Poi Dancing: Beginner to Hero (Part 1)

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Week / Phase 1

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Welcome to the Poi Spinning Beginner Series!

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Important Theory on Warming Up, Stretching, posture, and your health

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Directions, orientation, and how to follow these videos

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The first thing you should do with your poi...

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The second thing you should do with your poi: Hit yourself, a lot

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Warming up while exploring the Modes of Movement

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Swinging, spinning, and controlling the plane of one poi

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Crossing one poi forward

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Crossing one poi backward

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Turning freely with one poi

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Same-direction same-time turns: high and low

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Same-direction same-time turns: poi down behind the shoulders

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Same-direction same-time turns: poi up behind the hips

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Crossing both poi together, forward and backward

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Crossing poi forward split-time (2-beat weaves)

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Give backward split-time crossing a try

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Using the world around you for poi feedback

Week / Phase 2

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Posture and Poi-Fu for Poi

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Introducing Poi-Fu, starting with "Poitruvian Arms"

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Turning back-and-forth with arms circling split-time same-direction

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Circling your arms in opposite directions

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Stall and reverse #1 - Getting started

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Exploring the modes of poi movement

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Bending planes, and split-time butterfly

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Smoothing out the same-time turns

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Practicing all the variables of same-time turns

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Learning same-time butterfly, starting with the arms

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Exploring same-time butterfly further

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3-beat weave lead-up #1

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3-beat weave lead-up #2

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Keep exploring freedom with one poi

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If you are having trouble controlling your planes... find the Berlin Wall!

Week / Phase 3

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Practicing poitruvian arms

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Poi-fu: Turning with arms in split-time same-direction

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Stall and reverse #2 - Getting smooth

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Introducing Jiggies

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Crossing one poi front to back, over the head

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Introducing Reels (Looping the same-time turns)

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The forward 3-beat weave

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Backward 2-beat weaves

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Backward 3-beat-weave lead-ups

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Split time turns in front

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Controlling poi with the arms crossed

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Getting cozy with the super important thumbs-inward-behind-the-back position

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Exploring how to circle the hand and poi on a plane

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Q&A: Developing backward split-time rhythm

Week / Phase 4

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Warm Up

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Practicing turning footwork

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Practicing poi-fu: opposites and same direction split time

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Reviewing turning in a circle: How many steps? Where's the weight?

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Stall and reverse #3 - Wall plane

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Practicing the reels and chase the sun

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Adding poi to poitrivian

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Introducing crosspoints

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Backward 3-beat weave

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Split-time turns behind

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Threading the Needle with Butterfly

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Further with split-time butterfly, inward and outward

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Tips on not getting dizzy

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When to whirl and when to shuffle

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Q&A: Answering a great question about crosspoints