Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > stalls from airwraps

i’ve been playing with a few tangly stalls recently… Basically trying all the airwrappy stuff I do at the moment, then seeing where i can stall and reverse the spin of one or both poi in a way that looks nice. Here’s a couple that i reckon look cool



i call this one an

ULTRAMETASPHERE X

Go into a simple twist-untwist type airwrap, with your hands at 3 and 9.



At the point where the twist switches to the other side of your hands (outside to inside) stall both poi by suddenly bringing both hands together above the twist (to 12).



Feels very isolation-y. From there it seems natural to bring it out into reverse butterfly stuff.



This one is clearly a

twisty sliding dangle tangle

requires relatively slidey poi



(i’m assuming anti-clockwise spin. Transpose lefts and rights for clockwise spin)



Go into a twist-untwist type airwrap, with your hands at 3 and 9, tangling halfway down the left (upward heading) poi, but close to the head of the right (downward heading).



The momentum of the right should be reduced by the collision, and you can increase that by slightly moving your hands to the lower left.



With the right poi stalled close to the twist, you can move your right hand in closer – to the left – which makes the right poi head dangle down below the twist.

Hmm… hope that makes sense… It’s like a pulley.

Anyway, Feed the right hand right up to the twist.



all the above has happen before the left poi head moves from 3 to 6 (270 degrees. Remember: anticlockwise). So, pretty fast.



At which point (both poi heads at 6), you pull the right poi vertically out of the tangle and into a clockwise direction, while continuing to spin with the left.

(which puts you into reverse butterfly.)



i hope at least one other person likes these as much as i do...



All usual disclaimers for possible inaccuracy apply

"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."