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18 posts
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
ok so i know this has been asked a ton prolly but i cant this if my life depended on it please help i always come inbetween my legs and smack well yea it f-ing hurts plz any good advice?
don't touch the positive with the negative end cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark
stranger
17 posts
Location: USA
have you tried just doing the weave motion behind your back with one hand at a time? after that just follow the same steps you used to learn the regular weave.
Member
18 posts
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
see thats what makes no sence is i can do it good wit h both hands alone but not together ....is fwd or rev easier?
don't touch the positive with the negative end cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark
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2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
did you have a look at the links on this page?:
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personally I find reverse easier than forwards, but I think that depends on you. Wrist flexibility is important, so do some stretches each time you spin: I find that helps
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HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
reverse is easier also try standing upright or sightly bent over backward coz i know that when i first started doing the BTB weave i kept bending foward and it just didn't work.
This is coz when you bend foward it pulls your shoulders foward and affects you upper mobility when doing behind the back moves but when you lean back you push your shoulders back and it just gives you a little bit more space to work with, it still took god knows how much practice tho
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Member
18 posts
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
thanx for the help i still havent got it yet im what you call btb retarded i guess
don't touch the positive with the negative end cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
it's been near a year and a half for me and still can't do it
Faith
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HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
Don't beat yourself up coz they just take practice and patience both of which are needed in ample supply.
It took me about 3 months to get the trick and then another 2 to tidy it up but if you think the reverseBTB weave is difficult the wait untill you try the fowardBTB weave and just so you know i can only do a fwdBTBfigure8 but i think i should give up and try a rev5btBTB (as if the rev3btBTB wasn't difficult enough)
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Member
18 posts
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
YES i got it well it dont look too good but i got it!!!!
thanks for the help!!!!!
ps gotta watch the jewels, it dont feal good at all when the come up from the back and hit ya right on
don't touch the positive with the negative end cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark
sanguine
382 posts
Location: sur, USA
I have a follow-up question here:
I can do a simple 2-beat btb weave, which is (to me) simply a blind crossover. What wrist movements do I need to transition to the 3-bt btb weave?
Oh, and is it easier or more difficult to perform the btb butterfly weaves?
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Walking on whims...
687 posts
Location: Eastbourne, UK
Hey, I picked the poi up yesterday and today I nailed a btb forward weave.
I had tried it in the past and just gave up!
I'm well chuffed.
I tried it one hand at a time at first, as advised above, until I stopped whacking my thighs and shins. Then I tried them together, having to do an odd little half-twist to get them round comfortably.
Embarrassingly though I still can't do a simple reverse weave.
My body keeps telling me to turn into a forward weave...
Oh well, maybe I should give up on that one too, then work it out later.
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
ok but the way you explained it is very confusing (to me)
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
Member
18 posts
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
ok so how the f do you spin into this BTB weave? i can do it from just spinning rev. then going into the BTB weave but i cant figure out how to spin into it any other way PLZ help!!!!
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don't touch the positive with the negative end cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark
HoP mage and keeper of the fireballs
1,965 posts
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
start with a foward weave and turn into a reverse BTB weave.
To clarify one poi goes striaght into the BTB with the turn but the other poi needs to go the long way round ( 1beat of reverse weave) and then into the BTB right at the end of the turn.
By the way your turn should take the same time as one beat.
Hope that was of help
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Member
18 posts
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
i will give it a try when the sun shows (in another 2hrs)
thanks alot
don't touch the positive with the negative end cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark
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