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Archive for November 11, 2009
Help with Orbitals
Nov 11th
Some ideas and thoughts on getting out of an Orbital or Uberloop.
Problem
I can get into an orbital just fine, but I can’t seem to escape it no matter how I try. I’ve tried everything, twist, duck, turn, spin, push, pull, spit, cry. Always end up with the same thing. A knot that looks something akin to a handful of spaghetti.
Answers
As your poi are in a forward same direction spin move Your left hand up and in and Your right hand down and in, at the right time they come out in split time same direction.
It helps if your poi are different colors, that way you can kinda see when it should come out. It also helps if you kinda isolate/stall going into it, and if you let the tension off a little as they will slow down and that makes it a little easier.
It’s all about practicing, try doing it the opposite direction you are used to, it’s much harder at first, but seems to be a bit easier when you get used to the movement.
Make sure your hands rotate to the right direction, if you start from a reverse weave left to right, when locking into the orbital, your right hand is out in front of your left, then bring it to the middle to give it the tug. Exiting your hands have to swap, with your left hand now being out in front of your right. (this is all assuming from the wheel plane)
Also, like mentioned above, when you want to exit, release some tension from the poi to slow them down.
polyrhythm
Nov 11th
Polyrhythm is described as your poi moving in two different timings. When you spin one poi faster and it takes one poi the same amount of time to do one beat as it does for the other poi to do two beats, this is polyrythm.
