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Posted:
I tied a monkey's fist in a long rope, and made a little figure-eight knot in the other end. When the monkey's fist rests on the floor, the rope comes up to my chest. It's too lopsided for a meteor, but it's too long for a poi. I don't want to alter anything, so how can I use my new uberlong stageprop?
I tied a monkey's fist in a long rope, and made a little figure-eight knot in the other end. When the monkey's fist rests on the floor, the rope comes up to my chest. It's too lopsided for a meteor, but it's too long for a poi. I don't want to alter anything, so how can I use my new uberlong stageprop?
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Rampant whirler.
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Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!
Posted:
Depends on how heavy the monkey fist is. You could do rope dart with it.
Check out
And https://www.homeofpoi.com/lessons_all/teach/Library-Rope-Dart-8_0_0
Otherwise I dunno... Wraps & Extensions etc, I guess.
Depends on how heavy the monkey fist is. You could do rope dart with it.
Check out
And https://www.homeofpoi.com/lessons_all/teach/Library-Rope-Dart-8_0_0
Otherwise I dunno... Wraps & Extensions etc, I guess.
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nut.
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Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
nut.
756 posts
Location: Bouncing off the walls., England (UK)
Posted:
Sounds a bit short for a rope dart....
Name it yourself, and experiment- why'dya need an existing name?
Sounds a bit short for a rope dart....
Name it yourself, and experiment- why'dya need an existing name?
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Rum-Swilling Combustioneer
227 posts
Location: Macungie, PA, USA
Rum-Swilling Combustioneer
227 posts
Location: Macungie, PA, USA
Posted:
There's no set length for rope dart, poi, or meteors...
The meteors I've seen in the poi community are *much* shorter than those derived from wushu. Old-school wushu meteor performances included a number of poi-like moves (weaves and so forth) using instruments 2-3 times as long as the performer! Likewise a rope dart really only has to be a dart... on a rope! If you want to do the complex body wraps you'd have to have it longer, but there are a lot of things you can do with a short one involving wraps, throws, tosses, and kicks.
At that length you could also use it to practice boleadoras dance, like tap-dance with poi.
You could build a chigiriki-like rig; a Japanese weapon that was basically a staff with a weighted chain on one end.
Or do what I do in cases like this, just leave it in your gear bag for a while until you either think of something to do with it or use it to make something else...
There's no set length for rope dart, poi, or meteors...
The meteors I've seen in the poi community are *much* shorter than those derived from wushu. Old-school wushu meteor performances included a number of poi-like moves (weaves and so forth) using instruments 2-3 times as long as the performer! Likewise a rope dart really only has to be a dart... on a rope! If you want to do the complex body wraps you'd have to have it longer, but there are a lot of things you can do with a short one involving wraps, throws, tosses, and kicks.
At that length you could also use it to practice boleadoras dance, like tap-dance with poi.
You could build a chigiriki-like rig; a Japanese weapon that was basically a staff with a weighted chain on one end.
Or do what I do in cases like this, just leave it in your gear bag for a while until you either think of something to do with it or use it to make something else...
Bouncing Baby Pipe!
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newbie
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Location: USA
newbie
42 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
Thanks for the suggestions!
Any other ideas are greatly appreciated!
Thanks for the suggestions!
Any other ideas are greatly appreciated!
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newbie
42 posts
Location: USA
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Location: USA
Posted:
I can't view the videos on this site, so I'm trying to download them. How do I view them once they're downloaded?
I can't view the videos on this site, so I'm trying to download them. How do I view them once they're downloaded?
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Location: NSW, Australia
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378 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
If you mean the HoP ones, they're flv files. Under windows I generally use VLC, which can play almost anything (linux and mac versions also exist).
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
If you can't play the embedded yt files try going there directly. You can see the yt address if you quote the file.
edited to move a browser problem to a new thread
EDITED_BY: Jameth (1217379985)
If you mean the HoP ones, they're flv files. Under windows I generally use VLC, which can play almost anything (linux and mac versions also exist).
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
If you can't play the embedded yt files try going there directly. You can see the yt address if you quote the file.
edited to move a browser problem to a new thread
EDITED_BY: Jameth (1217379985)
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