[Dazed]

So I recently learned the 5bt weave fw+rev & have about a 70% hit with the BTB 3bt weave. Since simply perfecting something is god awful boring to me, I decided to make practice a little more fun and efficient all in one package.

I started a 5bt fw weave to my right, entered into a wall plane which ends up being rather simple after learning the 5bt weave, transition into a 4 or 5 bt windmill then a reverse 5bt weave on the left and unwind into a btb weave.

I've pulled it off a couple times and it is pretty slick when it comes off. It's right up my alley of just fluid circles...

Anyway, dats where I'm at for now...then all I have to do is reverse the order so I have it both sides - ugh!

Anybody else prefer learning in combos that actually apply to their spinning or is it just me?

[NeilKim]

dude the shit you just said sounds really amazing. post a video or something soon man, i want to see some awesome shit other than porn

[LilRaverBoi]

That sounds pretty sweet! In reference to your question about combos....I really don't necessarily work on combos so much as transitions in general. When I practice, I just do a bunch of shit and make it flow the best I can. Honestly, I could care less about planning 'combos' and making up specific sets of moves that go well together. When it comes down to it, I just spin....I flow with the music and do what it wants me to. I really don't go into any performance with plans more organized than a 'tentative idea' of a few moves or categories which I plan to include. Beyond that, I just pretty much make it up as I go.....go with the flow, that's my opinion! I feel that if you stick strictly to pre-planned 'combos' that you lose your spontaneity and originality. Just practice your transitions and then go with the flow of the show!

[Dazed]

"combos" was probably a poor choice of words. I agree with you. I think the most I've ever done, and that has only been with fire, is plan on including some short leash work or fountains or something I generally would not include and I need a mental que to do them. Otherwise, I go completely by feel. This is always the case with lights since there is no telling what music is in the background and what my environment is going to look like.

Learning stuff for me is more fun in the general scheme of things, as opposed to a void or vacuum of doing steps 1-5 of a particular move and then repeating ad nauseum until you get it. (Obviously you HAVE to do that initially, but I try to get away from that pretty damn quick).

Since time is limited, I'd rather try to put things together that might flow, including new stuff and just work them. It reinforces the old stuff, smooths out the newer material and helps you find new pathways on the new material. Specially the last bit...picking up new stuff always opens the door to something else...

[dancefloor]

I came up with something similar recently, but much more advanced. I do a 5 beat fountain, into a 3 or sometimes 5 (only with poi really) waist-wrap weave fountain. I also throw in the forwards 5bt and reverse 3bt btb weaves while doing the waist-wrap fountain. bird^ saw me do a 3bt waist-wrap fountain with glowsticks the other day, it was so hawt. =D

[Dazed]

That sounds pretty damn sexee.

I don't think I'll ever go for the waist wraps. My shoulders are relatively tight and my back is kind of bulky, besides - I'm not the thinnest of people.