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Posted: i have no idea how to do the windmill...ive tried so many times to get into it and i always mess up!!! if anyone could help me that would be great...please be patient..i have only been spinning for a month.........thanx
1) go from forwards weave to reverse weave using a 180 degree turn. As you go to turn back into the forwards weave stop after 90 degrees and raise your hands around your head/shoulders and you're there
2)try a giant windmill first to get the feeling of having the poi 180 degrees apart when they're above you
3)if you can do a simple corkscrew (2 beat methinks) gradually stand upright and the poi will be doing a windmill.
On the other hand you could look: here perhaps.... or maybe here....
this one might help
Or you could do a search - it's been talked about quite a lot. but once you get it you won't be able to understand how you couldn't do it
ReddevilBRONZE Member member 28 posts Location: Den-Haag, Holland
Posted: I think the best way for you to learn the windmill, is to first learn chasing the sun from the poi lessons, and when you can do that, all the windmill is, is split time chasing the sun.
Posted: I usually pick up new moves quick, but this one was hard for me too. I just got it last night. It was helpful for me to go back and forth between forward and reverse weave, and try to throw them behind my head instead of transitioning into reverse. DOes that make sense? Hope so. I suddenly realized last night it was 3 a.m. and I'd been practicing for about 1.5 hours ... so I'm tired today. Good luck! laterz, -Todd
JaedenGOLD Member member 220 posts Location: Edmonton, Canada
Posted: and once you can do the windmill both directions you can turn it Start in a forward windmill and turn 180 degres so it becomes a reverse.
I'd post how, but I'm not quite sure how I do it. Um, think split time chasing the sun, only turned 90 degres. *confused* If that don't work, and anyone is actually interested in trying this, let me know and I'll try to put together something more cohesive.
The world is not out to get you but if you fight it you will be eaten alive
Posted: i actually learned it now.... i was doing the weave, then in the middle of the weave on my right side i put it over my head then i was doing it...was easy as pie...and was kinda an accedent learning it...lol
Mark PBRONZE Member old hand 1,031 posts Location: Bath, England
Posted: it is almost fountain.
The description of fountain as far as I am aware is as follows.
Forwards weave - turn into windmill (only one complete windmill) - reverse weave - windmill - forwards weave
If that makes sense (I am rather hngover this morning )
Mark P
FiveOhRavermember 28 posts Location: South Florida
Posted: When I joined this site, I didn't know the names of any of the moves that I could do. As of yesterday I figured out the names for all of them except one...THE WINDMILL! Thanks...now I know the proper name...you know, rather than calling it "over the head thingy".
FiveOhRaver
If you have one for the road, I'll provide the chaser.
Posted: Whoever named that move the fountain i swear was on some serious shit!!
(if you named it and are reading this can i have some of what you were using??)
The Dragon of The Poi
sindominiaSILVER Member member 15 posts Location: Manchester, MA, USA
Posted: I have the windmill down fine forwards and reverse but i'm wondering how to add extra beats onto the windmill i'm guessing it's just like a weave over your head but i just keep burning my face so if anyone has any suggestions it would be really helpful thankx
[ 28 July 2002, 20:58: Message edited by: sindominia ]
Mark PBRONZE Member old hand 1,031 posts Location: Bath, England
Posted: sindominia - how about trying with either practice poi or unlit poi? that ought to sort out the burning the face problem!
I still cant keep this one up for long but I should have it cracked soon
Check out the home of poi tutorial for the tripple or quad corkscrew : click here it is basically the same motion but with the poi in the same plane as they are in the windmill.
Mark P
sindominiaSILVER Member member 15 posts Location: Manchester, MA, USA
Posted: thankx yeah your right the unlit or the practise would stop the burning face it's just that fire is so much more fun you know how it is
Mark PBRONZE Member old hand 1,031 posts Location: Bath, England
Posted: yep I know oh too well! and have plenty of burn marks/singed hair to prove it
Also another alternative that looks quite nice with the windmill is putting in a giant windmill, it took a little while to learn exactly where to be extending my arms and feels a little weird at first but once you have learnt it, it runs quite smoothly.
hooza angelSILVER Member Momma Hooza 24 posts Location: Cleveland OK, USA
Posted: i can do the windmill but wen i go bhind my head its at an angle ny advice on how 2 flatten it out? it looks ok but would like 2 b able 2 do it the right way lol
JamethGOLD Member enthusiast 378 posts Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: practice standing with a wall behind you and get closer and closer, whilst making sure your hands go all the way back.
If you keep at it your muscle memory will learn what straight feels like, eventually (took me an hour or 3 but I'm slow learning new physical skills)
AstephySILVER Member stranger 3 posts Location: USA
Posted: It gonna sound strange. What I did was when the poi moved to my back I tried to graze it across my head. It hurts a little bit but it helps teach you what your hands are doing when you cant see them EDITED_BY: Astephy (1303340328)
hooza angelSILVER Member Momma Hooza 24 posts Location: Cleveland OK, USA
Posted: ok i will try that thx
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