http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php Beginner Poi New Topics Home of Poi - UBB.threads(tm) http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/908446/Advice_For_Beginners.html#Post908446 Posted by eca:
Being a beginner myself, I have found that it often helps to videotape yourself while spinning. What this does for me is, it allows me to step outside of myself and see from a third-person point of view what I am doing and how it looks. You could do this with a mirror as well but I like using video as it allows me to look back after the fact and just overall see how I did. Doing this helped me get the 3 beat weave down. I had kinda been able to do a really sloppy version of it (I have vi]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:18:58 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/908237/Newbie_how_do_I_hold_fabric_Po.html#Post908237 Posted by Jameth:
@ liquidtrance: oh yes, watching others learn certainly impressed on me the advantages of keeping my gonads out of the way. :D]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:57 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/907610/What_move_made_learning_new_on.html#Post907610 Posted by SpinnerofDetroit:
Also being able to wrap and unwrap poi around your hands and fingers to shorten and lengthen them while spinning without having to stop and let them wind and continue. That opens up a lot.]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:19:45 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/907537/How_do_I_do_this.html#Post907537 Posted by SpinnerofDetroit:
Ok, thanks, but I've practiced so much today if I go any more I'll get blisters.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:36:45 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/906987/Turning_With_Flowers.html#Post906987 Posted by DyamiTK:
I'm not sure I entirely understand your question so if this doesn't answer it, let me know. Have you spent much time hand drawing compound circles (flowers)? That was probably my first step in the understanding i have of them now. While drawing play with how different variables affect the shape. Variables being things like the ratio of arm length to poi length, which affects how close the poi path is to the center of the overall circle. Then there is also the number of petals, pro-spin vs. an]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:55:16 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/906577/The_I_learned_a_new_move_witho.html#Post906577 Posted by SpinnerofDetroit:
Lol nice. That is so what poi is about. :censored: my face :censored: my face :censored: my face :censored: my face It never ends :lol:]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:46:05 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/906294/Anybody_know_the_one_handed_co.html#Post906294 Posted by brenonfire413:
Thanks, appreciate the help. I'll give it a shot and let you know here in a few days if I'm having much luck or not. I think one handed tricks are really fun, it's cool seeing somebody do a trick with both hands then later go back and do the same thing one handed.]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:37:22 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/904640/Can_you_help_me_identify_moves.html#Post904640 Posted by doppelGanger:
It's a two-beat.]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:40:56 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/904594/show_routines.html#Post904594 Posted by Paddington Bear:
has anyone got any routines that are simple but have went down well in shows? ive got a list of stuff i can do to show quality but i need some routine ideas? ]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:49:53 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/904559/one_handed_butterfly.html#Post904559 Posted by brenonfire413:
I've been practicing this and what I'm trying to fine tune is the feel for where the poi are traveling when they're that close and finding that precise moment to flick the wrist and give the poi that push they need to continue but not knock them off course. That you have to be much more deliberate in your movement when the poi are that much closer. That may or may not be helpful! ]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:48:20 NZDT