LaavelBRONZE Member
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21 posts
Location: Halifax, Canada


Posted:
i managed to learn the corkscrew, chasing the sun and 4 beat weave, all in 10 mins!! i STILL CANT learn the 3 beat weave >.<, goddess! Any tips on starting a routine?
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WryTerraThe reason we say "European"
912 posts
Location: Cheltenham


Posted:
What's a four beat weave? confused confused confused

Congrats though!

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pounceSILVER Member
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Posted:
you got the four beat but the not the three??? that's bizarre! ubblol but congrats!!!



i'm still perfecting my 4-beat, it's still a tad rusty

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DuncGOLD Member
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7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom


Posted:
if you got 4 then it's dead easy to get to 5's!! And 5's are as easy as three's so you won't be far away!

*yey cheers for the weave tastic new move learning ness*

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_Aime_SILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom


Posted:
well done biggrin I member when i learnt the corkscrew i was jumping round the garden for ages ubblol try doing the corkscrew in reverse. its feels really strage.....or maybe thats just me...

ive just got the 5 beat and have no idea what the 4 beat is confused
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FrodoBRONZE Member
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1,092 posts
Location: In a van, United Kingdom


Posted:
Quote:

try doing the corkscrew in reverse. its feels really strage.....or maybe thats just me...




i went away and tried that out!! and wow, i can now remember why i had bruises, it hurts like hell.. i couldnt do the reverse (for Me) corkscrew, for about an hour, and then it clicked.. so thankyou all, without this thread i would never have realised that i couldnt do it....

so i am now going out there to learn all my moves again, but backwards!!

does anyone have any padding that i can borrow, cause i sence this is going to hurt, and take a long time!!

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borismcnorrisprofessional pedant
137 posts
Location: Bristol


Posted:
Quote:

ive just got the 5 beat and have no idea what the 4 beat is confused




a 4bt is when you do the 5bt motion on one side and then the 3bt on the other - so if you can do a 4bt both ways round then in theory you can do both the 3bt (weavesmiley) and 5bt as well.

I know this sounds like jibberish but i don't know how else to explain it. Do a search tongue

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Kitveteran
1,269 posts
Location: middle of Troon


Posted:
yeahi dont get how the beats work i *think* im doing the 4bt

i got the chase, then weave, then weave-with-extra-bit-on-one-side so yeah thats 4bt?

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mechBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom


Posted:
im just to dam thick to learn anything new,

but

i would have liked to have tought sim the 3bt doubles staff weave, but never got chace to , then he went and learnt it himslef! grrr MEN! sorry i mean MONKEYS!

oh how can i be mad at him hug

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simian110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
3,149 posts
Location: London


Posted:
Yes. thats right.

Although it feels like the extra bit is only on one side in 4 beat, its actually on both.

cos it extra-twists on one side, and extra-untwists the other

whereas the 5 beat extra-twists and extra-untwists on both sides.

That confused me for a very long time...

Like most theoretical knowledge, that's totally irrelevant to actually learning the move, and will probably just make it harder to learn. So i probably should have kept my mouth shut ubbangel

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Tao StarPooh-Bah
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol


Posted:
Quote:

so i am now going out there to learn all my moves again, but backwards!!





good plan, you've probably all experienced this, but cos i tought myself and didn't know any poi people at all for like the first 2 years i didn't realise you shouild learn everything backwards. rolleyes

i then had to spend about 6 months re-learning every trick i could already do. Very frustrating!! mad

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Staff Manmember
15 posts
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England


Posted:
Doing the three beat is easy when u know the motion:

1. From doing a normal weave on the right hand side take a look at which poi goes over to the left first.

2.Now keep that one on the right for an extra spin and bring up the left hand

3. Repeat on the right



I have no idea how you can do the four beat but not the 3

Almost as insane as bein abl to do the 7 but not the five

MillenniuMPLATINUM Member
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595 posts
Location: USA


Posted:
5 beat you mean? Erm, yeah, but unfortunately, once you've learned something, it pretty much always seems like a really easy concept. In the learning process, you need to break your muscle memory from more simple moves, which is tough.

joulzenlightened
187 posts
Location: montreal


Posted:
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does anyone have any padding that i can borrow, cause i sence this is going to hurt, and take a long time!!

When i learned the behind the back 3bt weave i kep hitting the back of my shins ( dont know how u call that area) so i toook old soccer shin pads and flipped them over beerchug and since the string would whipe me in the eyes ( strings exact lenght to hit my face) i would wear ski goggles:) ubbloco

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LurchBRONZE Member
old hand
929 posts
Location: Oregon, USA


Posted:
That must have looked intersting ubbloco

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