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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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That is very true! XD I racked myself so many times as a beginner that I actually stuffed my pants with a few pairs of socks to protect my balls. I bet I looked hilarious! Hehe. It very rarely happens now though, fortunately.

Question everything.

Awesome, droid. Now learn it with the other hand doing the triquetra and you can transition between them. If you learned it starting out in a forwards butterfly, learn it reverse too!

Question everything.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

At risk of sounding really cruel, which one?

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

The dawn has come
And the wine will run
And the song must be sung
And the flowers are melting
In the sun

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

I've had a huge poi breakthrough in the last few days! I was suffering from pretty bad insomnia two nights ago, so I decided to pick up my poi and meditate with them. I had the music off for about an hour while I spun. I did some deep breathing and got myself completely relaxed. I made sure my mind was completely clear and focused on the poi and movement of my body. I spun very slowly and ended up figuring out a lot of moves and perfecting many of the ones I didn't have fully down yet. I ended up spinning for about three hours (the last two with music).

Now I can do forwards and reverse extension vs. isolation hybrids (hand vs. poi and hand vs. hand) effortlessly and switch between them while every now and again throwing in isolated buzzsaws. I also learned the hybrid weave, though it does need some work. I feel like my isolations are almost perfect now and my planes are a lot straighter.

I learned the crosser with one arm behind the back in one try (same direction and opposite direction).

I can turn with butterfly flowers fairly well now and I finally have the hybrid extension vs. anti spin wheel plane flower down. I can also turn with anti spin wheel plane flowers, but it definitely needs work.

Butterfly anti spin flowers in wall plane is another thing I finally got down and in just a few tries too.

This is excellent for just one session, I think. ^_^ Turning and good footwork has started to become really easy for me thanks to that night. I think a moving meditation with poi and spinning very slowly is key to learning moves extremely fast. Try it! I think I'm going to start doing it once or twice a week from now on.

Just today, with a thirty minute session, I can do the meltdown! I think I'll be having another one of these sessions with Zan's Diamond later today.

Question everything.

I forgot to mention this, but I can also turn with isolated buzzsaws and I've almost perfected an isolated buzzsaw fountain. I'm extremely happy with my poi spinning right now.

Question everything.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Those are fun.

Damn, we really need to meet. Tell me if you are going to the next Fire in the Park, and I will make the effort to get there.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Ooo.... I am keen to try those.

I have flowlights.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Hybrid wall plane flowers, anti-spin opposite direction flowers (in wall and wheel plane), turning with anti spin flowers, and a body tracing fountain.

Also, I am on Dave Statik's 3D tutorial 5 right now. My 3D is getting pretty decent. ^^

Question everything.

Question everything.

The dawn has come
And the wine will run
And the song must be sung
And the flowers are melting
In the sun

You Lost The Game.

Not invented, no. Pretty fun though.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Yeah, went spinning with a group of friends over the past 5 days, and realised they were pretty common, up until then, id never seen them tho..

Also, I FINALLY GOT TO LIGHT UP MY WOLF'S REVENGE POI!!

You Lost The Game.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland