Drex's Tech Poi Blog #11: Buzzsaw flowers, hybrids, 1.5

Playing around with asymmetrical buzzsaw flower variations, tips from Alien Jon on how to practice unit circle hybrids, and a 1.5 variation from Mireneye's recent tech poi vid.

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• poi
• pendulum
• 1.5
• hybrid
• unit
• circle
• buzzsaw
• flower
• fountain

[Insignia]

Again, Alien Jon says what I would have said but infinitely...more verbose than myself lol.

[AlienJon]

If you try the combination of inverted frame vs outside plane, you'll notice in wall plane your outside arm has to reach across your body too much. In wheel plane you have to hold the inverted poi way out in front of you. By turning your torso to 45°, neither arm has to stretch as much. It gives the optimal use of the space in the inverted frame, letting the poi swing close to the opposite armpit.

[AlienJon]

Just scripted a chapter on 'Framing' for the new DVD Zan and I are filming... It relates to all this, so here is a quicky wile it's in my mind:

When you spin in the "buzzsaw plane' you are framing your poi plane in between your arms. This is an inverted frame. Play with moving a B-saw under each of your armpits, and over each shoulder. A good way to spin many unit circle hybrids is with one poi in the inverted frame, placed near the space of your opposite armpit. The other hand can spin outside.

[AlienJon]

Concerning the stance at 45°, a few variants to practice: Stand in wheel plane, and turn only your torso to the 45°.

Stand in wall plane and turn only your torso to the 45°.

Then from the above position, pivot your leading foot so it points in wheel plane. This is a fencers, or Aikido, triangular stance. It should be a comfortable place to spin these from.

As you get used to these positions, they should start to flow together, so you can step and turn around freely and hit these moves.