Poi spiral wrap variations

[rivesrhllfdr]

reminds me of bumps

[DyamiKaplan]

I don't call them spiral wraps unless the entire poi wraps (from handle to head), other wise it is just a wrap at the head. all wraps though, so it's all ok

[TaoAvatar20]

Interesting...I was kind of proceeding from the assumption that any wrap performed split-time same direction fit the bill.

If indeed we consider the spiral wrap to exclusively be a split-time same direction wrap around the hands/fingers/wrists, what then would we call the other wraps that vary from it only in terms of the degree of distance between the hands? It makes more sense to me to classify these types of movement by the timing and direction that starts them and the body parts they wrap.

[DyamiKaplan]

To me a spiral wrap is specific to the entire poi length wrapping because that is the variation where the head most dramatically traces a spiral. That doesn't mean it has to only be on the hands, it could be done on the ankles too.

I classify wraps in whatever way helps me understand them better and that can be different depending on how different people think about it. We must just remember not to impose our beliefs on the students, but rather guide them towards their own understanding of it.

[TaoAvatar20]

I definitely agree and the connotation of the name makes sense to me in this case. I'm spacing on what to call the other wraps, though.

[DyamiKaplan]

Don't name them. Only recognize that a wrap means the poi is wrapping to some degree around something else, and that they can be done in different ways and places. Explore as many of the possibilities as you can find and leave others to do the same.

[freedomcaller]

kazatzke spiral wrap!

you can also do spiral wraps in buzzsaw :D

[globalj420]

U should start glowstringing... It would help u come up with a lot more spiral and wrap variations....

[thesoundof3am]

so many great upper arm wrap variations come with doing this 4:05

and the one at 4:28 looks like fun

and with long enough chains and your hands pretty close to your legs the last variation is, as you said, a huge crowd pleaser