Partner Poi Moves

Poi spinning is even more fun when you can do it with friends! Here are the things you need to get started!

Learn the fundamental rhythms of poi with your arms. This is helpful for spinning with partners or on your own. Start here or the other partner-poi videos will be hard to follow!

Keeping split-time with your partner will be the foundation of many partner-poi moves. It's harder than you think! Here we look at ways to get started.

Learn the 3-beat weave with partners! This one is easier than you think!

Once you've learned the basic 3-beat partner weaves, the next step is to learn them facing away from each other. This will allow you to step through different positions from the 4-beat cross-weave. This will all make sense soon.

Although it may feel like you're doing a Chase the Sun type pattern, it's also a forwards and backwards partner weave at the same time. But most importantly it's fun :)

The crossed weave is a fun partner poi pattern because you can transition into the various partner weaves.

Once you know both the crossed-weave and the various 3-beat weaves with your partners, you can start to change positions. Here's how.

We've got some awesome ideas for playpoi instructional partner poi videos. The question is: are you into it? (let us know in the comments!)

For a taste of partner poi, here's Alien Jon and Burning Dan's review of their Fire Groove workshops.

I had the good fortune to make a partner-poi video with the LOOOOP group in Germany. Grab some friends and learn!