I got a request this past week based upon a mixed transition diagram I'd posted to Facebook for instructions on how to do one of the transitions outlined in it: namely switching from root horizontal cateye to ET vertical cateye. Primarily I'm using gravity to help in this case, but there is a way to snap the poi head vertically to do it as a mixed transition with the hand soft--it's damned hard, though.

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This weekend comes the fruit of weeks worth of labor: my glowspinning troupe, Revolutionary Motion is performing at Contradiction Dance's spring concert. Featuring some of my favorite local spinners: Surprise, E6, Mia, and Maddy, we've worked up a piece incorporating elements of modern dance and hip hop with our tools and we're stoked to be performing this piece in such a fantastic setting.

If you live in the Baltimore/Washington area, please consider attending. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

It's been a while since I've broken out the doubles! This past weekend a friend and former student showed me an alternate way to perform a split-time opposites antispin flower with doubles that opened the door to figuring out how a couple friends from Virginia Beach are able to do a 6-petal variant of this same move. Basically: you switching from thumbs leading to pinkies leading. Here is a demo and detailed instructions.

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