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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
I tried searching... I tried the pages and pages of technical posts and not a thing could I find.
So.
I'm currently working on between-the-legs weave and low wave (the best video I've found is on https://www.feuershow.de/)
and I can't stop hitting myself painfully in the leg, the groin or the bum. I've tried doing it quick (the poi torques round and wraps my leg) and slow (it falls out of the pattern or hits me in the back) - I've tried it standing up, bending over, hands far through, hands way back and I can't do it.
If there's a knack, would someone be kind enough to explain it - or at least tell me the way I should keep practicing it to eventually get rid of my bruises?
Thanks!
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
try forcing a chainge of plane i do it by comming in at almost a 10' to 15' angle by twisting my wrist and pulling it slighly out of plane so the weave is actualy going through your legs at an angle
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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Or instead of changing plane, Move your body to suit?
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
you need to move your legs slightly which should make it easier,
if the poi are spinning anti-clockwise infront of you then when they go between your legs, your right leg needs to be more forward than your left, as the poi are about to come back through, move your right leg back so its slightly behind your left. You can see this movement in the feurshow.de tutorial. Practice with one poi at a time
Hope that helps
Tangled into my spins
187 posts
Location: Italy
Let's try first doing it slow and don't force the plane but just turn 180° degree!!! If you are doing a weave under your rigth leg turn left...
and I qote star move a lot your legs first
Acciaio
newbie
14 posts
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Thanks guys! The turning/leg moving definately works better, though I do end up doing a sort of daft comedy walk forward. My legs appreciate it.
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
well i like to force the plane
walks o in a huff (expecting a hug of simpathy in that way girls are good at)
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
newbie
14 posts
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Unfortunately I'm still too much of a doofus to force planes (or even really to know how...)
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Location: Manchester, England (UK)
Forcing planes looks ugly anyhow! Instead of moving your legs compleatly, try going onto your tip toes and bending at your knees.
Oh and you live in Glasgow so come meet us here - there are a few poi spinners who go, though none of us really do much between the legs stuff. Glasgow juggling club
Pm me if you want more information or anything!
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