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Windmill

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This is the standing up version of the "corkscrew"
Begin with a forward swing. Poi are 180deg apart.
Turn your hips side on and alternate overhead swinging infront and behind you.
Swing your arms out with the Poi will make the pattern much larger.

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2 Beat Windmill and Cork screw
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Windmill and Giant Windmill
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Comments/replies: 14

trishabobisha
newbie
Member #76804
Reged: Jul 2008

re: POI, Windmill find similar
25th Jul 2008 9:39 AM

Thinking of this as a standing "corkscrew" totally messed me up. Think of it more as a split-time "chasing the sun". Maybe that will help

Astraea
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Reged: Aug 2008

re: POI, Windmill find similar
20th Aug 2008 11:21 AM

So is it basically an Alternate butterfly over your head with an extended beat?

Malcolm
old hand

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Reged: Nov 2003
Loc: HOP

re: POI, Windmill find similar
20th Aug 2008 12:55 PM

Written by :Astraea

So is it basically an Alternate butterfly over your head with an extended beat?

No it is not an Alternate Butterfly. In Butterfly the poi go opposite directions whereas in this move the poi are rotating in the same direction.
Hope that helps

Malcolm

some__random
stranger
Member #86181
Reged: Jan 2009

re: POI, Windmill find similar
14th Jan 2009 10:47 AM

maybe try with one hand first and think of doing a figure 8 with one loop in front of you and one loop behind so that they cross over above your head. add in the second poi to chase it and move in split time. this move tends to look better if you keep your hands really close and move fast. doing this and the butterfly moves with poi that are different colours (i.e. the left one is orange the other is green) looks really cool

Breearne
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Reged: Dec 2008
Loc: Geelong, Victoria

re: POI, Windmill find similar
21st Jan 2009 9:35 PM

i must look like the biggest crack up.. I cant watch anything swingin or coming towards my face so i close my eyes and squish my face up hehehe.. kinda works though coz i can feel it

jason_sciple
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Reged: Apr 2009
Loc: Gulfport,MS

re: POI, Windmill find similar
2nd May 2009 1:10 PM

Wish there was a bigger pitcure maybe with some instructional sound I understand that by this point you should have a firm grasp of things but sometimes I watch one like this and then another with sound and slow motion and i can grasp it faster im like running inside looking and running outside trying for a few mins then back in Lol

Creampuff
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Member #104464
Reged: Jan 2010

re: POI, Windmill find similar
2nd Feb 2010 11:59 AM

I can do the corkscrew with no problem, but every time I try this one, I smack myself in the face (or the arms). Any tips?

twinkletoes
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re: POI, Windmill find similar
15th Feb 2010 7:52 PM

Allison_Abrams
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re: POI, Windmill find similar
5th Apr 2010 2:55 PM

So are corkscrew and windmill the same trick but with different body positions? i.e. with windmill, you stand up straight and with corkscrew you lean forward.

Malcolm
old hand

Member #2
Reged: Nov 2003
Loc: HOP

re: POI, Windmill find similar
6th Apr 2010 10:23 AM

Yes that is correct

thatoneweirdo
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Reged: Apr 2011
Loc: michigan

re: POI, Windmill find similar
9th Apr 2011 6:58 AM

im cool with the whole corkscrew concept,i can do that,but my poi keep on getting tangled up over my head

sunsetgirl
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Reged: Mar 2011
Loc: Pembroke Pines, Fl

re: POI, Windmill find similar
16th Apr 2011 4:43 AM

i love your video's derek! so much better then that russian girl or whatever! she doesn't explain stuff as good. and to the comment above me, the same thing happened to me. you just gotta stretch your arms as high as you can, and try shortening your poi. shortening it helped me learn it. just keep on practicing and it will kind of just fall into place.

lilygoose
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Member #134520
Reged: Jul 2011

re: POI, Windmill find similar
12th Jul 2011 2:59 AM

ack! i got it on my first try! and then i stopped... and now i can't do it without smacking myself in the head >.<

klooay
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Reged: Aug 2011
Loc: Dallas TX

re: POI, Windmill find similar
25th Sep 2011 8:17 AM

They go sooo faasst!! D:

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