Intermediate Poi Tricks: Horizontal Stacking 101

Horizontal stacks are among my favorite intermediate poi tricks! First discovered by poi phenom Ivan "Mel" Gorbunov in his video Red Pants, horizontal stacking works like a microcosm of the poi world. Take any flower pattern, cut it in half, add a pendulum, and make the other hand work the same pattern asynchronously. This creates really cool poi patterns that seem to fall in and out of chaos as well as defying gravity.
Here I outline the theory behind them as well as show off some popular variants on the concept!
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Thank you so much for you amazing content! Loving your quarantine video tutorials. We've only been following for a week or two but my husband and I have binge watched and learned all the beginner's tricks :D haha. Granted, they still need practice, but it's made it so easy to get started! xx

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You are so welcome! Can't wait to see where this journey takes you :)

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Just what the doctor ordered! Finally a detailed breakdown of this trick!

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Amazing thank you!

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Your content is so enriched, filled with detail and history of the evolution of some of this great tech. Stalls have been my focus for this month, and I'm excited and inspired to really start dialing them in. It's one of those exercises that shows great pay off, rather quickly, when you get it just right. Nice and clean stop and go motion. Thanks Drex!

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Thanks as always 🥰

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Thank you!!!

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have you done horizontal stacks in floor plane