DarkFyre
HoP Mage and keeper of fireballs
Member #27106
Reged: 04/11/05
Loc: Palmerston North
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The least amusing pain is when you hit your funny bone (everybody else will find it hilarious tho)
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May my balls of fire set your balls on fire 
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hamamelis
Groupie
Member #25357
Reged: 22/09/05
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13/04/08 04:14 AM
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I've not really had any really good ones since just after I started, when I managed to very nearly knock myself out with the poi of death (TM) a staffer friend made for his girlfriend with solid steel cores,  doing an overhead butterfly, w. collision. They were unlit
I also set my hat on fire, not long after.. which was mainly funny due to the girl who had been teaching me's reaction.. she very politely tapped me on the shoulder, and said 'Um, excuse me, but do you know your hat's on fire?' before putting it out for me 
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DarkFyre
HoP Mage and keeper of fireballs
Member #27106
Reged: 04/11/05
Loc: Palmerston North
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13/04/08 10:33 AM
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Well it's better than some stranger shouting "your on fire" and thinking that they are being a smart arse.
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toobie
Nice Girl...Bit Misunderstood...
Member #40161
Reged: 29/08/06
Loc: Bradford *rolls eyes*
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13/04/08 10:43 PM
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Hitting myself in any new piercing is agony... i've really not had any that have been too bad. When i first started i had bruises all over. Whenever anyone asked i told them that my other half had been beating me. Scarily no-one beleived me and i had to tell the truth....:)
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aston
Lord High Grand Poobah of Overinflated Titles
Member #63307
Reged: 02/12/07
Loc: South Africa
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14/04/08 10:00 AM
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I seem to have avoided all this....
Well, got one burn on my back, but I have no idea how that happened. I mean, I know my shirt caught fire, but exactly why I have no idea. It was close fitting and all I did was a hip-reel.
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"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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Talon_tigris
Member
Member #58774
Reged: 25/08/07
Loc: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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22/04/08 02:24 PM
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I thought that as I got more experienced with poi I would hit myself less. How wrong I was. Got a good whack to the thigh today which is still tender. A few months ago was even better. I fully busted the myth that getting hit in the box doesn't hurt the womenfolk. How wrong I was. I had to take a time out for a good five minutes after that venture.
But it's true. If you're not hitting yourself, you're not doing enough new moves. I'm up to around 14 right now. I want to get to the point whereby I can do a 360 BTB by the end of the summer.
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zombielove
newbie
Member #27832
Reged: 25/11/05
Loc: Lubbock, Tx.
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23/04/08 06:04 AM
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Oh goodness, I've set my bandana on fire a couple of times(i was drunk), I hit myself in the head hard enough to cut my forehead a couple of weeks ago. I also have torn my ACL in my left knee( resulting in surgery) I was in the middle of a backbend while spinning and lost my balance and bent funny to keep from setting myself on fire!
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Kizna
newbie
Member #64965
Reged: 24/12/07
Loc: Catalonia
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25/04/08 04:24 AM
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I've been hit by them but it doesn't hurt if you get to dominate the move.
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Lock
newbie
Member #71358
Reged: 21/04/08
Loc: Tokyo
873868
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03/05/08 05:18 AM
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Compared to glowsticks, Poi really don't hurt nearly as much. Though when glowsticks I have this unique ability to guide them straight into my temples. Almost knocked myself out once doing it. Might of actually succeed it was dark outside. All I know is I hit the ground.
Poi Just like going for the back of my head. :P
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toobie
Nice Girl...Bit Misunderstood...
Member #40161
Reged: 29/08/06
Loc: Bradford *rolls eyes*
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04/05/08 02:03 AM
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i managed to bust my lip and give myself a black eye with glow sticks..... the day before having to go for a family meal and explaining exactly why i looked like i'd been fighting!
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DarkFyre
HoP Mage and keeper of fireballs
Member #27106
Reged: 04/11/05
Loc: Palmerston North
874036
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04/05/08 11:05 PM
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Doing BTB stuff can be dangerous seeing as it's behind you so you can't see the nut shot coming.
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Kusanagi
newbie
Member #71953
Reged: 03/05/08
Loc: Canada
874356
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07/05/08 03:10 AM
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I had to explain to my SO how exactly I came to have two identical bruises, one top of each ass cheek. I was just starting poi at the time, so my explanation of "overhead butterfly" didn't mean squat to him... *g* It was funny though and it taught me a lesson: start with CIRCLES *bg*
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FoxxyLove
member
Member #70884
Reged: 12/04/08
Loc: Moscow, Idaho
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08/05/08 08:15 AM
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I had my ear pierced industrially and hit myself square on the piercing site (mind you it was infected to begin with) and had to run inside the house just to scream haha. Damn that hurt. I've also busted out 4 lightbulbs in my bedroom...now we have none left so we use the lamp LOL.
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Sarah_P
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Member #72561
Reged: 13/05/08
Loc: Southern California
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20/05/08 11:51 PM
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I can vouch for the hitting between the legs thing: have done it several times now and am SO glad I am not a guy.
I've only been doing this a week but already have a HUGE bruise on the right side of my leg I continue to hit. At this point it's either getting callused or I'm hitting it less as it doesn't hurt as much. I've bonked myself several times in the eye with ogg and sock poi, hit myself in the temple more times than I can count trying to learn high reels (I foresee many more temple shots because I just can't seem to get that move) - while changing clothes a few days ago I was amazed by how many bruises I have on my legs that had to have come from the poi.
So yeah. Pain is the way of the game, it seems. 
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Geeza
enthusiast
Member #34352
Reged: 14/05/06
Loc: Leeds
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21/05/08 02:27 AM
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I have been practicing under legs moves recently with my covereed fire monkey fists. Yesterday i landed one on my ankle which hurt a hell of a lot
no pain no gain
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CJDemon
Member
Member #71314
Reged: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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29/05/08 12:23 PM
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After 3 days of poi and I already got hurt in the nutter. Darn the monkeyfists! Happy it didn't go fast since it bumped onto my leg a bit first, making it not hurt as much. Why did I order monkeyfists? >_< POI HURT. But the pleasure if swinging is greater than the unpleasure of hitting the nutter.. Meh.
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NathanielEverist
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Member #58440
Reged: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
878151
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29/05/08 12:41 PM
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Wow, I'm amazed that you guys practice with monkey fists. Nothing but sock poi for me until I get it down. I might like to have children one day after all.
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Jameth
newbie
Member #72900
Reged: 19/05/08
Loc: NSW
878155
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29/05/08 01:19 PM
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Yeah: I practice with socks despite having no nuts to hit.
There are times when softer is better.
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Bondy
newbie
Member #73433
Reged: 29/05/08
878271
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30/05/08 05:44 AM
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Im not usin anythin harder than a tennis ball 4 now(i want kids at some point lol) and even they can hurt if they catch wrong.
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CJDemon
Member
Member #71314
Reged: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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30/05/08 12:30 PM
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Written by :NathanielEverist
Wow, I'm amazed that you guys practice with monkey fists. Nothing but sock poi for me until I get it down. I might like to have children one day after all.
The more you hurt yourself, the less the chance is you're going to make the same mistake again. 
And 4 days of swinging now and I realise they can give blisters on the insides of your fingers too. On both of my indexfingers on the exact same spot a blister.. *sigh* better stop spinning till they're gone.
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Fleeblebob
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Member #73169
Reged: 24/05/08
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31/05/08 02:51 AM
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My back still hurts from when I hit it with the soft fluffy practice poi. I managed to hit a vertebrae, which probably wasn't clever (I was doing the alternate butterfly, and my left hand is known for not behaving)
At least it wasn't anything harder than that really.
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Sarah_P
Member
Member #72561
Reged: 13/05/08
Loc: Southern California
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31/05/08 05:22 AM
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I've got a constant bruise-site on my right outer thigh that starts to get better, then gets bonked with my cathedrals and oops, there it goes swelling again.
As lucky as I am not to have nutters it still hurts to get whacked by the kevlar balls. Still, it's nice with those finger-handles so I perservere
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CJDemon
Member
Member #71314
Reged: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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01/06/08 11:52 AM
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Ok, I'm gonna order some fluffy fluffy fluffy poi. Monkeyfists HURT.
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NathanielEverist
member
Member #58440
Reged: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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02/06/08 06:59 PM
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Written by :CJDemon
The more you hurt yourself, the less the chance is you're going to make the same mistake again.
Written by :CJDemon
Ok, I'm gonna order some fluffy fluffy fluffy poi. Monkeyfists HURT.
lol, while some may argue that hurting yourself means you're less likely to make the same mistake again, it's just not worth it, and the tentativeness that may ensue for a painful whack may hinder your movement and the courage necessary for learning some moves.
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aston
Lord High Grand Poobah of Overinflated Titles
Member #63307
Reged: 02/12/07
Loc: South Africa
878680
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02/06/08 08:45 PM
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Like? I have not hit myself badly, but hitting myself has never stopped me from getting a move right....
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
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