Learn the Canadian/Guide Stroke

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  • Опубліковано 1 лют 2025

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  • @Mainepolingguide
    @Mainepolingguide 2 роки тому +3

    Really nice camera angles showing the whole stroke. So glad you included the last minute or so on the recovery. Showing your hands free of the recovery. With momentum the water itself will pop it right out of the water when you get going. Very nice.

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  2 роки тому

      Thanks Lisa. The key to doing this well is having really good pitch control on the paddle blade and knowing exactly when to apply it. When I teach folks how to do this stroke, the timing is the thing that seems to be the most problem. To help students get the feel, I put my canoe beside theirs with one foot in mine and one foot in theirs than put my hands on theirs to guide the paddle.

  • @carlperry5932
    @carlperry5932 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Sir
    I have been practicing this .
    As well as the Indian Stroke , whereby you rotate the paddle , and it never leaves the water.
    I love paddling !

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  9 місяців тому +1

      For what its worth, in Ontario we dropped the name "Indian Stroke" out of respect for the First Nations people. You can find a video I did about this stroke if you look up Silent Stroke on my channel.

  • @gottfriedmillner942
    @gottfriedmillner942 3 роки тому

    Thanks Rolf,
    A very instructive video, which I watch over and over again. Being a novice at paddling a canoe, I never could wholly warm up to the J-stroke. Seeing you perform such a beautifully fluid and seemingly effortless stroke I could not quite figure out how this was possible. Finally I realized that you are doing a palm roll during each stroke such that the two faces of the paddle blade alternate as the power face with every stroke. Learned a lot from watching your video. Thank you very much.

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the kind words Gottfried and I'm glad you found the video useful. The most difficult thing about doing that stroke well is what I described as the "catch" phase. There is a very critical point where you have change the pitch on the paddle blade from what you were doing during power to what you need to do for steering that requires getting the "feel" for. Before Covid, I used to put my canoe beside a student's canoe and stand up with one foot in my canoe and the other in their canoe so I could stand behind them and put my hands on their's to guide the motion. It is an "ah ha" moment when they feel the resistance that turns power into steering but it's not easy to get the timing right. Keep practicing :-)

  • @raygoodwin6094
    @raygoodwin6094 2 роки тому

    Nice one. I loved the mix of above and below water along with the use of a model. Keep well

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  2 роки тому

      Thanks Ray, I had fun putting the video together and folks who've viewed it seem to find it helpful.

  • @dotbonnenfant3527
    @dotbonnenfant3527 4 роки тому

    Hi Rolf - nice work... great to have the different perspectives :-) looks like a modified Pitch Stroke or a Canadian Stroke. There are always diff names for same stroke depending on what region you are in. It is a lovely nice and easy stroke.
    (almost like a Northwoods Stroke per short power phase, and horizontal recovery..... but there's no upper body 'lean' into the powerphase.)
    so... now back to my references :-) and watch yoru video again! great to have these demo's and clear explanations! well done! It is a lovely nice and easy stroke.

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  4 роки тому +1

      Hi Dot. Back when I was tacking care of instructor services with ORCA we were having a heated debate about using names for strokes. The reality is every time you put the paddle in the water its a bit different than the stroke you did just before or will do after, kinda like snow flakes. I alternate between calling what I'm doing in the video as either the Guide or the Canadian but mostly call it the Guide just so I don't offend the folks south of our border any time I demo it there. :-)

    • @scott1967888
      @scott1967888 4 роки тому

      Yes, agreed, it looks more like a modified pitch just past the hips, followed by a shorter return blade of a Canadian stroke. This is very close to my personal favorite version of stroke too. I always thought of mine as a hybrid stroke. The beauty of this stroke is that it is less tiring than the J stroke, and does not involve the excessive 'push out' and weird wrist angle of the canadian stroke (canadian usually is taught with a long underwater recovery puttting a lot of strain on the wrist). This version gets the best of both worlds, with the pitching helping to counteract the canoe turn, followed by the short recovery which uses the gunnel for leverage, but does not underwater recover for too long and thereby I think puts the wrist in a better ergonomic position for extended paddling. A very relaxing stroke. Did not know it was called the guide stroke.

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  4 роки тому

      @@scott1967888 Basically its a version of the Canadian, it got the "Guide" moniker because most of the canoe guides doing long trips wind up morphing what some might consider a pure Canadian it something less tiring by using the gunnels.

  • @shaneibbs2285
    @shaneibbs2285 11 місяців тому

    Helpful thanks

  • @downeastprimitiveskills7688
    @downeastprimitiveskills7688 4 роки тому

    Beautiful!

  • @russtaylor17
    @russtaylor17 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for this video! A few questions if you have the time!
    When you talk about the front of the paddle being pitched downward, do you mean that during the underwater recovery towards the bow, the paddle is slightly tilted forward such that the leading paddle edge is a little lower than the trailing edge? So that it's not simply a clean knife forward, the pitch adds a little resistance felt on the top of the paddle?
    When its time for the paddle to leave the water, do you undo the pitch so that the paddle naturally pops out of the water, or do you maintain that pitch even as it exits the water?
    Also, how does what you call the catch differ from what happens at the end of a J stroke, where top hand rolls forward and the paddle is pried away from the boat?

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  4 місяці тому

      You are correct about the pitch being down during recovery, that's what corrects the turning away from direction of travel during the power phase of the stroke to keep the canoe going in a straight line. The amount of downward pitch will vary depending on what's happening and you need to develop a feel for that.
      You would only add pitch when the paddle is behind your hips. When the paddle moves from behind you to beside you, any pitch after that point is counterproductive, it should simply be slicing through the water. Use the buoyancy of the paddle to reduce the effort of picking it up until you are ready for the next power stroke.
      The "catch" I mentioned is similar to what you do on a J stroke but the timing is crucial and I know from having taught this for a long time that paddlers don't find it easy to find the sweet spot to make that catch happen. It has to happen a bit before where you can do it for a J stroke and if you don't do it in the right spot the rest of the stroke won't work.
      Hope that answers your questions.

    • @russtaylor17
      @russtaylor17 4 місяці тому

      @@RolfKraiker Thank you so much, excited to experiment with it this weekend!!

    • @russtaylor17
      @russtaylor17 4 місяці тому

      @@RolfKraiker I finally got it thanks to your help, very much appreciated!! It's really nice to incorporate the correction into the recovery, and I found the stroke just feels enjoyable to do. I was sterning tandem and I also found it easier to keep a steady pace with the bow than the J where I sometimes get stuck back there with the correction. Thanks again!!!

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  4 місяці тому +1

      @@russtaylor17 The J is power, pause, steer and that makes it harder to keep pace with a bow padder. The Guide stroke lets you match any paces as steering is just part of the recovery. If you notice the part where I do the stroke without using the bottom hand it illustrates how little "work" is involved in recovery. If you get the mechanics right it greatly reduces the amount of effort required during recovery. That means you can put in a long day of paddling and feel more rested at the end of the day than you would if you were doing a J stroke.

  • @frankmunker2962
    @frankmunker2962 4 роки тому

    Sehr gut Rolf

  • @GnashWalker
    @GnashWalker Рік тому

    Are you prying against the gunwale?

    • @RolfKraiker
      @RolfKraiker  Рік тому

      Yes I am. It saves a lot of work on your muscles. And I've been using the same wooden paddle doing it that way for about 20 years now. If you do it right there's next to no wear on the paddle or the gunnels.