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On February 10 2012 05:42 mmp wrote:
It's fun until you hit yourself in the balls.
Exactly.
Thus, it is always fun for me! Though, I've clocked myself in the head a few times and did quite a number to my arm: http://yfrog.com/khh3sxcj
On February 10 2012 05:43 zul wrote:
german GEMA strikes again. this youtube video is not available in your country bla bla ... TT
Odd, is it because of the music being copyrighted or something?
On February 10 2012 08:19 TechSc2 wrote:
I've done this for a couple of years in a semi professional fireshow group.
Altho i wasn't nearly as good as the girl in the video but it was very fun to perform in front of 100's of people and just get the vibe from the people that are there.
Tech
Awesome!
I know:
- 3 beat
- reverse 3 beat
- 5 beat
- butterfly (i can do it one handed, too)
- mexican wave
- corkscrew
- 3 beat cork
and... uh, whatever that one is that's like the butterfly, but you push your hands down and forward with each beat.
:D
I learned all of those (expect the 3 beat) within the last month, so I hope I can learn a lot more before Lightning in a Bottle in May!!! Btw... GO TO LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE!!!!
http://vimeo.com/34799577 <---- Watch this. Really, it's amazing.
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On February 10 2012 08:28 Finskie wrote:haha oh man. i used to do this for years. i still have my firepoi lying around and some juggling equip. the fun thing is that you never forget the motions for the different 'tricks', so i could pick them them up right now and just start weaving. also you have never really tried poi until you've done it with fire-ropes! :> it's very difficult since you have to have them in motion 100% of the time and not fuckup since they can burn you quite badly. (well all stuffs like this can burn you quite badly..) ps. try staves and other stuff like that, everything is very funny! 
Ah, one of my friends used to be into staves and is thinking about getting back into it, so I'll see about bugging him to teach me! I already how to handle a staff from martial arts, but nothing too fancy.
On February 10 2012 08:31 TechSc2 wrote:Ah found my old pricture from the shows/practise http://techsc2.imgur.com/all/I'm the one with the tattoo on the right arm, and the belly dancing girl is my girlfriend I've tried staves, but i didn't like the stiffness of the motions. I did juggle with fireballs tho ( with fireproof gloves ofcourse ) Also fire ropes are da bomb once you know how to control them, took me quite some time of practise to really keep the flow going.
The images aren't publicly available!
On February 10 2012 11:05 Resisty wrote:There's a good community with lot of video/tutorials and such at GenXGlow. I used to practice on and off (though I use glowsticks since they're cheaper) but only managed a total of a few weeks and I only accomplished the most basic moves :<. Glowsticking/poi is a bit esoteric to other people. At my school, we had a flag-cheer team, which did the same moves but with flags, so I was shot down with the notion of being a fag when I tried to inform them =_=. If I mentioned glowsticks instead of poi, then I would be a drug addicted raver... <_<
I've been particularly fond of www.homeofpoi.com for their videos and such. One of their guys who made a bunch of videos in 2007 is the BEST poi instructor I've seen! I got the 5-beat within an hour from watching his video.
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Woops!
I forgot to turn my settings from private to public ^^
Now you can check out the pictures if you want to
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On February 10 2012 20:07 TechSc2 wrote:Woops! I forgot to turn my settings from private to public ^^ Now you can check out the pictures if you want to
Awesome! Looks like you have quite a fun group there!
And, omg, firebreathing scares the shit out of me. That is definitely something I will never do.
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Firebreathing takes more practise then poi spinning thats for sure, and it's hella more dangerous too. I've burned my eyebrows/nosehair on numerous occassions 
But damn it feels good when you burst out a flame tower that's about 6 feet long! The heat just pumps you up when you are doing a show.
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Oo looks fun. I don't spin poi but I do have a staff.... :>
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During these events,
I learned the way of the poi.
Try 1 hand 2 poi!
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On February 11 2012 21:47 TechSc2 wrote:Firebreathing takes more practise then poi spinning thats for sure, and it's hella more dangerous too. I've burned my eyebrows/nosehair on numerous occassions But damn it feels good when you burst out a flame tower that's about 6 feet long! The heat just pumps you up when you are doing a show.
My friend told me a horror story about a professional firebreather coming to his college to show them how to do it, but they used a liquid instead of a gel or w/e he was used to. He breathed just fined, but then tried to talk immediately after and set his whole face on fire.
:x
On February 11 2012 23:00 EtherealDeath wrote:
Oo looks fun. I don't spin poi but I do have a staff.... :>
Staves are awesome, too!
On February 12 2012 03:18 Trozz wrote:During these events, I learned the way of the poi. Try 1 hand 2 poi!
Ah, those Samurai costumes look freaking awesome!
:D
The only 1-handed poi trick I know how to do right now is the butterfly
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