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This space is for all those funksters busy improving their technique by learning new moves - made-up or traditional.
Tell us all about it! We love hearing about our fellow poiers/staffies/misc. toyers succeeding with new things
It's just hard to keep up with it all sometimes, so if we keep it together you'll be certain to get a little feedback.
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Now you got me curious, I want to take a pic of it. About how long should the lens be exposed because that's a lot to capture. Nvm, I just realized, it only feels like forever XD I am currently working on getting my btb butterfly looking solid, I could do btb thread the needle almost immediately, but the catch is! I can't get past more than a few beats, I've gotten up to about 5 or 6. And then I want bth thread the needle, this is just because just learning teaches you to greatly improve your planes making it look tighter and giving it that nice look of it bouncing up and down.
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DerekJF85
101 posts
Location: Garland, TX, USA
Originally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitNow you got me curious, I want to take a pic of it. About how long should the lens be exposed because that's a lot to capture. Nvm, I just realized, it only feels like forever XD I am currently working on getting my btb butterfly looking solid, I could do btb thread the needle almost immediately, but the catch is! I can't get past more than a few beats, I've gotten up to about 5 or 6. And then I want bth thread the needle, this is just because just learning teaches you to greatly improve your planes making it look tighter and giving it that nice look of it bouncing up and down.
Fo Show. Btw it capture more of the move with LEDs then it does with fire.
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Gone back to some basics I neglected, finally got split time btb butterfly. Just sort of ignored it, still not sure why I decided to learn it, but what they hey....
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Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
I just learned the wall plane in spin butterfly flower and the angel wings as well! *proud of self*
~Rock on!~
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stranger
8 posts
Location: USA
WOOT ME!
5 beat forward weave is now mine!!!
Almost again
124 posts
Location: Finland
Yussss! Butterfly crosser, you belong to ME now! MWAHAHAHA!
1 post
Location: Balham, London
hi guys, I'm new to this. sounds like you guys are loving learning some new tricks. Me too. I've just been checking out some of the lesson videos on this site and didn't realise quite how much there is to learn!
Actually I was wondering if anyone knows where in London the workshop is. I know it used to be at Spitalfield market on a Tuesday night but I heard it has moved to The Rag Factory. Does anyone know if this still happens as I'm thinking of going next week.
Thanks, Dan
enthusiast
378 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
@ Dannyspin - you might have more luck with either the Events and Gatherings section or the Meetings section, both in the International Section near the bottom of the page (I'm in Newcastle NSW, no idea wrt London meets)
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
ONE HANDED BUTTERFLY FTW!!! =D
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118 posts
Location: England (UK)
ok, got my first poi for christmass. got the forwards weave and the forwards butterfly nailed now. still working on the backwards weave and reverse butterfly
. fire is alive. it lives and breathes. it consumes and destroys. but we control it and live with it, we are fire dancers
member
118 posts
Location: England (UK)
1 and 2 handed tuck turn are now nailed
just need some polishing
oh and the giant butterfly
fire is alive. it lives and breathes. it consumes and destroys. but we control it and live with it, we are fire dancers
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Whoohoo!
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
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member
118 posts
Location: England (UK)
got one handed butterfly and the backwards weave tonight
also made a pair of sock poi which are abit more forgiving and less likely to tangle. oh and the outwards butterfly
fire is alive. it lives and breathes. it consumes and destroys. but we control it and live with it, we are fire dancers
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Good job! Isn't the one handed butterfly so much fun?
I just discovered, and I don't know the name of this trick, a butterfly turn maybe? Anyways you do the butterfly in one direction, when the poi swing outwards it allows you to pivot 180 and switch to the reverse. This also seems to work one handed. Having lots of fun with it!
"Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
14 posts
Location: Hopkinton, MA
Finally got a 3 beat weave!!! Oh my god I've literally spent easily 15 hours just trying to do it and it always either was a 2 beat or got tangled but something just clicked this morning and I can't do it wrong (I can't do it well either but hey that's what practice is for
) Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fifteen hours? Thank god, I'm not the only person that spent forever on that trick!
It's a really fun trick once you nail it and after that I find it to be kind of meditative because you can just keep going and rolling your arms back and forth! Now have fun with the reverse... "Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
14 posts
Location: Hopkinton, MA
Yea literally it's been about two weeks since I started and every day I've spent about an hour if not a little more working on just 3 beats simply because I couldn't get them and it was frustrating me (I tend to have some perfectionist tendencies
but now that that's done it's on to perfecting it along with doing some windmills/butterflies because I still can't even start to wrap my head around reverse weaves All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Hey, the three beat weave took me three days
I was the most uncoordinated man ever before poi
And brenon, I think what you are talking about is my favorite named move. The Pacman Twist
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
924 posts
Location: At the Back of the North Wind
Reverse 3-beat weave can be easy to learn. If you turn to face the other direction while weaving, the poi kinda naturally go into reverse weave
And yeah, it took me forever to work out 3-beat weave and more than a few ... unfortunate misses to the groin.. took me actually seeing someone do the trick in person to get it
Just a dancer in the dark
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
SoD, you mean the butterfly twist thingie? Cool I didn't know the name, thanks!
Now I'm having that level of frustration on the btb 3 beat. I've been trying a little bit every time I spin and still haven't had much progress. So far I've gotten really good at smacking the back of my calves or right in the back of my neck, but I think that's a different trick. Speaking of I'll give that another shot here in a few...
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"Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
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1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
I got a lot of stuff down pretty fast, but the btb weave (and most other btb things) I'm still terrible at--and I started being able to do it like 3 months ago. It's really annoying, and I know skilled spinners who took almost a year to figure it out, so you wouldn't be alone.
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35 posts
Location: Ballinger, Texas, US, USA
Learned Reverse 2 beat weave by accident haha. Learning 5 beat forward weave and btb 3 beat weave right now. Also learned oth butterfly switching from front to back.
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
I never actually learned 2beat weaves.
'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."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
I think you have a goal there lol
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Originally Posted By: brenonfire413SoD, you mean the butterfly twist thingie? Cool I didn't know the name, thanks!
Now I'm having that level of frustration on the btb 3 beat. I've been trying a little bit every time I spin and still haven't had much progress. So far I've gotten really good at smacking the back of my calves or right in the back of my neck, but I think that's a different trick. Speaking of I'll give that another shot here in a few...
It took me like a month to get btb 3 beat down. Plenty of bruises on my legs to go with it. Then waistwraps took me about another month after first practicing it to get that, and even then I couldn't continuously do it. But now btb is just as coordinated as in front of me
And after that, you get to get the frustration and ultimate satisfaction of learning under the legs, which I'm still working a little at a time on doing that all in reverse under my legs.
And the butterfly twisty thingy? Yes that's the Pacman Twist, I love that name
I want to see it don with fire snakes, then it would actually look like Pacman The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Originally Posted By: astonI never actually learned 2beat weaves.
Nor did I, at first. I sorta went back and learned them later, though I can't say it's paid off for much. Though Nick Woolsey thinks highly of them for some reason, so I'll trust that they'll come in handy some day.
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EDIT_REASON: Fixing silly wording
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Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Originally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroit
It took me like a month to get btb 3 beat down. Plenty of bruises on my legs to go with it. Then waistwraps took me about another month after first practicing it to get that, and even then I couldn't continuously do it. But now btb is just as coordinated as in front of me
And after that, you get to get the frustration and ultimate satisfaction of learning under the legs, which I'm still working a little at a time on doing that all in reverse under my legs.
And the butterfly twisty thingy? Yes that's the Pacman Twist, I love that name
I want to see it don with fire snakes, then it would actually look like Pacman Waistwraps, meltdowns, etc. are the ultimate goal. I'll give it some more practice tody.
I've been working on my spiral wrap a lot and that's coming out better!
"Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Meltdowns are a bit of a mindtwister as I found them to be.
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
I can do them. Just never bothered learning them. Just found I could do them all one day when teaching someone a three beat.
Two beats are fun for flow, since there are few limits to where you can put them. Also, you can seperate them nicely with one on one side of you body and the other doing something arb.
'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."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
I'm actually working on doing a hyperloop while in an uta crosser. I can sometimes do it.
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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