How to do Poi Ground Rolls: 1-minute tutorials
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Channel: DrexFactor Poi · 2017 · Howto & Style
How to do poi ground rolls--a poi dance tutorial designed to help you bring more poi ground work into your spinning. Ground rolls can be done safely without using your hands so you can use them to spin your poi. Adding ground work makes your poi dance more dynamic by introducing level changes into your spinning. In this video I'm using Umoja Poi from LanternSmith. Pick up a pair at http://lanternsmith.com?aff=2 and use my promo code "drexfact0r" to get a discount on your order! Start by standing straight and bend one knee, allowing it to take you down to the ground. You should wind up with your body pointing straight up as you sit on the foot of the bent leg. Shift your weight over to sit next to the bent leg. Uncross your legs by reaching the unbent leg over to its native side. Recross your legs by reaching the leg that was bent over the one that wasn't and begin to bend the formerly straight leg. Shift your weight over the newly bent leg and push your head straight forward to stand up. You shouldn't need your hands to get involved to be able to do this. Perform it at full speed with momentum in order to make sure you don't get stuck anywhere! You can spin your poi as you do this move--either spinning a corkscrew or with pendulums. This was part of my tutorial on Levels in poi dance. To view the full video, click here: https://youtu.be/kcGwIGMqkI8 New to poi? Check out my 9-video beginner series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRWu2f31dFVYp558VqSHdeESHGVkMbvz Use the promo code "drexfact0r" for a discount on your order from Flowtoys at Flowtoys at http://flowtoys.com or LanternSmith http://lanternsmith.com/?aff=2 or Ultrapoi http://ultrapoi.com?aff=drexfact0r Check out my 1-minute tutorials for bit-sized snippets of poi spinning knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRWu2f31dFXHuPaaCC-w3sreHvycibcj Learn how to learn poi in my 5-part series on linear extensions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRWu2f31dFXyV43SSkW2HquXgksxKKlG Be sure to follow me on Instagram for the latest cutting edge tricks I'm working on: http://instagram.com/drexfactor Big thanks to the Friends of the Channel: Dark Monk: http://dark-monk.com Spinballs: http://spinballspoi.com Ultrapoi: http://ultrapoi.com Support these videos on Patreon: http://patreon.com/drexfactorpoi A huge thank you to this month's Flow Supporters: Lane Lillquist Ben Reynolds Anonymous Andrew Hammond Julian Campolo Chris Dibble Ultrapoi Knut L Matt Schmidt Darren Russell EJ Frost Myles McNamara notan3xit behroze choudary Kyle Beacham Alexis Krohn Dominic Lamatrice Terry Laura Conner Fikret Manoglu Richard McKimm Michael LaHood FlowFests Kelly King Dennis Dyall Wallin Jonathan Maltz IReverend Brainskan Jaquob Harrison-Allen Jimi Dennison Kelli Mack Jeremiah Johnson Antonio Zyx Wes Baggett Anthony Laney Scott Atherton Mark Brailsford Whitney Adrenaline Erin Cunningham Jonathan Benozio Andrew Joyce Gianluca Iacopini Elisira Auchter Elley Jimenez Jason Wilson
