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Posted: by migr
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"right well basically i decided to get into buzzsaws but i really dont know much about them so it would be really helpful if someone could give me some ideas with dicriptions (simple on..."
"Hello. I am just getting into poi now and I was wondering if there are any trick websites that have good examples in them. I can do most basic stuff but I still dont understand a lot of..."
"ok, so i was practicing my anti-apin flowers with airwraps, and realised it made tangles happen much quicker, within 1/2 a beat instead of 1. so now maybe we can repeat tangle with only..."
"I was messing around with a long string today in my house and noticed as i was doing a normal side circle that i was pulling it down to avoid the ceiling and then pulling it back up to ..."
"I spun fire for the first time last night with some homemade equipment. T o be completely honest I loved it. My friend was having a few people over for his birthday and i just figured ..."
"okokok, so theres another post on this, but i want to leave that stramash behind me....be clear here that im talking about multipul beats outside. where the poi are twisting up.got them..."
"Do a 2bt weave in the wall plane, where instead of the poi going behind you, they go between your body and your arms, kind of like doing a windmill. Sure it's been mentioned but i can't..."
"i’ve been playing with a few tangly stalls recently… Basically trying all the airwrappy stuff I do at the moment, then seeing where i can stall and reverse the spin of one or both p..."
"just a bit of fun for long poi.....twist up your twistie, catch the strings less than halfway along the remaining length, let the poi come round to twist again, either take to the other..."
"hey there.im like totally new to the art of poi. i seriously like it and am trying heaps of stuff. though i have hit a rough patch. i was looking at the online moves list and i came acr..."
"yo.starting this tread to find ideas for warmup exercises.we should all know the importance of warming up, and that you should get your muscles activly warmed and streached before doing..."
"has anyone tried spinning a fire staff in one hand and a fire poi in the other. Pixie bouryee can just about twirl them together. it's good. very good. "
"At risk of sounding like a total fool AGAIN, or some kind of arrogant prick, i would like toGenuinely discuss BTH (behind the head) and BTB (behind the back) BTL (between the legs) and ..."
"yo,basically its a plane change carry,, remeber how poipoipoi was saying you can make 90 degree plane shifts by quickly moving your hand at the right time? e.g. to go from forwradrs sid..."
"This thread is nothing like it was ment to be, it was ment to be about support, and the fact that all of us get scared @ some time, about the beauty of the fire and the buzz it gives us..."
"while trampolining today at school i was struck by a thought. how about using poi with a trampoline? It could make some pretty wicked leg wraps doing a straddle jump, as well as using s..."
"My poi turned nasty last summer and as yet we haven't really made friends again are there any recommendations for books/videos/meet up in the West Midlands area where I can finally make..."
"Cant figure this one out. Regular butterfly waist wrap is no problem but having no luck getting it split time. Any advice? "
"Nothing new, but a nice way of spinning and a good way to practice isolations The basic of extensions is to spin a larger circle. This is normally what happens when somebody is trying t..."
"i managed to learn the corkscrew, chasing the sun and 4 beat weave, all in 10 mins!! i STILL CANT learn the 3 beat weave >.<, goddess! Any tips on starting a routine? "
"Kay um I'll explain this as simply as possible. I you don't understand just shout and i'll write a much more detailed explaination.Wall Plane WeaveWait till the weave is behind you on t..."
"So Ive been thinking about some names of poi moves and came to some conclusions.First off, there is the discrepency between hyperloops and air wraps. I propse that all moves currently ..."
"is it possible to do a normal forewrd weave going to a backward weave (waist wrap?) behind your back in the same way that you can in front of your body?i mean with the little 1/2 circle..."
"does anybody have a clearer animation of the 5bt weave than is on the HOP site?i'm having trouble figuring out exactly when i stop wrapping and start crossing, and then how to unwrap.wh..."
"can anyone explain how you do the move where you add 1/2 a buzzsaw (with one hand) in the middle of a weave (i.e. weave at each side with 1/2 bs in the muddle) i saw someone do it ()an..."
"OK... i've done the searches and now I'm officially confused.Is a waist wrap simply a transition from forward to reverse weave in the wall plane??I had always thought it was that Cassan..."
"Impossible ? Everything is possible !And if you think isolations are difficult !?! - Keeping these constant is a real hassle.Spin a one-handed Butterfly quite slow and move your hand up..."
"Brought to you by UCOF & Myself...Firstly...The Accidental Plaitwrap.A stunning move conceived totally by accident by Ucof. This means that this move can only be practiced and execu..."
"Warning, this is a rant:This suck's because i am a visual learner and also because half the stuff you all talk about i can't make head's or tail's out of. I under stand the abbreviation..."
"Ok I'm a bit slack and for some reason (I think I tried to think about it too much) it took me ages to learn to do butterflies. Just got the hang of one handed forward butterfly in my ..."
"I'm just wondering (and not out of competitivness - I can't do 'em all yet ) whether you can do any / all of the following moves.1) BTB TTN (all directions)2) BTH TTN (all directions)3..."
"i had a lil search before posting this so sorry if there is already a thread on this somewhere out there; ok this is a bit lame but erm... i just cant get thread the needle at all. eve..."
"ok, how on earth do i go from spinning at my sides (fowards or reverse) to a weave, and vice versa. only been doing this for 3 days or so, and i can weave quite well (3 beat anyway), bu..."
" ... buzzsaw weave ... Could I get a lil help with the basic move and maybe some variations I should try? "
"Please no one yell at me for starting a new thread - I did a search I swear!I've recently begun teaching poi to friends who show interest, and it's been fun to remember all the simple t..."
"hehe, its probably been done, but I just recently figured it out. :-D "
"um im new to these forums, and i was wondering if anyone can do crossers, if people dont know what they are i would be glad to ex plain "
"ok, i searched for this but couldn't find anything, so...does anyone know any 2 person tricks? i've been working on a show with my flatmate and we've been working out some tricks for tw..."
"After reading this post sober and discovering it wasnt really appropriate, I changed it to a list of your favorite spinners. My favs:Dantana - A pioneer of your field. Highly influent..."
"ive been trying to learn forward behind the back weave for ages now..Ive tried every technique to try and get my hands to move the way i want, but not being able to see what im doing po..."
"k umm the concept doesnt really make sense yet i jsut leanred how to do it ,but its dooable. but in that case... how coem no one's ever spokne about it nor ahvewa done it in vids?? "
"wasup people?I havnt been on in a wile so i dont no if some one has done this or not but i dont think so. What ya do is get ur poi spining oposet directions, i do leg wraps to get to th..."
"Okay, I'm finally getting to the point that I can flow freely between all the moves I know. Turns and whatnot are no longer a challenge and I am getting to the point that I don't have t..."
"now, i dont know if there's some fancy name for this but recently i've been playing around with the idea of deliberately letting my poi go.Basically reverse spin with comet/tail poi and..."
"Right people before you read any further this is not a 'what music do you/should i/is your favourite to spin to thread?' I would like to know HOW you spin to music.Allow me to elaborate..."
"i can get the btb butterfly weave perfect but whenever i try to turn it, i messup...i was wondering if i have to do it 3 beat or somthing to keep it going.....because i can 360 my regul..."
"Originally I was going to call this thread "Pointless Moves" but this isn't accurate as I guess learning any move improves your dexterity and opens up new possibilities.But...This is ju..."
"Anyone else been out spinning in the snow?It's great, you can do bounces and get huge hissing noises. The flame goes mad too when you've got it a bit damped with snow.Get out there and ..."
"whenever i go to a new website that involves poi, moves are called somthing totally different than what im used to, like thread the needle, and mexican wave, chase, fountain, isolation..."
"Yep, this is one for the nerds, but if you think this is a really unimportant one - you are wrong (At least for the One Handed Spinners)4 Beat TTN is possible as well but not reallz fl..."
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