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Posted: 28th Mar 2002
It's probably just a down point in your Poiing experience. It'll all come back withen a day to a week (at least that's what happened to me).Good luck, and keep back at it.

Posted: 27th Mar 2002
I have extraordinarily uncoordinated days, where my arms seem to do the opposite of what I tell them. Or for some reason my rhythm goes out the window. It just happens, and everything comes back good in due time.R.

It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.

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Posted: 27th Mar 2002
Maybe you never actually learned the move. Hear me out. There's a difference between, landing a move and doing it consistantly. You might have just been "landing" these moves and just moving on to the next move.Or not, i dunno. Maybe you're a freak of nature who forgets stuff :P------------------[]Dhuong-Vu Truong==== []Dhunky ====

Posted: 28th Mar 2002
thanx guys and gals, im gonna give it another shot today, o yeah, and thank you o pro dr master spinner Phunky....ive been able to do 90% of these moves tho consistantly at that...o well looks like im back to the drawing board again!!!p.l.u.r.r.Xtrem

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Posted: 28th Mar 2002
The Pro!Spinner has spoken!!!All hail Phunky!;oP

Posted: 28th Mar 2002
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Posted: 28th Mar 2002
lol, i have a fan :P------------------[]Dhuong-Vu Truong==== []Dhunky ====

Posted: 28th Mar 2002
: feeling like i cant spin any longer! right this moment in time:wonder if its cos i've been spinning with Kato in the park all day or a lil smoked out?... dunno.. i love these off spinning moments!!¬pkhttps://uk.geocities.com/poi_in_the_park_sheffield

Posted: 28th Mar 2002
umm...I picked up a staff when I wasn't motivated to do poi. I then hit myself repeatedly with it. I have since become much more attatched to my poi again!

Geologists do it in the dirt................

Posted: 28th Mar 2002
In many cultures/exercise genres there is a concept called "body memory". There is a difference between your head willing your body to do the move and your body doing it automatically. The first is techinical knowledge, the second is body memory.The first is what you achieve when learning, and my guess is that is where you were when you put them down. That is where I am at with my staff. As long as I am consistent I do well. I put it down and am back at square one.However, after doing moves fluidly and consistently for a *long* while, your body seems to just know what to do without willing it to. That is body memory. That is where I am at with many poi moves and am hoping to be at one day with staff, and other things I do as well. Problem with body memory is sometimes you get to the point where you automatically flow from one move to the other without thought, so that it takes concentration to actually break out of that pattern. Eventually the moves will come back to you, and with time and effort they will become so automatic it is like breathing for you. Then you will find other moves or toys which will challenge and frustrate you all over again! ------------------Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...https://www.pyromorph.com

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Posted: 28th Mar 2002
wow...i think that we should add a category on to the msgboard called "ASK PELE"...she is always the one to give the4 most enlightening answers to q's and is most thoughtfull while doing so...so whos with me?...BTW~~~im still strugling with my poi, so i took ros' advice and picked up a staff..err...a golf club shaft...and started trying to spin that...and beat the crap out of myself for about an hour...we'll see if that works once im thru nursing my wounds...*ouch*p.l.u.r.r.Xtrem

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Posted: 28th Mar 2002
you should be reaching for your poi in no time...... (sorry about the injuries though!

Geologists do it in the dirt................

Posted: 29th Mar 2002
no problem ros...i think i needed something to tell me...err..your not as good as you think you are...ya see toneman got mand stuff all up and made me think really highly of myself, thats when it all started...damn you toneman...j/k...i just let the compliments go to my head a little to much i think..lol..well back to nursing my wounds...lolp.l.u.r.r.Xtrem

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