Let's turn those old bridges we crossed into ashes.
We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
-Me
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
peace and light
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
POI THEO(R)IST
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
POI THEO(R)IST
peace and light
Written by: me
is it a flower if it can't be done facing one direction?
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
Written by: Sporky
But going by Richee's definition a flower isn't really a move in its own right but a longarm extension of of an existing move. For instance butterfly flower is simply an extension of butterfly and weave flower is the same but for a weave.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
kyrian: I've felt your finger connect with me many times
lou kitten: sneaky little meatball..
ezz: please corrupt me more
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
dont make peoples heads turn, give them whiplash.
Written by: Sporky
To take my train of thought to its extreme - there are only two 'moves', normal circles at your sides and butterfly, everything else is merely a way of extending an existing move.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Written by: Matty B
names of 'moves' are just useful to get your point across to others and to make teaching others easier
I guess they are just a combination of different circles, throws, stalls and taps
Written by: TheBovrilMonkey
Should we have set definitions for each individual move or should we just lump them into large families of related moves?
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
those that know, dont say. those that say, dont know.
to many freaks to little circuses!
peace and light
Written by:
can some 1 please tell me how i can do a nice flower?,i cant grasp them,any help would be great but with out all the pendulem and isolation stuff bacause i dont really understand it,i just enjoy spinning.
Written by: suibom
Everything I've learned has been self taught, mostly from watching vids, somewhat from reading posts (I suck at visualizing a move from text), alot of practice and playing with plane control. As far as flowers and antispin flowers go, here's a breakdown exercise that should help you out (somewhat reposted from a post of mine at the "Poi, Glowsticks and Twirling" group):
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"About to embark upon flowers i reckon... not really sure where else to go. Anyone got any tips? Had a play with them once or twice and brain and arms dont seem to want to connect!"
Easiest way I've found to train muscle memory for flowers is:
1. Work the arm movements w/out poi, do longarm split time forward rotations, backstroke and butterfly (longarm rotations at sides going opposite directions). This will help loosen the arms for when you've got poi in them.
2. Work the arm movements with poi in one hand only, focus on wrist movement and arm extension. Try and get the poi to meet your body at every 90 degree turn of your arms. As you begin to get better, pay less attention to your poi arm and focus on the extension and location of the poiless arm, this will help to ensure muscle memory is taking over. Then switch arms.
3. Now start with both poi. Again, focus on arm extension and wrist movements. Try and get your poi to meet center at the same time.
Once you get good with basic flowers, try antispin and turns.
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Use the same steps above for antispin. Now, if you're hitting yourself when spinning, it is due to plane control. Planes are best controlled by wrist and finger movements, so, when running through the steps above, focus on wrist and finger movements to keep the planes straight.
HTH, good luck,
- Sui
Definition of poi- A Hawaiian food made from the tuber of the taro that is cooked, pounded to a paste, and fermented.
Ahnold discussing poi - "It is naht a toober!"
to many freaks to little circuses!
"**grumble*spuriouswindmills*grumble**" - Coleman
"if poi was only for girls there wouldnt be many good poi spinners...." - Nx
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Coleman
its one of the reasons (if not the main reason) that discussion of fountains caused so much confusion back in the day.
POI THEO(R)IST
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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