Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > 2 poi 1 handed corkscrew

AnonymousPLATINUM Member

Posted: 20th Jul 2001
Only one handed thing I do is butterflies, forward & reverse.But I do like to do a two-handed four-poi split-time corkscrew, just cos it's so horribly wanton. Needs an awful lot of wrist, and can be very hard on the elbows, mind.mikeyB

Posted: 20th Jul 2001
I toyed with it for a little bit of time one day and had a ton of fun. It seems to be hard as hell to do a weave w/o entangling them at some point. The kickass thing is that if your paying attention you and reverse the direction and untangle them every single time. Its just that I don't think it is all that impressive if your constantly tangling them up I guess and it seems hard to avoid. W/ the corkscrew itself I had pretty good success so long as I kept moving my body. I can seem to keep it seamless if I keep doing 360s and what not, ocassionally switching the corkscrew to an angle and switching direction. It is definately something I plan on working on more 'cause I think it'd be fun to randomly throw it in sets for 10-20 seconds, esp. if I can figure out how to drop out of a 1-handed butterfly into a weave, but I think the 1 handed stuff is pretty limited and prolly not that impressive since most people don't ever pay attention to what your hands are doing.

Posted: 20th Jul 2001
I've been playing with one-handed moves for a little while (not very good at them yet but when i get tired of doing standard poi stuff I like to pick up a pair of short wicks and do a one-handed set). So far I can get the butterfly (forward) going, the corkscrew, and a "weave" (although it feels more like a vertical corkscrew on each side of my body than a weave).I like how they go from being spaced 180 degrees to spinning at the same time at certain points.I only do one-handed moves with my right hand; my left hand is gimpy and weak. I'd love to be able to do two in each hand, though! -protie

Posted: 20th Jul 2001
I had a go at one handed corkscrew the other day it goes ok for about 3 or 4 revolutions then goes a bit tits up!! never mind practice practice practice

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Posted: 20th Jul 2001
i toyed with it before also...it broke me..i gave up after about 20 minutes of zero progress...Be nice to do a onehanded chase as well (same move i guess, different angle)"S"------------------"When a Man Lies He Murders Some Part of the World These Are the PaleDeaths Which Men Miscall Their Lives All this I Cannot Bear to Witness Any Longer Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation Take Me Home"

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AnonymousPLATINUM Member

Posted: 22nd Jul 2001
Hey,if you do a search for 1-handed you will find a listing of all the stuff I used to do one-handed (that sounds bad - have to say I dont do much one handed stuff anymore...cept for staff but thats a bit of a different kettle of fish So yeah - have a look.Chase is possible - but very tricky..you need a strong little finger to keep the poi seperated when the little finger is leading...I never really got it to work properly...Josh