isos continued.....

so... ive been playing with continuous isos, (and theorising about 100% isos), and was wonding if anyone else has done this so you can fast track me through the questions im asking myself. or tell me its a waste of time so i can move on to something else. the movement is a bit hard to explain fully, but i hope its wont end up too abstract....

as i understand it the conventional wisdom about the movement during your typical isolation, (specifically continuous buzzsaw isolations which is the one im working with), is that the hands move in circles tracing the motion of the poi. in the buzzsaw, each hand traces the path of the poi head thats being spun by the other hand. this means most of the body movement dictating the paths of the poi is from the elbow joints and wrists. the strings of the poi are parallel during the motion.

but what ive started doing is trying a piston like movement from my shoulders to acheive the same effect. instead of the hands moving in circles they move 'in and out', and the shoulders move back and forward in something akin to the rude boy walking style beloved of people desperate to show they have attitude.

so far i have achieved something that looks incredibly sketchy and, basically, pants, but i think i can see potential there. so the questions im asking to anyone who knows are bascially these....

1. a) does it look pants because it is and.....
b) is the glimmer of hope (in that the strings are sometimes almost parallel for a few beats) due to the fact that the motion is almost what is required for isos, but not quite.

if the answer is no..

2. a) at what point specifically do you engage your body in controling/sustaining the motion of the poi
b) is the motion of the body made to create more more of a 'jerking' or 'pulling' action than a smooth one used in normal isos

3. is there any way that this can lead to 100% continuous 'faked' isos which are somehow capable of maintaing the poi head rougly in the same place for an extended period of time.

peace