Poi Juggling Skill Quest — Cumulative BN Charter

Charter

This programme grades technical toss juggling with poi. Continuous spinning, weaves, flowers, contact, and wraps remain available practice; they do not pass a juggling requirement on their own. Repeated throws and dwell form the sport core.

Rank bands

Entry–1C three-poi foundation
2A–2C advanced three + intermediate four
3A–3C advanced four + five acquisition
4A–4C five as peak; keep lower numbers mixed

Foundation order

companion → principal → → → (own pattern) → → . Forward after backward. One-up 360 before 180.

Digit lock (rhythm stratum)

Through 2C siteswap work under unless stated: digit 2 always spinning; digit 1 passed with spin. Those dwell semantics follow Bow’s public no-beat siteswap catalogue (see Sources).

Wallplane dwell by object count

Odd counts (3, 5, 7): front-wall patterns in this quest (, , , and later odd ) use extra spin only. No-beat on odd counts is not required.

Even counts (2, 4, 6, 8): work is mostly one-hand pair control. may be no-beat or extra-spin; declare and hold. As even siteswaps grow, difficulty rises through hand and body position.

Vocabulary

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Expands shorthand codes in the quest log, or restores compact codes. Hover a code for a short tip.

: pendulum 3
: backward no-beat cascade 3
: backward + extra spin / sync relation 3
: wallplane synchronous 3 (extra spin)
: wallplane halfshower (extra spin)
: forward cascade 3
: forward synchronous cascade 3
: four-poi BN async fountain
: four-poi BN sync fountain
: four-poi wallplane sync fountain (even; declare no-beat or extra-spin)
: five-poi backward no-beat cascade
: wallplane synchronous 5 (extra spin)
: five-poi pendulum
: five-poi backward + extra spin
: five-poi forward cascade
: side plane
: front plane
: halfshower (uneven-height cascade family)
: siteswap 522
: siteswap 744

Practice log (this page)

Checkboxes and open grades persist in this browser only.
Export draws a self-attested practice log from checked objectives — no peer review.
Qualify = twice the object count unless a task states otherwise.
Plane transitions still ask for two camera angles when you film; authorship must match the declaration.

Proposed peer shell

No-drop video; written fail reasons; Entry–1C one reviewer; 2A+ two independent reviewers.
A peer certificate would list programme version, grade, task IDs, equipment, evidence, reviewers, date, historical vs current.
That shell is described here for a future federation-style run; this page does not perform it.

Selective limitation

Each rank sheet should state which freedoms are fixed, which stay open, and which transformations are under test. The sport object is narrower than all available poi practice. In this quest, cascade work for BN3 and F3 is side-plane; front-wall work uses WS3, WH3, 4WS-S, WS5, and other named front patterns. Side-plane four (4BN) stays no-beat. Odd wallplane = extra spin; even wallplane dwell is declared (see Wallplane dwell by object count).

Faults & evidence

General

Drop, collision, wrap, wrong catch region, uncontrolled stepping, incomplete turn, pause disguising a failed transition, failed qualify in/out.

Modality

Undeclared backward↔forward or async↔sync conversion; missing/extra spin; hidden corrective orbit; accidental pendulum; easier modality than declared. Odd wallplane run as no-beat fails this quest. For even wallplane (4WS-S), undeclared or drifting no-beat↔extra-spin fails — both dwells are legal only when declared and held.

Plane

Side planes = beside the body. Front wall = facing the camera wall. BN3 and F3 stay on the side planes; front-wall patterns are WS3, WH3, later 4WS-S and WS5 (and other named front patterns). Plane changes connect named side and front patterns by hand-driven break or by body-turn. Using the wrong method, or drifting without declaring it, fails. Missing the second camera angle on plane tasks fails. Odd front-wall destinations are extra-spin; even front-wall destinations declare dwell and do not inherit side-plane 4BN dwell automatically.

Camera

Ordinary runs: fixed frontal-oblique, full body and props visible. Plane tasks: frontal-oblique + lateral, no moving camera. Original speed; no hidden cuts inside a requirement; equipment declared (length, diameter, head mass, swivel, differences).

Entry — Accept the Charter Prove the principal cascade exists. 0 / 4

Objectives

: six throws (qualifying run).
Clean collection of all three poi.

Conditions

No drops; no edits; heads, tethers, and hands visible.
No accidental conversion into pendulum or forward cascade.

Entry opens the quest log. is the main foundation; and (extra spin) arrive as companions in 1A.

1A — Foundational Three Build endurance and plane retention. 0 / 10

Runs

: 30 throws.
: 12 throws beginning from each launch hand.
: 20 throws.
: 12 throws.

Elementary throws

One high throw from each hand inside .
One over-the-top throw from each side.
One under-arm throw from each side.
Clean collection from and from .

Plane task

Keep on the side planes (beside you). Keep facing the front wall — extra spin, not no-beat.
If the pattern drifts from side to front (or reverse) without you meaning to, the run fails.

Short-form descriptor allowed: objects, siteswap, modality, body-relative class, throw count, equipment.

1B — Extra Spin & 360 Add extra-spin cascade, body throws, and orientation-preserving turns. 0 / 12

Runs

: 50 throws.
: 20 throws.
: 25 throws.

Connections

→ → , three times.
Same connection from the opposite hand.

Body throws

One behind-the-back throw from each side.
Three connected overhead throws.
Three connected under-arm throws.

Pirouettes

One-up 360 from the right, return to .
One-up 360 from the left, return to .

Plane task

Through the one-up 360s, return to on the side planes. Do not finish facing the front wall.
Front-wall work at this grade stays on .

stays beside you. Front wall = / later (odd = extra spin only).

1C — Upper-Basic Three Halfshower as its own pattern; forward cascade acquisition; three-up 360. 0 / 12

Runs

: 100 throws.
: 50 throws.
: 50 throws.
: one qualifying run (twice object count).

Patterns

: six high throws from the right.
: six high throws from the left.
: 12 throws in digit-locked modality (2 always spinning; 1 passed with spin).

Body throws & pirouettes

Six connected overhead throws.
Six connected behind-the-back throws.
Three-up 360 from ; opposite phase; then six-throw qualification.

Plane task

Facing the front wall, run as a real with uneven highs — extra spin, not renamed.
Side-plane and front-wall must look like different patterns.

is acquisition here, not yet an endurance foundation. Rhythm stratum: under frame.

2A — Forward & Four Acquisition Consolidate forward cascade; natural 180; open four poi; prop-mediated plane break. 0 / 12

Three-poi runs

: 30 throws; 12 from each launch hand.
: 12 high throws from each side.

Siteswaps (BN digit-locked unless stated)

: 18 throws.
: 18 throws.
: 24 throws.

Pirouettes

One-up 180 accept-inversion: → , each hand.
One-up 180 accept-inversion: → , each hand.
Three-up 360 from and from .

Four-poi acquisition

: eight throws, three successful runs.
: eight throws, three successful runs.
Clean collection from each fountain.

Plane task

Keep the body roughly still. Hand-driven change between side-plane and front-wall — both ways, without stopping. Both destinations must be clear.

Modality stratum opens for endurance; rhythm stratum continues under for listed siteswaps.

2B — Synchronous Forward & Corrected 180 Synchronous forward, corrected odd turns, established four, dual transition proof. 0 / 13

Runs & connections

: 50 throws; : 12 throws; : 20 high throws each side.
→ → , three times.
→ → without pirouette (declared direction-changing transition).
: 12 throws.

Pirouettes

Flat one-up 180 with prescribed backward restart, each hand.
Overspin one-up 180 corrected to , each hand.
Two connected one-up 360s from each hand.

Four poi

/ : 20 throws each.
53: eight throws.
Two-up async and sync 360; two-up async and sync 180 with declared destination modality.

Plane tasks

Body-turn change between side-plane and front-wall without stopping — both ways. Crossing throws and behind-the-back throws are allowed. Land in the named pattern ( or ), not an unnamed mix.
Same ↔ destinations via the 2A hand-driven path. The two mechanisms must look different on video.
One coupled transition with declared approximate body and prop angles.

Plane work here connects side-plane with front-wall (extra spin).

2C — Advanced Three & Established Four Long forward runs, chain connections, four-poi pirouettes. 0 / 10

Three poi

: 100 throws; : 30 throws.
→ → → → → .
→ → → returning to declared base.
Three-up 360 linked to six backcrosses; to twelve overheads.
Connected three-up 360s; three-up 180 accept / corrected; one-up 720.

Four poi

/ : 50 throws each.
: 16 throws; clean collection. Declare no-beat or extra-spin (even — one-hand pair control).
53: 16; : 8; : 8 throws. Keep declared hand and body positions honest as siteswap height grows.
Four-up async/sync 360; two-up 180 natural and corrected.
Four-poi plane task twice: body-turn vs hand-driven change between side-plane and front-wall . Declare dwell (no-beat or extra-spin).

Even (): one-hand pairs; declare no-beat or extra-spin. Odd stays extra-spin only. Even siteswaps get harder through hand and body positions.

3A — Four Mastery & Five Acquisition Four endurance and siteswap depth; five enters as flash control with WS5 companion. 0 / 6

Maintenance & four

: 50 throws; one mixed three-poi sequence (/BXS/F/FS + 360 + corrected 180 + both plane classes).
/ : 100 throws; : 30 throws (declared no-beat or extra-spin); 53: 24; : 12; : 16.
Connected four-up 360s; four-up 180 natural; four-up 360 into 53.

Five acquisition

: ten throws; three successful qualifying runs.
: ten throws; clean collection (extra spin).
Retain declared plane system for ten throws; no rescue via unintended diagonal.

3B — Forward Four & Controlled Five Open forward four; grow five endurance and halfshower. 0 / 6

Objectives

Corrected three-up 180 both phases; three-up 720 to ; wheel→wall→opposite-wheel connection.
: 150; : 50 (declared dwell); : 12; : 8; 53: 32; : 16.
↔ connections; four-up 360 + twenty-throw qualify; corrected four-up 180.
: 20; : 20; : 10; three-up and one-up 360s; five-poi five highs each side.
: ten throws; clean collection.
Five-poi orientation-preserving pirouette recovering original planes in space.

3C — Stable Five Stable five control; advanced four connections. 0 / 4

Objectives

One connected three-poi sequence with corrected 180, 360, siteswap, both plane transitions.
: 30; : 12; 53: 50; : 24; : 16; connected four-up 360s; corrected four-up 180.
: 50; : 40; : 20; : 20; : 6; ten highs (≥4/side); phase 360s; ↔; ↔.
One five-poi controlled plane break and recover without collecting.

4A — Five Technical Control Long five runs; corrected odd turns on five. 0 / 4

Objectives

One 3C-level three-poi and four-poi combination; : 50; four-up 360→corrected 180.
: 100; : 30; : 12; ten highs each side.
Three-up 360s; connected three-up 360s; flat/overspin one-up 180 to each hand; five-up 360 + qualify.
Five-poi body-turn between a declared side pattern and a declared front pattern (name both in advance).

4B — Five Modality & Transitions Open forward five; dual transition proof on five. 0 / 5

Objectives

Prescribed three- and four-poi maintenance sequences.
: 150; : 50; qualify; : 18; 15 highs each side.
→ → → ; loop; ↔ with declared direction changes.
Connected three-up 360s; three-up 180 accept both ways; corrected three-up 180; connected five-up 360s.
Same five-poi side↔front destinations via body-turn and via hand-driven break — mechanisms must look different.

4C — Highest Attestation Peak mixed five with full transition authorship and long connections. 0 / 6

Objectives

Prescribed three-poi mega-combination (patterns, siteswap, 360, corrected 180, body throws, all three transition classes).
: 100; : 50; 53: 100; advanced four siteswap sequence; connected four-up 360s + corrected 180.
: 200; : 100; : 30; : 24; 20 highs each side.
Connected three-up / five-up 360s; five-up 180 accept and corrected; five-up two-stage 720.
Long five connections including a full technical combination and clean collection.
One destination via all three transition mechanisms with identical entry/exit patterns.

Highest defined grade in this programme version. Self-tracked practice log still applies on this page; peer review remains the proposed shell in the Charter.

Sources and related reading

Living practice and published programmes this charter reads against. Linked works keep their own licences; this page’s text and code are CC BY 4.0.

Boris Fontanov — Poi as a Sport-Juggling Prop
Boris Fontanov — On the Modality of Spinning
World Juggling Federation — Skill Level Achievement Program (architectural reference; unaffiliated)
Bow — 3 poi no beats · 100 siteswaps (digit-lock dwell semantics)
Bow — No Beat Course
Juggling Edge — poi records
IJA — Numbers Championships Rules
Ben Beever — Guide to Juggling Patterns
Daniel Simu — Existing Juggling Notation Systems
Erik Åberg — Division Dialogues

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