Twenty One Pilots 'Stressed Out' Handshake

My friend and I have recently come to like listening to Twenty One Pilots, and in their music video for their song 'Stressed Out,' the two band members meet up with a handshake. A surprisingly long and complicated handshake. Of course, we had to try it.

We found that there weren't many good tutorials out there, mostly just people's recreations, and slowed down videos. We managed, but I thought it might be cool if I illustrated a step by stepp.

So here it is:

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Viola! The illustrations are rather crude, but I wanted it to be quick, easy, and simple.

In the top corners of each step there is the number of the step, and whether you will be using your right hand (R.H.) or your left hand (L.H.).

Let's begin!
You will need:

• a friend / enemy / sister / brother / significant other / fellow fan / cat / dog / lamp
• yourself

Here's how to do it:

1. Clap R.H.s together, passing...
2. and returning with backhand contact,
3. Passing again, clap R.H.s twice.
4. Fist bump twice.
5. (This part gets tricky!) Opening you fist with you and your partner's palms facing outward, hook thumbs. 
6. With thumbs still touching, twist to palms, one going over, the other going under.
7. Grasp the other's hand.
8. Here's where the L.H. comes in. Clap each others R.H.s (pictured next), then above, below...
9. and each other's R.H.s once again.
10. Twist you R.H.s to grasp each other's pinkie with your own. Shake up and down twice, then release on the second descent.
11. Grasp each other's L.H.s.
12. Above your L.H.s, clap your R.H.s twice,
13. Tap each other's left elbows.
14. Tap your own left elbow.
15. Switch from grasping L.H.s to grasping one another's R.H.s.
16. Hug each other with L.H.s.
17. Snap with your L.H. as you pull away.

Let me know what you think!

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