Introducing poitruvian arms

Poitruvian arms are introduced as a poi-fu warm-up drill, building clean arm pathways before adding props. You’ll practise a large, continuous arm circle that travels from in front of the face, past the ear and behind the head, reaches up, then swoops down past the legs and returns to the nose without cutting corners.

Nick Woolsey emphasises posture, alignment, and muscle memory so the pathway stays consistent when your attention shifts. The goal is relaxed repetition on both sides, training clear lines and body control that later transfers directly into Poitruvian patterning with poi.