Forums > Beginner Poi Moves > Chasing the Sun, plane control?

Posted: 18th Nov 2010
Hello Friend,

Welcome back to playing poi, poi has missed you since the 3 beat weave you learned years ago! If the high/low turns you speak of are what I call hip/shoulder reels, then you are very close to chasing the sun. It helps to be able to transition from shoulder reels into hip reels in one 360 degree turn (see this video and be able to do everything in it

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After you can smoothly do reels, just stop spinning with them, and do them facing a wall plane. I think of chasing the sun as doing a same time shoulder reel extension while facing the wall plane, keeping your feet planted. I don't know if any of this makes any since, or helps at all, but I wish you the best of luck. Keep spinning and having fun.
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Groovy

Posted: 18th Nov 2010
Makes alot of sense, will put in a few hours on this when i get chance. No acces to a comp for a few days, so i'm working on 5 bt weave

Thanks for the tip and the link! Will let you know how i get on.

I am Free.

Posted: 18th Nov 2010
Try with one poi at a time. It may help.

'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Posted: 13th Dec 2010
Just twist your torso a bit.