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ANDRE BOULAY: So, this next freehand trick is called butterfly. It's kinda funny. Cause
it almost look like a butterfly flapping its wings 'cause the yoyo is going one way, the
dice is coming the other way. The trick itself looks like this. You throw and swing around
your hand just like so, and you release the dice. It's going the opposite way with your
other hand. So it looks just like that. You'll notice they're almost crossing, they're almost
running into each other, but just barely. With a little practice, you can actually get
good enough at this where you won't hit it like I just did there. But it still happens.
So, looks like this. It's butterfly. The yoyo is going one way, dice is going the other
way. To start this, you want to hold the string just like so. It's between your thumb and
your pointer finger like that. As the yoyo is coming up and around, you'll notice as
it comes around my pointer, if I'm pinching like that, it actually doesn't hold on to
anything. It can just continually swing around in a circle. That's important because that's
the motion you want to be happening. So practice this movement first: you pinch and you allow
the yoyo to swing. You want it to be just about halfway, maybe a little bit less, give
a little more room for the side with the dice on there. And then what you're going to do
is with the hand with the dice in it, you're actually going to release it going the opposite
way. I'm going to show you what this looks like.