Wraps

Hey, what are all the various types of wraps/direction changing techniques you guys/girls know of? I recently got my
weave-->butterfly
&
butterfly-->weave
transitions down pat, and working on the wrap where both go around the inside of your arms, reverse direction, repeat, and finally go back into the original direction

of course doing this with non-lit poi of course

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"Happiness is not a destination, but a method for life"- Burton Hills

Cuz I use fire a lot, I mainly stick to the really quick wraps, body and leg.

thigh wraps are extremely reliable and quick (they also tend to impress )

Josh

I extend my arms above my head and wrap my wrists in a bondage-y like way, then I drop my arms in front of me and unwrap.
I also do body wrap where I turn out of it instead of swinging it off of me.
I wrap my ankles, change directions and I jump over the poi (or at least try to, sometimes I land on it! ).
My favorite is to wrap my forearm and release the handle, I swing my arm in a really tight circle to give the unwrap momentum..the chain flies up and I catch it in th eopposite hand.
Another variation of this is I swing the chain releasing it on the inside up swing and catch it around my forearm as it comes down, allowing it to wrap around. I hold the handle with my opposite hand (cause if you don't the handle will actually release before the wick), swing my arm tightly to unwrap and continue from there.
I managed several of these for the first time today...using my 5 1/2 foot long poi, man was I excited!
Oh, and I use fire. FOr the forearm things I am concidering bracers so I don't get so scratched...burns I don't get...scratches I get in spades!
Happy Wrapping!

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...
"I prefer not to go where there is a path but to blaze a new one!"

MY god Pele.

I think you are doing what I think you are doing...and if so, simply awesome!

Josh

ok...flame me for this....what is a wrap??

..knowledge is power...and the power is POI.

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"Only the warrior that hears the call will know when to leave, Where to go" -unknown

A wrap is where you let the chain wrap around a body part (wrist, leg, waist, neck) and then uncoil. This looks cool and gets the chain going in the opposite direction.

I don't do any wraps myself, but I do "beats," which is basically the same idea except that you just bounce the wick off a body part (in my case, my legs).

Some moves require a shorter chain, so people wrap the chains around their hands once or twice.

ok ....so i do know what is then...thanx.

I ve used it and didnt know it had a name...Do people actually do wraps with FIRE????? insane...

Super'

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"Only the warrior that hears the call will know when to leave, Where to go" -unknown

Hey adamrice, what's this about leg beats and what not? I read your previous posts on them and they sound doable, but only with your foot [considering you wear some thick shoes]. Cuz if you do a beat off your arm, leg, or [god forbid, your head *oWcH*] that'd sting quite a bit. Iono how it is with fire poi, but glowstix sting a mofo and i can't imagine hitting them against my leg on purpose. Those tennis-ball practice poi also give quite a welt if traveling too fast [i thought i was getting the hang of everything this afternoon, and i tried some spontaneus "winging-it" and ended up with a poi straight under the nose]. And yea pele, i know what you mean about the scratchs/rope burn from wraps, that's why i try to wear long sleeve shirts or do really small wraps to avoid tangling and leaving marks on my arms.

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"Happiness is not a destination, but a method for life"- Burton Hills

Taiguy and Superman..I tend to use only fire and I promise it isn't so bad. As long as you don't leave the wick resting on your flesh then there is usually only a bit of a soot mark behind and not even a sizzle. Taps are actually safer than wraps since they are literally bouncing off the skin but both are impressive to see. I do it on bare flesh and the only injuries I have actually sustaned from wraps came from the fact that I need a different not so jagged edged chain for my wrap chain, none have come from fire. As long as you spin off really well all is good and you might even get a bit of a trail going which looks cool too.
Sounds to me like glowsticks are more dangerous than poi...after all they have plastic corners!

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...
"I prefer not to go where there is a path but to blaze a new one!"

TaiGuy--
I do leg beats, with fire, usually against my thigh (I can do it against my shins, but they present a smaller target, so that's harder). It's not a problem. Mind you, I'm not whacking it as hard as possible: I am doing the move purposefully (usually to make a transition from a windmill to a wave or vice-versa), and hit it only with appropriate force. A wick has more surface area than a glowstick, so it probably stings less. I've also started wearing leather pants, which gives me one less thing to worry about.

Plus the chicks seem to dig it when they see a ball of fire bouncing near my crotch.

Those of you who haven't used fire: I don't want to pressure you to try fire before you're ready--if you don't feel ready, you aren't ready. But it isnt' as scary as it seems. There is danger, but it's something you can manage and minimize. Momentary contact with a flaming wick generally isn't a problem.

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Those of you who haven't used fire: I don't want to pressure you to try fire before you're ready--if you don't feel ready, you aren't ready. But it isnt' as scary as it seems. There is danger, but it's something you can manage and minimize. Momentary contact with a flaming wick generally isn't a problem.

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I am dying to try fire...i just dont want to die BECAUSE i tried fire. I still hit myself in the damn head too much to try an actual POI ball on fire. I think ill be mentally ready in about two more months or so. But thats why i am trying to find someone that lives near me that actually does fire so i can watch it for real and learn..

so where do you live anyway?
cant help out if we dont know where...

Pere

I'm really new to this still, i just got into it because i saw a kid at a party doing it but, when i do wraps around the legs, when un twirling the string i'll kick, and it makes the glowstick move so much faster. plus it has less of a chance to give you rope burn because you're not pulling the rope your kicking it off.

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so where do you live anyway?
cant help out if we dont know where...
Pere

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Coll of ya Pele..but i live in Houston, TX. I think i am a little far. i have talked to one guy from the board that lives here in Houston (Brian) He has a group that gets to gether. But so far i have been busy on the night that they group. but i am going to next time for sure. I cant wait!!

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"Only the warrior that hears the call will know when to leave, Where to go" -unknown

anyone living in israel?

Can wraps be done with poi's with string, or is it a chain poi move?

Rhianna,
wraps can be done with just about any of the toys with a bit of innovation, including staff. Poi with strings should be no different than poi with chains.

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Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...

i might sound stupid, but i still don't manage to get my wraps right...
i don't know what i'm doing wrong, but normally my problem is that i can't get out of the wrap without looking kinda lame, do you wrap all the length of the chain? i think that's all
thx
SaBBaS

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Don't you destroy your enemy by making him your friend?? - Rev Bem (Magog), Andromeda

[This message has been edited by SaBBaS (edited 11 January 2002).]

The wrap I love doing the most goes like this

Tangles the poi so they create one big ball and spin on the left then the right a few times (Like a one poi figure of eight) then on the right side bring the poi down and infront of you and do a turn jump to the left when the poi are underneath you bring your right leg down and do a thigh wrap and then unwrap

Heard this looks pretty good.

ps found this by mistake when I jumped and didn`t get my right leg high enough.

[This message has been edited by Chakan (edited 11 January 2002).]

personally when i do wraps, i have my poi to a certain length. i have it so that when the chain wraps around my arm, it will go all the way around to the point where the wick touchs the point that is stuck on your arm. of course i do not put the chain on the arm for a wrap right on the handle, i hold it out a bit...

the best one to start with is a leg and then an arm wrap...