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Written by: matt
SO many poiple are missing out the essential basics these days imo, then they get all frustrated when they can't do the trickier stuff.
Written by: matt
Whereas if your foundations are dodgy, and you are trying stuff that's a bit beyond you then you can find yourself in a situation where every new thing is hard.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Written by: fluffy napalm fairy
I cannot do a perfect split time. I cannot do anything perfectly. But it's not necessary, let alone essential, to be able to spin well or do 'trickier' stuff.
did i leave the iron on?
Written by: mr squirrel
you cannot invent foundations of movement, because they are principals which govern what is possible and what is not with poi. and that doesent matter if you know about them or not. they are always there behind your spinning.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Written by: fluffy napalm fairy
However, you are describing one outlook, and one way of progressing along one path, in one direction.
Written by: fluffy napalm fairy
whether you know what you are doing or just doing it is a personal decision
Written by: fluffy napalm fairy
but is not even close to being essential to progressing in other ways
did i leave the iron on?
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Written by: ma'tina
btw, what is perfect? isn't even perfect relativ??? unless you look at it from a completely technical point of view: 180° constant distance.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
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they do porridge."
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Written by: fluffy napalm fairy
If the sole reason you spin is to stretch your arms (this is a foolish and light-hearted example not to be taken as a serious point ) then there is nothing essential about understanding how to spin clean circles or good timing.
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
Geologists do it in the dirt................
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Written by: cole
on re-reading your posts it seems you are saying "i don't know how i spin split-time consistently and i don't need to know", which is fine *if you can do it*............
Written by: cole
how do you know your timing is good in general if you never look out for it or think about it?
and are there ever any times when you notice it is 'off' slightly?
Written by: cole
but you raised a really important point - your timing and planes don't have to be good for you to have fun.
some of the most fun times i've had with poi involved neither.
Written by: fairy
The simple point that I was making was yes, you do need firm foundations to build on them.
BUT the nature of the foundations are determined by what you want to build.
And it is not necessary to deconstruct and understand your foundations if you are getting all you need without doing this, as I am.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Getting to the other side
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
Written by: fluffy napalm fairyWritten by: matt
SO many poiple are missing out the essential basics these days imo, then they get all frustrated when they can't do the trickier stuff.
I do not agree. I think this is a very negative message.
I cannot do a perfect split time. I cannot do anything perfectly. But it's not necessary, let alone essential, to be able to spin well or do 'trickier' stuff.Written by: matt
Whereas if your foundations are dodgy, and you are trying stuff that's a bit beyond you then you can find yourself in a situation where every new thing is hard.
This I agree with, but WHAT your foundations are is totally up to you. Mine are not perfect timing on every fundamental building block of poi 'moves'.
Just my thoughts
Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
Written by: fluffy napalm fairy
...'is awareness of timing the only way to progress?'...
...my answer is firmly 'no'.
Written by: fairy
[i cannot spin perfect split-time] but that doesn't inhibit me. Neither does the fact that I haven't taken time to understand what split time is/does/how it works etc. Does this make any sense?
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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