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Location: West LA
384 posts
Location: West LA
Posted:
They have already been mentioned [Old link] by Dom but imo they deserve a thread of their own.
They are most beautiful when played with Fireropes or Socks.
Theory: Play Quartertime and Isolate :P
If both go in the same direction (¨Weave Family¨) you get a beautiful cross effect.
((If both go in different directions (¨Butterfly Family¨) the intersection points turn 45 Degree to form an X - For the geeks
))
A 2beat Isolated Quartertime weave seems to be maximum possible, but there could be more.
For starting with these I would recommend to first become really confident with quartertime and then start isolating. You can try in buzzsaw in the beginning too.
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andy
They have already been mentioned [Old link] by Dom but imo they deserve a thread of their own.
They are most beautiful when played with Fireropes or Socks.
Theory: Play Quartertime and Isolate :P
If both go in the same direction (¨Weave Family¨) you get a beautiful cross effect.
((If both go in different directions (¨Butterfly Family¨) the intersection points turn 45 Degree to form an X - For the geeks
))A 2beat Isolated Quartertime weave seems to be maximum possible, but there could be more.
For starting with these I would recommend to first become really confident with quartertime and then start isolating. You can try in buzzsaw in the beginning too.
....endless...
andy
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3,750 posts
Location: Europe,Scotland,Both
Posted:
thay are horrible.
horbile hard.
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thay are horrible.
horbile hard.
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
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Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
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Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Posted:
Actually I'm pretty good a switching between same time, quarter time and split time isolations chaotically.
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Actually I'm pretty good a switching between same time, quarter time and split time isolations chaotically.
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Location: London, UK
1,376 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
I can do a 1/4 time isolated buzzsaw forwards and yes, it makes a lovely cross pattern when it goes smoothly - but it is pretty difficult and I still need to mutter "da-DUM" under my breath to get the rhythm working
I can't quite work it backwards still which is annoying because I reckon with socks a 1/4 time isolated buzzsaw fountain would look the [censored] 
(Note for USians and other foreign types - "the [censored]" is a good thing)
As for 1/4 time isolated weaves - I still can't do a full 1/4 time weave sadly - it's 1/4 for most of it before I break the pattern at one point to get back to where I started. Probably because I'm not sure how many beats the damn thing has - split time has 3, parallel weaves 4, 1/4 time...?
UCOF does a 1/4 time BTB waist wrap that looks sweet though. If that was combined with Weasel's isolated BTB waist wrap I'd be very impressed...
I can do a 1/4 time isolated buzzsaw forwards and yes, it makes a lovely cross pattern when it goes smoothly - but it is pretty difficult and I still need to mutter "da-DUM" under my breath to get the rhythm working
I can't quite work it backwards still which is annoying because I reckon with socks a 1/4 time isolated buzzsaw fountain would look the [censored] (Note for USians and other foreign types - "the [censored]" is a good thing
)As for 1/4 time isolated weaves - I still can't do a full 1/4 time weave sadly - it's 1/4 for most of it before I break the pattern at one point to get back to where I started. Probably because I'm not sure how many beats the damn thing has - split time has 3, parallel weaves 4, 1/4 time...?
UCOF does a 1/4 time BTB waist wrap that looks sweet though. If that was combined with Weasel's isolated BTB waist wrap I'd be very impressed...
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1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
HOP librarian
1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Posted:
Ok, I was thinking aout Q-time just a little, but where is actually the center of rotation? Its the top, the corner the meet point of Poi heads or hand and handles. Because I can imagine Q-time as right angle where one time handles ,second Poi heads are together.Like:
a)
o
|
|____o
or
b)
|
|
oo____
With varinat b] I see isolation possible(never try, early I 'll continue on timing... R.
Ok, I was thinking aout Q-time just a little, but where is actually the center of rotation? Its the top, the corner the meet point of Poi heads or hand and handles. Because I can imagine Q-time as right angle where one time handles ,second Poi heads are together.Like:
a)
o
|
|____o
or
b)
|
|
oo____
With varinat b] I see isolation possible(never try, early
I 'll continue on timing... R. POI THEO(R)IST
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
Posted:
1/4 time isolations are stupid hard because you have no cues to follow.. I've been working on them lately because my isolation work has gotten sloppy..
1/4 time isolations are stupid hard because you have no cues to follow.. I've been working on them lately because my isolation work has gotten sloppy..
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