one handed !?!?

Amazing Rae · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Brighton

Okay so, im walking down the street on the way to work, looking at the park and suddenly WHAM !!! can i believe my eyes ? in front of me there's a guy doing a one handed butterfly/angel ?!?
Is this hard ? will i die trying it ?
please can anyone tell me how this is done lol even if its reallllllly simple and i just sounds silly !
Thanks A-Rae x

Felixwah · Posted: Thu 29th Mar, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:

just spin a normal butterfly bring your hands together and put the other poi inbetween one of your fingers on the same hand as the other poi i prefer to put it between my pinky and the other one i dont know the name of... RING FINGER i remembered lol. but you can put inbetween any of em. and the motion is pretty much exactly the same. have fun Smile

Amazing Rae · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Brighton

why thank you, i have succesfully cracked my head a few times so far but i will not give up !
I will master the poi !

thanks
A-Rae x

ajclarke · Posted: Thu 29th Mar, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:

I know someone who can do it well too. But it took her a bit to get it. And i have seen many people fail.

I wish you luck

Daedra · Posted: Thu 29th Mar, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

dude i love the one handed tricks!!(^_^) can do windmills, butterflies, angel wings, i think its 4 and 6 bt weaves..tho cant be sure! but thats nothing! this guy i know ThaiTom, he can do butterflies with his teeth...now THATS messed up! and he was doing it with fire!! i find the best way to do one hand butterflies and angle wings tho, is whilst moving your hand up and down, twist your wrist like your unlocking a door with a key (right hand twist your wrist anti clockwise - left hand twist clockwise)

Eri · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Preston

I am the one AJ is talking about. I didn't find it hard but its just finding the right postition of fingers to stop it catching. I kinda put my index finger up a bit so the raise knocks the outside one out a bit. Once you can do butterfly, angel wings is easy.

Amazing Rae · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Brighton

okay so everyday I try and hope that the awesomeness will arrive but so far no luck !
I refuse to let it defeat meeeeeee !
thanks for yo help guys x A-rae

Kavvy · Joined: 13 May 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Mansfield, Notts, UK

Best way i found to do 1 handed butterfly is to start with regular butterfly, decide which hand your gonna do the move with (hand 1 so to speak), and then slip the poi from hand 2 into the space between your fingers below where the poi is on hand 1, keeping your timing steady. Then move your hand up and down like your shaking hands with somebody. This keeps the poi from meeting and crashing. Once you got the movement going you can switch to moving your hand side to side then move your free arm up, stick it between where the poi cross and wrap both poi round it, then pull back so they spin off in the opposite direction, or 1 handed angel wings e.t.c. The possibilities are endless Smile

Amazing Rae · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Brighton

hmm, sounds particularly tricky, im struggling with this one but can just about do one cycle of a one handed butterfly lol, then i just bash myself in the face.
But for my stubborness i wont give up quite yet !
Fanx A-Rae

she-wolf · Posted: Wed 06th Jun, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

i recently mastered the 1 handed butterfly and can just do a couple of angel wing revs... but they mostly end up crashing at the top of the "wings" and landing on top of my head! weinen

OW! but im gettin better...

xxWOLFxxx

Amazing Rae · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Brighton

YAY for betterness, im sure i'd be better at it if i practised more, but having finished my exams i now have free time again so i'll be trying again, and again, and again!
A-Rae x x

Rubberthings-Tj · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 125 Location: Preston

its really easy doin it with mouse, coz they hav only 1 finger strap to swap over. I call 1 handed butterflys "Suicide" butterflies, gets it a more sinister name to it :P
iv been doin them for a while now, took me a while 2 get the timing just right

Tj

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Thu 07th Jun, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

oh balls lol my water bottle leaked and soaked my sockpoi lol

What confuses and dazzles me about the one handed bf is that you can start doing inwards bf, then do it with one hand, then take them apart with the hands they didnt start in and it turns into outwards!

MAGIC

she-wolf · Posted: Fri 08th Jun, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject:

kewl!! really? *runs off to have a go*....
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*runs back to computer*...

yeh i left a can of appletiser in my bag slightly open and my (fluorescent UV sensitive) pink sock poi got a bit wet... i was spinning later in the day and realised that my fingers were now fluorescent pink!! thank god it washed off! i just had 2 pink bands round my fingers!! Laughing

xxWOLFxxx

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