Learning and mastering thread-the-needle

Threading the needle looks and feels great. It’s also a way to master your planes, and to learn to pass the poi very close to each other. This will make...

Infinite Spiral Wraps

This was a favourite move of my good friend Burning Dan. It was fun watching this move spread through the community. I’ve never quite mastered it! I like the way...

2 in 1s: Left/right independence, beautiful transitions, and freedom of expression

2 in 1s open up the ability to increase and decrease the speed of one poi, without affecting the other. This frees up your ability to move with the music...

Stall right / stall left games: Super useful for freedom of dance and expression!

In these videos we look at a whole progression of exercises of stalling the right poi, then the left, then the right, then the left, in a variety of positions....

Theory and games about left/right independence

Learning to seperate your left arm from your right is obviously a big part of gaining skill with poi. Here we look at some theory and games! Need poi? We...

Whirling with Inspin

I find that whirling with inspin patterns feels better and often *looks* better than whirling with antispin patterns. Antispin patterns are harder, so if you’re performing for poi spinners, yes...

Poi-Fu plus antispin/extension switchbacks

Now things start getting a bit brain-twisting, yet fun! A great exercise with poi is picking a mode with poi, and holding it consistent while going through mode changes with...

Learning Caps (Capped Antispin Patterns)

Capped Antispin Patterns (CAPs) are fun. They can be a great thing to explore after learning 4-petal antispin flowers, or they can be the way you learn 4-petal antispin flowers....

Moving with the Rhythm of the Music with Poi

I rarely see people actually moving with the music when they’re playing poi. There is a reason for this. Until you’ve explored the different ways you can move the poi...