I've been performing, dancing, and teaching the art poi spinning for nearly ten years and I'd love to teach you the art of poi spinning, too! I have lessons for every level of student, from spinners who are interested in learning the latest and most advanced tech poi to people just beginning their poi spinning journey and everyone in between.
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Yeah, unfortunately RU-vid caps me at no more than 60 seconds for Shorts. The longer version with the full routine is on Instagram: instagram.com/reel/C9C5jUPOElL/?igsh=MWtrMzlxdmNvNm8wMg==
I wish I had your tutorials back when I learnt to spin. I started with the harder tricks and oddly enough I now find it harder to learn flowers and isolations. These videos are a huge help.
The playlist is linked in the description-here’s another link: Contemporary Poi Dance Moves Tutorials ru-vid.com/group/PLGRWu2f31dFUXW9hzkRlvGV6xlaAxfVCc
I'd love to learn how you plan and rehearse a performance. Do you write out a series of tricks that flow together and then practice doing them, or just go up and freestyle?
Definitely a matter of knowing your audience and context of the performance (walk around vs stage for example) but if you can, tell a story! People get engaged with a narrative
These tips are very informational. I definitely need to practice more on the making use of the stage more while spinning. I also have to play around with dynamics of going big vs going small. I definitely need to work on incorporating levels more in my poi dance flow. Eye contact is so important but also finding the medium between too much eye contact and not enough eye contact.
I bought a pair of tube sock poi recently but I have no idea how to tie a knot and what kind I should use... It's a cheap beanbag tube sock poi pair from juggle dreams. ...right now I've just got a weird tangle of basic knots and it annoys the hell out of me 😓 I wanna tie a good knot to a well-balanced position and I would love to tighten it to make it feel more permanent, then I could finally start like really really getting things to my muscle memory. Oh and on another topic, been learning flowers, hybrids, isolations, and stalls recently because I got most of the weaves/fountains etc down like clockwork already, can just go flow mode 🥰 Yesterday I nailed the tuck turn that's fully behind the back, I had somehow completely missed that, but drex posted a short about tuck turns yesterday, and I saw it's a thing that exists. So I grinded it until I learned it 😂 (if someone replies to this please tag me by just adding @litepaw to your comment so youtube notifies me of the reply better. It's really important to me if I could finally tie these poi better)
@@DrexFactor THANK YOU ❤️ That's exactly what I was looking for! Makes sense that a DIY video would include a section on that 😂 And thank you for the super clear and simple poi learning material! You've been such a huge help and resource in picking up poi spinning again after a long break ❤️🔥 I originally picked it up as a tribute to one of my best friends who suddenly died a bit over half a decade ago to keep his memory and vibe alive. Atte had a big influence on my life in multiple ways.
Love the "frog jump" idea. Can't wait to meet the next person I will teach to spin and use that. The thought of going from baby froggy jumps to full Poi-Fu is so exciting!
I think his point is: "what does the audience think? Be aware that it may not look cool to them." If it does look cool to them, great! If not, just may not make your _performance_ stand out as much as you may want.
@@zappasavesI’m from SEAsia, and truly, clients, laymen, won’t be able to tell what a tech tree is doing. It’s cause no one here does this, hence their point of reference is massively different
Ultimately I hope what comes across in the video is that learning your way around each of these concepts means that you can make a choice about how you want to present yourself. There are absolutely applications for holding still onstage for a certain period of time, but I do think that it's important that people have what they need to make other choices both for themselves and for their audience.
@@DrexFactor Fair, and I agree. Your video by and large did a great job to help people become aware of habits they may not have been aware of previously. I think I only reacted to the idea of a 'mission to cut down tech trees', where I think that mountain style is cool and has a place alongside the dancier flow.
There's no words that can describe how easy he makes it look 🤯 I picked up poi again for the first time in a looong time and been getting to the intermediate stage, cleaning up my hybrids, flowers, fountains etc. But this is just.. nah maybe after 3 more years of daily practice 😂 Having goals is good tho, right?
As someone who has only recently began my poi journey again, after spinning religiously from 2009 - 2013 or so, I am AMAZED with how much has changed. I remember seeing Tech become a thing, and then had stopped right around when everyone was beginning to spin with Contact Poi but was still watching some of what the community was doing... But wow, I missed out on so much, and cannot wait to learn more.
Maybe not "beginner" per say, but personally I LOVED orbitals when I got started. Learning those moves taught me so much about the 5 fundamentals you covered here. So, I would humbly add "String manipulation" as a consideration. Both Isolations and tangles would fall under this category, but perhaps not under absolute beginner... It was a beginner "trick" for me, anyways.
Thank you so much for these helpful tutorials!!!!! I’ve learned all my tricks just from watching your free RU-vid videos! Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your amazing skills and passion!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is very cool how to do the flower with antispins. Beat control is so important literally. Taking energy away from the poi plus giving the poi energy can be very beneficial.
