2-Turns

Shifts

2 turns add a 360 degree rotation to a motion.

Pro

On a prospin with a double turn, note the 45Β° angle of the halfway position.

start
in
halfway
out
end
in

Prospin, 2 turns: the staff spins twice around while still tracing one arc from east to south

A base prospin (ASA isolation) has 0 thumb switches, therefore a prospin with 2 turns has 2 thumb switches (in β†’ out β†’ in)

Anti

With a double-turning antispin, it's easier to visually conceive of the motion in thirds. At each third there is a staff end at the center point.

start
in
out
in
end
out

Antispin, 2 turns, broken into thirds so you can catch the staff fighting its own arc the whole way from east to south

A base antispin has 1 thumb switch (in β†’ out), therefore an antispin with 2 turns has 3 thumb switches (in β†’ out β†’ in β†’ out)

Dashes

Now let's add a double turn to a dash. It's relatively complex, so we'll break it down into four parts.

start
in
halfway
end
out

Broken into quarters so you can catch the staff spinning through the straight crossing from south to north

A base dash starting from thumb in ends with thumb out, therefore a dash with 2 turns also ends with thumb out (in β†’ out)

For a vertical dash such as this, you can use up/down as indicators (up β†’ down β†’ up)

As with all dashes, it's important to travel in a straight handpath even though the prop is rotating. Here is the same motion broken in half:

start
in
halfway
end
out

The same motion in half instead of quarters - the staff has already completed one full rotation by the midpoint

Static

A static motion with 2 turns is simply a 360Β° turn in place. It's necessary to use negative space or a turn to achieve this.

start
in
halfway
out
end
in

The staff completes a full extra rotation in place at east before settling back to out

A static motion has 0 thumb switches, therefore a static motion with 2 turns has 2 thumb switches (in β†’ out β†’ in)

Codex Pages

Reference grids showing all letters at each turn combination.

1|0, 0|1, 1|1

2|0, 0|2, 2|1, 1|2, 2|2