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Michale, Vitally's, and Helen's notes on staccato:
I've been taught that for the basic staccato and upbow staccato, thebow should not leave the string. It does have to come to a completeand sudden stop, though. Both techniques depend on the wrist andfinger motion. For basic staccato, there should be almost no arminvolvement at all, it should be a quick flick of the wrist,combined with a fair amount of weight on the bow. For upbowstaccato, it's a little more complicated.

Vitally:
Snapping the whip.Whipping action,Flicking the towel at the pool.Trying to help, you doing great Mike.Vitally.


Helen:
Hi Michael-
The bow is loaded with tension. It wants to bounce. The trick, then, is to learn to go with, exploit, or modulate the natural bounce.
Have you read Paul Rolland's THE TEACHING OF ACTION IN STRING PLAYING?
FWIW-
Helen Martin