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Forums > Technical Discussion > Easy way to learn the weave!
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Location: NYC
Hey.. I was struggling with learning the weave for a while.. then I came across this site the other night.. watched how she did it.. practiced a bit and had the weave down fairly well in 5 minutes
https://www.calefaction.org/teach/weave.htmlHope it helps some people.-OrinOnce I cut my hand, but the wound was not part of me.
Now I'm a man, there's a wound at the heart of me.
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148 posts
Location: Baltimore, MD USA
Yay! So glad we were able to help!
You just made my day!Love,Protie Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
oooo I like the stick thing! Good way to teach the weave. I usually go with the holding one are out technique from the "Art of Poi" video but the stick seems a good idea as it gets your arms doing the right thing straight away.Like it, Protie
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Location: new jersey, usa
Maybe i'll give that stick thing a shot cause I cant do a backwards weave. Well I kinda can, i do this thing now.. I guess it would be a 2 beat backwards weave?? I dunno..it's like one full circle [er, rotation?] on each side.
210 posts
Location: new zealand
id just like to POINT out that this perhaps should be in the poi moves section.....
freelance bum
286 posts
Location: Upstairs, Australia
I like it!I teach poi stuff every Monday night to new people so this will help hugely. I once met a guy who was doing martial arts who had been training with a stick doing just that move. He did the weave instantly, no practise with fire.I always thought staff would be usefull for something!
UYI 
OLDSKOOL
9 posts
Location: Brisbane,QLD,Australia
Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!I was having heaps of trouble trying to get the weave down last night to the point that my legs were all red from being hit all the time. Threw a couple of hissy fits and gave up for a while. Then I found this topic, followed the link and within 10 minutes I had it
My non-firey friends are probably totally confused now because I've just sent a heap of msgs out raving hysterically about how I finally got it *hehe*The really weird thing is that I tried to go back to doing the plain ol' figure 8 and it felt so odd, like it was only half a move... which I suppose it is in a way! 
So anyway, thank you for posting the link and a big thank you to whoever created it Hel 36 posts
Location: NYC
*points to protozoa*It was her
She did it ^_^-Orin Once I cut my hand, but the wound was not part of me.
Now I'm a man, there's a wound at the heart of me.
11 posts
Location: Walnut Creek
Wow, wish i saw that tut when i started poi...would of saved me lots of pain...hehe good tut, never thought of it that way
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freelance bum
286 posts
Location: Upstairs, Australia
People all over West Aus now have the weave thanks to this piece of advice. I've taught at least 10 people now. One person I taught it to with only 3 weeks of twirling showed some one else with that method. Thank you
UYI OLDSKOOL
shadow stranger
462 posts
Location: Carmi, Illinois, USA
bump for all ye who need this info
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able, and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus
270 posts
Bump might be useful if the link worked.
shadow stranger
462 posts
Location: Carmi, Illinois, USA
i know unfortunately i didnt check before i bumped it
i tried the website without the extension and it has a picture of a little girl frowning and it says no you cant have a pony "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able, and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus
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