Beginner Poi Dancing Lesson: Fun things with Butterfly

In this poi spinning lesson: Playing with Butterfly and Opposites, by http://playpoi.com

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[Russellbeta]

im training less and less, i wish i got the addiction back. i miss the retreat it used to give me..

[Fence4Life]

Your freedom of movement is amazing. I have to admit, opposites are probably the weakest party of my spinning

[pittkid42]

I'm really good at the move at 1:47 ; )

[DontReadMe17]

Great view at 0:48 hehehe this is fun :) besides getting hit on the head, This is worth it :)

[maankindj]

this is why i'm crazy about poi!!

[Hero417]

good video!

i enjoyed it.

:)

and the lady at the beginnin of the video is ridiculously attractive.

:b

ohh and so are you nick!

;)

haha

[thecapricorn94]

i don't even remember how i learnt to do butterfly behind my head... i think i just did it one day, haha.

i'm still trying to get the hang of behind the back, way harder.

[Bellithe]

Watch some videos of nick,yuta and all the other greats spinning!

Inspiration and all that :o)

[AlienJon]

What Nick said ^

Opposite is how the poi are relating to each other's directions. With hand's 2 poi lengths apart (2 units), you can spin completely in the same plane. With hands 1 unit apart, you could use 2 parallel, but slightly offset planes so that you don't hit your other hand/arm. Butterfly would be about 0 units apart. You have to angle your poi into 2 different planes. It's a bit like a flattened X (atomic).

[meenik]

To me, butterfly is opposites when you put your hands together. That's when it looks like a butterfly. As soon as you separate your hands it's just opposites.

Yes, Ronan's poi are stage balls, climbing rope, and actually the knobss from the ends of juggling clubs.

[Insignia]

Sorta. Just that the butterfly is the name given to the pattern that is formed when you put your hands together while spinning opposites.

If you were to separate your hands in any capacity while doing opposites, does the butterfly still remain? Or is the pattern something else entirely?

See what I'm saying?

[willow2x]

ok so for opposites its a buttfly, except the center point is split with your arms split.

if you get what i mean.

yeah, me n goldie figured out ronans poi.

we guesse there made with stage balls, some form on threaded rope as for the counter weight...

i think its a modified rubber counter weight like off yoyo's

cheers tho dude!!

keep the world spininng =D