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

Nailed reverse 3 beat weave, gonna have to start workin on some more complex ones now gonna have to get some fire poi too me thinks

I finally managed to get turns right! Yay!

I got some new LED ball poi today was using Globug LED stick poi.
Got a few pointers on my turns and reverse 3 bt weave and am startin to get the hang of them.Now to keep practicing til they are nice and smooth and can transition between them.

Parallel inside (double low 360) i.e.

Parallel (inside) skirt i.e.

[0:2:2:0] 'n

again,

:R

i can hyperloop wwwwwwwwwwwooooooooo 1 n a half days n my arms r paying 4 it but wwwwwwwwooooooooo

Time for my annual forray into the poi forum

I just got behind the back weave showing even large lumps like me can nail it

Yay! I'm really excited! Only just started to learn poi properly on tuesday, and I'mreally chuffed with me progress! So far I've learned:

The butterfly, the giant butterfly, and the alternate butterfly
3 beat weave and reverse 3 beat weave
cork screw, both directions
chasing the sun, both directions,
hip reels, both directions,
reel turns,
tuck turns

hoping to get the mexican wave tomorrow... not sure what else to learn yet though...

Over the summer i managed to pick up reverse 5 beat weave, one handed butterfly over the head, behind the back weave (3 beat), and some tricks idk the names of... i almost have an albatross...

Learned some more moves today again that I can add to me list!

Now I can turn between forwards and backwards three beat weave, in both directions.

Also learned the Windmill, though one direction still needs a little work. Can move from 3 beat weave to Windmill, and then back to 3 beat weave or into reverse 3 beat weave (the latter needs ironing out though)

Nailed Angel Wings!

After lots of failed attempts I just spontaneously got Mexican Wave without even intending to do it.. just happened! Still needs lots of practice yet though.

Can do Buzz Saw, but I have to make my chains shorter, and can flow out of it into a normal spin, but not flow into it yet.

Last but not least, I can repeatedly flow alternately between hip reels and shoulder reels, 1 beat on each... not really a move as far as I know, but looks pretty cool methinks!

Sorry, nobody probably cares about this! I'm just excited... only started learning poi 4 days ago!

I'm working through the art of poi dvd and learned the butterfly yesterday, and today learned; the giant butterfly, the thing where you spin the poi behind your shoulder one at a time that i forget what its called (lol!) and i can sort of do the mexican wave.

Wow! Luciddreama...that's crazy for 4 freakin days!

I just got the spiral wrap and the sunrise! okay at 4 leaf clover. Just came up with a super cool transition from buzzsaw to a horizontal buzzsaw into a corkscrew and back! It's so much fun!

I have to thank the guys from 5 Years and Counting for pushing me past my block!

Cheers swirlygrrl! Congrats for mastering your moves too!

just mastered the Guy's gyroscope and last night I randomly started doing the windmill lol I wasnt even trying it just happened.

The what? Sounds cool though....

I got it from the poi book so im not sure if that is the name everyone uses or just what they use in there but it is, the butterfly into shoulder reels (I think, thats what it looks like lol) Tbh tho I find the videos way easier to follow than the book.

Oh good, today we have a reply button.

Guy's gyroscope is an extended butterfly reel: if outwards one behind your shoulders, one behind your hips, a large one in front to carry up then repeat. If inwards you have to go the other way (hips, shoulders carry) or dislocate your shoulders.

I just got the alternate version last weekend - same thing but one hand a beat in front of the other. Called The Wiggle for reasons that become apparent when you do it.

On the first part there, Lucidreama... don't worry about whether or not its a move... if you can use it its "something" I don't call anything I do tricks or moves... I try to call them all "movements" Because they're movements I can do with my poi and my body... struggling to dance. (Actually just stumbling around waving my poi around, but its enjoyable anyway) So yeah, try not to box yourself into learning "moves" and "tricks" learn movements... if its a different movement its something, nothing is nothing....

And don't think noone cares... in fact I probably care about the really really beginner ones moreso than the intermediate ones...

Beginner ones I can smile and remember when I was at that stage... it was truly an enjoyable time... ones about my level its like "Well.. yeah, I remember learning that one, but thats not so interesting" And advanced ones half the time I'm just struggling with the precise definition or cursing that my isolations aren't better than what they are...

Most people do.

Doubt that it is a common name. At least not on this forum. Butterfly into shoulder reels is nice though.

I only just clicked as to what you were talking about there, Jameth. I remember when I first discovered "The Wiggle" it was a groovy feeling. ^_^ I still use that one quite often.

It is fun: my newest and current favourite. Both "Guys Gyroscope" and "The Wiggle" are names from Poi Spinning btw. Teaching myself it' been very helpful, for times when I couldn't slow a vid down enough to work out what someone was doing.