of the strike naturally causes the other side to rise, so you let it flow naturally and strike again with the pinky-side tails. (The thumb-side strike can be done from the wrist, but the pinky-side strike needs some elbow to make it work.) Once you have the hang of it, you'll find that you're doing a somewhat more elaborate figure-8 with broader arm motions, but you're hitting at double the tempo you'd have with a conventional flogger.
Other swings are possible, of course, but the above form is the one you see most often.
Don't take this as an endorsement of the design... double-ended floggers are flashy in use and tend to draw admiration, but they aren't nearly as versatile as a conventional flogger. The second set of tails can get in the way of many techniques. Buy one of these only if (a) you play in public and like to show off, and (b) you already have enough normal floggers that you won't be doing your collection a disservice by adding a showy-but-limited specialty tool.
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