Poi Dancing Tutorial: 5-beat weaves and related theory (Intermediate)

[roconofx]

ouuu my balls!! (im doing it great) thank you so much for this tutorial

[Fdurett]

You really make this so much fun, thank you

[WesleyFawx]

You guys are why I love poi so much [: Most of my friends that spin son't live near me (like 2 hours away) and so i'm never exposed to new poi and when I find a new trick or stumble upon a concept with the poi that I want to find something to make of it I just go to your page and you have something for it! You explain everything so well and so thouroughly I usually get it right away! You guys are the best :D

[LotteHoudtVanZomer]

I am actually doing this after half an hour or so. Great turtorial!!

[LotteHoudtVanZomer]

04:45 This one's going: 'No, no, I wanna stay behind!' And this one goes: 'Follow me over this side!'

Brilliant way to explain that =').

[np00444]

Nick, your tutorials are amazing!! i wish i could learn to spin with you in a workshop. learned this in two views.

[sydneyrox322]

i learned the movement of it within 10 minutes only to realize i was hookind under

[KnollDark]

Thought that I've only been able to do a 4 beat weave, just went to recount them and realized that I've been doing 5 beats for over a month

[vtvtlpbx]

Omg! Attempted this for the first time last night with this video and got it in less then 24 hrs. Thank you!

[vtvtlpbx]

Omg, finally! Thank you!!!

[vtvtlpbx]

@vtvtlpbx Got it in less then 24hrs thanks to this video.

[thessie]

Brilliant tutorial! Thank you for posting this.

[Coinwalker1]

I've watched this video at least half a dozen times over the last two months and I'm not closer to figuring out five-beat weave.

[madidancer121]

AHHHH! I did it!!! Thank you so much :D

[McGloven113011]

I hit myself like he does at 7:26!

[wisse2]

Thank you so much!

[gravitydefyinghair]

Oooh man!!! Totally got in after just a few tries! Got waaaay too excited!!

Except I can't do it without saying "follow me!" outloud. Haha!

[Sirveaux]

I can't watch this on my iPod. Says format is not supported. Bummer bro.

[RichtigScheisse1]

wow! learned it in 20 minutes. thank you sooo much!!!

[JustinDettman]

I love this tutorial. I'm gonna learn this later but I just loved watching this. I love you voices, they're funny. ; )

[MrBoghost]

follow me... ;D

[samkaywitt]

i learned it the first itme i watched this. seriously you are the my favorite person to learn from. youre hilarious too :p

[meghanniven]

OMG I suck!

[epicpeople946]

this is a good way to hit youre ball sack......IM USEING SOCK POI WITH GOLF BALLS < IT HURTS ALOT!!!!

[mrjerk56]

i was trying to rap my head around doing the 5 beat weave and turns out Ive bin doing it all along

[trevlono5]

ok this is getting irritating. im just starting with poi and i have the 3 beat down and i really want to learn the 5 beat but i consistantly hit myself in the nuts. any suggestions to avoid this so i will keep practicing?

[norajolantha2]

what kind of poi are u using? my friend would really like some and i'm planning on getting him some for his birthday...

[Kimmerset]

Great video, had the 5-beat going in no more than 10-20 minutes, thanks a million.

[RaggedyAndyLA]

@Kimmerset Same.

[MrHammerAnt]

I just did my first successful five-beat weave about 20 seconds ago. You're a very clear instructor! Thank you!

[hauntedstarlight]

You have a lovely Spirit meenik! Thank you for sharing your Poi dances with all of us. You teach it with a great heart friend! :) ~Lana

[immysteria]

Awesome instruction! And he's so cute!! lol

[sexylove60405]

i definitely agree that "the slower you go, the faster you learn." The person who taught me how to spin always told me that and also taught me breathing techniques to keep my heart beat and breathing at a slow and steady pace. That saying goes for anything that you are learning. And practice makes better...never perfect ^_^. There is no such thing as perfect...so go out there and get practicing lol

[Levioys]

"And if you can consistently hit yourself, you're doing great!" Oh, then I must do great, because I'm constantly hitting myself when trying this move...

[ManamiProductions]

Oh my goodness these are the best videos ever. Nick, you are amazing. You made me laugh and you have taught me everything I know! I want to call you Woosley-sensei or something of that equivalence :)

[TheMaidenmaniac666]

dude. you have the BEST way to explain poi. THANK YOU!!

[lelfecrapeaud]

thanks to you I learn this move in few hour, thank you :)

[TheKarenveg]

Cant wait!! Thanks for all this videos!

PURA VIDA!!

[PureFaggotry]

I think I'm getting the hang of it. But I should probably wear a cup before I get testicular cancer...

[Eric101point101]

@PureFaggotry how would you get cancer?

using microwave balls?

[Sirveaux]

15 people are bad at poi and jealous of this gentleman's skills.

[MsAleksandr25]

lahe aga ma teen seda sama aga tulega

[0rangeSunshine]

I keep hitting myself in the nuts, but I almost have it

[Panduh206]

@0rangeSunshine i know your pain -_-

[Viewindo]

@0rangeSunshine Just did it. The left. Hence coming back to this video xD

[CoreyEllisthe1st]

nice, i got it down. love your tutorials, and your comentaries

[DinasEmrys]

I'm playing poi casually since November now and i just love your videos :)

I have to learn it all by myself, because I don't know anyone else playing poi and I am at a point where I can hardly learn about videos anymore, because they either show basics or don't explain the moves good enough to let me repeat them.

Today it took 2 hours of practicing the 5-beat-weave (hell, my wrists hurt that much because of the wristflipping) but finally it made "crack" and it now it works!

Thank you so much :)

[GreenEnvyDesigns]

I really like how you analyse the moves and show the directions and flow of the move. I am really new to poi and just tackled 3 beat. you make it look so terribly easy!!!!!!!!!! haha :) I've been trying 5 beat for a while but have managed to do a 5 on the right and a three on the left LOL. I see what i do wrong now though so i will hopefully have a succesfull go next time :) thnx for this vid and taking the time to explain! :D

[dallatorretdu]

oh god! your teaching is really effective! i like this way to learn ... i'm learning it!

[YOSOYCHOCOKOLORS4]

what gay

[Hempskater]

i am view number 100001 yes!!

[leolausemaus90]

FOLLOW MEEEE!!!! <3 brilliant! XDDD

[8Vici8]

yeaaahhh I got it! I LOVE YOU :D

[atrider84]

So epic. I have been trying to figure out 5-beat for about 2 weeks, I got 4:30 in and I figured it out. Nick you are the man!

[420crucial]

Great tutorial, five beat weave here I come! Keep up the good work Nick!

[eloondrel]

You have no idea that break down with "follow me!" helped me out =D thanks man

[jeganmic]

The Most Amazing Poi tutorial i have ever seen!!! Period!!!

[AD0000]

is there any way to slow it down more so i can see what ur hands r doing while the poi r spinning i feel it will help more if my eyes could keep up with whats happening

[voracious88]

I'm nearly beginning to play poi and can do the 3-beat-wave, the windmill, some turning stuff, and i really liked the look of the 5-beat-weave and l'm trying to learn it. I really enjoy your explanation, although i still cannot do the 5-beats, but i will keep on trying =)

[holyghostrad]

love how you explain things....it helps me learn easier! thanks

[BrunetteMuesli]

*Sitting handcuffed in front of the PC* It's physically impossible XD

[kinette9]

yess,follow me ;-)

[williamcholo3460]

hahahaha

[drgryz]

I want your blouse!

[mrkurt13]

ahaha. "then you could do a whole lot of beats weave"

[ellrrooyy]

u explained body motion very clear i wasn't able to do it till watch this, many thanxxx...

[thiparadidle]

i wish i could also go back in time like he does lol

[FeiLiSha12]

"Now, if you could consistently hit yourself, that would be great..." Such positive attitudes throughout are the best part. Learning from Nick is so easy, fun, and encouraging:)

[FantasiaZero3]

I knew you would have helped me.....three years later: again thanks for making this video!

[lilbsongwriter]

i like your hair :) but i can never get the hang of the 5 beat on my left side but i can do it on my right side any one got any tips for me?

[tonkpils707]

great video!

[gimmiesomeroy]

wow, you make it look so simple!!! im just starting with poi and would love to learn to dance with the fire one day, not any day soon, lol!!! love your sweater i have one just like it. thank you very much for braking everything down for the beginers, you just rock!!!

[lemonheartfly]

love it. love them all

[multuminparvo]

I discovered this move totally by accident yesterday just messing around.. all of a sudden I was doing it, but now I can't get with it again... thank you for the break down.. always so helpful... I could watch you do the back in time bit over and over btw... :)

[xxpluckyxx]

My head asplode!

[xxpluckyxx]

@xxpluckyxx

Wait wait! 2 days later I've almost got it down, woohoo :)

[slipsonic]

i could totally hang out in a grassy field learning poi all day with him

[slipsonic]

wow , I had a big problem learning 5 beat weave, but not anymore! :)

[mxchicka]

I love your jacket hoodie thing! D: Where do you get a jacket like that?

[dralocon]

this guy is both amazing and insane....

[kkentert]

cute poi teachers are fun. Thanks for all the great vids!

[jurecq]

you are a damn good teacher :) and there is so much joy in what you do, great!

[TheKimiken]

This would be MUCH easyer if you showed it in slowmotion sometimes.

[MrGatordog567]

@TheKimiken no ur just slow

[AsEasyAsLSD]

@TheKimiken ahh, the trick is to slow down your eyes.

[TheKimiken]

@AsEasyAsLSD Fine, il watch it again right before i go to bed :)

[icka1991]

your an awesome teacher! im still struggling but i think its my poi, i have strings on mine wich make them longer and once i shhortedn them its harder to spin, any ideas to make it easier??

[MonsterMikeMonster]

So i need to be able to consistently hit myself?^^

[punqarotzy]

you are endearing ... thank you! :)

[Kamenoto]

you are a god of explaining the moves in a down to earth manner, best on the web

[vitcay01]

i hit my self in the balls 3 times and then i gave up for a little bit...oh ya what are the things you are useing (poi?) and do you know a site that will show me how to make them?

[popmolo]

after 4 and a half hours of tring i fianlly got it!!

[keijielasher]

great tutorial...but i think i need a lot of training to that hehehehe!!!!

[jodnl]

Great tutorial. Thanks.

[SuperDaywoo]

Follow Me!! ^.^

[justateardropaway]

oh yes, i hit myself =)

[baha3d]

nic nie rozumiem co mówisz, ale wszystko widzę i jutro spróbuję

pozdrawiam

baha3d

[xleelee916x]

"follow me! follow me!" rofl! Classic!

[jbaylies]

"In fact, we're gonna go back in time HOOPbloopblopgloop" lol

Great tutorial, thanks!

[Japanamanable]

awesome video

[egypsistigeress]

Not only are you absolutely hilarious but the way you teach is really great! You break everything down in a way I totally understand. Thank you and ROLFMAO at 'Follow Me' and 'This Way'!!

[Lrussel5]

Nick: Great vid! Love the front and especially the overhead view! That helps alot. Follow meeeee.... worked for meeeeee. Happy Spinning.

[NemesisOfExodus]

Thanks for this pretty understandable tutorial video, i just learned it in less hours, thanks again ^^ greetings from Germany =)

[CatzKr]

Damn I was having fun learning this. "Hey, follow me." LOL Great tutorial. :D

[xDroflmao1337]

lol he's awesome :D

best tuturiol i've seen on the 5 beat weave

[beyeddragon]

dude, your suck a dork but its a good thing, like adding a little comedy to the lesson, thanks i got it pretty quick. keep up the work, its awsome.

[CrankyUtarine]

I think hes adorable and I dong get irritated watching him :D he makes me feel comfortable

[Flukaa]

he's so cute and zany... ^^

[MangaKate]

Very well explained! Better than counting the beats and leaving us to it from there! haha

[jedybear00]

I like how u break it down I've been doing poi for about 1 year and I love it i have so much fun I would like to see u play with fire poi one of these times

[emptyvid]

that finger explanation was amazing! i got it down in 10 minutes!

[xXminenotyoursXx]

oh Lord.. probably the next thing i know, there will be like.. 20-beat weave Ö

hahaha! ...i'll practice this one :D

[pranksterprince15]

holy crap I've been doing poi for only 2 months going on 3 and learned only about 10 things in total. i can do 3 beat like in my sleep and i couldn't figure out how to do 5 this video got me to do it in 3 tries O.o thank you so much meenik!!

[KarunaCompassion]

wow the finger thing is the best way to explainthis. lol thnaks

[commentorz]

Thanks man. You are awesome, I watch all your vids. I got Fire Poi for Christmas and just started up, I learned the 3 beat and 5 beat weave in 2 days from your video lessons!

[R0g3r67]

great tutorial

[zacadaniels]

First video that was actually very helpful. I was able to perform 3 and 5 beat weaves just in the time of watching this video

[memoghaddas]

Thank you so much for posting this. Out of all of the vids I checked out on how to do the beat, this one helped me actually get it! Great work!

[osterianio]

your insight on the nature of weaves has really helped me out.

[GreenColoredBlood]

Alot of good tips and tricks for the beginners in this video! Great work!!

[j1g2w3]

This is a really cool video. Been trying on and off to get the 5 beat weave for a while... But I just hit myself in the balls so I'm gonna sit down for a while.

[osterianio]

that happens. it takes a a few seconds for it to really start to hurt too.

[Haarmonics]

I noticed I had a tendency to hit myself and then realized it was mainly because the poi were slowing down to a stall or nearly a stall by the time I got into that final/extra rotation on each side. I also notice that with 5 beat weave, if you look closely you notice that on each side, the diameter of the circle inscribed by the poi performing that extra rotation gets smaller, so you can't get a nice consistent diameter.

[Haarmonics]

I just managed to do the 5 beat weave tonight! When I first was interested in poi about 2 months ago, I came and looked on YouTube, and the first poi video I came to was yours. You made it look so easy, but you really explained so well. So over the last 2 months, I have become a huge fan of yours and just about all I know I learned from your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your passion for poi. God bless.

[JorgeWBeer]

FOLLOW ME :DDDD

[rsok]

where did you get that hooded shirt? thats nice.

[nicotinelolipop]

hahah i just tried doing this while watching the video, and my poi went flying across my room just missing my computer xD

[magemeleeftw]

Amazing, I've been struggling with this move for a while now, and although at the time i thought the pointing with the hands and practicing how the wrists fit together was silly, I can see that it REALLY did help. Thanks a ton nick

[darkfox142]

wow you are amazing and cute!, but really i have had the hardest time with five beat weave, i sat down watched it, and then got up and first try got the 5 beat weave. Amazing way that you go step by step on how to do it!!! thank you so much

[ScotIsFree]

i need help with full wallplane 5 beat butterfly fountains, and butterfly waistwraps. anybody have tips or know where to find a video for me?

[4leggedspirit]

lol..... you're such a big kid Nick... brilliant haha!

[battlr]

OMG Wow!

That was SO helpful!!!

You are brilliant!!

[Taintain101]

wow, thanks so much, i was struggling with this move for the longest time!! i think it was the funny voices from your fingers :P

[Miciro7]

wow. i cant believe that i figured this move out in just one night, by my self, with no vids to help me out. boy what you learn at sonshine

[gamergeekgal]

Between you and Wombatovitch's explanation I was finally able to get this move that I've been trying for over 12 months! Your "we're going thiiiis way" really helped me put the "move" into actual motion. Thank you!!!

[DJQobra]

Thank you so much! You have no Idea how much this has helped me!

[AuRrrOrA33]

thank you!!!!

[sephiroth87932]

yo i love your jacket where did you get it?

[tenkaris]

You really are amazing at describing the moves and breaking it down into a bunch of helpful "stepping stones" that help so much with learning the move. I just got the forward three-beat weave last night and I'm going to work on this one soon, though I think I'm going to figure out backwards 2 and 3 beat weaves first.

[wassagoinon]

wow! thanks. this really let me understand how it is done.

[izzalozzabob]

I have only just got into poi and your tutorials are great!! Putting them into laymans terms :)

What I found really great was you getting rid of the poi and just showing us what to do with your hands and wrists. I found it useful to just do the wrists and hands whilst holding the poi- it just came naturally then.

Thanks for a great video.

[Nixon3191]

Great tutorial! I have been trying to figure this out forever and no other tutorials worked. This one was so clear though that I figured it out in about 20 minutes!

[reachvii]

really cool, great teacher ill start with poi and make my way on to glowsticking :P awsome :)

[Urajje]

Ha I remember watching this one month into glowstringing. Thanks to "This way!" and then "Over here!" I got it. :) Still have to get the reverse.

[poposisa]

hahaha i like this guy :P nice nice enthusiasm

[Dj0bscure]

Awesome man! I really enjoy your enthusiasm. :D

You make meh happy. Keep it up :D :D

[thesacredphoenix]

Nice, thanks a lot for this. I picked up some poi of the sock and tail variety a few days ago, I'm currently in Japan, and wanted to learn some neat looking things. I think this tutorial is by far the best on the 5 beat weave, and it's coming along much better than any other video has helped me. The twisting of the hands and the last beat of the bottom hand has been messing me up and the way you explain leading hands has helped that a bit.

Thanks a lot and keep it up! You're amazing! =)

[barbabecca]

austria wooot!! Joo des oesterreichische essen..mm

poi auf der alm..sowas will ich sehen!

[pauliniochi]

nice work got this in like an hour and I'm a complete beginner. good video.

[grzzzegorzzz]

i think it also very much helps to start with focusing a 5-beat wave on one side, and keep spinning a 3-beat wave on the other side. then switch.

[Gidizz]

omg I love this dude :P

Awesome lesson! :)

[FluessendeUrin]

now it's been exactly a year since i started to play poi, hope I break the habit today^^

[PsykoPatrik]

I waited soooo long before learning the backward 5 beat weave, but now I finally started to get it right. He is absolutely right, if you wait too long it will be really hard to break the 3 beat pattern.

Thanks Nick! :)

[ilpozzodisanpatrizio]

Finally I learned!! Thanks, meenik!! Antonella

[BasekKills]

haha so i wanted to learn this but it looks so CRAZYYY then after like a week i got it downnn.

good tutorial [=.

[DancingonTheCorpses]

Learned a five beat in about a week. now I need to learn it reverse! Thanks, Meenik! XD

[NightRushX]

"Follow Meeee!!!" XDDD AHHAHAHA... Sighs... That was great :D

[Mmwhitefoto]

and jusT SO YOU KNOW, YOU MAAAY also hit yourwlf in the groin. CAREFUL!

[BlakkScarf]

thank you very very much. I´ve learned the 5bw in 20 minutes :-) You´re an great teacher! Greetings from Cologne!

[somerandom128]

i can do it! i can do it! thankyou nick!!!

however it is yet to be perfected *rubs bruised legs*

[akaneten16]

OMG I love this guy! I almost got it on my left side but my right side is gold! Got it down in about half an hour, i think in about another half an hour I'll be able to do a passable 5-beat :D :D :D

The part that helped a lot was when he had you do the pointing thing, then I just added the poi and kept going even when I got tangled.

I'm so happy right now T_T I've been trying to get this down for almost 3 weeks.

[wednesdey]

Thank you! This is an awesome video. When I first started playing with poi I did the 5-beat weave naturally. Then my friends showed me the 3-beat and I totally lost the 5-beat.

I love how you show your hand movements from above. So it looks like from the perspective of the person spinning. It makes it so much easier to follow along.

Mahalo!

[shmoofoobean44]

8:49 :D thanks. he's such a good teacher!

[Urajje]

i can do the 5 beat weave perfectly....learned it from this video and polished it up and i am satisfied. Just keep watching this video it will click sooner or later.

[kithui]

goddd, i cant do the 5 beat, my motor skills are all out of whack, i learned the 3 beat then i started to learn crossers and fountains. what happens if the left hand poi lags behind when you cross to the left side of your body????

[zNickoOo]

at 5:13 when he shows the hand movements, while in this motion you must throw the poi over and under the left one while the left one is going under and over.. it took me a really long time to realise this haha, I think I watched this video like 20 times to see what I was missing but he's right everyone thinks differently. Thanks Nick you just made my poi experiance well amazing ^_^

[zNickoOo]

sorry for my last comment I guess I got so into the video that I missed the movement practices you showed. Great tutorials once again ^_^

[TheSupremeAbstract]

Great videos. 12/10

Have helpped me so much.

[loveandbullets07]

it's tough to just sit there and spin with one poi because you know you're not doing crazy fancy tricks but i'm practicing and i want to get good so i will definitely put in some more time/work today

[francofiere]

amasing videos even thought ya have so amny i dont kown where to start lol gj :)

[DasLuminatorz]

Wow. That little "Follow ME!" thing was the key to triggering my mind.

[Baker1203]

were did you get that hoodie ??? its sick

[Julyaskina]

sei troppo bravoooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[ZayXanProductions]

umm what do u call a 5 beat weave while u rotate in a circle cuz when i learned this i always like do it than spin in a circle while doing it repeatedly o.o