http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php Beginner Staff New Topics Home of Poi - UBB.threads(tm) http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/902323/Pivot_Halo_Roll_Help.html#Post902323 Posted by Mynci:
also if you get the chance try with a heavier staff. the weight reduces bounce. to be fair it can increase bruises but that will only encourage you more ;) doiing halo pivots with a lighter staff will make your technique better but will probably take longer to get smooth.]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:37:31 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/901316/Contact_Staff_advice_for_women.html#Post901316 Posted by Learning_To_Cook:
twist lower down your body? :) instead of twisting/reaching with the shoulders, twist with the hips, or twist your spine. they do that you know ;) ]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:09:55 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/901251/Length_of_staff.html#Post901251 Posted by Poje:
Ouchstaff hit it on the head (heh)]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:37:42 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/900765/2010_Staff_Goals.html#Post900765 Posted by Sister Eleven:
1. Admit that, while I like double staff in theory, I just can't bring myself to use that time on something that isn't poi right now. Hey, I can check that one off already :P]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:35:56 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/898779/chufish.html#Post898779 Posted by Nushka Morozova:
))) save my fragile psyche... but i will try ]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:59 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/897000/Spinning_now_with_fire.html#Post897000 Posted by _Poiboy_:
5 feet is a good size, you can do pretty much anything that isn't inside plane with single staff.]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:40:59 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/896514/Silly_Random_Staff_Moves.html#Post896514 Posted by Charlie Fox:
Dooooo iiiiiiit, if people don't get a laugh out of it maybe they take themselves too seriously ;) Reading the book sounds funny, i've done talking on the cellphone before, i think you had to be there, was during a busk, i told the audience i was going to try someting I'd never succeeded in before, and then, as i did it, and kept doing it, i grabbed my phone, pretended to make a call, and quite loudly "Yeah Mum, it's me, I'm doing it!!" Well it was funny for me, at the time, but i think you ]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:07:32 NZST http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/890428/Changing_planes.html#Post890428 Posted by Mynci:
I find it useful from vertical to horizontal to do a stall, it makes plane changes look much smoother. can stall at the neck or in front of you in your hands. as well as looking smoother it gives you a pause for applause (in shows) so works well in performance as well as practice.]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:37:45 NZST http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/884329/Correcting_horizontal_contact_.html#Post884329 Posted by Poje:
practice more :) sorry I cant be mroe help but that tends to work ]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:01:31 NZDT http://www.homeofpoi.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/881144/The_other_hand_in_single_staff.html#Post881144 Posted by Skatto:
Obviously it depends on what I'm doing... but if I'm just twirling the staff in one hand, my other hand is usually clasped behind my back or stretch outwards in the opposite direction. ... or strangling a moose...]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:11:08 NZDT