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"Yes folks...I've searched. So..here goes. I THINK I have gotten the 5 beat weave but am a bit ignorant on the term . So, Where-as the 3 beat weave is 1 spin on one side and 2 on t..."
"I don't know if anyone here is from Ohio, or made it to Hookahville at Fronteir Ranch this weekend, but there were a few fire performers out there that were pretty good!Anyway, I learne..."
"I cant 5bt weave cos my arms arent twirley enuf ... n me thread the needle is still non existent ... but at least I can weave... HURAAY! "
"do a butterfly. keep doing it. do you count when the poi cross at the top or at the bottom?( @pk)loveR"
"what is it called when you have the two poi swinging opposite directions such that the two of them would hit eachother if they crossed paths. like, i know thats what thread the needle e..."
"I've been spinning poi for a few months on and off. I came across a move and I'm sure it has to have a name but I'm not sure what it is. I'll try to describe it. It feels like if you..."
"found this on kazaa while looking for general wushu stuff...this chick is insane!!! she's got some crazy tricks that i am gonna try this weekend (and hurt myself, no doubt)...i will hav..."
"Just had to tell you that I made some crosses the other night and woohoo!! I've never even used a single cross before, but i managed to pick up the doubles and get straight into it. I..."
"hi guys.. i was just wondering if someone there could help me a little on tips for doing the one handed butterfly on split time.. i have never saw it so i just dont have the idea on how..."
"Hi, i was just wonder how long you've been spinning for, and what do you think the most diffecult move you can do is?"
"Hello all I ve finish building my poi.. so since 3 days i m praticing between 15 min to 2 hours per day..So i follow the lesson of this site.. it s pretty cool So now i m in the les..."
"I'm trying to bring some of my between the leg moves from staff into my poi stuff. I saw some guy who is really good at it on one of the COL videos (two I think?) jumpin around all ninj..."
"i have run a seach and there ar sooooo many wrap threads and i really dont have time to read this so :What is a thru wrap? "
"This makes me especially happy because I've never been able to do much with my weave. Molly showed me the tuck turn and I finally got it last night, so while practicing with it I tried..."
" I stumbled accross this while not trying anything inparticular, allow me to try & describe it:Spinning poi reverse, same-time, at your sides: then swing both poi between your legs..."
"i'm just wondering who else can do it??"
"how should I store my fire poi between uses, to keep them at their best for each use? "
"Any one ever attempt a fire spin on rollerskates?Let me know how it went if you did. I'm trying to steady myself on a vintage pair and have imaginings of spinning around in circles and ..."
"Fellow Fire frends.. i have a show in a few days, and need some advice on a move i am concerding doing...here it is.. 1. have fire poi spining 2. a moth full of barcardy 1..."
"Been messing around with 4 poi recently and wondering how the hell you get from a 2beat weave (the only split move mastered so far) to a butterfly without breaking flow. Is it possi..."
"i hate to go from a 7BW to Chase the Sun...but...can anyone explain how to execute this trick without getting the poi tangled behind my head...or indeed infront of mei can do it...but n..."
"I am very confident with my weave...and have tried with odd success to do a 5 beat weave...at the moment, if both poi are on there last revolution on the right side of my body, i then p..."
"i was wondering if anyone had tried a 5 beat butterfly weave? i tried briefly lastnight and it seemed like it would work okay. anyone thats done it, let me know. i was just sitting h..."
"this thread should proberbly be in social but hey wtf!i want to know how good i am because i know very few spinners and everyone that sees me spin asks me how good i am in comparison to..."
"ok... been playing with essentially small meteors, heavy double ended poi in other words...and they make for beauteous noo manooovers. first of throws are a piece of piss.. also muuuuch..."
"So I have been playing with meteor for a few months now, and no one in my town spins meteor (that I know or have seen) so I am on my own techniques-wise.I am currently spinning 7 feet o..."
"Anyone able to help me with my wrap problem? The problem is, when I do wraps, a lot of times the ball will wrap around and end up too close to the chain and be unable to unwrap. Is t..."
"I was wondering if anyone could give me a few tips on the reverse 5 beat weave...I can do it forwards fine but when i try to do it reversed I always seem to end up doing the normal 5 be..."
"I do a 'splitt-time butterfly hyperloop' .....It starts with a reverse tangled buzzsaw ....and ends up (if the karma is good) in a butterfly....Sound familiar to anyone? or am I free t..."
"run a search first and use the lessons before you post, a topic, please!"
"Had a good day today with my poi's...must be all the sun we have up here now....anyway I would like some hints and ideas about ,how I see it, the two kinds of throws from a hyperloop....."
"Okay.. So I've been doing the reverse BTBW a few months now and just got the forward BTBW two days ago. I'm set on 360 turns over the weekend (though prepared to deal if it takes longer..."
"Ok, I apologize. It's another music thread. But hopefully this one's a bit different.OK, so a friend has asked me to spin at a party that he's having. Problem is he's going to be spi..."
"I am chuffed... I can swing poi without tanglin them up... one handed... still probs wi one handed butterfly. DOH! NE1 else? "
"I Just found out about Fire chains 3 months ago. I'm really intrested in learning the art. I was just wondering how long does the average person practice with elelcro poi or tail poi u..."
"well, ok, it's not totaly new, it is more like a new transition. To do this one, what you do is start it out in a weave, then hyperloop on the left, and bring it into a buzzsaw. Then, a..."
"hand changes are a little somthing Ive been playing with for a while.Its simply changing which poi is in which hand.Its a little thing.The audience dosnt really notice it,but is a cool ..."
"*Head explodes* "
"has anyone got any four poi (two one handed butterfly) moves they would like to share?can anyone do moves with two butterflies?sometimes i feel like im a lonely little outpost on the p..."
"There's some strangeness going on in my poi world. I've always been a short chain spinner. I've been trying desperately to get used to longer chains so I can include thru-wraps and ot..."
"After a year of not really doing any poi ive decided to start again. After i saw saw this video i decided i just have to learn wraps. I love the bounciness of those well executed wrap..."
"Any tips? "
"Just nailed btb weave frd n rvs, but whats all this 5beat maddness about? I needed a 3 hour back massage to right the wrongs caused by 3beat!! Also how do I get a 7beat weave? I kno..."
"(sorry if i missed a previous thread that answered this question)so i'm trying to do hyperloops and i have ball chain. i know there was some mention to doing them with ballchain before,..."
"Im going to sound VERY pathetic right now...but how do you go from a move into Chase the Sun...and what is the best move to link it into? At this stage i can only manage to complete the..."
"Someone tell me or show me how to do a 7 beat weave without wrapping. i have been obsessing over this for a long time. please."
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"i know this trick has been mentioned in another topic (5b bf weave) but its to packed with random stuff so.i can do what i think is the bf weave and i thought i had it down pretty good,..."
"I know there are people here who are going to say that "there is no such thing" as a reverse corkscrew. Up untill recently i thought there was only a (left to right) and a (right to le..."
"how cool are wraps really? i have been spinning glow sticks for a year and a half and i always improve everytime i pick them up. i can wrap forearms either with the swing heading upwa..."
"I am a poi dancer, not a poi spinner. I strive for fluidity in my dance and have been told that my spinning appears effortless. Yet I find the greatest thrill from learning or discoveri..."
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