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Together time Same direction

Both hands circle in the same direction and reach matching points at the same time.

Both reach the top together, then the side, then the bottom. Their relative timing stays unchanged.

Try timing and direction

In practice

In poi, a parallel weave uses Together-Same. The 2005 discussion below gives a four-beat parallel weave as an example.

Timing and direction

Same direction can mean both clockwise or both counterclockwise. Together means they share the same beat.

In TKA

G is a Together-Same dual-shift. Earth identifies this family in TKA.

Explore this in TKA

Drag the bar to follow the hands through the cycle.

Learn from other spinners

Flow Arts Institute: Tog-Same A short introduction with an embedded video for this mode.
Noel Yee: Vulcan Tech Gospel The four-mode VTG framework, flower patterns, and links to fan and hoop teaching. This overview covers together and split timing.

History & sources

A 2005 poi discussion names Together Time, Same Direction and connects it to parallel weaves. Noel Yee uses the same relationship in his 2009 transition article.

These are dated examples of public use, not claims of invention.

How do you define a weave? 2002 discussion of the timing and direction variables behind weaves.
Can you do this move? 2005: timing and direction defined separately, with examples of all four combinations.
Prop Transitioning Article 2009: Noel Yee on transitions between the four timing and direction modes.