Home of Poi: butterfly hyperloop

i don't yet understand this trick properly yet and cannot spin it consistantly with aerotechs (my qualifier for poi) so in the true hop tradition i shall dive in and try and explain it to ya.
that was a joke - please now, don't anyone get all uppity [Wink]

position 1: spin a reverse butterfly in front of you.
position two: turn at your waist 90deg to your left and spin the butterfly between your outstretched arms (buzzsaw butterfly) - you should have right poi spinning inside right arm with the poi spinning towards you on top half of circle and left poi spinning inside left arm, poi spinning away from you on top half of circle.
go from there back to position one.
position three: this is the same as position two but on your right (again just turn at your waist 90deg to your right and spin the butterfly between your arms).

practice going between these three (121312131...) with only one full circle (one beat) in each position.

get this transition feeling really solid, and by solid i mean specifically two things; ensure that your arms stay at a constant height from the ground and that as far as possible the distance between your hands remains the same.
these are the basic movements you will need.

now you need to learn how to tangle.
start in position two (buzzsaw butterfly on your left hand side) and skew the plane of your right poi so that it crosses the plane of the left poi on the top half of their circles (if it makes sense, this equates to rotating the right poi plane anticlockwise around your right hand).
[with this last instruction you may find it easier to skew the left poi plane only instead, or as id o, both poi planes but it makes it easier to understand with just one plane skewed]
as the tangled poi enter the bottom half of their swings, bring the poi back out to position one where they will spin a circle whilst tangled.
as they pass the horizontal on their way up again, move to poisition three and let them untangle.

it should look similar to the move you learnt without the tangle except with a tangle! [Wink]

that's essentially true but basically it will look the same as the first move except the circle in position one will be a smaller, faster moving, tangled circle.

there is no money back guarantee, 3yr warranty, insurance policy, liability scheme or even statement of truth associated with this post.

good luck.

[Angel]

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Butterfly hyperloop