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Magical Sock Dancer
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Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
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Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
Reverse is the work of the devil, so much harder then forward, maybe it's just where I haven't had much time to spin over the last few days that my reverse spinning got worse. Stupid over head butterfly... I should look for some tenis balls today when I go and look for new chains for my electroglo's, having them hit you in the back of the head repatedly isn't fun.
Yeah so I spent an hour or two this morning practicing reverse spinning. I've concluded that I must spin more and with some diffrent chain things so I can do wrap again.
Reverse is the work of the devil, so much harder then forward, maybe it's just where I haven't had much time to spin over the last few days that my reverse spinning got worse. Stupid over head butterfly... I should look for some tenis balls today when I go and look for new chains for my electroglo's, having them hit you in the back of the head repatedly isn't fun.
Yeah so I spent an hour or two this morning practicing reverse spinning. I've concluded that I must spin more and with some diffrent chain things so I can do wrap again.
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
well i must say i prefer the feel of doing the weave backwards......
well i must say i prefer the feel of doing the weave backwards......
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
I like doing that 180 reverse weave turn, so much fun. But none of my moves are as clean looking in revrese, I need too practice more. Any tips for doing the root of all evil "the reverse overhead butterfly?"
I like doing that 180 reverse weave turn, so much fun. But none of my moves are as clean looking in revrese, I need too practice more. Any tips for doing the root of all evil "the reverse overhead butterfly?"
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
180 reverse weave turn ey?
as for tips on the reverse overhead butterfly i can do one but i dont have tips... erm just go for it,
o im no use,
180 reverse weave turn ey?
as for tips on the reverse overhead butterfly i can do one but i dont have tips... erm just go for it,
o im no use,
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
Yeah I love that trick, it's the only trick I can do in revrese but not forward. I belive it's in the free leasons section, you should give it a try, it's not all that hard, but you just might want to try it with a pair of socks first or risk making my mistake.
Yeah I love that trick, it's the only trick I can do in revrese but not forward. I belive it's in the free leasons section, you should give it a try, it's not all that hard, but you just might want to try it with a pair of socks first or risk making my mistake.
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Pooh-Bah
2,109 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Pooh-Bah
2,109 posts
Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Posted:
Are you talking about the normal weave turn going from reverse to forward or something else?
Are you talking about the normal weave turn going from reverse to forward or something else?
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
That weave turn that goes from reverse to forward, I'm bad at discribing things.
That weave turn that goes from reverse to forward, I'm bad at discribing things.
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Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted:
Hmmm I've always found most reverse moves much nicer! They flow better, feel nicer, are easier to do (but maybe harder to learn). Reverse weave, reverse BTB, butterflies, TTN's - all feel nicer than their forward counterparts. Forward BTB is horrendous!
To each their own I guess
Hmmm I've always found most reverse moves much nicer! They flow better, feel nicer, are easier to do (but maybe harder to learn). Reverse weave, reverse BTB, butterflies, TTN's - all feel nicer than their forward counterparts. Forward BTB is horrendous!
To each their own I guess
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
Haven't had a chance to pratice today, I will soon though. It seems I have to order the ball chains off HoP, I can't find any parts too make my own around here.
Haven't had a chance to pratice today, I will soon though. It seems I have to order the ball chains off HoP, I can't find any parts too make my own around here.
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Cinnamon Girl
191 posts
Location: Hfx, NS, Canada
Cinnamon Girl
191 posts
Location: Hfx, NS, Canada
Posted:
When I do BTB, my poi are spinning the sae direction as they would if i was just doing normal reverse weave. Does that make it reverse BTB or is it normal...
When I do BTB, my poi are spinning the sae direction as they would if i was just doing normal reverse weave. Does that make it reverse BTB or is it normal...
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
I think thats normal, doing stuff BTB should be the oppsite of the direction your spinning so when your doing forward spinning BTB stuff should be reverse. I think.
I think thats normal, doing stuff BTB should be the oppsite of the direction your spinning so when your doing forward spinning BTB stuff should be reverse. I think.
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98 posts
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Posted:
for reverse overhead BF, it helps a lot to first figure what hand is below the other while they are behind your head. (it;s usually the hand that's below the other in the front, at least for me) anyway, while putting the BF behind your head, give that hand that's below the other one a flick (to speed the poi up you see) and this helps them from geting ttangled.
oh, and lots and lots of practice
-- jon
for reverse overhead BF, it helps a lot to first figure what hand is below the other while they are behind your head. (it;s usually the hand that's below the other in the front, at least for me) anyway, while putting the BF behind your head, give that hand that's below the other one a flick (to speed the poi up you see) and this helps them from geting ttangled.
oh, and lots and lots of practice
-- jon
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Posted:
for reverse overhead BF, it helps a lot to first figure what hand is below the other while they are behind your head. (it;s usually the hand that's below the other in the front, at least for me) anyway, while putting the BF behind your head, give that hand that's below the other one a flick (to speed the poi up you see) and this helps them from geting ttangled.
oh, and lots and lots of practice
-- jon
for reverse overhead BF, it helps a lot to first figure what hand is below the other while they are behind your head. (it;s usually the hand that's below the other in the front, at least for me) anyway, while putting the BF behind your head, give that hand that's below the other one a flick (to speed the poi up you see) and this helps them from geting ttangled.
oh, and lots and lots of practice
-- jon
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Location: London, UK
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Location: London, UK
Posted:
quote:It's exactly the same as if they were in front of you. Usually people learn the reverse BTB weave first.... this is the one where the poi come back up in front of you and go back over your shoulder.
Originally posted by Deimos:
When I do BTB, my poi are spinning the sae direction as they would if i was just doing normal reverse weave. Does that make it reverse BTB or is it normal...
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Cinnamon Girl
191 posts
Location: Hfx, NS, Canada
Cinnamon Girl
191 posts
Location: Hfx, NS, Canada
Posted:
oki doki, thanks a bunch. Maybe I should just learn BTB the other way as well then it wont really matter...
oki doki, thanks a bunch. Maybe I should just learn BTB the other way as well then it wont really matter...
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
I think I just found a very smooth trasition from butterfly (mexican wave) to weave. Now if I can do it again.
I think I just found a very smooth trasition from butterfly (mexican wave) to weave. Now if I can do it again.
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Cinnamon Girl
191 posts
Location: Hfx, NS, Canada
Cinnamon Girl
191 posts
Location: Hfx, NS, Canada
Posted:
Achluophobia- there's a move called "4 point weave" described on the site, basically alternating between mexican wave to weave (weave on the sides, mexican wave in front and behind). It's actualy one of my favorite moves.
Whoops, found the actual page it's on - Voila
Achluophobia- there's a move called "4 point weave" described on the site, basically alternating between mexican wave to weave (weave on the sides, mexican wave in front and behind). It's actualy one of my favorite moves.
Whoops, found the actual page it's on - Voila
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mushroom collector
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
Posted:
its just a random hand position change, with any move in the weave family, as in following poi(make sence?)
anyway??!!!??
just keep your wrists touching at all times, they just roll over and under each other, understand.
this gives the move a slightly different look (that to none poier think is an entirely diff trick) and feels really cool if done properly.
the reason its in the thread is because i love doing the rev weave like this, i dont know if its possible doing it in btb moves but im going to try see.
its just a random hand position change, with any move in the weave family, as in following poi(make sence?)
anyway??!!!??
just keep your wrists touching at all times, they just roll over and under each other, understand.
this gives the move a slightly different look (that to none poier think is an entirely diff trick) and feels really cool if done properly.
the reason its in the thread is because i love doing the rev weave like this, i dont know if its possible doing it in btb moves but im going to try see.
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The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.
It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
No, I don't think the four point weave is what I'm talking about, I some how managed to go from a reverse mexican wave to forward split time spinning. Maybe this is something simple everyone knows and I just don't know it.
No, I don't think the four point weave is what I'm talking about, I some how managed to go from a reverse mexican wave to forward split time spinning. Maybe this is something simple everyone knows and I just don't know it.
mushroom collector
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
Posted:
all you did is come out of the mexican wave on the right side of your body, if you come out on the left you will be spinning backwards again,
im not 100% on this, but hey try it prove me right plz!!!! i wanna be cool
all you did is come out of the mexican wave on the right side of your body, if you come out on the left you will be spinning backwards again,
im not 100% on this, but hey try it prove me right plz!!!! i wanna be cool
JinX : If it doesnt kill you it makes you stronger
The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.
It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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Location: Bristol England
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Location: Bristol England
Posted:
can anybody do the reverse over the head butterfly turn?!
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can anybody do the reverse over the head butterfly turn?!
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
the tranission between mexican wave andweave also works for low wave and weave.... i cant describe exactly how to do it, but i do do it.
the tranission between mexican wave andweave also works for low wave and weave.... i cant describe exactly how to do it, but i do do it.
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
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Hyperloops suck
595 posts
Location: USA
Hyperloops suck
595 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
Unless you're doing Mexican Wave in split beat (Which is either impossible or I don't know how to do it), the weave and the wave are split beat/parallel beat, respectively. You have to either do them both in split beat, or lose a beat in your transition, which is where people normally mess up and lose clean planes. I normally go from Mexican Wave to split beat butterfly for just one beat, and pull my right hand to my left side and left hand to my right side in split beat, which goes easily in to a weave.
Sorry for the horrible descriptions
Unless you're doing Mexican Wave in split beat (Which is either impossible or I don't know how to do it), the weave and the wave are split beat/parallel beat, respectively. You have to either do them both in split beat, or lose a beat in your transition, which is where people normally mess up and lose clean planes. I normally go from Mexican Wave to split beat butterfly for just one beat, and pull my right hand to my left side and left hand to my right side in split beat, which goes easily in to a weave.
Sorry for the horrible descriptions
quote:Close, but not quite . If you come out of it to your right, your right hand will be spinning in reverse and your left hand will be spinning forwards (Try it!). If you come out of it to your left, your right hand will be spinning forwards and your left hand in reverse.
all you did is come out of the mexican wave on the right side of your body, if you come out on the left you will be spinning backwards again,
mushroom collector
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
Posted:
but you just follow on with a flick of the wrist.
sorry if the discription was horrid but hey i didnt have my poi. i know for a fact i do a fountain well.compared to other spinners of the same amount of time spinning. so either i do it differently than most or i got it the whole coming out from rev mill to fwd weave and vice a versa pinned.
sorry if this sounds agressive.
but you just follow on with a flick of the wrist.
sorry if the discription was horrid but hey i didnt have my poi. i know for a fact i do a fountain well.compared to other spinners of the same amount of time spinning. so either i do it differently than most or i got it the whole coming out from rev mill to fwd weave and vice a versa pinned.
sorry if this sounds agressive.
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The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.
It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
I've got the reverse overhead butterfly now.
Thanks everyone.
I've got some other questions now.
Firstly, what exactly is the point of thread the needle, it looks a lot like a normal butterfly
although a lot more fun to do. Aren't there suppose to be a lot of things you can do with it? Or am I wasting time learning reverse TTN? I've made up a trick learning it though. I call it a hyper loop nose stall.
I was trying to think up other things to do with mixed direction spinning and tried too do a weave
with it, almost got it too, is it even possible though?
And is there any real difference in the movements for a 3 and 5 beat weave? Don't you just do the
same hand movements only more of them?
I've got the reverse overhead butterfly now.
Thanks everyone.
I've got some other questions now.
Firstly, what exactly is the point of thread the needle, it looks a lot like a normal butterfly
although a lot more fun to do. Aren't there suppose to be a lot of things you can do with it? Or am I wasting time learning reverse TTN? I've made up a trick learning it though. I call it a hyper loop nose stall.
I was trying to think up other things to do with mixed direction spinning and tried too do a weave
with it, almost got it too, is it even possible though?
And is there any real difference in the movements for a 3 and 5 beat weave? Don't you just do the
same hand movements only more of them?
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted:
Regarding TTN, it doesn't look or feel too spectacular to me. I prefer the feel of the backwards weave.
4 and 5 beat weaves involve sort of twisting your hands around each other. I recommend you learn the triple cork-screw (in the home of poi lessons at the bottom) before you attempt the 5 beat weave. It will develop the twisting coordination necessary to spin the poi more than the usual number of times on each side.
Hope that helps.
quote:I just got the backwards weave and windmill this weekend, after 5 straight hours of (painful)attempts. I've also combined the two to form the fountain, an extremely satisfying move to learn. In the process of doing a backward-forward weave turn, you stop mid-turn at the point when it feels like the poi are going to collide if you keep spinning them, and you bring them over your head to do the windmill. It's basically weave, windmill, weave, windmill. The result is a repeating tunnel of light.
Originally posted by Achluophobia:
Firstly, what exactly is the point of thread the needle, it looks a lot like a normal butterfly
although a lot more fun to do. Aren't there suppose to be a lot of things you can do with it? Or am I wasting time learning reverse TTN? I've made up a trick learning it though. I call it a hyper loop nose stall.
I was trying to think up other things to do with mixed direction spinning and tried too do a weave
with it, almost got it too, is it even possible though?
And is there any real difference in the movements for a 3 and 5 beat weave? Don't you just do the
same hand movements only more of them?
Regarding TTN, it doesn't look or feel too spectacular to me. I prefer the feel of the backwards weave.
4 and 5 beat weaves involve sort of twisting your hands around each other. I recommend you learn the triple cork-screw (in the home of poi lessons at the bottom) before you attempt the 5 beat weave. It will develop the twisting coordination necessary to spin the poi more than the usual number of times on each side.
Hope that helps.
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Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA
Posted:
I'm confused on this whole BTB weave to windmill thing... windmill being over the head and BTB being wait level you can't get both arms up to head level from BTB... are you doing a seprration and then bringing them back together at head level or soemthing?>
I'm confused on this whole BTB weave to windmill thing... windmill being over the head and BTB being wait level you can't get both arms up to head level from BTB... are you doing a seprration and then bringing them back together at head level or soemthing?>
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Location: London, UK
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Location: London, UK
Posted:
It's at least as important as the weave is.
quote:TTN is a great move as it opens up all of the butterfly weaves and so on, and you can use wraps and stalls to go into it from weaves and you can do straight arm versions and spin things around and so on.
Originally posted by GeckoX:
Regarding TTN, it doesn't look or feel too spectacular to me. I prefer the feel of the backwards weave.
It's at least as important as the weave is.
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Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Magical Sock Dancer
255 posts
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posted:
Butterfly weaves? Just as important as the weave?
All I can seem to do with thread the needle is warp in on my arm so I can go into the windmill or corkscrew. So what exactly is a Butterfly weave? Should I just run a search on it?
Butterfly weaves? Just as important as the weave?
All I can seem to do with thread the needle is warp in on my arm so I can go into the windmill or corkscrew. So what exactly is a Butterfly weave? Should I just run a search on it?
mushroom collector
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
208 posts
Location: JHB, South Africa
Posted:
rev all you do is diolocate your shoulders then you can bring them over your head if you like.
windmill might hurt though.
rev all you do is diolocate your shoulders then you can bring them over your head if you like.
windmill might hurt though.
JinX : If it doesnt kill you it makes you stronger
The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.
It will however make cats dizzy and cats throw up twice their bodyweight when dizzy.
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1,376 posts
Location: London, UK
1,376 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
quote:If you do you should find lots of stuff, but basically it's a 3-beat weave but with the poi going opposite directions instead of the same direction.
Originally posted by Achluophobia:
Butterfly weaves? Just as important as the weave?
All I can seem to do with thread the needle is warp in on my arm so I can go into the windmill or corkscrew. So what exactly is a Butterfly weave? Should I just run a search on it?
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