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Sporadically Prodigal
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sporadically Prodigal
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Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
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.
here a pat on the back in advance from me
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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.
here a pat on the back in advance from me
::flash enthusiastically pats your back::
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Location: London, UK
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Location: London, UK
Posted:
They require some nifty plane control to get them to wrap without tangling, that's for sure. And having the right length of poi definitely helps!
Written by: Dut
maybe this belongs under "things i left behind", but for some reason i never thought of non-split-time same-arm butterfly wraps. i mean i do them on legs, necks, "etc" all the time, but one-arm? crazy. i tried them one-handed and it worked for a second, but i'm not trying that on fire any time soon. lol.
They require some nifty plane control to get them to wrap without tangling, that's for sure. And having the right length of poi definitely helps!
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Location: lost, Canada
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Location: lost, Canada
Posted:
yay! I just did a double spiral wrist wrap with fire for the first time! And an under the arm through wrap too!
It was hard to get my brain to allow me to actuallly wrap that fire around my hands, but once I did it it was fine.
Very happy and stinky now...
yay! I just did a double spiral wrist wrap with fire for the first time! And an under the arm through wrap too!
It was hard to get my brain to allow me to actuallly wrap that fire around my hands, but once I did it it was fine.
Very happy and stinky now...
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
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HOP librarian
1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
HOP librarian
1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Posted:
Snag(horizonntal)
(Catched hyperloop(one hand catch) with other spinning in
buzzsaw) and vertical fun.
lightning,
:R
Snag(horizonntal)
(Catched hyperloop(one hand catch) with other spinning in
buzzsaw) and vertical fun.
lightning,
:R
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663 posts
Location: Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow
Posted:
Right, I've not posted for a while here so here goes.
BTB flowers, watermills (finally) 4bt ttn, butterfly weave, compound and goofy flowers, reverse hyperloop stalls, fibbles (foot wibbles) and a cool little butterfly inversion/inside that I have no idea of the name
Right, I've not posted for a while here so here goes.
BTB flowers, watermills (finally) 4bt ttn, butterfly weave, compound and goofy flowers, reverse hyperloop stalls, fibbles (foot wibbles) and a cool little butterfly inversion/inside that I have no idea of the name
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master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
Posted:
btb flowers? please explain...
btb flowers? please explain...
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Location: Sweden
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Location: Sweden
Posted:
I double last post query aswell btw..
Anyways.
I feel proud beacuse I just entered the 4beat weave today (Partially the reason it was possible now and not later was a part from Nicks video. THANKS), and pretty much 'mastered' the timing and the plane... Well... almost. Still gotta get it elegant. I also started a little with testing out 5 beat. Timing is still off tho.
Other then that, i'm trying to come up with patterns that works for spinning one poi Forward and the other backwards. Which can give a few interesting results and variations. However the cross point is extreamly dependant on timing, or not at all. But I think the former looks better if done correctly =)
Also just cracked turning with Buzzaws. Seriously I DO not know why I did not practice buzzaws earlier.
Last but not least... Trying to isolate stuff in different places in the spinning... Been trying to break in the middle of crossing in a 3 or 4 beat weave to make an isolation that goes over to do the normal weaving again... But breaking it at the crosspoint is difficult since you have such immense momentum going towards the other side of your body.
Cheers
EDITED_BY: Mireneye (1146361570)
I double last post query aswell btw..
Anyways.
I feel proud beacuse I just entered the 4beat weave today (Partially the reason it was possible now and not later was a part from Nicks video. THANKS), and pretty much 'mastered' the timing and the plane... Well... almost. Still gotta get it elegant. I also started a little with testing out 5 beat. Timing is still off tho.
Other then that, i'm trying to come up with patterns that works for spinning one poi Forward and the other backwards. Which can give a few interesting results and variations. However the cross point is extreamly dependant on timing, or not at all. But I think the former looks better if done correctly =)
Also just cracked turning with Buzzaws. Seriously I DO not know why I did not practice buzzaws earlier.
Last but not least... Trying to isolate stuff in different places in the spinning... Been trying to break in the middle of crossing in a 3 or 4 beat weave to make an isolation that goes over to do the normal weaving again... But breaking it at the crosspoint is difficult since you have such immense momentum going towards the other side of your body.
Cheers
EDITED_BY: Mireneye (1146361570)
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Location: Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow
Posted:
I've put an explanation in the "All About Flowers" thread and will try to get it on tape as soon as I get home. They're stupidly tech though
I've put an explanation in the "All About Flowers" thread and will try to get it on tape as soon as I get home. They're stupidly tech though
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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master of disaster
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Location: New York, USA
master of disaster
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Location: New York, USA
Posted:
read and replied
read and replied
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ezz: please corrupt me more
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663 posts
Location: Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow
Posted:
Remind me to stretch before attempting to figure out any btb moves.
Remind me to stretch before attempting to figure out any btb moves.
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
immense momentum? Slow down and it'll be far far easier. It's almost exactly the same forces as doing iso buzzsaws ie very little
Infact you can practice by doing iso buzzsaws and then trying to cross arms and keep the isolation going.
Hope that helps
Written by: Mireneye
Been trying to break in the middle of crossing in a 3 or 4 beat weave to make an isolation that goes over to do the normal weaving again... But breaking it at the crosspoint is difficult since you have such immense momentum going towards the other side of your body
immense momentum? Slow down and it'll be far far easier. It's almost exactly the same forces as doing iso buzzsaws ie very little
Infact you can practice by doing iso buzzsaws and then trying to cross arms and keep the isolation going. Hope that helps
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Location: Bristol UK
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3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK
Posted:
I just learned an Elbow stand, thanks to Chutney's Thread...
I just learned an Elbow stand, thanks to Chutney's Thread...
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
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Posted:
Haha. actually I have been doing that a long time now. For weeks actually. The funny thing is I didn't realise I was breaking it untill you told me. Really easy. Definietly haha... Wonder If I was tired when I wrote that. Thanks anyways.
I don't know why I didn't do it before. But just got TTN =)
Written by: DuncWritten by: Mireneye
Been trying to break in the middle of crossing in a 3 or 4 beat weave to make an isolation that goes over to do the normal weaving again... But breaking it at the crosspoint is difficult since you have such immense momentum going towards the other side of your body
immense momentum? Slow down and it'll be far far easier. It's almost exactly the same forces as doing iso buzzsaws ie very little
Hope that helps
Haha. actually I have been doing that a long time now. For weeks actually. The funny thing is I didn't realise I was breaking it untill you told me. Really easy. Definietly haha... Wonder If I was tired when I wrote that. Thanks anyways.
I don't know why I didn't do it before. But just got TTN =)
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I can´t think therefore I´m not
291 posts
Location: In my backpack, United Kingdom
I can´t think therefore I´m not
291 posts
Location: In my backpack, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey!
I have succesefully learned crossover weave btb.
Im just wondering if anyone have bin playing around with that one?
And have anyone done splittime butterfly weave btb?
Im glad for all kind of tips in those moves!
//Thomas
Hey!
I have succesefully learned crossover weave btb.
Im just wondering if anyone have bin playing around with that one?
And have anyone done splittime butterfly weave btb?
Im glad for all kind of tips in those moves!
//Thomas
"I don´t like shoes, definitely not spinning with shoes, they make my feet feel flat, my feet are not flat...."
SILVER Member
106 posts
Location: Portsmouth, UK
106 posts
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Posted:
One handed butterfly, and overhead one handed butterfly yay! I've almost got the lower leg wrap that turns it into an outward butterfly too.
I'm getting my first fire poi soon!
One handed butterfly, and overhead one handed butterfly yay! I've almost got the lower leg wrap that turns it into an outward butterfly too.
I'm getting my first fire poi soon!
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newbie
3 posts
newbie
3 posts
Posted:
little butterfly inversion/inside that I have no idea of the name - If I get what you mean, I call it "flip the pancake"
if it looks that way, then, yeah, let's give it this name
little butterfly inversion/inside that I have no idea of the name - If I get what you mean, I call it "flip the pancake"
if it looks that way, then, yeah, let's give it this name
I Doubt, Therefore I Might Be
1,007 posts
Location: Horsham
1,007 posts
Location: Horsham
Posted:
totally laim i know, but i finally got 5 beat weave on my left side!!!!!
its been bugging me for ageeeees!
yay me!
totally laim i know, but i finally got 5 beat weave on my left side!!!!!
its been bugging me for ageeeees!
yay me!
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SILVER Member
106 posts
Location: Portsmouth, UK
106 posts
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Posted:
Any tips for Chasing the Sun? I've watched the animation but I can't seem to do it. Annoyingly tho, I can do Mexican wave.
Any tips for Chasing the Sun? I've watched the animation but I can't seem to do it. Annoyingly tho, I can do Mexican wave.
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Location: Sweden
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276 posts
Location: Sweden
Posted:
IF you can do a windmill. Your not far off. A windmill is esentiall turning 90 Degrees with your body. and flipping your arms split time bak and front above your head. I think(I'm actually not sure) that if you do that Same time. You've isolated the move where Chasing the sun goes behind you. Continue practice that, and try Chasing the sun later.. see if it works.
IF you can do a windmill. Your not far off. A windmill is esentiall turning 90 Degrees with your body. and flipping your arms split time bak and front above your head. I think(I'm actually not sure) that if you do that Same time. You've isolated the move where Chasing the sun goes behind you. Continue practice that, and try Chasing the sun later.. see if it works.
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Location: Sweden
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Posted:
Oh... This deserved it's own post...
I got the 5beat weave working fine today.
I also got the Isolated TTN down today.
What a good day!
Oh... This deserved it's own post...
I got the 5beat weave working fine today.
I also got the Isolated TTN down today.
What a good day!
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Location: over yonder, New Zealand
lurking like a ninja with no camouflage..
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Location: over yonder, New Zealand
Posted:
i got the BTB reverse weave today, ive been trying for ages to get it right eeeey!
i got the BTB reverse weave today, ive been trying for ages to get it right eeeey!
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enthusiast
276 posts
Location: Sweden
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276 posts
Location: Sweden
Posted:
Now that you got it... Any tips on what helped you the most... The worst aspect of my spinning is my BTB stuff.
Written by: burningoftheclavey
i got the BTB reverse weave today, ive been trying for ages to get it right eeeey!
Now that you got it... Any tips on what helped you the most... The worst aspect of my spinning is my BTB stuff.
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Location: Oregon, USA
Posted:
Sloppy and painful, but I'm finally getting the reverse antispin flower goin (arms spinning forward, poi spinning backwards). Sloppy cause it's freakin difficult to keep the plane control (just like it used to be learning the forward antispin :P.. also because my arms don't agree with me that that move can really be done. They flat out deny it's possiblity :P. Painful cause my arms are not happy with spinning it..heh..
Next up, antispin turning flowers.. oy that messes with my brain.
Peace,
- Sui
Sloppy and painful, but I'm finally getting the reverse antispin flower goin (arms spinning forward, poi spinning backwards). Sloppy cause it's freakin difficult to keep the plane control (just like it used to be learning the forward antispin :P.. also because my arms don't agree with me that that move can really be done. They flat out deny it's possiblity :P. Painful cause my arms are not happy with spinning it..heh..
Next up, antispin turning flowers.. oy that messes with my brain
.Peace,
- Sui
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Location: Bristol UK
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Posted:
Turning antispin flowers I find easier than reverse antispin flowers...
The 'trick' is learn a wallplane antispin flower, and then that is what you use to turn. Although, that's the way I did it, but I'm not sure if I'm cheating or not...
I can now do BTB weave in both directions, and turning in a little circle. Yay!!
Turning antispin flowers I find easier than reverse antispin flowers...
The 'trick' is learn a wallplane antispin flower, and then that is what you use to turn. Although, that's the way I did it, but I'm not sure if I'm cheating or not...
I can now do BTB weave in both directions, and turning in a little circle. Yay!!
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
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Location: Hull!, United Kingdom
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383 posts
Location: Hull!, United Kingdom
Posted:
you got it then, well done
i'm still working on that BTB bit! getting there.
Written by: Lousy_Trucking_Car
Turning antispin flowers I find easier than reverse antispin flowers...
The 'trick' is learn a wallplane antispin flower, and then that is what you use to turn. Although, that's the way I did it, but I'm not sure if I'm cheating or not...
I can now do BTB weave in both directions, and turning in a little circle. Yay!!
you got it then, well done
i'm still working on that BTB bit! getting there.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
For some reason I'm facinated that you could turn an anti-spin flower before you could turn a weave btb....
EDITED_BY: DeepSoulSheep (1146840812)
For some reason I'm facinated that you could turn an anti-spin flower before you could turn a weave btb....
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Location: Oregon, USA
Posted:
Heh.. well what I'm trying to do two or three rotations of forward antispin, then turn, then another two or three reverse antispin, then turn again... just to make sure I get and understand the full feel of it.. The turn itself is odd, but trying to force my arms into continuing antispin rather than just doing a reverse flower makes my brain hurt.
Heh.. and as far as behind the back weave goes.. I just kinda gave up on it.. it causes too much pain to my collarbone
.
Peace,
- Sui
Written by: Lousy_Trucking_Car
The 'trick' is learn a wallplane antispin flower, and then that is what you use to turn. Although, that's the way I did it, but I'm not sure if I'm cheating or not...
Heh.. well what I'm trying to do two or three rotations of forward antispin, then turn, then another two or three reverse antispin, then turn again... just to make sure I get and understand the full feel of it.. The turn itself is odd, but trying to force my arms into continuing antispin rather than just doing a reverse flower makes my brain hurt.
Heh.. and as far as behind the back weave goes.. I just kinda gave up on it.. it causes too much pain to my collarbone
.Peace,
- Sui
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663 posts
Location: Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow
Posted:
TTL weave and ttl fountain within about 10 minutes of each other.
TTL weave and ttl fountain within about 10 minutes of each other.
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master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
master of disaster
3,354 posts
Location: New York, USA
Posted:
ttl? do you mean btl?
ttl? do you mean btl?
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663 posts
Location: Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow
Posted:
I stand corrected
I got the idea from feuershow so just used the name they have for it.
I stand corrected
I got the idea from feuershow so just used the name they have for it.
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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Location: Sweden
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276 posts
Location: Sweden
Posted:
I just did my first beat of TTN Weave. Very similar to the Butterfly Weave (duh) However even harder to keep it flowing and getting the planes to strighten out.
The key to the move is Beeing able to rotate the torso fluently. And to be able to know all the basic bells and whistles of the TTN move, that beeing forward and reverse TTN.
My problem is that my reverse TTN still sucks. Any pointers on that one... I wanna know more about the hand position.
I just did my first beat of TTN Weave. Very similar to the Butterfly Weave (duh) However even harder to keep it flowing and getting the planes to strighten out.
The key to the move is Beeing able to rotate the torso fluently. And to be able to know all the basic bells and whistles of the TTN move, that beeing forward and reverse TTN.
My problem is that my reverse TTN still sucks. Any pointers on that one... I wanna know more about the hand position.
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