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dancingleaf) wrote2008-08-13 10:49 pm
dancingleaf) wrote2008-08-13 10:49 pm
I has poi?
I've been having an awesome week with the poi.
A friend showed me the BEST! set of learner's poi.
Take two heavy shower poofs. tie them to shoestrings. tie a big loop in each end for your fingers. Voila.
Cross my heart. these are the BEST. you can't weight them down at all (as in tie a veil to them) but you can learn all the behind the head moves etc, behind the back and ... it doesn't hurt if you whack yourself in the face! or any other body part.
I wish I had known this when I first picked up poi. I used to quit each session after I hit myself in the head a few times.... Now I can practice a new move, THEN switch to heavier sand bag poi with/without veil attached. I can't believe how much better this is for learning.
A friend showed me the BEST! set of learner's poi.
Take two heavy shower poofs. tie them to shoestrings. tie a big loop in each end for your fingers. Voila.
Cross my heart. these are the BEST. you can't weight them down at all (as in tie a veil to them) but you can learn all the behind the head moves etc, behind the back and ... it doesn't hurt if you whack yourself in the face! or any other body part.
I wish I had known this when I first picked up poi. I used to quit each session after I hit myself in the head a few times.... Now I can practice a new move, THEN switch to heavier sand bag poi with/without veil attached. I can't believe how much better this is for learning.