ChuckSnewbie
24 posts

Posted:
I posted this on a different thread and nobody answered. I really want to know the answer though, so I thought I'd post it as a sperate thread.

Can anyone do a one handed butterfly weave? (Meaning; tell me how to move my hand)

Chuck S

DurbsBRONZE Member
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England


Posted:
Er... Don't think so - is it even possible?

Doesn't a buttefly weave involve TTN's - you can't TTN with one hand...

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude


colemanSILVER Member
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom


Posted:
ttn just swaps what hand is on top so that you can lead with that poi and avoid tangles.

its not required with one hand.

a 1-handed bf weave is more than possible but i think they look far less beautiful than the 2-handed versions.

odd numbered beat 1-handed bf weaves might not work at all - i've never tried...

juggle

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood


ChuckSnewbie
24 posts

Posted:
Yea, so to actually answer the question...

I know they are possible because I can do it over my head, but as I can't see my hand when it's behind my head I can't work out what I do differently. It must be some twisting of the hand that this position causes me to do.

Chuck S

RevBRONZE Member
Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA


Posted:
start with a one handed split time butterfly...

bounce right...

bounce left..

bounce right...

bounce left...

odd beats... I dunno.. but that works fine.. since same time require more of a hand flip, like taking your hand from in front to bth..

More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown


DurbsBRONZE Member
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England


Posted:
but that's not a weave is it?
That's just bouncing a split-time one-handed b/f smile

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude


RevBRONZE Member
Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA


Posted:
depends on your definition of bf weave... if you can have a 2bt weave (which some say yes) then the same applies with a 2bt bf weave..

More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown


ChuckSnewbie
24 posts

Posted:
That was what I meant, cheers Rev, but...

I'm still not clear. This problem I have is that on the behing 'bounce' I get knotted. I've looked a bit more at what I do over my head and when it goes behind my head it is almost completely upside down. The problem I have now is that my wrist/elbow just wont bend like that to the side and so I need to know what position my hand should be in. I can't work it out.

Any ideas,

Chuck S

DurbsBRONZE Member
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England


Posted:
If you do a split time b/f - instead of going over your head, you can bounce it side-to-side, which is slightly easier smile

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude


ChuckSnewbie
24 posts

Posted:
Ahha, it suddenly all makes sense. Because I'm doing it splt time it's exactly the same as doing it not split time over my head.

Ahha!

Thanks for that guys, just needed a prod in the right direction.

Chuck S

DurbsBRONZE Member
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England


Posted:
Cool biggrin
But I still don't think it's a one-handed b/f weave wink
*Runs away before another naming moves war starts*

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude


ChuckSnewbie
24 posts

Posted:
Hey Durbs,

Just noticed Guildford is up as your location. I'm going to a Juggling convention at Crawley this weekend which is like, really close to you. Just wondered if you were going.

Chuck S

*Diverts the conversation before another naming moves war starts*

DurbsBRONZE Member
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England


Posted:
Oh - first i've heard of it smile

Will look into it - cheers for the tip off

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude


colemanSILVER Member
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom


Posted:
i'm not going frown

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood


ChuckSnewbie
24 posts

Posted:
My goodness, you live in harlow!

I live in hertford.

The excitements about to kill me.

PsychoTronicstranger
80 posts
Location: Greece-Samos-Athens


Posted:
you start by having the two poi in your good hand.the first poi is in your two fingers the second in your other two.You start play them as one.Then you will try to move the first two fingers a little and then you will notice that the first poi will start spinning ahead of the second.Then it is all a matter of practice.Just do some micro-moves with your fingers and bend your wrists a little bit more.You will find it i am sure...Good luck

"For once there was an unknown land, full of strange flowers and subtle perfumes,
a land of which it is joy of all joys to dream, a land where all things are perfect and poisonous."
"Put out the torches! Hide the moon! Hide the stars!"




RevBRONZE Member
Bastard Newbie Messiah
1,269 posts
Location: Apparently lost in my ego, USA


Posted:
Written by: Durbs


Cool biggrin
But I still don't think it's a one-handed b/f weave wink
*Runs away before another naming moves war starts*




I'm not goign to sruge it... becuase as I said.. some people dont' believe that there is a such thing as a 2bt weave...

and other people don't believe in 6,8,and 10bt bf weaves...


its all perspective.. and what you use as your reference.. (as coleman nicely put in the WW thread biggrin)

I consider weave to be nothing mroe then a follow pattern done from a plane to another plane and back.. (which fits everything from 2bt up, but discounts stuff like reels) so its perspective.. however...

if you do 3/4 of a 2bt ttn.. on the right to 3/4 of a 2bt ttn on the left.. you get a 3bt bf weave.. is that better? ubbloco

More useless information courtesy of Rev...
Confusing the masses, one post at a time...
"Obviously, you're not a golfer.."- The Dude
"Buy the ticket... Take the ride..." -Raoul Duke
"FEMA has never done catastrophe planning..."-Michael Brown


BzraelBRONZE Member
newbie
45 posts
Location: Istanbul, Cuba


Posted:
funny this comes up now, Ive just sat down from trying to do this (all in vain).
It is possible, but I think it just needs practice and practice and practice.

Analemmaenthusiast
384 posts
Location: West LA


Posted:
Written by:

Er... Don't think so - is it even possible?

Doesn't a buttefly weave involve TTN's - you can't TTN with one hand...





What a Butterfly weave involves or not is a matter of how you define it. But you can definitely TTN with one hand which is quite difficult but possible (think I posted about this before).
A Change of the Top-Poi (TTN) is even easier when going from one side to the other.

So my answer would be: Butterfly weave onehanded - definitely possible !

good luck and enjoy the pain ubbloco

andy

To learn - read. To know - write. To master - teach . . .



Similar Topics

Using the keywords [handed butterfly weave] we found the following existing topics.

  1. Forums > One handed questions.. [30 replies]
  2. Forums > One Handed Butterfly [8 replies]
  3. Forums > hey im kind of a begginer [21 replies]
  4. Forums > One handed butterfly weave [18 replies]
  5. Forums > One handed poi moves (not butterfly lol) [9 replies]

      Show more..

HOP Newsletter

Sign up to get the latest on sales, new releases and more...