Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > "Proper" Contact Poi

I was going to post in the other Contact Poi thread, but as it seemed to discuss 3 different types it all got a bit confusing and was more of a discussion as to what "Contact Poi" is



I'm working on Dom's, Nx?'s and my definition - a.k.a. suicides (although that sounds a bit dramatic) or tracers (apparently)



I've been playing with them a bit and so far have got as far as this:

Incidentally I'm calling them rolls as they aren't wraps and I can't think of a better word to use



Horizontal Round the neck roll:

From clockwise-corkscrew (or roof plane butterfly) right hand comes round to the back of the neck, the poi half-wraps round, release the handle and bring your hand to the front. It can be caught and brought out in a flat spin either on top of, or below your right arm. I find this much easier with flags, but that could just be me using bouncy socks...



Vertical neck roll:

Same as above, but from butterfly (forward or reverse)



Double Verticle neck roll:

Same as verticle neck roll, but release both. This is *very* tempremental and often just results in strangulation



Double horizontal neck roll:

From roof plane butterfly, forward or reverse

Only worked once - again another strangulation move...



Chop/Wrist roll:

Backwards spin, release, as the string is verticle, chop your wrist/hand horizontally into it - the handle should wrap around, as the poi head is unwrapping - continue into backwards spin.



Waist roll:

Again from corkscrew - except instead of wrapping around your neck, wrap around the waist and catch otherside of waist. Seems to be a popular club-spinning move (at least I saw some version of this at the Bristol Juggling thing)



Leg rolls:

From forward or reverse, double or single - quite basic really.



BTB Over-shoulder:

This came about as a miss-thrown BTB overshoulder throw. You need long poi, from a forward spin, right hand come behind your back as if some one was putting you in an arm lock. The poi comes over your left shoulder, release, right hand comes back round to catch - you can go into a buzzsaw.

Not sure that it's do-able with fire or you'll burn your pec/breast

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On the name thing: The point of contact staff is that it remains in contact with your body, but not gripped with your hands. Therefore contact poi is logically exactly the same. Personally I don't think what the other thread talks about is a particular form of poi - like seperations and isolations it's a variation that can be done with many poi moves. Naming it contact because your hands are in contact with the rest of your body doesn't make sense to me. Maybe we should discuss this on the other thread which should be renamed the "fondling yourself" thread

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they do porridge."
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I've only played with it a bit and I worked it out mainly with one poi. Mainly I'd let the poi go at a point so that'd it flow along an arm, and rapidly wrap the arm round the poi so that as it snaked along the limb I could grab it again.

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Going over the shoulder whilst spinning forwards or backwards releasing the poi and moving your arms to wrap around them so they slide down to your hands works. (bkwds - go to a horizontal stall then release).

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