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

okay, so here I am week 4 and I really have no way of keeping normal time butterfly's working for any period of time.

And when I mess up, more than likely it means a kick in the gonadular region.

It has gotten a little ridiculous. Last night I pretty much picked up windmills and fountains and I can't even thread the needle.

perhaps its the promise of nether region pain that keeps me away.

gotta get it started.

-M

Week 4 and you can not thread the needle? It took me months to learn that one.

To be honest, I tried a few times, found it was not working and left it alone. A while later it clicked for me.

Same story with crossers actually....

There were some hints given for butterflies somewhere. I do not recall where now....

Getting closer and closer. Still working on it.

Later on, I watched this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86hD3Et9uKw&NR=1

This Brit's tutorial made me think of the butterfly and TTN in a totally different way. All of a sudden: clarity.

After weeks of frustration of keeping a butterfly going, I started to get a feeling that I was over complicating the concept and I needed to see this basic move implemented along with a variant to make it more complex. As it worked out, when I saw this vid, boom! I got the basic concept and then was about to not only do the butterfly, but also TTN right afterward.

Now that I think about this: I learned 3 beat weave in the same manner, I saw the 5 beat weave, and tried to duplicate it, and there I was.

-M

hooray! Finally got the behind the back forwards weave. For some reason it just clicked today. Now I need to be able to turn with behind the back weaves. Slowly but surely.

Nice one, philisweatly! I can't do btb forwards properly due to a shoulder injury.

I still struggle to turn smoothly with btb weaves, but then I have not really tried much....

i learned an airwrap and a hyperloop last week.

ade, try "fanblading" with five in reverse and three forward, and gradually attemt to add the five beat into it, it will "feel" right, effortless, when your hands make the right movement. also, check out playpoi.com, nick woolsey has a perfect tutorial video on the five beat for your situation.
-Reaver

Just learnt 5 beat weave ! ((at last!!! ive been trying for long enough!!)) just need to get it looking a bit smoother before letting rip with the fire poi...

wow i feel kinda lame just learning forward two beat weave haa haa. I just need to practice more then I will be as cool as you all are one day

I've only just learnt it too. I've been trying to do the forward 3 beat weave recently and it is getting closer but I still don't think i'm doing it right.

All I can currently do is;
Corkscrew
Basic turn forward and back
Butterfly and overhead butterfly
Turn forward and back in split time
2 Beat Weave

And am working on 3 Beat Weave
I guess it's not *too* bad for 3 weeks in. Just have to keep at it and try to get more practise in every day!

Heh. I never actually learned the two-beat weave as such. It came out of trying to learn the three-beat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIC5bpPXZqA

^^^^ Me trying to learn the 3 beat. We all start somewhere.

Yea, the three beat weave is a funny one. You keep working on it an getting somewhat frustrated then suddenly...HOLY CRAP !!.. it works, usually on one side first, then it stops working, the frustration mounts, poi are flung into the air, total mental breakdown in imminent...then it happens again...it works.

lol exactly! Reassuring to know it's not just me! Will stick at it and hopefully get there eventually!

MNS: You have come along nicely then....

That video was recorded around the time of my registered date, not the date uploaded.

Gaahhhh havent learned anything new in aaages, been so lazy... Haven't even really done poi in months.

So on a 2 beat weave, you only cross one arm over but on a 3 beat weave you're crossing both alternatively?

If your arms are swapping which hand is on top its a 3 beat.

Both hands cross over in a 2 beat during the course of their figure 8, a 3 beat requires an extra beat so that the hands can swap which is on top.

Try learning the two beat with one hand on top, then with the other on top.

Once you've got both try doing the most unnatural hand on top and its possible you might naturally throw in an extra beat to get your natural hand on top again.

Listen to nothing my friend says on that video, he's a non-poister.

lol Thanks, i'll try that. I don't think what i'm doing is a 2 beat OR a 3 beat!!