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Archive for November 6, 2009
Horizontal Isolations
Nov 6th
Once you get comfortable doing isolations on the vertical axis, try moving them onto a horizontal one. These are a lot of fun and open up a new doorway to lots and lots more possibilities. Now you can isolate corkscrews!
Think of taking a ruler, holding it in space from the center point with it horizontal in the air and rotating it around that center point, this is a horizontal isolation. When you are doing this with your poi, make sure to practice moving your hands both counter-clockwise and clockwise…..the clock face would be facing to the ceiling.
Imagine stirring a pot both with your hands, go both ways, vary which hand is going CW or CCW. Mix and match and have fun.
How to spin a buzzsaw
Nov 6th
Learn the buzzsaw. Both hands spin inside in split timing. Make sure you poi are short enough so you don’t hit yourself in the face.
