Poi Tricks
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Trammels
Nov 22nd
Poi Tricks; Trammels
To do a trammel lets first talk about just one hand. If are spinning forwards, your arm is going to come up above your head, which will force your poi to do an anti-spin. As soon as it get to the top of its spin at the top of the extension of your arm, bring your arm straight down and this will cause the poi to extend down.
So anti-spin up for 1 beat then extend down. The other hand is doing the exact opposite in both the direction and placement of the arm.
This is a split time, opposite direction, extension vs. anti-spin, CAP.
Have fun!
Floats
Nov 21st
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 your arm follows.
Poi Tangle bounce
Nov 20th
I call this poi trick the Tangle Bounce, just cause I want to 
You need to be able to tangle your poi and get out of it and be able to stop and change direction using your arms or hands.
I will let the video talk for itself.
Namaspa Poi Class
Nov 19th
Here you go. This is from my Poi Class that I teach at Namaspa Yoga Studio every Wednesday night.
You guys better practice
hyperloops tangles wraps
Nov 19th
Learn some hyperloops and tangles from Zan, creator of the Encyclopodia Vol 1 & 2, available from The Spinsterz
Poi 1.5’s and pendulums
Nov 19th
Poi Tricks; 1.5 and pendulum swings.
A 1.5 is basically the count of doing 1 and a half swings with you poi before starting the count again.
A pendulum swing is just doing a half a beat at the bottom of the circle.
In this tutorial I go over a few of the 1.5’s that I know. There are many many more out there i am sure, but this should at least get you started.
Poi box stalls
Nov 18th
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 elbows. Then try stalling so your poi heads meet in the middle, then move your poi so that you are meeting poi head to hand. Now stall a little further and meet hand to hand. Now take it even further and stall up and down , hands going past each other and poi going into an extension, straight up and down.
Ronan in Fire All Stars
Nov 18th
Poi Tricks presents Ronan poi piece in the Fire All Stars DVD available from thespinsterz.com
Watch Ronin spin poi in the woods of the Santa Cruz mountains during Fire Drums gathering.
