Illusional throws using an arm circle between throw and catch (Keith-y Throws remixed), plus a horizontal throw in the middle of a plane-bendy antibend pattern. Curt Carlyle wants to call them “Faith Throws.” What do you think? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmL3nLiWYeg&w=560&h=315]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1wmyEjfEQA&w=560&h=315] Tosses, Contact, and Tether Manipulations In Oregon you can’t pump your own gasoline! I get to! It’s my job! Inbetween cars I’m permitted to dance and juggle. I play my music and worship the speakers. I get paid to practice and I pay rent. Poi… Dance… Juggle… Practice… at work. The job isn’t […]
Only having one long poi sure has encouraged me to practice all those string tricks I’ve been loving… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZQvfs5263o&w=560&h=315]
Hybrids and non-hybrids in the continued exploration of tether manipulations and flowers… Music: Lorde- “Still Sane” ** I use the ‘gunslinger wrist wrap’ I’ve been posting for a bout a year. It’s like jonathan’s gunslinger stuff, but it doesn’t reverse direction (maintains direction) and it uses a slide to get to the middle of the […]
After my last video Luke Carroll requested some trails-y footage of a flow jam. So I did. Lots of sweet patterns, all with ‘trails’ or ‘tracers’ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc6MnYXwlfI&w=560&h=315]
One hybrid is used to show 9 different planar relationships of the poi to the hands (With Glow Trails! Check it out!) My favorites (in order) are @2:03, 1:25… okay the toroid at 0:50 looks sweet with the trails too. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DufvXWzUctA&w=560&h=315] 0:07 –Poi rotating in Wall Plane on Y and Wall Plane on X {2D}0:18 […]
Toroid Hybrids. Bending one poi while antibending the other yields neat-o visuals and feels. HAPPY NEW YEAR! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7fT_UMRRJ8&w=420&h=315]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqcbTL87TU&w=560&h=315] Toroidal antibend fountain (1:55)Gunslinger to propellor to gunslinger (2:30)Throws to poi-head SLAP and tether winding/unwinding around hand. (1:11+)+Throws, Flows, and 3D Samurai Flow: Wrapping and unwrapping the poi tether around the hand and wrist for an extra visual layer and awesome feeling. Twisting the body one segment at a time (often slowly) to move […]
Flowing with Toroids, I didn’t know I was making funny faces: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW0lFrWIOJ4&w=560&h=315] Toroidal Zan’s Diamond (1:44)Quarter-Opposite Isobend-4 (0:28)Toroid Triquetra vs. Antibend-1 hybrid (5:16)
Box Antispin is used to transition:from Quarter-Opp to Tog-Same and Split-Samefrom Quarter-Same to Split-Opp and Tog-Opp Also shown are:Box Antispin vs. Extension.Box Antispin vs. 2-petal Diagonal Prospin [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKCjNlRfqc&w=420&h=315]