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Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > The Official HOP "I just learned a new move" thread
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BRONZE Member since Jan 2001
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Sporadically Prodigal
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Total posts: 2758
BRONZE Member since Jan 2001
Sporadically Prodigal
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Total posts: 2758
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
::flash enthusiastically pats your back::
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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Posted:wow I thought I learned the 4 beat weave.. but now, 1 week later I realize it was 5 :P
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Posted:Yay!
5b BTB weave on one side... backwards anyway...
Still need to get fwd BTB weave going.
5b BTB weave on one side... backwards anyway...
Still need to get fwd BTB weave going.
There appears a flight of dragons without heads. Good fortune.
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SILVER Member since Jan 2004
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Total posts: 4172
SILVER Member since Jan 2004
Carpal \'Tunnel
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Total posts: 4172
Posted:a little update in the world of aime poi since PLAY and Loves the Circus visit to Hastings..
4 and 5 bt. Why did it take me so long to get these?
Hyperloops, forwards on both sides, yum yum
B'floops. Also a b'floop stall unwrapping hand thing which i discovered yesterday..
Lots of under the leg pretty-ness
waist wrap but not a waist wrap, apparently.
anti-spin things
isolations
4 and 5 bt. Why did it take me so long to get these?
Hyperloops, forwards on both sides, yum yum
B'floops. Also a b'floop stall unwrapping hand thing which i discovered yesterday..
Lots of under the leg pretty-ness
waist wrap but not a waist wrap, apparently.
anti-spin things
isolations
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Trippie Hippie
BRONZE Member since May 2002
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old hand
Location: Bewildered state of nothingnes...
Total posts: 733
BRONZE Member since May 2002
old hand
Location: Bewildered state of nothingnes...
Total posts: 733
Posted:Basic anti-spin flowers
BTB Isolations
Taking it easy
Trippie
BTB Isolations
Taking it easy
Trippie
Trippie Hippie- Monty Dons secret love child
Fly like a mouse, run like a pillow, be the small book case.
"Last night i met some pixies and we danced around a stone".
Because dressing up is fun.
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Stalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Total posts: 1019
Stalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Total posts: 1019
Posted:I can do an isolated buzzsaw for a few seconds...
I'm learning anti-spin atm.
I'm learning anti-spin atm.
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Posted:I've just learnt how to do the behind the back weave and I can link it with the normal reverse weave (so transit from front to back).
Anyone got other transition ideas (for getting into and out the BTB weave)?
Anyone got other transition ideas (for getting into and out the BTB weave)?
"Self-confidence forms the bridge between capabilities and action"
(Hollenbeck, 1991)
"What do you think about that Gary?"
"Meeow..."
Posted:I just learnt one of the btb butterfly weaves, you could wrap from that to a btb weave and back
to transition into the btb weave try turning into it.
to transition into the btb weave try turning into it.
The world is not out to get you but if you fight it you will be eaten alive
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Posted:i've only been doing it for 3 days now so these moves will seem kinda weak in comparison...
3bt weave
butterfly
split butterfly
corkscrew
chase the sun (or whatever)
...
working on the 5bt weave
3bt weave
butterfly
split butterfly
corkscrew
chase the sun (or whatever)
...
working on the 5bt weave
One of the many Duncans...
Feel the burn... (in a good way) 
Shu
BRONZE Member since Apr 2005
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Retro Fyre Wizzard
Location: Pietermaritzburg (KZN), South ...
Total posts: 538
BRONZE Member since Apr 2005
Retro Fyre Wizzard
Location: Pietermaritzburg (KZN), South ...
Total posts: 538
Posted:i've been working on isolating stalls, have not been able to find anything else on this, altho there was a large response to the search.
I've managed to get the poi head to drop straight down, perpendicular to the ground, tracing a line from head hight to my ankles.
Start by trying to initialte a stall on a frount or rear plane from the peak of the beat.
I'm also battling away with antispin
Started doing some awsome stuff with isloated weaves and isolated butterflies, but i still need to clean it up before i get it smooth.
I've managed to get the poi head to drop straight down, perpendicular to the ground, tracing a line from head hight to my ankles.
Start by trying to initialte a stall on a frount or rear plane from the peak of the beat.
I'm also battling away with antispin
Started doing some awsome stuff with isloated weaves and isolated butterflies, but i still need to clean it up before i get it smooth.
Regards 
Shu
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You know those people your parentals warned you about?... I'M ONE OF THEM!
Yes, i do bite!!
Posted:Forward and reverse 5bt weaves 
finally. I managed to get them both on the same day which is strange.
finally. I managed to get them both on the same day which is strange.Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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SILVER Member since Dec 2004
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Are you up for it??
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Total posts: 349
SILVER Member since Dec 2004
Are you up for it??
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Total posts: 349
Posted:been practising since I've gooten home & can finally do the 5 beat! (taken me long enough) thanks kindly to danny_devil for showing me exactly how to have my wrists either end of the move
Are you up for it?
;)
Posted:Yay, i been doing poi for like 4 days and i think i got 5 beat weave under my belt. Anyone no how i can be sure i can actually do it and im not just doing a load of rubbish???
Whats the worst thing i could say?
For all the wounds that are never gonna scar me
Posted:newbie says: been doing poi for 2 months ( on and off), saw a guy doing it at reading festival by the radio 1 stage and started from there. can do the behind the back 3 beat weave now, taught it to my self in about 2 hours(after watching alot of vids). still hits me some times but would you say thats good learning for a noobie?
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Posted:newbie says: been doing poi for 2 months ( on and off), saw a guy doing it at reading festival by the radio 1 stage and started from there. can do the behind the back 3 beat weave now, taught it to my self in about 2 hours(after watching alot of vids). still hits me some times but would you say thats good learning for a noobie?
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Bird
GOLD Member since Aug 2003
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Total posts: 6086
GOLD Member since Aug 2003
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Total posts: 6086
Posted:Heh, seems like forever since I posted in this thread.
I came across an isolated throw this afternoon, completely by accident!
I love it when stuff like that happens!
I came across an isolated throw this afternoon, completely by accident!
I love it when stuff like that happens!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
Posted:i just learned 6 beat weave! took me like an hour to get it smooth. any helps on BTB butterfly?
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took me like an hour to get it smooth. any helps on BTB butterfly? ----------------------------------------
Whats the worst thing i could say?
For all the wounds that are never gonna scar me
Posted:only advise i can give for the BTB butterfly is to make sure on hand is above the other same as the normal one, i just tried it and got forward and reverse swithing from infront to behind me in about 2 minutes. the most inportant thing would be to get your hands directly behind you in hte same place within a beat. Oh and it helps alot to lean forwards, at first it stops you from hitting your leg cos your not thinking about it hitting the back you your head. or at least thats what helped me. Btw is a 6 beat weave, where each poi do 3 beats on each side, if so ive been doing it thinkning it was the 5 beat.
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coleman
SILVER Member since Aug 2002
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big and good and broken
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kin...
Total posts: 7330
SILVER Member since Aug 2002
big and good and broken
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kin...
Total posts: 7330
Posted:spun for 5 minutes before bed last night and actually did something new 
split-time same direction reels with same-time crossovers.
that one is for simian
(aye aye aye, aye aye aye, huggin up the big monkey man)
cole. x
split-time same direction reels with same-time crossovers.
that one is for simian
(aye aye aye, aye aye aye, huggin up the big monkey man)
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Posted:just learnt 3bt reverse weave, so can turn and swop between 5bt normal and 3bt reverse. also got buzzsaw (after many bruises and beatings in the face 
) and i can also now change between weave and windmill quite smooth
) and i can also now change between weave and windmill quite smooth One of the many Duncans...
Feel the burn... (in a good way)
Posted:Let me see now. Today I started getting my first 2beat weave/ wrap inwards around both arms. And Im getting good at 3 and 5 beat weaves with wraps on both sides and wraps out when moving to opposite side.
I've been playing alot with wraps lately, gotta learn more exact how airwraps work. I got the basic movement of the first one down, but have problems completing it...
Back to figuring out stuff then, a few hits in the head usually do the trick.
I've been playing alot with wraps lately, gotta learn more exact how airwraps work. I got the basic movement of the first one down, but have problems completing it...
Back to figuring out stuff then, a few hits in the head usually do the trick.
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Posted:feel like I have stummbled on alien life forms talking a language I aspire to but only understand 2 words out of every three !! mmmmm
any way.... I learned how to change direction today and do the back butterfly interspersed with the front and I'm obsessed and now our kitchen has no lampshade - you're the only people who will understand! yippeeeee I love to twirl. I really want to do the 5 beat weave - what does isolations mean?
any way.... I learned how to change direction today and do the back butterfly interspersed with the front and I'm obsessed and now our kitchen has no lampshade - you're the only people who will understand! yippeeeee I love to twirl. I really want to do the 5 beat weave - what does isolations mean?
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Posted:ebf: Before the "do a search!" brigade jump on you, I'll say this. Isolations are spins where the centre of the spi isn't at your hand, it's on the poi string. For descriptions of how to do them, Ihave a look at the useful thread link at the top of this board.
For me, I've been spinning lots of isolated take outs, airwraps (which I want to work on and improve), stalls and arm wraps, the dreaded and evil 7 beat weave and finaly cracked reels!
For me, I've been spinning lots of isolated take outs, airwraps (which I want to work on and improve), stalls and arm wraps, the dreaded and evil 7 beat weave and finaly cracked reels!
Spin, bounce, be one with the world, because it is yours to enjoy...
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Posted:I just learned a forward atom weave thanks to ATOMCRAFT (2900 o'matic !)
!)Though I could use many large words to describe our predicament, all I can say is... "We're screwed."
DeletePosted:I can do a butterfly buzzsaw... (a buzzsaw where the poi move in opposite directions)
hakuna matata- rafiki (the lion king baboon)
DeletePosted:i got this move down...spin the poi backwards,open your palms to wrap em.start doing a 5 beat weave,when u r spinning let the lead poi wrap around your arm andflick them both back into the weave and let it wrao around ur other arm. basically arm wraps with a 5 bt weave. dont know if this is good but i like it.
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Winged Avenger
SILVER Member since May 2005
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The official Emma Peel wannabe
Location: Colchester, England (UK)
Total posts: 226
SILVER Member since May 2005
The official Emma Peel wannabe
Location: Colchester, England (UK)
Total posts: 226
Posted:Congratulations on first fire spin! 
I'm sorry I missed that! Its a daft question, but did you enjoy it?
its a bit
but I'll be moving upto Colchester on Friday so I hope to meet up with you soon!
I'm sorry I missed that! Its a daft question, but did you enjoy it?its a bit
but I'll be moving upto Colchester on Friday so I hope to meet up with you soon!"Always keep your bowler on in times of stress and watch out for diabolical masterminds" - Emma Peel
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Posted:hugs! yay
Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
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