December 1, 2009 - 12:40 pm
Tags: stalls, wraps
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Poi Tricks; How to do spiral wraps.
This is typically a same direction split time trick. It can be performed in many different planes, the most common would be in the wall plane in front of your body. As you wrap, remember that when you come out, the poi will be going the opposite direction [...]
November 21, 2009 - 10:20 am
Tags: floats, isolations, stalls
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Poi Tricks; How to do a float or floater.
This is sort of a stall/isolation in the sense that the direction of the poi is stopped in its spin and then it is brought straight up, isolating on a vertical line.
Image your arm is making part of a “U” shape. This should be the path that [...]
November 18, 2009 - 2:28 pm
Tags: same direction, split time, stalls
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Here is a practice you can do with a same direction stall in the middle up and down. You will spin your poi in same direction split time and stall one poi up and one poi down in the middle…ore center of your body. First try doing box stalls, your poi heads meet your opposite [...]
November 15, 2009 - 10:13 am
Tags: pendulum, stalls
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Grab your poi, stall your poi and change directions. The great thing about stalling your poi is that at its stall point, you can change into any direction, plane, spin that you choose. A stall is essentially a starting point for what ever you choose to do with your poi.
You can bring your hand [...]
November 14, 2009 - 10:00 am
Tags: direction changes, stalls
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Learn how to change direction from a same direction equal time up stall.
Start by spinning your poi in equal time in the wall plane in the same direction. Stall both poi up, both poi will come to a down stall, but instead of pulling them down out of the stall in the same direction [...]
November 10, 2009 - 11:48 am
Tags: Beginner Poi, pendulum, stalls
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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 [...]
November 5, 2009 - 4:10 pm
Tags: pendulum, stalls, transitions
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One of the most important things you will ever learn in poi is how to transition from move to move, plane to plane and direction to direction. In this tutorial you will learn how to use a pendulum stall to change the direction of your spin. It is called a Pendulum stall because of the [...]
