Middle School Intersession 2025

What is Poi Spinning?:

Poi, pronounced "poy," is a Maori word from the indigenous people of New Zealand, where this art form originated. Poi consists of a weighted object attached to the end of a cord, made from materials such as fabric, rope, or chain. Spinners swing the poi in controlled patterns, creating mesmerizing shapes and visual displays through the manipulation of momentum, speed, and direction.

Who Would Enjoy this Class?:

Dancers, Creatives, Athletes, anyone who loves music and movement

What Will You Learn in This Class?:

This class will provide a solid foundation for your journey into the world of poi spinning, covering the basics to help you build essential skills, including:

1. Poi Handling: Learn to handle poi confidently and safely, understanding the different parts of a poi set.
2. Fundamental Moves: Discover basic poi moves like weaves, butterflies, and reels that serve as building blocks for more advanced techniques.
3. Coordination and Timing: Develop your hand-eye coordination, timing, and rhythm through focused practice.
4. Creative Exploration: As you gain confidence, we’ll encourage you to explore your personal style, adding music and self-expression to your poi spinning.

By the end of the class, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to start your own poi journey, opening up a world of creative expression, physical activity, and mental enrichment.

What is Poi Spinning?:

Poi, pronounced "poy," is a Maori word from the indigenous people of New Zealand, where this art form originated. Poi consists of a weighted object attached to the end of a cord, made from materials such as fabric, rope, or chain. Spinners swing the poi in controlled patterns, creating mesmerizing shapes and visual displays through the manipulation of momentum, speed, and direction.

Who Would Enjoy this Class?:

Dancers, Creatives, Athletes, anyone who loves music and movement

What Will You Learn in This Class?:

This class will provide a solid foundation for your journey into the world of poi spinning, covering the basics to help you build essential skills, including:

1. Poi Handling: Learn to handle poi confidently and safely, understanding the different parts of a poi set.
2. Fundamental Moves: Discover basic poi moves like weaves, butterflies, and reels that serve as building blocks for more advanced techniques.
3. Coordination and Timing: Develop your hand-eye coordination, timing, and rhythm through focused practice.
4. Creative Exploration: As you gain confidence, we’ll encourage you to explore your personal style, adding music and self-expression to your poi spinning.

By the end of the class, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to start your own poi journey, opening up a world of creative expression, physical activity, and mental enrichment.

Challenge yourself against international top table tennis players! Come and join the fun of playing ping pong! Engage in exciting drills, enjoy fun challenges, and have a chance to win small prizes from the USA National Training Center.

Our team of pro coaches is eager to guide you through the basics of this incredible and affordable sport. Don't miss your opportunity to learn from the best and uncover all the secrets of one of the most energy-intensive sports in the world!

Live Action Role Playing (LARP), players pretend to be someone else, living in a different time or place, and acting out events that might happen in that world. Many of these games involve battles, and so LARPers use safe, padded props that look like weapons to act out the combat. Unlike in a play where everyone has certain lines to say and the story is set, in LARP, the players each act out a certain person and make their own decisions for that person as the game evolves. Live Action Role Playing is a tremendous teaching tool and capable of dynamic, physically driven learning that transcends the usual boundaries of standard education. Due to the interactive, dramatic, hands on methods used in LARP, teaching is often effortless and fun. This class begins with basic battle training and rules of combat, followed by character creation and entry into the game world of Roekron, a game world continuously run for over two decades in the Bay Area and which currently has leagues all across the region with weekly and monthly meetups. Students will have a character at the end of this class that can be taken and used in any of the other Roekron League events they choose and may continue their story at future events if they wish.

Topics Covered:
- First Five Battle Rules
- Equipment Sets and Weapons
- Armor System of AV
- Basic Spell and Skill Types
- Overview of the Classes
- Character Species
- Character Backstory
- Alignments
- Flow of Events
- Playing a Monster or NPC
- Quests and Role Playing
- Magical Items and Money Cards
- Completing a Mission
- Transfer of Characters to other leagues

Check out these videos to get a sense of what we'll be doing!
Intro (2min)
The Regulars LARPing (SF Chronicle)- 
https://youtu.be/YdnqN-TcBq4

Core Rules-(13min)
The First Five Rules- 
https://youtu.be/K7PVm6rw2H8
Armor Zones- (3min)
https://youtu.be/N67hPOenaHU
Color Tags- (5min)
https://youtu.be/XIbgvo-5nnA

-Bonus Material-
TEDx Talk on LARPing with Kids and Teens- (10min)
https://youtu.be/L6xl-qYRHco

Sebastopol Times Article 2024
(10min read)

Live Action Role Playing (LARP), players pretend to be someone else, living in a different time or place, and acting out events that might happen in that world. Many of these games involve battles, and so LARPers use safe, padded props that look like weapons to act out the combat. Unlike in a play where everyone has certain lines to say and the story is set, in LARP, the players each act out a certain person and make their own decisions for that person as the game evolves. Live Action Role Playing is a tremendous teaching tool and capable of dynamic, physically driven learning that transcends the usual boundaries of standard education. Due to the interactive, dramatic, hands on methods used in LARP, teaching is often effortless and fun. This class begins with basic battle training and rules of combat, followed by character creation and entry into the game world of Roekron, a game world continuously run for over two decades in the Bay Area and which currently has leagues all across the region with weekly and monthly meetups. Students will have a character at the end of this class that can be taken and used in any of the other Roekron League events they choose and may continue their story at future events if they wish.

Topics Covered:
- First Five Battle Rules
- Equipment Sets and Weapons
- Armor System of AV
- Basic Spell and Skill Types
- Overview of the Classes
- Character Species
- Character Backstory
- Alignments
- Flow of Events
- Playing a Monster or NPC
- Quests and Role Playing
- Magical Items and Money Cards
- Completing a Mission
- Transfer of Characters to other leagues

Check out these videos to get a sense of what we'll be doing!
Intro (2min)
The Regulars LARPing (SF Chronicle)- 
https://youtu.be/YdnqN-TcBq4

Core Rules-(13min)
The First Five Rules- 
https://youtu.be/K7PVm6rw2H8
Armor Zones- (3min)
https://youtu.be/N67hPOenaHU
Color Tags- (5min)
https://youtu.be/XIbgvo-5nnA

-Bonus Material-
TEDx Talk on LARPing with Kids and Teens- (10min)
https://youtu.be/L6xl-qYRHco

Sebastopol Times Article 2024
(10min read)

Challenge yourself against international top table tennis players! Come and join the fun of playing ping pong! Engage in exciting drills, enjoy fun challenges, and have a chance to win small prizes from the USA National Training Center.

Our team of pro coaches is eager to guide you through the basics of this incredible and affordable sport. Don't miss your opportunity to learn from the best and uncover all the secrets of one of the most energy-intensive sports in the world!

Challenge yourself against international top table tennis players! Come and join the fun of playing ping pong! Engage in exciting drills, enjoy fun challenges, and have a chance to win small prizes from the USA National Training Center.

Our team of pro coaches is eager to guide you through the basics of this incredible and affordable sport. Don't miss your opportunity to learn from the best and uncover all the secrets of one of the most energy-intensive sports in the world!

Challenge yourself against international top table tennis players! Come and join the fun of playing ping pong! Engage in exciting drills, enjoy fun challenges, and have a chance to win small prizes from the USA National Training Center.

Our team of pro coaches is eager to guide you through the basics of this incredible and affordable sport. Don't miss your opportunity to learn from the best and uncover all the secrets of one of the most energy-intensive sports in the world!