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"Have, in all this craziness of new moves missed out something?Currently, with poi & staff, we only use 2 planes - helicopter or wall / horizontal or verticle.Can we use other planes (45..."
"christmas pressie to you all....i sugest dowloading this! drews video click on this link and it will download. most of you will all ready have seen this video.if your talking about th..."
"hey, well I've seen those big monkey fist poi in the Hop shop but I was wondering if anyone has gotten any yet or used them?"
"where o where can i find themand wgat materials are best to use for making your own? "
"I'm trying to go into butterfly, smoothley from another move( say a weave) is there anyway that you can flow into the butterfly move without it looking messy? "
"If you've got your Airwraps pretty solid, have a crack at BTL.they're much easier than you'd imaginego for wheel plane, spinning fwds or reverse.you basically just Go For It.not slow an..."
"Hey I was just wondering can anyone explain to me the simple Butterfly Weave. I am trying to learn it at the moment but the clip I downloaded shows the 5 beat. The last move I learnt wa..."
"I've just got the split time butterfly down. I'm now trying to do it around the world, i've pulled it off a couple of times but it looks messy, anyone got any ideas to how to keep it lo..."
"Anybody got any mpegs or video online of all of this butterfly weave stuff? I would fly out and see all of y'all and demand that you teach me but I'm grounded for a few months or my NY..."
Posted: by Rev
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"I was reading recent threads and read something about going outside, inside, outside... so playing with my 5 beat rev that I like so much.. I brought it back inside my body, then back o..."
"hi, i'm a bit confused to what an airwrap is and how to do one. from what i've read in past posts it seems like it is when one poi wraps around the string or chain of the other, but ho..."
Posted: by poirob2
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"While at the last Riff Raff (Leeds west indain centre, bangin nite!), I picked up a new move off a fellow spinner. It is proformed by doing a 5 beat, and as the right hand crosses the ..."
"i am better than you if im having more fun "
Posted: by glowstikcowboy
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"i am better than you if im having more fun "
"When done correctly, the poi look like two staves being spun in opposite directions correct? I started working on this move today and so far, progress has been pretty good. I was just..."
"i was just wondering if anyone else out there can REALLY do 6 and 7 beat weaves (or more).by *REALLY* i mean without using wraps or twists in your lines.i've found one way to do it, whi..."
"hi folks!I want to introduce a move.pretty easy stuff: right hand - pass on the left than right side than behind the back left again before it goes back the same wayleft hand - same stu..."
"I've been wondering for a while what a tangled buzzsaw was and believe me it's one of the hardest things to find out about on this board (unless I'm overlooking a thread of course). ..."
"There's quite a diversity of both chain and wick lengths her in New York and even more so around the world.Get a ruler and whip yours out and let me know how long it is.I usually spin "..."
"Hey just seeing if anyone can help me out with learning the reverse weave im still pretty new to poi but i got the reverse butterfly but im having a hell of a time getting the weave. Ju..."
"I always did the 4 beat hyperloop as described by coleman hereand now I discovered the 2 beat version which is actually not that bad as well (Probably a standard move for the pros but ..."
"im really getting into isolating everything and thread the needle is fun to do it with because u have to dance around it to keep it solid, from the front it looks like one small cirle, ..."
"I know this question most likly been ask before but i had no time to do a search sorry! How do you do the 4beat ttn?... would someone beable to help me out please, i would greatly ap..."
"I haven't been at poi for very long but I'm beginning to notice that I find it easier too do moves when I spin faster. I don't mess up as much and I hit myself less. Anyone else find it..."
"Is this move possible? Ive never seen a video of it nor have I heard anyone talk about it. I recently got the normal 4 beat down and have been trying to do split time but I cant figur..."
"**(Name Edited for Clarity)**In looking for a seamless transition from weave to BTB weave Skunk stumbled upon something which we dissected and distilled into a move I'd never seen befor..."
"Does anyone know how to go from long chains to short chains in the middle of a routine without getting burned? because i want to go from any move, to the wheel, but I can only do that i..."
"How many beats happen where in btb waist wraps? And where exactly do they go? I've done a search, but text descriptions aren't to helpful... and i've never seen anyone do one up close, ..."
"... just a lower 2 breat weave fountain (so 4 beats) at 90 degrees with a carry from one side back to the beginning?!Circle behind right hipTwo circles in frontCircle behind left hipCar..."
"Ok, so its my neat little name for it anyway... I saw it at the end of one of those Chicago Glowstick videos, but I can't figure out the right hand position for the transition. Basicall..."
"After reading two or three threads, i have noticed that i don't under stand any thing!but i don't think i'm alone here. I'm not thick but i think i have a real desire to expand my ideas..."
"Last w/e someone showed me a move that had one poi vertical and one horizontal. I can do it but only did it onece when shown to me so I may be a little off here......but I think it was ..."
"I was playing with wrist wraps tonight, and Ifell upon this. I start in a butterfly, and bounce my right poi off my left wrist, then I let my arms stay apart, but let the strings circle..."
"I was experimenting the other day and came up with a few methods of getting out of a DCAS (downward conical airwrap spider)I have two of the variations integated into my last two videos..."
"ok so some of you have probably thought of this some haven't, you can crack a poi that is freshly dipped and not spun off like a whip to make a big fireball (like a staff burn off) (imp..."
"HOWDY ALL!! ive been doing this move and ive called it the tornado. the discription goes like this:normal 3 beat fountain in front of you and on your right side switch it around to behi..."
"Can anyone direct me in doing the alternating weave (where on poi is going forwards and the other backwards). I can do it in figure of eight and have looked at a video of split time TT..."
"As i've recently been instructing a friend in how to use poi, i've been getting to see a lot of my moves from the audience. Pretty often, and especially when there's someone else there..."
"So I have been able to do this move for about a month now but I still can't help hitting my thighs when i first bring the weave around back. Any suggestions as to how to keep from hitt..."
"So I got the Gandini Club Swinging Video on an impulse buy while at Dube Juggling... which is strange as I don't have a DVD player (but if you look really closely at the Disc I think I ..."
"Damn it's hard to learn poi in a vacuum.This winter has been so brutal to my poi skills. I've only learned two moves in the last 7 months (forward and reverse 4 beat TTN.)I'm uninspire..."
"aight im putting together a fire performance crew if anybody is interested this means you can earn $$a friend of mine is good but he still needs some help w\poipm or email me if interes..."
"ok what i do is a standard weave (i refer to it in an over under out pattern because that's what it is) after the under stroke of my left hand on the right side i swing my poi so it wra..."
"i got this move last week it was hard but all i needed to do was think so what i did was the basic wall plains (figure 8) and then i did the 5 beat once u get the five beat btb just kee..."
"I've finally cracked....it (it took a lot of drugs to first get the flexibility) it's an extension of low chase bring the right arm round the back to the left hand side to join the left..."
"i figured this out last night.4b weave right side of the body, up into 4b windmill bth, down to 4b weave left side.well if it aint a 4b fountain then its a really cool tration trick. ..."
"Can anyone help me!!!!How the hell are you supposed to wrap your arms up. Can to it forward but not a chance backwards.HELP!!! or does anyone have any vids.???Mot."
"i know this question gets asked alot but how do you do a 4 beat weave()? i've searched the forms already and was only confused more by all the variations of explinations i saw and just..."
"Ok Ok It's been a while now since the thread about a dedicated staff forum was begun, and there seems to be heaps of support for it, but there are several relevant issues brought up by ..."
"Ok... I was going through the video downloads on HOP and I came across Shadowfire's video...There are two moves that I absolutely must learn- been trying for weeks n can't get it. The f..."
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