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The Yonomicon; An Enlightened Tome of Yo-yo Tricks

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The Yonomicon is a great book, its like a math book full of equations to mix and make tricks. It leaves nothing unexplained, it just takes a littl while to learn to understand how McBride is explaining the tricks. It different, in a better way.

This is a great book of pretty darn advanced yo-yo tricks. It breaks each trick down into it's parts and expalins it in a physics type manner. It's not that easy to follow, and it reads kind of like a text book, but if you can get through the complex explainations it's got some stuff you've never seen in a yo-yo book before.

If you want to get deeper into some complicated yo-yo tricks, this book is for you.

This book is like a bible to yoyo lovers of all ages. If you've ever wanted to do a yoyo trick and didn't know how you'll have to get this book. But don't take my word for it, read it your self.

I'm an beginner/intermediate yo yo player, and I found this book incredible. The Quantum Yo theory is truly revolutionary, and changed the way I think about yo yo tricks. Just like advertised, it's not a recipe book, but a guide to the underlying theory of how to approach yo yo tricks. I loved the tone of the writing and the inclusion of totem animals, as it just added enjoyment to what could have been a very dry analysis.

Advanced players will be able to see the limitations of a strictly "Quantum Yo" approach, but it may also help them think outside of old routines and expand their freestyle yocabulary. I doubt they've even thought of yo-ing in exactly this way before.

Top notch book, and I've never seen anything else even remotely like it for yo yos.

This is a breakthrough book. As the publisher of Just Say Yô¿ô, a website dedicated to the yo-yo community, and as a witness and participant in it's recent most incredible growth, I have watched as the combination of yo-yo masters, modern manufacturer and the enthusiasm of 'kids' has created an entirely new game .. a new sport.

Here Mark McBride has created a new language to explain what it has been, and is going to be about. So You Wanna Be the "Yo-Yo Man / Woman." This book will be prominantly displayed on yo'er shelf ..

Read this review, from Captain Yo, Don Watson .. 193? New York City Champion, 1996 3rd Place U.S. Freestyle Champion, Co-Creator of the World Famous Tom Kuhn SBII, and several models of Spintastics Professional Yo-Yos.

Do you get a kick out of operator spaces and wacky topology? If so, this is the yo-yo book for you. Coming just shy of an out-and-out mathematical analysis of the yo-yo, McBride lays down the laws of freestyle Yo, defining yo-yo play as a subset of the possible string/hand operations on the topology consisting of the yo, free hand and throw hand. This book will redefine the way you look at yo-yoing. If you have a refined mathematical background, this book could easily start you on the road towards a graduate thesis.

This isn't your average yoyo book. Usually they consist of a few dozen illustrated tricks - this book shows you how to create your own tricks. McBride breaks down yoyo tricks into their component parts, then creates a language for describing all the various transitions. He develops a notation system (TFY) to describe every state the yoyo and string can be in. You can then move between these states using flips, drops, pickups, and other transitions. The notation system allows you to write down (and share) these tricks.

It's a unique heavily theoretical way of looking at at yoyo play. It'll give you a completely different view of how trick components play into each other, and the confidence to freestyle and mix things up (without tying your string in knots).

This book isn't for everyone, but if you feel you've got to the point where you want to take your skills to the next level, it may have a lot to offer. Check Mark McBride's [...] website for errata, extra tricks, faqs and info. If you're just a beginner on oldschool looping yoyos you may not get much out of it, but if you play modern unresponsive yoyos this may be the book for you.

my boyfriend has been looking for this book for such a long time, he is way into yo-yo's so i knew this was perfect. He seemed to really enjoy the book.

I really only need to say one thing.

If you want to learn how to yoyo in the modern day, this is the book you want and need to have. It has taught me things about yoyoing that I could not have possible fathomed before reading it.

This is a great book, not only to learn from but an interesting read as well. Goes deeper into yo-yo playing than a simple trick book.