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Posted:
Notcomelan3 turning,
that has wall plane similar to inversion.
lightning,
:R
Notcomelan3 turning,
that has wall plane similar to inversion.
lightning,
:R
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Posted:
I dont find the rice to be pointy and it does break down after several impacts to my body.
But I'll remember pearl barley for next time.
I dont find the rice to be pointy and it does break down after several impacts to my body.
But I'll remember pearl barley for next time.
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Posted:
This is where dirty raver terminology collides with efficient poi terminology.
I dont quite know how to describe it.
The poi both spin the same direction, one in front of your body, the other behind your head... you move your hands rythmically and symetrically to keep them making a circle with you in the middle of them.
Someone oughtta teach me to speak poi, i feel so dumb. xD
This is where dirty raver terminology collides with efficient poi terminology.
I dont quite know how to describe it.
The poi both spin the same direction, one in front of your body, the other behind your head... you move your hands rythmically and symetrically to keep them making a circle with you in the middle of them.
Someone oughtta teach me to speak poi, i feel so dumb. xD
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Posted:
OK, more on the circles.
One hand makes a full extension in any direction in wallplane (let us say right and anti-clockwise from your view). The other (left in the example) spins so as to keep the (left) poi head near the hand doing the long arm for the top part of the spin (so also anti-clockwise in wall-plane for this example).
Once the (right) poi drops to about horizontal you try to get the poi heads to coincide at the bottom of the circle.
This works well enough, but I have been trying to swap which hand does the longarm part after a rotation. It can also be done in out of a weave (so, in wheelplane), which I think I actually saw Ronan doing in one of his vids and liked, so I played with it.
Like I say, not hard to do, but can be pretty ugly if done badly.
OK, more on the circles.
One hand makes a full extension in any direction in wallplane (let us say right and anti-clockwise from your view). The other (left in the example) spins so as to keep the (left) poi head near the hand doing the long arm for the top part of the spin (so also anti-clockwise in wall-plane for this example).
Once the (right) poi drops to about horizontal you try to get the poi heads to coincide at the bottom of the circle.
This works well enough, but I have been trying to swap which hand does the longarm part after a rotation. It can also be done in out of a weave (so, in wheelplane), which I think I actually saw Ronan doing in one of his vids and liked, so I played with it.
Like I say, not hard to do, but can be pretty ugly if done badly.
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Posted:
Ill get it down.
Im SUPER proud of the turnover behind my back...
I seen a video a long time ago of someone who could 3 beat all the way around his body... in a continuous circle from front to back then to front again.
It was gorgeous, and while i dont understand the arm movement from memory, im gonna expiriment till i get it
Ill get it down.
Im SUPER proud of the turnover behind my back...
I seen a video a long time ago of someone who could 3 beat all the way around his body... in a continuous circle from front to back then to front again.
It was gorgeous, and while i dont understand the arm movement from memory, im gonna expiriment till i get it
"if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all."
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"F*ck you. I spin fire."
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sanguine
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Posted:
Hmm, I havent contributed to this thread methinks. I am cleaning up two moves Im super happy to have learned:
-same time reel throws into hand switches. I guess its not super hard, but practicing in all directions has led to some beautiful setups for hybrid weaving.
- Weaving wallplane :: Right poi released under Left arm :: Left poi continues another rotation and then catch the thrown poi handle and go to a one-handed weave :: Release the poi on the pinky side :: whipcatch :: catch the poi with Right hand and continue weaving the world away.
Hmm, I havent contributed to this thread methinks. I am cleaning up two moves Im super happy to have learned:
-same time reel throws into hand switches. I guess its not super hard, but practicing in all directions has led to some beautiful setups for hybrid weaving.
- Weaving wallplane :: Right poi released under Left arm :: Left poi continues another rotation and then catch the thrown poi handle and go to a one-handed weave :: Release the poi on the pinky side :: whipcatch :: catch the poi with Right hand and continue weaving the world away.
"to a man whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." Abraham Maslow
Avatar of the Dancing Fire
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Posted:
Interesting...
I lack the coordination for catches i think.
Interesting...
I lack the coordination for catches i think.
"if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all."
-Golden Rule
"F*ck you. I spin fire."
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Posted:
like anything else, its just tons of practice. I think the biggest help I had for those is just learning WHERE everything is. Where the handle will be on a thrown rotation; where my hand will be; where to tangle the poi on whipcatch; etc.
I got my inspiration from playing with juggling, meteor, and some tuts by Ronan on tosses.
like anything else, its just tons of practice. I think the biggest help I had for those is just learning WHERE everything is. Where the handle will be on a thrown rotation; where my hand will be; where to tangle the poi on whipcatch; etc.
I got my inspiration from playing with juggling, meteor, and some tuts by Ronan on tosses.
"to a man whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." Abraham Maslow
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Posted:
Ronan tuts? Where?
Ronan tuts? Where?
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Avatar of the Dancing Fire
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Posted:
Also, for catches, are you using handles?
Im very used to just bare shoelaces, maybe a catch would be easier with something to, you know catch?
TO HANDLES, AWAY!!!
Also, for catches, are you using handles?
Im very used to just bare shoelaces, maybe a catch would be easier with something to, you know catch?
TO HANDLES, AWAY!!!
"if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all."
-Golden Rule
"F*ck you. I spin fire."
-Darkens 3rd law
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Posted:
Horizontal hyperloop 'double wrist wrap' routine:
wrist <-> twist <-> wrist
wrist <-> wrist !
twist(outside / buzzsaw)
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Horizontal hyperloop fun.
lightning,
:R
Horizontal hyperloop 'double wrist wrap' routine:
wrist <-> twist <-> wrist
wrist <-> wrist !
twist(outside / buzzsaw)
-------------
Horizontal hyperloop fun.
lightning,
:R
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Posted:
Ugh, i despise hyperloops.
Not because they arent gorgeous, they are...
Only because i hurt myself every time i try them. xD
Gratz though.
Ugh, i despise hyperloops.
Not because they arent gorgeous, they are...
Only because i hurt myself every time i try them. xD
Gratz though.
"if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all."
-Golden Rule
"F*ck you. I spin fire."
-Darkens 3rd law
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sanguine
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Posted:
Originally Posted By: astonRonan tuts? Where?
Hey, sorry there. I haven't been online for a minute. Feuershow is where I found them. Poi & Friends: throw and catch: starting at the Double, same time throw.
Darken:
I do use catch handles. I dont even bother with loops anymore. Monkey fists, wood balls, juggling club end caps, all sorts of things. Right now Im enjoying an idea from Alienjon: the rubber endcaps you would use on furniture legs. They come in small enough sizes for your hand and you just bore out a hole, string through it, and tie a large enough knot/nut/washer/whatever that it wont slip out. Its a cheaper version of the juggling club handles that Ronan uses on his poi.
Richee:
very cool. I can actually manage a continuous horizontal hyperloop, but the wrist wraps included sound very intruiging. Is it done purely for a directional change and can you wrap while twisted, then switch which hand is on top so that the hyperloop doesn't immediately untangle?
Originally Posted By: astonRonan tuts? Where?
Hey, sorry there. I haven't been online for a minute. Feuershow is where I found them. Poi & Friends: throw and catch: starting at the Double, same time throw.
Darken:
I do use catch handles. I dont even bother with loops anymore. Monkey fists, wood balls, juggling club end caps, all sorts of things. Right now Im enjoying an idea from Alienjon: the rubber endcaps you would use on furniture legs. They come in small enough sizes for your hand and you just bore out a hole, string through it, and tie a large enough knot/nut/washer/whatever that it wont slip out. Its a cheaper version of the juggling club handles that Ronan uses on his poi.
Richee:
very cool. I can actually manage a continuous horizontal hyperloop, but the wrist wraps included sound very intruiging. Is it done purely for a directional change and can you wrap while twisted, then switch which hand is on top so that the hyperloop doesn't immediately untangle?
"to a man whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." Abraham Maslow
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Posted:
S >
Exactly, the way like this:
tangle -> twist <-> wrist <-> wrist ! <-> wrist <- >twist -> untangle
tangle -> twist <-> wrist <-> wrist ! <-> twist -> tangle
tangle -> twist <-> wrist ! <-> twist -> untangle
nice combo,
:R
S >
Exactly, the way like this:
tangle -> twist <-> wrist <-> wrist ! <-> wrist <- >twist -> untangle
tangle -> twist <-> wrist <-> wrist ! <-> twist -> tangle
tangle -> twist <-> wrist ! <-> twist -> untangle
nice combo,
:R
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Posted:
I played a bif mor with these 'hyperloop tangles'.
Upon the previos routime I've found:
Code:tangle -> twist <-> wrist <-> wrist ! <-> twist <->
into
Code:twist <-> wrist ! -> untangle
But then I've found, that if I want the routine
to be closed routine circle I need to add extra
degree in the start to create routine loop:
Code:tangle (d4) -> ( wrist <-> twist twist ) !
The twist-twist part can be done both
outside and buzzsaw.
--------------
The creating of continual routine
is interesting, because the 4 de-
gree tangle entrance is only en-
trance.
sun shine,
:R
I played a bif mor with these 'hyperloop tangles'.
Upon the previos routime I've found:
Code:tangle -> twist <-> wrist <-> wrist ! <-> twist <->
into
Code:twist <-> wrist ! -> untangle
But then I've found, that if I want the routine
to be closed routine circle I need to add extra
degree in the start to create routine loop:
Code:tangle (d4) -> ( wrist <-> twist twist ) !
The twist-twist part can be done both
outside and buzzsaw.
--------------
The creating of continual routine
is interesting, because the 4 de-
gree tangle entrance is only en-
trance.
sun shine,
:R
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stranger
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Posted:
Hmm been a while since i was on here... Been getting my antispin nailed, lots of antispin and goofy flowers with turns.. Love the one where your poi go from fw to bw buzzsaw with your arms doing split time opposites.. Lovely.
One hand butterfly wristwrapping into one hand weave.. One hand weave turns. And working on one hand windmill.
'Wrong side' 1.5s with tangles through the middle :-)
Hmm been a while since i was on here... Been getting my antispin nailed, lots of antispin and goofy flowers with turns.. Love the one where your poi go from fw to bw buzzsaw with your arms doing split time opposites.. Lovely.
One hand butterfly wristwrapping into one hand weave.. One hand weave turns. And working on one hand windmill.
'Wrong side' 1.5s with tangles through the middle :-)
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Posted:
-Horizontal 'line isolation' with vertical extension.
-Wall plane butterfly 'line isolation'.
-1.5's with side stalls.
------------
How you change dirrection with s-staff?
oops wrong thread,
:R
-Horizontal 'line isolation' with vertical extension.
-Wall plane butterfly 'line isolation'.
-1.5's with side stalls.
------------
How you change dirrection with s-staff?
oops wrong thread,
:R
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ancient oachkatzlschwoaf
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Posted:
yay
I just nailed the "straight jacket" (or negative space bluecat thingy, forgot its actual name)
yay
I just nailed the "straight jacket" (or negative space bluecat thingy, forgot its actual name)
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Posted:
Vertical motion CAT EYE!
picture,
:R
Vertical motion CAT EYE!
picture,
:R
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Posted:
BF cateye hybrid.
BF cateye hybrid.
ancient oachkatzlschwoaf
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Posted:
oh my gosh I just found this very, very amusing straightjacket tutorial
check it, it will help you big time
oh my gosh I just found this very, very amusing straightjacket tutorial
check it, it will help you big time
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Posted:
honestly one of the better, more clear tutorials on the move. And entertaining to boot.
"gotta learn those planes, children".
honestly one of the better, more clear tutorials on the move. And entertaining to boot.
"gotta learn those planes, children".
"to a man whose only tool is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." Abraham Maslow
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Posted:
-Elbow stand from snake(1/2B), wait for the second Poi
to wrap(1/2B) and then change direction with both!
(COMBO)
-Back of the neck stands directions.
--------------
nice,
:R
-Elbow stand from snake(1/2B), wait for the second Poi
to wrap(1/2B) and then change direction with both!
(COMBO)
-Back of the neck stands directions.
--------------
nice,
:R
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Posted:
Some single Poi head catch
stack traversal fun.
"The Ronan style"
offline,
:R
Some single Poi head catch
stack traversal fun.
"The Ronan style"
offline,
:R
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Posted:
Horizontal cateye line isolation, (Theoretically it can be infinite)
I've gotten a few rotations off.
Or is it a 1:1 ratio antispin flower with point isolated "petals" at either side?
Has anyone tried this as just a 1:1 ratio flower? Essentially the same number of beats without the line iso? I'm waiting on the darkness to see what it looks like with light trails right now I have no idea...
Horizontal cateye line isolation, (Theoretically it can be infinite)
I've gotten a few rotations off.
Or is it a 1:1 ratio antispin flower with point isolated "petals" at either side?
Has anyone tried this as just a 1:1 ratio flower? Essentially the same number of beats without the line iso? I'm waiting on the darkness to see what it looks like with light trails right now I have no idea...
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Posted:
Originally Posted By: Mother_Natures_SonHorizontal cateye line isolation, (Theoretically it can be infinite)
I've gotten a few rotations off.
Or is it a 1:1 ratio antispin flower with point isolated "petals" at either side?
Has anyone tried this as just a 1:1 ratio flower? Essentially the same number of beats without the line iso? I'm waiting on the darkness to see what it looks like with light trails right now I have no idea...
How did it go?
Originally Posted By: Mother_Natures_SonHorizontal cateye line isolation, (Theoretically it can be infinite)
I've gotten a few rotations off.
Or is it a 1:1 ratio antispin flower with point isolated "petals" at either side?
Has anyone tried this as just a 1:1 ratio flower? Essentially the same number of beats without the line iso? I'm waiting on the darkness to see what it looks like with light trails right now I have no idea...
How did it go?
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The Prodigy
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Posted:
BTBUTAUTL jumping one beat 360.
BTBUTAUTL jumping one beat 360.
You play with fire,
You're going to get burned.
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Thats way too much abbreviation for me to handle. Its behind th eback something... Care to expand?
And it went to the pub, doppelGanger, I'll have to play around a bit more when I'm not being dragged headfirst into a hangover.
Thats way too much abbreviation for me to handle. Its behind th eback something... Care to expand?
And it went to the pub, doppelGanger, I'll have to play around a bit more when I'm not being dragged headfirst into a hangover.
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Posted:
Oh my... aren't I a silly one? 1:1 antispin flower is just a cateye, in this case horizontal... I already knew that from the vertical one.
Oh my... aren't I a silly one? 1:1 antispin flower is just a cateye, in this case horizontal... I already knew that from the vertical one.
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Posted:
Heheh.
I can just about get vertical cat-eyes, but they look ugly at the moment.
Heheh.
I can just about get vertical cat-eyes, but they look ugly at the moment.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
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The Prodigy
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Posted:
Behind The Back
Under the Arm
Under the Leg
Jumping 360
One arm reaches behind your back and through your armpit,
the other reaches down and through your legs from behind.
Then, Jump and spin a 360 before your poi exits your legs.
Behind The Back
Under the Arm
Under the Leg
Jumping 360
One arm reaches behind your back and through your armpit,
the other reaches down and through your legs from behind.
Then, Jump and spin a 360 before your poi exits your legs.
You play with fire,
You're going to get burned.
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