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"hii have just got back for the glastonbury festival and was speeking to some people bout 5, 7, and 9 beat moves (weaves) and i cant seem to do the 5 beat anybody got sum tips?also on th..."
"I feel like I've learned all the moves I have seen...I need some more material! My creativity has dried up...do people still meet at Beacon Hill park to spin? I haven't been since las..."
"Has anyone ever tried doing poi with two yo yo's? You can do arround the world with a yo yo, why not do a weave? haha if anyone has 2 yo yos handy please give it a shot and possibly tak..."
"Ok, one new think I was thinking about. I can imagine set of tricks not like a cycle of random moves, but like consecution of beat numbes. Its an inspiration from balls and diabolos, bu..."
"so its like, you're doing 3 beat weave behind the back, and instead of split-timing them so they're at opposites (ie LHP top of arch while RHP at bottom of arch), you synch-time them, a..."
"i've just finished reading "propellers" by dunc and "contact poi" by elasta. i just wanted to say that the way you two not only describe the way you manipulate your poi, but also the wa..."
"How dooo people, it's the annoying beginner here again!! Well I've sort of mastered the following:3 bt weaveMexican waveButterflyBTB ButterflyAlternate butterflyChasing the sunlow turn..."
"Or at least that's what I reckon they are Start spinning same direction, wallplane, left arm straight - the basic starting move is a simple 2-beat hyperloop where you go from rear->f..."
"...where it looks like the poi are chasing eachother in a circle? Is it just the butterfly but alternate? On COL 2 Dustin Rainey does it first off......looks wicked would love ya fore..."
"I enjoy this lying on the ground move....very good for the abdominal muscles.1.front butterfly standing up2. work the butterfly into overhead butterfly (looks like a helicopter rotar on..."
"Well, yesterday befor I went to sleep, I was practising in my mind and found this. Tommorow I try to make it and it works . I think its very close to hyperloop when untangle a specilall..."
"well last sunday i was on the waterfront in plymouth with my mates watching them do poi... didnt even know what they were called lol but one of my mates let me have a go.. since then i ..."
"step 1- clockwise circle.. catch the poi with the left poi on top of the right hand and the right poi under (palm) of the left hand... step 2- throw it into a horizontal orbital by thro..."
"In the interest of furthering diplomacy, I thought it'd be fun to look at some of the moves our Poi brothers and sisters have been inovating and seeing how, or even IF they could be inc..."
"I was thinking the other day about how I never do any moves in the floor or ceiling planes. I can't remember the last time I did a corkscrew, let alone anything more complicated. And th..."
"I might be blind..cause I have searched HOP but havent found any explanation on how to do a 6 beat corkscrew/windmill...but my guesss that you have to use the same method as a 7 beat we..."
"Bump this back to the top every once and awhile. Maybe people will stop asking about it.------------------&lbr;&rbr;Dhuong-Vu Truong==== &lbr;&rbr;Dhunky ===="
"well a few people were experimenting with this idea at the falmouth meet a few weeks ago and i also finally found a way to do them when i was there, but its alot different from their wa..."
" Is it humanly possible in poi to impress your friends after three weeks of practising from scratch? I want some simple yet effective move ideas that I can learn fairly quickly. Thankyo..."
"Hello,Im pretty new, and i have looked threw the other fourms trying to find info on how to do flowers with poi. i found a few that have pretty good descriptions, but im such a visual p..."
"need some ideeas to expand my routine. i do the "2 poi in one hand" with bouth hands. i can do this behind the back (or should i say over the shoulder..), i can lay down while doing thi..."
"my friends and i call this the vortex, is there another name for it?http://www.localslackers.com/vortex2.wmv"
"How do you do these? There is a video of simian doing them in Vanize's gallery. Also, what is he doing at the end of the vid?"
"I thought, because it comes up alot, that i shold put up this clip of different tangles. Multi (TWIST)*edited* tangles mostly and "how to" get into them... the physics and names ill le..."
"My flowers need enough work without me dreaming further, but hey... how about using a 'snake' motion (rotations of the elbow) to massively increase their depth...? potentialy you have a..."
"so, for many moons now (well, a bit of a moon...) ive been trying to get my head round tracer wraps. iver read about them, found a few discussions about them, and the more i read the mo..."
"I have figured out how to do a thread the needle orbit and weave its fun "
"One of my favorite swinging club moves is the 'snake' family. (did that sound rude? )This move group achieves isolations with the club by using the elbow as a rotation point.Snakes ..."
"feel free to re-direct this post to a previous one, but I couldn't find what I was looking for in a search So, was playing with various butterfly hyperloops - in my understanding there ..."
"i'm wondering about the "free lessons" on HOP. they are really good, but now there is a problem. i've learnt all the moves (and some others) so i came to ask myself: have they ever been..."
"Hi this is coming up a lot but whats the definitive opinion on what is more important. Are people who learn to spin every move under the sun, but who don't really move much wasting thei..."
"I just got a canon ZR50 MC Digital Camcorder and i need help figuring out how to get the video off of the tape and onto the computer in an mpg file FormatIf you can help hit me up on AI..."
"having thrashed out various aspects of poi moves and decided that its important to move your feet and dance or move around while doing them, i think its time for people to put down how ..."
"There are threads about the mathematics of weaves and so on - but try to figure out what is behind this basic little move which forms (next to the circle) the fundamentals of Poi. Its n..."
"psi, you suck.good day gentle people of HoP. I would like to share with you the reason for my current frustration with psi. Namely, the challenge of doom... no, sorry: dooooooooooooooO..."
"Been playing around with this for a little while now but still not sure if it is actually possible. I will be greatful if anyone could give me some guidance on this to see where im goin..."
"I've been playing a bunch with inside moves such as buzzsaws and it's starting to come together... slowly... BUT I'm finding it much more limiting to do wraps while doing 'inside' moves..."
"(I tried searching, but couldn't find anything.)So... I got the 5 beat weave _forwards_, but how do I do it backwards? something just goes wrong when I try to take it a step further fro..."
"Who here can do btl butterfly?I was thinkign iw as wierd cos i could do it...never seen it before until tonight...in a pic..."
"I was just wondering if their is anyone in the reading or surronding areas who would like to meet up and give me a hand (cheeky to ask I know)I have today been shopping in camden and go..."
"yo,I have been getting severly into wrap combos recently, and I thought id share what ive learnt. The aim here is for wrap combinations where the poi swing no more than 360 before recoi..."
"Greetings all,I have only been spinning for about 5 days now, but I am interested to know peoples favourite spinning songs around here.I like Dennis Coffee's 'Scorpio' for general pract..."
"Hello, ive done a search and it came up with nothing. Ive been told that theres this move that is absolutely awesome and looks absolutely amazing and is terribly difficult to do. The pe..."
"Was looking through the move lessons on HOP and I"m missing something...What's the difference between the Corkscrew and the Horizontal Mexican Weave ?They look the same to me..."
"Recently found these and was merely wondering if anyone has any experience with them. Could use some suggestions cuz Im really only able to do it in a weave (and sloppily cuz I think I..."
"Hello,Just thought I'd share a tip that I found improved my footwork/movement a hell of a lot, and see if anybody else has 'musical movement' tips to share? Very simple. Will work at a..."
"Well, it's possible. I'm a badass at it.But y'know, I have the videos, all sitting here purty like, butI need more 'hop' points. Anywho!Twirling with 4 poi is possible, the only problem..."
"Hi! I'm new here Glad to meet you guys (and girls). Hopefully I can learn from you and get better at spinning poi. I saw some friends do it and I wanted to learn to so I bought the v..."
"Hello,I find that when I'm dancing or practicing it is a good idea to have musical timing in mind.Some things I really find useful to have 'up my sleeve' are moves or combos with guaran..."
"I did a search on cartwheels and saw that some people have already talked about doing cartwheels with poi and such but what other gymnastic-type moves can you do with poi? Or what would..."
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