Is this at ALL fair?

short and sweet, ive been on the old poi-balls (as my stepmum calss them) for a good old hog of about three years.

gramted when i first started i went craze over it, but now the moves are generally all there its good to no that i can whip em out evernow an then to have a good time (my poi-balls)

the weave was the first thing i learnt (much to my dismmay i however found that bypassing a lot of the basic moves hindered me a great deal later on) i recently aquired a girlfriend from somwhere (i forget where) and let her have a play, i in fact lent her a my pair of beloved sock poi-balls to practice with.

I'm sorry, im putting off the point, it stands, dear readers that while self tuition took me substantial time to acheive the level i swing at now, it took the gf 3 weeks to get to my level.

3 WEEKS!

yes i know i should be happy for her..and i know its good shes taken a keen interest but come on, thats kindov depressing!

so really, is this fair??

(if u feel you are about to type something like 'thats really good..' or 'be happy, shes doing poi..' then i strongly advise not, i beleive most are allergic to a swift kick up the bottom)

oh, i love her realy..awww

i feel you pain. i can spin but im not the best one out there.
it took me a full day to learn how to do the stockmens crack with the whip puk gave me and it took a mate of mine an hour. i was not impressed

but i suppose we should be happy forem eh?

Happy for 'em?
pfft! Kill 'em all, I say!

gah, my cousin is like that... it annoys me... poi is my thing, and she got it fairly easily... and a girl I know was the same with Diablo, picked it up easily, and then had the hide to gloat.

Yeah, we should be happy for them.... but it makes us feel terrible and useless!

Reminds me, on the weekend I met a guy who has been spinning for 3 months, he can do the 5 beat weave, but not the 3 beat... 3 months of spining and 5 beat!

ah but not a 3 beat.... so really.... i mean.... come on-

actually... I think he may have been taught the 3 beat on the weekend... he was picking things up quickly.

But, how long did it take you to learn 5 beat?

Ive been doing poi for over a year and i cant do the 5 beat!
GRRRRRRR!! I hate people who find it rediculously easy!

i wasnt doing constantly but it took me maybe a month to get the five beat? altho for some time i had a wonky one where itd only have a five beat on one side, the left if i remember.

a little longer than your suggesting tho Hanz?

from what I can gather, many people don't even know what a 5 beat is in their first 3 months.... but I think you get my point... Im jealous of that kid! lol

it may have taken a month to learn, but dont get me wrong, i didnt know what one was for a couple of years! (probs cuz i only got the old poi out generally in summer time..my bad)

But the person who got me into poi and taught me the original 3 beat didnt know what it was! when i showed her after all that time she was like...

'looks the same as a three beat...'

i was NOT impressed haven taken all that effort learnin it!

I got to a level in 4 months to spin the same/better than it took my troup 4yrs to get to. They are only kids though, and i do have a lot of time on my hands lol

Ah! the secret of all poiing, a LOT of spare time

i (in my last effort at some sort of a defence) do not have ANY spare time,

except for that bit over there..but ile never catch it now, its got at LEAST twice as many legs as a goldfish

i bet others have experienced similar, theyre just to shy..

I completely agree about the spare time thing. I was talking to dixie about it the other day, as his job allows him to spin for most of the day, and low and behold...he's really really good. I've become quite good in the past 6 months of properly doing poi(:D*looks smug*) but i've only managed this as i do poi sooo much of my time, same way i do staff, in summer last year i did nothing but spin staff and by the end of the summer i could do jesus's, doubles flowers etc.

an hour a day should be good. maybe more on the weekends... after too mucht tho, i think your brain gets tired of thinking of circles.

if i didn't have to spend 90% of my time learning to dance right i'd be even better off!

damn rite its not fair, i bought a staff and was all like " ooooh look at me with my staff" and my sister picked it up and she was literally a goddam pro, you wouldnt believe it. She was all modest saying "well, you know, i have a talent for these things" looking all smug and stuff.

My mother later told me that Rhonda had been a majorette when she was younger ( i was too young to remember that), so she had a lot of experience using batons. THE CHEAT, IMAGINE PRETENDING SHE HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

yeah man, circles get boring, try doing it though your legs when they are on fire, that'll give you something different to think about.

aarrrghh, mathematics. poop

I kind of get it though, you cant really not do a circle when poiing. its aaaaall about the circles.........