The Earth Element is when the hand sack is simply caught on any one* legal surface. Above the belt line is the “EAGLE STYLE”. Below the belt line is the “DRAGON STYLE”. *To catch on top of more than one legal surface is to “Plateau”.
“EAGLE STYLE”… AKA “UPPER BODY CATCHES”.
“Regular Catch”: On the back of the hand of course, it’s also considered the basic element and concept of the art of the hand sack.
“Spiderman”: Inside of the wrist, and don’t forget to do the web slinger hand posture.
“Thor” (front) aka “Hammer” (top): Closed fist catch.
“Watchman”: Top of wrist as if looking at the time on a watch.
“Revolver” aka “John Wayne”: Index pointing and thumb up, gun alike posture, catch between those two fingers.
“Shark”: Hand side ways, thumb pointing down, catch on the bottom of the hand with pinky facing up.
“Wing”: Catch on the side of elbow, with the arm bent 90 degrees, horizontal to the floor.
“In-Wing”: Catch on the inside of elbow, with the arm bent 90 degrees and bending inward, as much horizontal to the floor as you can.
“Rubber-Arm”: Catch on the top of elbow, with the arm stretched out, horizontal to the floor.
“Frankenstein”: Catch on the side/inside of elbow, with the arm stretched out, horizontal to the floor.
“Mantis”: Bottom of elbow, with arm in the air, bent more than 90 degrees going backward and holding neck.
“Arnold”: On the bicep, pumping show-off catch, with a big smile please.
“Body Guard”: Top of upper-arm elbow, behind the back, with the arm bent 90 degrees and pointing down, as much horizontal to the floor as you can, crouch a bit if need be.
“Parrot”: Catch on top of shoulder.
“Guillotine”: Catch on the back of neck. Roll recommended to toss it back up.
“Pinocchio”: Catch on the nose.
“Head Stall”: Catch on top of the head, look in front and bend down with knees a bit.
“Third Eye”: Catch on the forehead, looking up in the air.
“Slap”: Catch on the side of the face, bent the head sideways.
“Eye Patch”: Catch on the eye. Do close the eye before catching!
“Brooksie”: To catch on the baseball hat lid. Material required.
“Limbo”: Catch on the chest, while bending back a bit.
“Back Stall”: Catch on your back while crouching down a bit. To toss back up, spin 180.
“DRAGON STYLE” … AKA “LOWER BODY CATCHES”.
“Knee”: Catch on top of knee/upper leg with leg off the ground and way up.
“Toe Stall”: Catch on top front of foot with leg off the ground going way up on toss and way down on catch but not touching the floor.
“Inside Stall”: Catch on the inside of foot, in front and close to other leg. Bend knees to help absorb and balance as well.
“Outside Stall”: Catch on the outside of foot, with leg bent and as much horizontal to the floor as possible, use opposite hand stretched out for balance.
“Sole Stall”: Catch on the sole of foot, horizontal to the floor as much as possible.
“Heel Stall”: Like an “Inside Stall”, but with toes pointing to the floor, can also be done in the back.
“Calf Stall”: Leg up and bent, do on the side.
“Tibia”: Front bone of lower leg with leg up and stretched out.
WITH DEXES…
“Clipper Stall” AKA “Jester”: “Inside Stall”, crossing behind the other leg.
“Gwai”: Outside to inside under the leg catch with “Inside Stall”.
“Oasis”: Inverted on the outside “Inside Stall”, going to a “Clipper Stall” to toss.
“Dragon”: Like a “Clipper Stall” with foot bent inward, so the catch is on the outside/heel.
Hand Sack Tricks by Sebastien Perron aka Big Dog (the original myachi master)