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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



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dont make peoples heads turn, give them whiplash.

Ninjas NEVER give up!

Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no

"Moo," said the happy cow.

Productive day...

+butterfly isos (or some variation thereof),

+someweave thing with wraps that makes it like a million beats on one side *doesn't really know what she did, but it looks cool, and feels accomplished* (I just went and counted it, and going through one whole... left to right right to left, on poi circles 10, and both do that... wiggy),

+the concept of buzzsaw isos (only getting them 50% of the time ._.),

+btb bicep wrap,

+bf to btb bf (dunno why I never tried it before).

Some more, but I forget what it was....

~ Bobo

wie weit, wie weit noch?
fragst mich, wo wir gewesen sind...
du fehlst hier

all manner of mindgames, i tried writing them down so i could post them but the variations seem to be virtually limitless,

a vid coming soon i hope

Ninjas NEVER give up!

Well.. I was about to go to sleep but then I watched a couple of Sage's video clips... The two tricks/variations that will now keep me awake until I master them were in the second vid clip.. And forgive my lack of knowledge when it comes to the world of poi terminology but what I found interesting was when she spun the poi under her legs and then brought it back to its position in the simple weave it was just in... The second bit I found visually stimulating was when she was once again doing the weave and then ... nope.. I do not think I will be able to describe it. .. hmm.. She, I guess, was doing a regular weave and then spun the poi under/through her arms lol.. I managed to do it but what is it called?.. And I just learned the under the legs weave (??) she was also doing. That is realy fun to do!

hello?

double staff!!!

no idea what moves i was doing though. it was the first time i picked them up so i just started doing some poi moves and hey, it worked.

guess who's getting doubles for xmas

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Love is the law.

(ado-p is mad jealous )



i looked for "i just learned a new move" in the staff forum but didn't see one......

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

And she looked sooo graceful!!

"I see," said the blind man.

BFSnake turn(double) ,
Isolated wrist contact buzzsaw(double),

recomend 4 of 5 spinners

Enjoy:)

POI THEO(R)IST

5beat ttn...forward and reverse, in one day none the less. all the thanks in the world go out to dantana...everytime i meet this guy i learn like 5 new moves just by watching him and then he goes and explains things and gives me ideas for like 10 more! oh yea and damn him for his iso bf nexus thing...that just pisses me off.

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Fear the Kirby

Horazontal Plane Flowers? Err...spin around with your arms out keeping the poi spinning vertilcly at right angles to a fixed plane.

and....
And almost got Giant Windmill one way. Getting smother every day

"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx

dont make peoples heads turn, give them whiplash.

dont make peoples heads turn, give them whiplash.

hello?

more doubles stuff

i don't have a clue about staff terminology. must start reading more in the staff section.....

right, what i can do so far is sort of like (with poi) a split butterfly variation - low wave, mexican wave type of thing in the front and back wall plane. can also do it with an extra rotation at the front with some sort of snakey type thing thrown in.

could only do this on sunday from the forwards figure of eight move. now i can also do it in reverse. AND get the extra snakey bit in, but this time the extra spin is behind my back. i can do this one same time and split time. same time's a bit iffy though coz my practise staffs are a bit long i think.

then there was also this other cool thing where it's like you're spinning a reverse 2bt (poi) in parallel side planes, eh.... lets say two reverse figures of eight, in split time, arms stretched out in front, so that one staff is on the outside and one is inverted, and then the other one is on the outside and the other one is inverted... and so on and so forth...... no idea what this looks like but it feels like it has the potential to look/feel nice with a bit of practise

none of that makes any sense to anyone but me so i'll shut up now until i can speak the lingo.....

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

two bt barrel roll crossed arm thing, that Nx taught oli and he taught me. It's kinda pointless but still kool.

Some one poi contact, had lots of fun with this making some cool patterns and stuff. Handcuff wraps, leg/shoulder/arm/neck passes and all sorts. Now I have lots to keep me entertained when one poi flys outta my hand

Improved my vertical propellors lots & horizontal propellors are better now too. Way more consistent and flowy. Lots of single poi contact (one spinning, one contacting) mid spin like exagerated suicides, leg rolls and what not. Has been a good week/weekend.

Oli taught me some other stuff too but I forgot what it was, I just remember going "Cool, I'm gonna learn that properly" and then forgot stoner

Let's relight this forum

One of these days I'll actually get to meet you and oli and plunder, I mean learn, your moves

Anyway spent last night playing with atomic hyps more. Starting to work out how each of the 8 entries affect what you can do and how the various tangles move. Also starting to get direction changing atomic hyperloops, but they require some fancy timing I've not quite got down yet.

"Moo," said the happy cow.

-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.

Various negative space silliness, and even sillier thru-wraps where you start on one leg with the other one folded so your foot is near your arse - floor plane off of leg, wall plane off of ankle with 180 degree turns and so on. Absolutely stupid looking!

And hyperlooped comb-overs aka "the toupee".

"Moo," said the happy cow.

Written by: spiralx

One of these days I'll actually get to meet you and oli and plunder, I mean learn, your moves



And very much a big ditto there dude Those changing direction atomics sound cool as phuk, maybe one day I'll have the plane control to start doing normal ones!!

Let's relight this forum

Ah but remember the secret... hyperloops are all about breaking perfect planes - so you don't need to have them in the first place

"Moo," said the happy cow.

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Fear the Kirby

i havnt learnt anything

*walks away, picks up poi, learns something*

Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no