Friday, April 29, 2005
Iso, my love.
I found some excellent videos at HoP that show off iso's, I just didn't fathom the possibilities! I have found a new love, now I must court her and ask her to marry me.... oh Isolations, won't you be mine? :P
Sunday, April 24, 2005
BTB Weave!
YAAAAAY! I *just* finally got the behind the back weave figured out! Weee!
It's a serious shoulder and forearm workout (ouchie!), along with other pains and bruises...I had been trying to get it with my practice poi, but it has metal hardware holding the poi balls on and i kept whacking my hand with it, which was causing some painful and ugly welts , making me severely gun shy, and consequently keeping me from really trying to do the trick right. So tonight I whipped out the poi made from socks that the kids use, altered them a bit for me, and within the hour I had the two beat weave down solid on both sides. I can do the three beat too, I can't get past one full rotation, but I own it now so it won't be long. *squee!*
It's a serious shoulder and forearm workout (ouchie!), along with other pains and bruises...I had been trying to get it with my practice poi, but it has metal hardware holding the poi balls on and i kept whacking my hand with it, which was causing some painful and ugly welts , making me severely gun shy, and consequently keeping me from really trying to do the trick right. So tonight I whipped out the poi made from socks that the kids use, altered them a bit for me, and within the hour I had the two beat weave down solid on both sides. I can do the three beat too, I can't get past one full rotation, but I own it now so it won't be long. *squee!*
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Finally, some video :}
I've finally figured out how to capture and upload video without the file size being a bazillion megs, so here it is!
http://www.ravenrings.com/gallery/fire/video/arfire420-05.wmv
Right click, save as... ^_^
http://www.ravenrings.com/gallery/fire/video/arfire420-05.wmv
Right click, save as... ^_^
Monday, April 04, 2005
isolations
I have been trying to get isolations for months and months, and no one has been able to tell me how to do them. I have searched forums, the internet and asked friends but the best I could get was that you, "just find them". Even my friend Matthew, who is *excellent* at teaching moves couldn't seem to explain it to me. Well, I "just found them" tonight. I stink, and I have a long way to go, but I have found the concept, and dangit I think it actually *can* be explained.
What I "found" tonight:
If you take a reverse butterfly and pull the circles away from each other out and up, but stop controlling the strings, jut let the poi swing from it's own momentum, you will feel the beginning of what isolations feel like. Now try this concept with a buzzsaw. Start a buzzsaw, then stop "trying" to do the trick, just let go and let the poi's momentum take over. Then start to move your hands "around" the balls. I could be wrong on some of this, I just discovered the sensation a few minutes ago after trying (again) for several hours to find it. But it's what I have to go on so far, and I just wanted to document it.
Dang these are cool!
What I "found" tonight:
If you take a reverse butterfly and pull the circles away from each other out and up, but stop controlling the strings, jut let the poi swing from it's own momentum, you will feel the beginning of what isolations feel like. Now try this concept with a buzzsaw. Start a buzzsaw, then stop "trying" to do the trick, just let go and let the poi's momentum take over. Then start to move your hands "around" the balls. I could be wrong on some of this, I just discovered the sensation a few minutes ago after trying (again) for several hours to find it. But it's what I have to go on so far, and I just wanted to document it.
Dang these are cool!
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