Home of Poi: Look Mum, no hands!

yo,

beggining to see a point commin where I dont have to use hands attall, humm.

Anyway the contact thread is huge now so Im startin another with thease sick-ass moves.

No hander catch (the Jedi):

throw the staff spinning vertically into the air, If the staff is spinning clockwise use your left arm, anti-clock use the right.

as the staff comes down you stick your arm into the middle of the spin and let the staff contact from the back to the front of the wrist, as it goes over the front you fold you arm into your body and catch the staff between forarm and bicep, centerpoint further towards the forearm. your palm should be open and vertical at 90 degrees to the body.

If you throw the staff infront of you you will kneed to make a half turn as you catch it but you can throw forward spinning rotors at the side of the body to make it easier.

From the end position there are a mryiad of tricks that link up.

turning crossshoulder flatspin:

bend sideways away from the staff as you sweep it round infron of you horisontally. so for example with the staff in the right hand the front sweeps around to the left and above your head as you bend sideways to avoid it, at this point it will contact on your shoulder and you turn 180 as it crosses to the other shoulder (duck!) and down the other arm, bit like a pivot turn but horisontal.

Other linkup moves have been described elsewhere, sweeping horisontally the other way goes into a flatspin on the back of the hand that can be brought down the arm and around the neck (shoud be possible to link this and the above in one continious flow).

you can pivot turn, go to the opposite shoulder and across the back, pass into the other arm and across the back, snap throw and jedi catch again.

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one further no hander catch, high horisontal toss (but slow spinning), caught on the foot and stalled against the same leg (spred em!) and kicked up vertical with a club foot flick thingy.

Ha! hadda gettit out!

Went busking for the first time today, bit hot for it, new lump onna head, but good.

Minero, totness is a magnetic place and as soon as Ive made enough to get to edinburgh Ill be there. till then I best get some streaches done (dunno about all this jumping around stuff, bit like ballet [Wink]

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Have fun y'all, lumps are good for you.

Love

N

[ 17 July 2002, 03:49: Message edited by: Nix? ]

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