7 weeks on poi (2008)

[primusucksbad]

very smooth for 7 weeks. Keep spinning :)

[otherwheregirl]

@primusucksbad thanks. That was 3 years ago =) I'm trying to get back into things. My latest poi video is titled (Poi Reentry)

[DannE11TV]

looks like some sort of martial art....looks like weapons to me :P

[otherwheregirl]

@DannE11TV

You could kill a person with a chair, but I'd hardly call that a weapon =P

I like to think of poi as a cross between jump rope, and juggling, but with more dance based movements. one could include any art with poi and that is what makes it beautiful ^_____^

[pokesephiroth]

@otherwheregirl @otherwheregirl Hmmm what DannE11TV says is true though =D there are some weapons such as the dart rope and the double meteor/double whips etc, that use similar moves that are used in poi, such as the 3 beat weave, and butterfly variations...it is indeed quite fun knowing how different art forms share similar things...hehe...wonderful ogg poi you have there btw!

[otherwheregirl]

@pokesephiroth

I totally agree with you, and I spin roap dart, and chain whip as well. I just want to avoid the weapon lable, since beautiful art foms like chain whip, and Nunchucks are as illegal as fully automatic guns. If you want to share those art forms in america, you have to deal with felony charges. This makes me sad, and if you have ever seen a kung fu movie, chairs also make absolutly amasing weapons

[pokesephiroth]

@otherwheregirl WHOA... I didn't know that those were considered illegal in the us... my gosh. Well, at least with poi, it's a great way to "disguise" your techniques. If you ever get assaulted by someone on the street, you could just bust out your poi and BAM...insta-weapon!!! lol... =)

[otherwheregirl]

You know, I do really throw everything out the window, and just see how I can move the poi/patterns to music.

That really helps me break out of cookie cutter combos. You can take the most simplistic moves and make them art, just get creative. Music helps me do that

but I'm still working on it lol

[otherwheregirl]

Meenik's channel (nick woolsy) really helped me advance faster than the average person. Well, that and a LOT of work lol =D

A lot of time has passed since this video.

Since I stoped working on poi, I've gotten a lot worse. I don't think I'm very good for someone who's been spinning for over a year now.

I am better than I was in this video, but my flow is not as great as many other people who have been at it for over a year.

[trickster987654]

For only 7 weeks of practice this is AMAZING!

Be proud of yourself for it!

and you are so elegant with them!

Looks fantastic

Looking forward to more videos!

[footfalls]

hey! you know this is a very fast progress in just 7 weeks, you should be very proud of you achievement :) keep it up :)

[xamordax]

Oh! I love those! They are beatiful! And you look so graceful as always. You inspire me.

[superiorsantateresa]

OMG your style is amazing 0.0! Only 7 weeks? I can't believe it! 5/5! X3

P.D. I like your glow balls ^^

[otherwheregirl]

YAY!! ^o^

You really think so? Thank you so much! So I have a style? wow I had no idea =D

[macidiot]

Not bad, I like the fade ball...

[otherwheregirl]

Thank you =)

I should post a video of all my new moves + the old ones. Ive learned all kinds of stuff like the 5-beat-thread-the-needle, compound-circles (flowers), the buzz-saw-fountain, and more variations on the old moves. I almost have the isolated-3-beat-weave! =D

[Insignia]

id like to see ur isolated 3bt weave.

[otherwheregirl]

I'm thinking it's not there yet. It's isolated on both sides and in the middle, but it's not really a weave. =/

[Insignia]

There 2 main ways to isolate the weave. Through use of insides which is the easiest one. And the other is complete isolations on either side not using the inside as a crutch to carry the isolation through. Which basically means that from right to left or vice versa, the isolation is moving around your hands. Its...pretty nuts haha. Then you start getting into 5bt forward and reverse isolated nonsense...=D