The Official HOP "I just learned a new move" thread

Glad you've got your toys and you're having fun

Also, I have the advantage on her of having done weird performance stuff before like Juggling, Devil Sticks, and so on. I even made my living as a magician for a couple of years so I'm use to doing strange stuff in front of people.

So for me this is just another one of those "weird juggling type things" that I do. But for her there is a serious level of "I feel stupid doing this and I'm sure I look stupid doing this" sort of self conciousness. So we stay in the backyard where nobody can see us and spin.

Variation: As I come out of the tuck turn and into the reverse weave the poi move to my left side. Immediatly do another 180 degree turn to the left while weaving and you end up facing the original direction doing a forward weave.

I'm doing this double wrap around my right bicep, so i'm doing a weave, then wrap, do reverse weave, then wrap, do weave, then reverse weave. I've been drilling my right arm all night wraping my right poi forward and backward, forward and backward. I like wraps, there fun, well, they would be if I could do them someplace else besides a double on my right bicep.

I'm working on the thigh wraps, only prob is I tried a wrap where both poi come from behind to wrap one on each leg, and I nailed myself really hard.... I should wear protective gear while spinning....

My problem was, I kept trying to do that BF wrap where it looks like spirals... And after wraping with JUST my right hand, I would try to BF, which is impossible because my right poi is going the wrong dirrection.... So now I can do double BF leg wrap, that Spiral Wrap, a BF-> right bicep wrap-> weave, a weave->bicep wrap->butterfly.... I am soo happy! Wrapping isn't as hard, once you get it, all you need is a little practice. I REALLY need to practice my BW BF, before I never really NEEDED it, I could just do a 180 3 beat, and do a forwards BF, but NOW....I need to get it down really comfortable....

Sometimes I tangle, mostly when I try a BW BF double leg wrap.... any suggestions?

Welcome to HOP.

it adds an incredible new dimension to spinning once you get it....

Secondly

WEHEY WEHEY WEHEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can do a reverse weave !!
I have never tryed to do anything backwards before but I found the only way out of the corkscrew for me was backwards so I thought it would be nice to be able to do something backwards before I started going forwards again and it just happened!!

Almost exactly 1 year ago!

Also, its my 400th post w00t!
Proud that i've posted most of those 400 in the moves section

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I got the fountain (around the world/shower) last night, and now surprisingly enough, everything is starting to fall into place.

I have never been happy with my rev weave - windmill - fwd weave fountain. And, while it's basically the same trick. The fountain I've been trying to get is like an "around the world" with the wrists tight together all the way around. I think it's the one Diana the Huntress describes as "basically six double follow circles spun along the course of a larger circle". I just love the way this move flows, and it lets you transfer smoothly into other combinations. Diana's post.

I got the reverse btb weave a while ago, but I have always had trouble with the other one. I kept getting stuck in btb butterflies, which btw have improved remarkably through this process. So, after getting the fountain I got a bit more aggressive and started turning into the btb weaves; and well it working.

I love butterflies, and thanks to Whiffle Squeek's hints I'm finally getting the beautiful alternate BF transfer working smoothly. Man, I could do that move all night. I dabble in clubs so my reels are solid, and I just love making all those circular patterns.

I know there is heaps more to learn, but I'm happy to be doing 5 beat weaves, btb weaves, corkscrews, fountains, wrapping into butterflies and doing reels, shortening chains for buzzsaw etc.

So I'm delighted that finally all that practice is starting to paying off, and I will soon have a decent routine. Cheers and happy spinning

in last 2 weeks i got:

a kewl transition my friend showed me, butterfly on left, and when taking over to reverse on ryt do a beat with both in between your arms (they don't have to cross, and watch your face) looks really kewl

i used to just do back and forth opposite directions, wrap to wrap between my thighs

(http://www.nytefyre.net/pics/twirl/wulfpoi8.jpg)

but now i go from one to the other, crossing them with an axtra beat (which lets you also transition into the butterfly)

and i got the BTB weave going, cept can only do left ryt left, b4 i have to come out or hit myself *rubs shoulder*...

...which lead me to realize i've never done the forward weave right.. so i got that 5 minutes later *laf*

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