Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > 5 beat weav, only one question

Posted: 13th Feb 2002
Yeah, had that problem too.Cracked it a couple of weeks ago.My advice, try keeping you wrists twisted as you cross your body (this also lets you do five beats properly) this seems to have the effect of stopping the strings tangling.Also don't wear a watch or large bracelets, i took my watch off, made it a lot easier.I find my handss are twisted by about an extra 180 degrees so going from right to left, my left hand is actually on top..did that help??and can i call i point cos you could of re-opened a previous topic, or am i just being silly..shoot me..Tom

Posted: 13th Feb 2002
not sure if this will help, but try spinning the right poi faster then the left just for that second that you are bringing it over to the left side...

anyone got a light?

Posted: 13th Feb 2002
faster? i had to slow it down just a bit at first... and whip my hands over to the left side a little quicker.yea just try to tangle your wrists, instead of the strings and i'm with Tom. point. the purpose of a search is 2 fold.. to find the info you want, or revive an old thread if you have an additional question about said subject that hasn't been covered...right? err.. at least that's what *i'd* do..

Posted: 15th Feb 2002
With the five beat weave, it's all in the wrists! Keep those wrists nice and loose and flowy, let them rotate and bend with the centrifugal force. A loose, flexing wrist gives you those precious miliseconds you need to get back over to the other side and not get them tangled. Let us know how it goes!

Posted: 15th Feb 2002
yeah, crossing your body with your wrists crossed really is helpful...aside from that, i have no other pearls of wisedom about the 5 beat...

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Posted: 4th Mar 2002
Just got the reverse 5-beat last week, and this really helped (I presume it works for forward as well):For the extra beats, cross your entire forearms over so that one elbow is on top of the other, or even slightly past it. On the left side, for a reverse 5-beat your right elbow should be on top; for a forwards 5-beat, the left arm should be on top. Swap these over for the right side.Also, I'm with protozoa on the wrist thing. I find I have to rotate my wrists a lot more to prevent the trailing poi from catching up.J

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Posted: 25th Apr 2002
hrrm...

so, is this cheating? I was messing around with a five-beat in the courtyard today, and i ca nget it if i let the fifth rotation wrap on my wrist, bring my hands across, and let in unwrap. It's not the smoothest things you ever saw yet but it's better tahn my three-beat looked when i started it and i think i can smooth it out at leats a little with practice... if i just let the chain's twist they seem to get stuck, i could try it wiht my other (slightly better) chains when i get home, but is it bad to le tit take that wrap on your wrist?

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Posted: 25th Apr 2002
I had the same fault but when going from right to the left, I found over exagerating the move across your body sorted it, moving your arms and your body at the same time.
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Posted: 29th Apr 2002
now would ANYONE please explain what a 5 beat weave is (i tried search honest to god i did!!!)
Morgy

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Posted: 30th Apr 2002
I always thought the Poi-lessons explanation was a pretty good one.

https://www.homeofpoi.com/new14.htm

Posted: 30th Apr 2002
Though i have to say the explanation of the reverse 5-beat needs some more thought added to it lol.

That explanation really pissed me off when i still had to learn the move lol.

Posted: 30th Apr 2002
DUH!!!
thanx
Morgy

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Posted: 4th May 2002
Got it! Got it! Got it! Or at least, I think I did!

I got the 5 beat from right to left one day, and then got the 5 beat from left to right a couple of days later. I think it looks lopsided, though, but I'm pretty sure it is right.

Now I have to crack the reverse 5 beat... does it ever end?? And would I really want it to end?? NO!

Btw, I found that I didn't get the 5 beat until I got the 4 beat corkscrew - before then I didn't really understand the concept of adding in extra beats so had no idea how or what I had to do to get there.