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Posted: 7th Dec 2001
oh boy NYC, you really want use to write these moves out again. oi. well i can name off a bunch of moves and if you have any questions of how to do them email me @ grlfrommars14@hotmail.com.~hug of death~back to back weave (crossover,or weave)~reverse weave facing each other (close enough to let them interweave each other)~double butterfly~and all the wrap moves you may aready now.anyone else , feel free to add on to this list. later, bye ------------------the music feeds my soul that glows and grows with every spin i take.

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Posted: 7th Dec 2001
imagination sets in, hmmm...doing the weave where your in time facing each other.(in time meaning when you are on your right side they are on their right side, then left and left and so on) you can do a two person double leg wrap, or one of your arms and their leg.basically like doing a double arm or leg wrap except you both stick out your right leg and wrap on the opposite person.stand back to back doing forward side circles, whoever chooses to be on bottom and "lead" will stick up their thumb and the other person will grab it with their pinky and in then you will be doing a butterfly on both sides with each others poi, from there you can do a number of things. wrap a set of legs at the same time then wrap the other set of legs. bring one butterfly up and over the head to wrap onthe opposite arm once or twice. bring out 2 necks. split the butterfly apart both turn and wrap into your own buttefly or go back together into a reverse butterfly.just visualize it and you can come up with some amazing stuff. but believe me it takes some practice. is that what you are looking for NYC...

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Posted: 8th Dec 2001
Yeah poz... cool. So pretty much I'm gonna die. Got it. I guess the good news is I get to take someone with me...

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Posted: 8th Dec 2001
I have seen back-to-back alternating butterfly combo (hi-lo wave). Pretty amazing.

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Posted: 7th Dec 2001
:breaks down into tears at all these poi terms that can't understand:ok ok you guys go ahead and list them, maybe someone else will help explain them to this poor old staffer before he falls to pieces... ------------------Charles (INFERNO)newdolbel@hotmail.comhttps://juggling.co.nz

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Posted: 8th Dec 2001
My best friend and I were messing around with poi for 2 last night..here's what we came up with..some of these the circles of each other's poi arent necessarily inside each other, but from an audiences perspective, the circles are "together"Both facing each other, one person does a foward swing, the other does a horizointal spin so that both of the horizontali are within the vertical poi's circles.Intertwining weaves - you both do weaves facing each other...try to get your wicks as close to each others hands as you can without hitting them.Of course in the infamous double-TTN, where with one set of poi you stand facing each other. One person does air-poi and the other does TTN(both doing TTN). The person not holding anything is to grab from the SAME SIDE. ie..with their left hand they are grabbing the other person's right poi. With a little practice you can quickly pass them back and forth this way.One person facing the audience squatting down doing a buzzsaw, the other standing behind doing a cross between a chasing the sun and a butterfly. (Basically a butterfly with your hands far apart)We tried to get grabbing a butterfly and ALMOST got it..but not quite. It appears like it can be done..you just have to be quick about it. Would be interested to see a one-handed butterfly handoff to only one-hand. that's all I can think of for now..more to come..Once we get a few posted here, I'll put it in nice list format again and repost------------------ [PLUR]-=Crazy Raver Dude=-

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Posted: 8th Dec 2001
Let's try to post some doubles wraps too while we are thinking about it. I would love to get into doing doubles stuff more. Cmon Poz! Let's hear some creative doubles wraps :P------------------ [PLUR]-=Crazy Raver Dude=-

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Posted: 8th Dec 2001
As the student of wraps I must say that doubles wraps are ten times more numerous than singles ones... Any wrap you can do on yourself, someone next to you can do can wrap as well... from ten different angles. The ones my buds have been working on is the butterfly to rev butterfly wrist wraps. You know, the one where you go butterfly, right wrist wrap w/ left poi, left wrist wrap with right poi and are now going revbutterfly... then repeat to go forward. If you're standing next to someone doing it you can hit THEIR arm while they're doing it to flip back... it's a really nice sequence. I can't do it (yet) but a few of my boys can and it looks right nice... It's also easy to do ankle wraps off other people's ankle. Leg wraps are harder because you really need to lean into them and break your form... It obviously depends on your style as well. "Raver" style wraps look cool hitting quick wraps off themselves and others around them. Slower "fire" style momentum wraps don't have the quick, on every beat, style to hit crazy wraps off others... IMHO.

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Posted: 8th Dec 2001
Gee, Charles, you could go look at the "poi lessons" page for a quick primer on what those names mean.

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Posted: 10th Dec 2001
CRD, I don't quite understand your description of double TTN ?????? what do you mean by "one person does air poi and the other does TTN" ????what is "air poi" ?NYC, need a "guinea pig" to pracice with ? I volunteer question about the hug of death and a few other moves : how disturbing is it in your opinion when the size difference is too big. ? I once did a few moves with A guy twice my size (well..; I might be exagerating a little , but he was definitely 40 centimeters taller than me)and we did have a few problemsshine onCassandra[This message has been edited by cassandra (edited 11 December 2001).]

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Posted: 10th Dec 2001
Cassi... Guinea pigs, ground hogs, what is it with me and roadent/boars? And post your kinky tales on another website, nobody here want to hear about your exotic escapades... Also, your daily American=>French transations:"Air guitar"- When someone pretends to play the guitar while listening to music but doesn't actually have a guitar. Popular among 70's rockers."Air Poi"-derived from Air guitar...

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Posted: 10th Dec 2001
LOL ! you know the giant meant nothing to me, my little groundhog thanks for the explanation about air-things... shine onCassandra

"I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
"So I was raised in Europe, where History comes from ..."
"NON !!! La Plume de mon oncle n est pas Bingibangibungi !!!"

Posted: 10th Dec 2001
cassi, for doing the hug of death with a tall guy is not to hard, your arms will be around his waist and his over your shoulders. to get it to that , he does a btf above his head and you do a forward spin, walk towards eachother, you close yours into a btf around his back and he lowers his down around your head. try it that way.------------------the music feeds my soul that glows and grows with every spin i take.

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Posted: 11th Dec 2001
NYC was correct. Basically the two people stand facing each other, only one person has a set of poi. The person without poi mimics the hand movements of the person with poi doing Thread the Needle. Then at the appropriate time, the person with no poi grabs them from the person who had them. Once you become comfortable with it, you can hand it back and forth with no beats in the middle. :PPLURRCRD

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Posted: 11th Dec 2001
CRD : I don't understand : what does the guy who does air poi actually DO with his won poi. or is it something you can only do with one pair... like a "guest star" hmmm... actually not a bad idea to give the other time to refill with kero or something. But it still looks weird, I need to practice that with someone to actually see how it works.GFM : yes, I think the hug of death is quite doable actually, but what about otehr moves. We tried alternate butterfly and it was not that easy cause hima nd I had different momentum due to size of the arms / poi as well, know what I mean ?shine onCassandra

"I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
"So I was raised in Europe, where History comes from ..."
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Posted: 13th Dec 2001
cassandra,Yes, that's correct it is to only be done with one set of poi. The other usually stays on the ground. Once I get good at this, I must attempt it with two sets to see if it can be done. I know you can grab a butterfly out of someone's hands if you are quick enough.------------------ [PLUR]-=Crazy Raver Dude=-

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Posted: 14th Dec 2001
ooohh, this is not a doubles move, more of a 10 to 15 people move. in military drill it is called a ripple or something.if everyone was in a line, or a circle, doing say a butterfly and they are all facing one way, the first persone would do a butterfly wrap on the second persons leg that is outstretched behind them, then with a continuous beat that looks like a ripple, it would go down the line or the circle. i am sure you could do it with any wrap or even a few wraps. it looks awesome with rifles, i can imagine that it would look even better with fire. i will try and post some doubles moves when i get a chance to get back on line. c-yall in a week or two. happy holidays...

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Posted: 15th Dec 2001
hey NYC, you really want something that will kill you? well here is one that i had thought of a long time ago.doing a horozontal butterfly (both of you) one person will wrap the others neck while the other wraps the body. basically one person will be doing butterfly horozontal neck wrap to other persons neck wrap to neck wrap... and the other will be doing body wrap to othere body wrap and so on...

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Posted: 14th Dec 2001
Hrmmm... brainstorming on the best way to get me killed. Should I be offended? I guess if ya' gotta go it might as well be by fire poi.

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Posted: 15th Dec 2001
Howdy ho NYC, look who's back on the board, this time all professional and registered.So what's all this talk about me and Alex looking awkward ? I thought the blows to eachothers heads were quite fluid and rather sexy, I kinda got off on it Anyways, you left last practice too early to catch our newest thing... Jen and I do a quick skit where we carress Alex with buzzsaws on either side, only to kick him out and do a little carressing of our own, its really quite comical... will show you sunday.seeya's latagabiand fire friends, hoping to hear more doubles moves from you....

Posted: 16th Dec 2001
Naa, you two actually started looking good after a while. What Chuck and I were working on was awkward as all heck though... doubles wraps. It's just tough to get stuff that flows naturally from your style into doubles style...And yes, I do need much more of you and Jen caressing eachother in my life. Not sure if I'll see you Sunday as I gots to get ready for my Parisian Vacation.

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Posted: 15th Dec 2001
oops.. i didn't realize you and Sir Chuck were working on doubles... I have this problem where I tend to assume everything's about me.. If I don't see you Sunday, have a fantastic and circus-like vacationpeace

Posted: 15th Dec 2001
Yes pretty girl, it's not ALWAYS ALL about you. Chuck and I were working on doubles wraps and it mostly consisted of me winceing and sticking out random body parts...And speaking of caresses from pretty girls... I'm not forgetting that you and Jen BOTH owe me a back rub punk...

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Posted: 16th Dec 2001
hey all,wassup? wicked ideas )was thinking about this next 1 :2 ppl twirling ,facing eachother,1 guy has his poi spinning on his left and right ,and the other guy is doin behind the back butterfly (it could be also TTN Behind the back ),the guy with his poi on his 2 sides throws them in the air for 2 spins ,while the poi is in the air ,he brings his hands to the front and makes abridge ,the second guy with the butterfly ,flips backwards using the bridge of the first guy .after the second guy lands ,the first guy recatches the poi .first i wanna say ,that i know i'm lousy with describing,hope you understood .and ..well..you can also play "throw and catch " with 2 ppl ,2 ppl facing each other ,each 1 with 1 set of poi ,and they throw poi to eachother .c'est tout for now ,keep it up .