Common poi and staff trick names, and where each one is explained.
A regular three-beat poi weave uses Split-Same.
Both hands circle in the same direction, half a cycle apart. When one reaches the top, the other reaches the bottom.
Windmills that keep the same timing use Split-Same, like the weave.
A regular poi butterfly uses Together-Opposite. Both poi heads share the same downbeat.
The hands circle in opposite directions and reach the top and bottom together.
In a base isolation, the thumb orientation remains the same for the entire motion.
Negative Space and Body Turns walks through a full 360° isolation on a staff.
On a staff, the thumb end isolates while the pinky end extends.
A club can perform either path, so club spinners learn isolation and extension as separate moves with the same underlying geometry.
The prop rotates in the opposite direction of the hand path.
In an antispin, the ends swap orientation.