Woot!

[shanmonster]

I can now transition (mostly) seamlessly between butterfly (large and small), side circles, and a weave with the poi. Go me! Now, I just have to start figuring out the other stuff. I think I'll try a new manoeuvre tomorrow during break.

Comments

[kimberlove.livejournal.com]

kick ass! poi is fun, but i don't have my own. i always used my sister's. where did you buy yours from?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

The hardware store and a sporting goods shop. f00dave put 'em together with chain and tennis balls.

[thinkspill.livejournal.com]

you may also consider knee high nylons and tennis balls.. can be smoother for those just beginning.

not nylons, just spinning:

http://thinkspill.org/pics/l/0405/poi.avi (http://thinkspill.org/pics/l/0405/poi.avi)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I think I'm doing pretty well with my chain and tennis balls. I thwacked myself in the ear with it twice today, but it doesn't hurt nearly as much as a fist. Heh....

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

Wow...that brings back some memories. When I was a child, my mother was part of a profesional Tahitian and Hawaiian dance troupe. Poi were an everyday kinda' thing for me

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

My Mom worked with Olympic dressage horses. What a different world, hmm?

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

There are levels of irony there that I'm not sure you'll get....