#859523 - 29/05/08 12:23 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Geeza]
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Registered: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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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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#859524 - 29/05/08 12:41 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: CJDemon]
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Registered: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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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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#859526 - 30/05/08 05:44 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Jameth]
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Registered: 29/05/08
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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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#859527 - 30/05/08 12:30 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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Registered: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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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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#859528 - 31/05/08 02:51 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: CJDemon]
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Registered: 24/05/08
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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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#859529 - 31/05/08 05:22 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Fleeblebob]
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Registered: 13/05/08
Loc: Southern California
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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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#859530 - 01/06/08 11:52 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Sarah_P]
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Registered: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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Ok, I'm gonna order some fluffy fluffy fluffy poi. Monkeyfists HURT.
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#859531 - 02/06/08 06:59 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: CJDemon]
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Registered: 20/08/07
Loc: Melbourne
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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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#859532 - 02/06/08 08:45 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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Lord High Poobah of Over-inflated Titles
Registered: 02/12/07
Loc: South Africa
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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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#859533 - 03/06/08 04:25 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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Registered: 13/05/08
Loc: Southern California
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Written by :NathanielEverist
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.
Bruising sometimes makes you not want to try new stuff so it's nice to have soft poi to swing around that won't make you go down if they hit you wrong. I still have my sock poi hanging around although now I've got a pair of old oggz in them to give added weight (but they're fairly soft in comparison to the kevlar).
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#859534 - 03/06/08 05:07 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Sarah_P]
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Registered: 05/01/08
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I've whacked myself lots but not usually anything too painful. I bruise fairly easily but they don't typically hurt. When I started to work on buzzsaws and hyperloops I hit my forearms so often that I looked like some sort of freakishly ill leopard for a few weeks. I still don't have hyperloops down by the way and my buzzsaws are somewhat sloppy.
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#859535 - 04/06/08 10:32 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Silk_the_Elf]
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Registered: 04/06/08
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ive been learning for a week, and only yesterday did i really hurt myself. hit myself in the nuts doing a one handed butterfly, then trying it again i hit myself it the head and its left a nice little mark and a lump.  glad the fire poi's wernt lit
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#859536 - 04/06/08 10:37 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: netrix]
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Registered: 13/05/08
Loc: Southern California
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I clocked myself upside the head with my cathedrals rather painfully yesterday while trying to get high reels. The move, both the low and high, has been kicking my butt and now with a goose egg on my noggin I'm a little hesitant to try the higher until I get much better at the lower...
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#859537 - 06/06/08 12:22 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: NathanielEverist]
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Registered: 20/04/08
Loc: Assen.
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Written by :NathanielEverist
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.
Well.. up to a certain level of pain it works..  The monkeyfists didn't seem to be as painful in the beginning.. but then I tried a few harder moves.. and hit myself all the time. Me st00pid. Can't wait till I get the fluffy poi. 
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#859538 - 07/06/08 06:35 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: CJDemon]
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newbie
Registered: 29/05/08
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For some reason ive not hit myself anywhere other than my nuts(unless i dont notice in other places lol)
They just seemto attract the poi. lmao
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#859539 - 09/06/08 12:14 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: aston]
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newbie
Registered: 07/06/08
Loc: Florida
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I just started glow poi 2 nights ago. Yeah I definitely hit my self in the face twice. And I kept hitting the same spot on my thigh, no bruise though. Luckily I didn't hit myself hard enough for the pain to last more than a minute. The main pain was in my arms because I'm not used to using my arms in the ways poi requires. Oh and yesterday I was quite glad I wasn't a man because I would have been in A LOT of pain.
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#859540 - 09/06/08 01:57 PM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: Kiriame]
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Registered: 08/06/08
Loc: Texas
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i haven't really spun glow sticks, but i jumped straight into fire poi with the block cathedral wicks. i've been spinning for awhile and i get banged up! i've got bruises all over my legs and tend to wack myself upside the head. but practice does make perfection.
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#859541 - 23/06/08 01:33 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: aston]
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newbie
Registered: 22/06/08
Loc: Tahmoor NSW
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I have only been learnig Poi for a 2 days and have managed to hit my nuts a few times and i lost count of the hits in the head.
Poi=Pain yes it does but I am addicted and the pain is so worth it.The feeling I got when i nailed forward weave was great,still can't get the reverse weave but I'll keep practicing(and suffer a few more knocks to the head) and feel so great when i get it down,then ill move onto something else and begin the pain of learning once again.
Theres a fine line between pleasure and pain, sometimes there is no line at all.
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#859542 - 11/07/08 11:28 AM
Re: Poi Hurts!!
[Re: BurdaA]
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newbie
Registered: 11/07/08
Loc: Killeen TX (Currently)
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I have singed my hair, I have beaned my self in the head more times than i can count once deap smake in the middle of my forehead. I have bruises on my legs I have yet o burn my self to badly though...
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