Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > corkscrew?!?

hey all
just posting to see if i can get any help/advice. I'm working on the corkscrew and within 20 minutes i pretty much got the movement worked out. My only problem is that i keep hitting myself in the stomach with the ball/tail when im bringing them in front of me after going over my head.
Any tips? or am i just doing it completely wrong?

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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!"

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Exactly. The angle of the back is not what determines the move.

Most glowstringers do it with really short strings and their posture is much better.

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Corkscrews - great - this is my favourite poi move of all time. Have you got it going both ways yet? If so try leg wrapping each poi round each leg to come spinning the alternative way. I personally like air wrapping from a corkscrew (mainly because its the only air wrap I can do ). From a corkscrew airwrap I like to let go of one poi so the handle spins round back to the hand I relased it from. And I like to combine the leg wrap to this move so that after one leg wrap I wrap the other way and then air wrap through my legs let go of one handle to catch it again. Also air wrapping and then leg wrapping whilst still in the air wrap is fun especially when you manage to unwrap the poi from the leg wrap but air wrapping the alternative way. Ahhhhhh - corkscrews - probably the only move I do in actual fact .

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Wow that was a quick reply!
Awesome advice guys seems to work great!
thanks aload!

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@ucof: the straight back was more about not getting aches in the back as you should consider your way of standing as well when playing poi....ask arashi!!! I didnt mean to say that the angle of your back determines the move!



apart from that just shorten your poi! ...and please dont stick your bum out it wont improve your poi playing!!!

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lol,i got this trick sorted now, almost completely vertical, no more sticking out of the bum

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Btw corkscrew = windmill (but done on a horizontal plane as opposed to vertical)



is it possible to bring the corkscrew up into the windmill?

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is it possible to bring the corkscrew up into the windmill?



yeah... lift your arms..

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It's probably just me... but is it not easier to move around and dance with corkscrews if you are slightly bent at the waist?

Standing straight doesn't give the same scope for movement? Or I could be totally wrong

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Grand... In that case...

Sinner... there's nothing wrong with sticking your bum out... just make sure to move with the poi and don't stand in the one place

Tis a dance, after all

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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!"

Ty again for advice...
I managed to get into the windmill by tweeking chasing the sun (or whatever) loks really cool...

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Tis a dance, after all




better get my groove on then

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Yep

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It's probably just me... but is it not easier to move around and dance with corkscrews if you are slightly bent at the waist?

Standing straight doesn't give the same scope for movement? Or I could be totally wrong



I didn't mean not to move at all, I like dancing and moving with poi, but I just thought when you're a newbie and want to learn a new move....isn't it better to concentrate on the move first, to play it proper before starting to dance or to integrate dance moves in your play?

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I thought that too... I spent the first year and a half learning moves standing totally still - before someone told me it was a dance (and I saw how much better they looked).



I basically had to relearn what I knew, only with movement (cos when you move, it's harder ).



A year and a half later, at Uberpoi, I met Drew and have to relearn those things all over again



Maybe it's better to move right from the beginning

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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!"

Some people prefer to stand still

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i've been working on moving while doing tricks.. its a hell of a lot harder, lol.
got a copuple of bruises from trying to spin around while doing 3bt weave
i'll get there eventually..

while i got ur attention anyone got any groovy ways to move between tricks cos i keep having to stop and start from the begining to do tricks like weave to butterfly... etc.

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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!"