SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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Posted:
Ok, for a very long time I've been trying to figure this one out. I gave up and decided to ask. How do you do the move Nick is doing at 1:35-1:40



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JamethGOLD Member
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Location: NSW, Australia


Posted:
It's hard to get a good look at it, hip reels with whirling maybe?

SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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Posted:
I tried, whirling in one direction worked a bit, but I could never get it to come out looking like that.

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Sister ElevenGOLD Member
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA


Posted:
As far as I can tell Jameth is right, though I think he also brings it up to a windmill and back down once or twice. Bad footage to try and tell, though.

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leospoiSILVER Member
Poi explorer
108 posts
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada


Posted:
It's just turning with hip reels, just do a bunch of hip reels and try turning with them, your poi will do 2 beats on one side and 1 beat on the other side. If you're doing less beats than that then it's a pirouette, and more beats and you're not turning continuously. It's kind of hard to resist the temptation to do meltdowns, but if you force your hands to be at your sides all the time it makes it easier.

liquidtrancei dream in circles...
336 posts
Location: Scotland


Posted:
yeah, split time reels, you can move them up and down for effect but it's esentially the same

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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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Posted:
wtf, maybe it's because I lack space. When the snow melts I'll have to look at it in the glass door outside.

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manuelperez22stranger
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Posted:
thanks for the post...

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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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Posted:
Ok, it seems what I find wrong when I do it is because it does 1 beat on one side and 2 on the other is that they end op meeting each other and tangling.

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Mother_Natures_SonSILVER Member
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!


Posted:
Alrighty, i've had a look and it is indeed whirling hip/shoulder reels... but there is one difference and I'll get to that in just a moment.

Watch this thing.



So thats a way to think about the turns in general... but what nick is doing is actually slightly different...

He's spinning his poi twice as fast as he is spinning his body!

This means he's getting one rotation on each side before it swaps to the other (whereas the whirl in the video above has one rotation of the poi per 360 rotation of the body)

Does that make sense?
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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA


Posted:
I can't picture in my head. But what you are saying is to either spin the poi faster or turn slower and I'll get 1 beat on each side?

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Mother_Natures_SonSILVER Member
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!


Posted:
Its very much like a 180 turn, then a slight pause, then a 180 turn, then a slight pause.

If you do it any other way you'll end up confusing yourself. Do it with the pauses til it feels about right.

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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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Posted:
Ok, thanks, but I've practiced so much today if I go any more I'll get blisters.

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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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Location: Trenton, MI, USA


Posted:
I got it bounce2

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Mother_Natures_SonSILVER Member
Rampant whirler.
2,418 posts
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia!


Posted:
Perhaps you could tell us how you ended up cracking it, so if someone stumbles on this thread, they have that extra bit of info? grin

Congrats, by the way!

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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
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2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA


Posted:
Umm, I can't really explain, I just did what you guys told me and I eventually turned it into a fluid motion.

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Flint_413GOLD Member
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181 posts
Location: U.S.A


Posted:
Hmm It looks just like a lowered version of Chasing The Sun. Try it out.

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SpinnerofDetroitGOLD Member
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA


Posted:
Not really, turning with hip reels feels much different than you think it would wink

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