Poichi exercise : Same direction Same time

This move is the basement of Turn moves.

This is very good for starter of the poi practice, building body balance, and turns.
Try other poi-chi exercises too.

Tips for Same Same Big circles

1. Twist your body with arms. Don't force only arms to move, use whole body.
2. Keep Plane clean and vertical. Even you turn, your arms move vertically.

Tips for Bigcircles

• Relax your shoulder muscles. Stand in balanced position.
• Always imagine the wall plane, and hands are on wall plane.
• Don't think too much about how extend arms, but make it balanced. Too much extention will injure shoulder.
• Think inner shoulder. Don't force them, set it comfortable and free position.

Poichi wall plane split butterfly

This move is the basement of split butterfly flower moves.

This is very good for starter of the poi practice, building body balance, and turns.
You can get exhaust after this practice in summer.

Tips for Split butterfly

1. Hands(poi) meet on holizontal line.
2. Hands make vertical line in front of you.

These points are 2 twice a circle, total 4 points. If you can keep this 4 points clean, you can play with split time butterfly as Nick woolsey!!?

• Relax your shoulder muscles. Stand in balanced position.
• Always imagine the wall plane, and hands are on wall plane.
• Don't think too much about how extend arms, but make it balanced. Too much extention will injure shoulder.
• Think inner shoulder. Don't force them, set it comfortable and free position.
• Alternate your right hands and left hands.

Turn

You can use this turn for poi itself.

1. Start turn after open arm position.(vertical position.)
2. At 90 degrees position, your arms point horizontal line with pararell. your body has turn 90 degrees.
3. At 180 degrees turn, your arms are open position (Vertical position) as start position on the other planne.
4. Hands meet on the horizontal line.

Poichi wall plane butterfly

This move is the basement of butterfly flower moves.

This is very good for starter of the poi practice, building body balance, and turns.
You can get exhaust after this practice in summer.

• Relax your shoulder muscles. Stand in balanced position.
• Always imagine the wall plane, and hands are on wall plane.
• Don't think too much about how extend arms, but make it balanced. Too much extention will injure shoulder.
• Think inner shoulder. Don't force them, set it comfortable and free position.
• Alternate your right hands and left hands.

Turn

You can use this turn for poi itself.

From inward to outward.

1. Start turn after open arm position.
2. At 90 degrees position, your arms at the top, with pararell.
3. At 180 degrees turn, your arms are open position as start position.
4. Hands meet at the bottom, you are now spining inward butterfly.

From outward to inward.

1. Start turn after open arm position.
2. At 90 degrees position, your arms at the bottom, with pararell.
3. At 180 degrees turn, your arms are open position as start position.
4. Hands meet at the top, you are now spining outard butterfly.