line isolation demo

this is a little demo i whipped up whilst staying at the church of poi.

a few months ago, rob introduced me to the concept of doing line isolation with poi.. i had played with this idea with staff before, but never considered its applications to poi.

after a few months of letting it sit in the back of my mind, and a couple of weeks of playing with it, this is what ive done

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[pineapple012]

this then produces the line isolation.. does this make sense to the reference frame inside your head jon?

:hug:

[pineapple012]

Jon: my personal reference frame for these, isnt a progression from spin isolation, but from antispin flowers.. i now see how you could get there through isolation, and see that a cat eye is a line isolation with the center of the poi body, which then moves onto the first move in this video. however, i see this as a big antispin flower with only 2 petals. so, where 4 petals looks like a square, 3 petals a triangle, 2 looks like a line. its isolated in the most maximal i can understand

[AlienJon]

I totally agree with getting to line iso from antispin. This is a big part of how I got to them as well. We are dealing with moves that cross a lot of boundaries.

So for instance:

A cateye is an ellipse, a 1-beat (2-petal) antispin, and a linear isolation all at the same time. By highlighting different aspects we can see how it fits in with other moves... and we might get new ideas about other moves!

I was focusing on going from point to line to illustrate the relationship to Nathaniel. =)

[pineapple012]

ah, yep, sorry.. i was getting confused with the order of replies.. i agree with you totally jon

[jtherrington77]

I love reading your words that describe complex poi movements. Would it be accurate to say that an isolation is simply a move where the hand and the poi head create a mirror image of each other simultaneously? So a linear isolation is an isolation because the hand and poi head are creating 2 lines that are mirror images of each other?

[pineapple012]

hm, not quite jtherrington.

in these cases my hands are moving in circular or eliptical paths. it's most easily seen with the very first antispin pattern i do, with the staff, where you see one head make a vertical line (as indicated) the other head, a horizontal line, yet my arm makes a circular path

im sure someone could prove this mathematicall :)

xo

[Fueegen]

great vid, really helpfull.. :)

[GoldenChild87]

Heavy poi is imho easier...

[GrendelNin]

Okay, my friends and I are still wondering... heavy poi or light poi for better isolations?

[eliasbrinez]

I love it

[VegaEtereo]

Thanks for sharing this. Greetings from Venezuela :) *****

[DracoFlamingSphere]

Wow!? I've got a lot to think about while practicing next. Thanks for the Video Pete! Thank you Jon for the break down explanation..it really shows me how much I need to catch up on the theory part of it all and then some;) Thanks:)

[Meanie83]

Great stuff! This will take me a while to get the hang of. Now I finally have the hang of 3 beat 4 petal flowers, ive got some room for another high level challenge :p

[adamingamells]

you guys are the way out poi nerds, i love it.

[jtherrington77]

Ah, yes. Now I see it. Thanks.