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Archive for November 10, 2009
Compound circles, flowers and anti-spin
Nov 10th
Compound circles (flower patterns and fountains):
A multi-beat separation in which the poi make smaller circles within a larger circle. Poi continue to spin around the hands while arms move in extensions; smaller center of rotation (at hand) moves around a larger center of rotation (at shoulder).
Anti-spin
Poi spin in the opposite direction that the arms are spinning. Ie; the poi spin clockwise while your arm spins counter-clockwise.
Learn to stall your poi
Nov 10th
Learn to spin your poi both forwards and backwards and be able to transition from forward spinning to backward spinning using a pendulum stall. This is basic poi spinning material, but is invaluable in the control that it will add to your poi spinning.
Play with all the variations you can think of; both poi forward stall right, stall left, both poi backwards, stall one, stall the other. Stall both, reverse direction on only one.
Play around and see what you can learn with your poi.
