Drex's Tech Poi Blog #70: asterisk flower, exotic composites, isolated weave

[krissztiina]

this was very useful, thanks a lot for the new ideas, tonight I am going to try them out!:)

[2cBeatnikk]

anyway once you've gotten to the ams crossed iso - practice flipping the poi over your arm on the inside... (dunno how well that reads - I may make a video if you don't quite see it...) then play with which end of the isolation leads, the poi head, or the hand... remember that there is a slight atomic feel to this move - in order to generate an extra bit of space - and you should be there!

Peace and poi.

CPh

[2cBeatnikk]

Awesome work Mr. Drex sir mister... I'd recommend hitting the "not-coleman-3" in forward and reverse in order to nail the last 20%... I've been stuck at this point for about a year, the only real progress i have had with this came after jon explained it to me and did a rather splendid demo... perhaps he broke a few psychological barriers! ;P

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[globalj420]

Nice one!!!!!

[derekjf85]

I've been telling people to practice isolations with their arms crossed to learn isolated weaves for a long time now!

[Mireneye]

yeah, the stuff from 5:16 is also something I should have somewhere in my videos, somewhere.. I think we actually played with it on last firedrums. (When is firedrums this year btw?)

Also stalls vs spin/antispin is definietly in my alley I'll have a look at that variation and see what comes out.

Care to explain "asterisk" for me? I don't quite understand the name.

All together, awesome ideas!

Cheers

[TaoAvatar20]

So when you write out an asterisk: *, you usually do so by superimposing an "x" over a "+". The spokes of each plane-bend radiate out at each of the same angles, so I call it an asterisk because the pattern kind of resembles one when seen head-on.

Thanks, man! :)

[globalj420]

Firedrums is May 6th-9th this year. I still need to find out when tickets r goin on sale though.

[JoffJk]

i really liked the last section you were talking about :) I'm off to go play with cap vs stalls and pendulums

[djcow111]

i love the asterisk flower i have been playing with those for a while now. i have also been having trouble with iso weave this is what i have needed!

cheers drex

keep up the awsome work!!