Comment by Suzanne "Celestia Blue" Steed on December 29, 2010 at 9:33am

Which one of SaFire's classes has the backwards weave?  I have been sick for most of the Christmas season and busy as well and have not been hooping regularly.  I am going back to the beginning and going back through the Seeding classes and doing everything in both currents.  I am also going to be purchasing a new class or two.  Do you recommend getting the Budding series before getting Breaks and Reversals and Mini's etc?  I do not feel as if I have achieved much flow as of yet but plan to spend 1-2 hrs/day on my practice and start videotaping myself as well.  I am also going to try your idea of putting the tricks on cards as I feel I need a more structured way of practice or I just keep doing the same tricks over and over.

Comment by Shelley "HoopyChick" Gilbertson on December 29, 2010 at 4:58pm

Hi, Suzanne!  What a bummer to be sick over Christmas!  Hugs!

Sandra teaches the backwards weave in the minis class.  I also see it is on the class outline for Budding One.  I'm not in Budding One yet. I initially learned it with a regular hoop from a tutorial posted somewhere here at HC. 

I haven't tried Breaks and Reversals yet, so I'm not sure if it would be worthwhile to go through the Budding classes first.  You might want to ask Sandra her opinion over at the classroom.  I've got both Seedings and the Minis Class.  In January (with my year-end bonus, yea!), I'm going to get both Budding classes and Breaks and Reversals. 

I am so enjoying my practice of working on just a few moves at a time.  It feels so much more focused, and I end up a hoop session feeling like I've accomplished something.  There are so many moves I know "half-assed" (for lack of a better term), and I notice on videos that when I do them in flow, they just look bad.  People always talk about flow, but IMO, I think everything flows better when you have a good handle on the moves you're doing.  I plan to just continue on as I am, taking things very slowly. I'm going to buy the classes I mentioned in January, but I may not get to them for awhile.  We'll see where things take me.  I've also got minis to work on, so I can't exactly make a ton of progress when I have to divide up my precious hoop time between the regular hoop and the minis.  Let me know what classes you decide to get!  Have you been practicing with your sock poi??

Comment by Suzanne "Celestia Blue" Steed on December 30, 2010 at 7:46pm

Sounds like a great plan!  I have not done much of anything with my sock poi at all.  I tried checking out some tutorials (not many) on youtube but feel pretty awkward even swinging them around plus can't seem to find any good tutorials.  Do you have any suggestions on which ones to start with?  I have been concentrating on waist hooping only for the past 2 days and trying to build my stamina back up.  Being sick is such a drain on your stamina and I feel like I'm back at square one!  I have been doing Caroleeena's suggestion of hooping in my opposite current for the same song for 7 days straight.  Day 2 and I am ALREADY noticing an improvement!  We are actually out of town and will be for a while longer and I have access to more hoop space...though it is a catch 22 as there are more objects around that can be broken and damaged (and I don't own..or have the $$ to replace!) so the freedom is a mirage at best..lol!  I wish I could say we are somewhere warmer!  I hope you have a stellar New Year! : )

Comment by Shelley "HoopyChick" Gilbertson on December 30, 2010 at 8:34pm

Suzanne, I like this Nathaniel's stuff on YouTube.  Here's the link to the 1st in his series of poi videos.  He has quite a few and they're numbered, so you can tell which order to go in -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnG_LN7_yng

 

I think he teaches well, and he's got a great accent!

 

Otherwise, you can't go wrong with Nick and the gang from PlayPoi.  They have a series of tutorials on their website - http://www.playpoi.com/poi-basics

 

Great job on the improvement. I'm amazed at how totally focusing on something for extended periods leads to so much improvement!  I continue to find ways to improve and expand upon the backwards weave! I'm also making gains with minis!  I've got the basic turn going backwards to the left pretty much down, and am really improving with going to the right.  Tonight I spent a lot of time working on the backwards chase weave, and I've almost got it!  It's so exhilirating!!

 

 

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