Yokel Jugglers | Juggling Club | Somerset

2 Beat weaves are briliant! They help you get used to the movement of the poi and they can be a brilliant transition between moves. For a while I have been looking up moves i don't know (which is a lot) one of them was the 2 beat weave! I had basically forgotten all about it and you can do so much with it. Once you have got the 2 beat weave it shouldn't be too difficult to learn the 3 beat weave.

So how do we do it?

1. To make it really easy, start of with one poi in your hand. Hold the opposite arm out straight infront of you (so your fingers are pointing foward). Start spinning your Poi so you get your momenteum going and then when you are ready, on the upbeat of the spin, move the poi across your body and your outstretched arm and bring it back to your side. Keep doing this untill you feel comfertable with the movement. You should have one beat on your side and one beat over your arm. Now pracitse this with the opposite hand. Once you are happy spinning the poi over both arms, Practise spinning the poi under your arm. So with one poi you want to go across your body on the down beat "swoop" the poi under your arm and back to your side. Again try this with the opposite hand untill you are happy with the feel of the movement.

2. Now you are used to the flow and direction of the poi, try it doing it with both poi.

Start of by moving the poi in foward split time, Now you can start the weave with which ever hand you want, but that will be your leading poi. My leading poi is normally my right but it is always best to practise both. So Spinning the poi in foward split time bring your right poi across and under your arm on the down beat, at the same time your left poi will be on the up beat. As the right poi goes under your left arm bring your left poi over your right arm and then go back to the side. That is a 2 beat weave. Obviously you can keep it going, you dont need to stop after doing "1" weave. Again get used to the movement, notice how your body moves with it as well?