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#150840 - 01/05/06 11:42 PM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: NOn]
yoni Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 04/06/05 Loc: Bideford and Bath	as i dont have a clue where "ffidrac" is (i'm probably being very very stupid and tired an not getting something) i'll say there's a very very good one in bideford, who's wife also spins poi and he's called ranald macdonald as a bonus! _________________________ UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons." Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication In other words, it's the thumps bump
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#150841 - 01/05/06 11:44 PM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: yoni]
NOn activist for HoPper liberation. Registered: 23/06/04 Loc: ffidrac	you just have to read backwards... bideford's not exactly close. There are a couple of classes i found here but they are at weird times of day, i keep a look out... _________________________ Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006 if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
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#150842 - 01/05/06 11:47 PM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: NOn]
yoni Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 04/06/05 Loc: Bideford and Bath	BACKWARDS!! now thats just silly, pfft. but yeah bideford is quite far away, worth it though. _________________________ UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons." Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication In other words, it's the thumps bump
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#150843 - 02/05/06 09:59 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: yoni]
squarefish (...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...) Registered: 23/09/02 Loc: the state of flux	Anyone know of Tai-Chi classes in Dublin? used to do it myself, lapsed and always regreted it M.
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#150844 - 02/05/06 11:08 PM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: squarefish]
alphalight Member Registered: 20/01/05 Loc: south germany	nick what is ur approach after years of experiences now to the fusion of poi with tai chi ? i was practicing several martial art forms ( jiu jitsu, capoera and tai chi) but i never get really into it before i found poi. now after years of poi new gates are open and it seems like the circles help my soul to find the way back to these arts with a better comprehension and deeper feeling for it i was in a wushu central 2 weeks ago and show the weapon master poi he saw directly several martial art weapon movements like double sword, shot sword, long stick. so poi seems to be part of all and all is poi the fusion between it is defenetly possible i will try to fuse every movement and knollege from tai chi in poi recently i started zazen and that is for me a sign that i am now completly open for the deeper circles in me peace light and love ap _________________________ peace and light
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#150845 - 03/05/06 12:36 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: alphalight]
DeepSoulSheep Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 25/09/02 Loc: Ballybrack, Dublin	Although I know poi to mainly to be a traditioanl female dance prop. When I was in New Zealand I was told that males used them for weapons training.... _________________________ I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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#150846 - 03/05/06 01:14 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: DeepSoulSheep]
alphalight Member Registered: 20/01/05 Loc: south germany	u mean spin without any ego and let ur soul coming in the circles ** _________________________ peace and light
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#150847 - 04/05/06 06:17 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: squarefish]
Fabergé veteran Registered: 26/08/03 Loc: Dublin, Ireland	Written by: squarefish Anyone know of Tai-Chi classes in Dublin? used to do it myself, lapsed and always regreted it M. hiya martin check out www.taichi-ireland.com jan has been my teacher for the past 4 years and is probably the best i've ever met. his school is "wu style" though, most folks are probably more familiar with "yang style" which involves larger movements, lower stances etc if you're not particular about what style you want to do then there are tons of yang style classes and probably quite a few chen style too check here for more of what's available... _________________________ My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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#150848 - 20/03/08 04:33 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: Meenik]
linx newbie Registered: 18/03/08	Oh, it's Dan Tian instead of Dan Tien.
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#150849 - 20/03/08 07:07 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: linx]
PinkNigel Pinker than thou Registered: 04/05/06 Loc: A little pink world all my own...	Written by :linx Oh, it's Dan Tian instead of Dan Tien. It's a transliteration, so either spelling will do (go with the same one as your teacher uses, that's your best bet...) _________________________ A wise man once said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore you should shut the up and listen" (though, to be fair, he might not've put it _quite_ like that..)
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#150850 - 25/06/08 03:57 AM Re: Tai-Chi movement theory meets Poi spinning. [Re: PinkNigel]
Sarah_P Member Registered: 13/05/08 Loc: Southern California	After a stint of living in the middle of nowhere, I'm finally moving back to civilization and one of the first things I did when I realized where I was moving was look up a tai chi school. When I first picked up poi about two months ago several people said a martial arts background would be good but as I have bad joints I think the lower-impact movements of tai chi would be much more relevant to me while still giving me a martial basis. I'm so looking forward to moving!! I never thought of belly-dancing, but I'll be looking into that as well! Anyway, even though it's an old post I still like the article (my being a fan of Nick's in no way, of course, biases me ).
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