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#736861 - 31/05/06 07:54 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: hippywiggy]
DenGad member Registered: 15/06/05 Loc: Copenhagen, DK	Poi: I don't hit myself that often anymore, used to hit my legs a lot (used to miss both legs in the beginning - ouch) Staff: Never hit myself (started staff 3 years before poi), used to hit myself a lot in the beginning (when I used my aikido jo - solid oak staff, made nasty bumps on the shins, nearly knocked myself out when I clipped myself on the side of the head). I remember when switching to a firestaff I was thinking - 'this is so much softer to hit myself with' :-)
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#736862 - 31/05/06 08:32 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: DenGad]
xomspinner newbie Registered: 28/05/06 Loc: Italy	Woooooah looky at all the replies ^_^ Woah yeah Neon_Shaolin, I do it with my eyes closed now as well It does help actually... that way you don't rely on your vision but just the feeling... thanks for the tip I'm sure it will help others too Lol geeza, I got the same problem with the butterfly.. I just thought I shouldn't put it that way in here haha... But errrm.. could anyone help me with the Windmill.... I mean.. I just don't seem to understand how it works, it's like.. when I try to do it... uhhm.. well... it's a long story lol. _________________________ -- Support Creativity, Don't Steal It --
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#736863 - 01/06/06 05:55 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: xomspinner]
Kieron Member Registered: 20/07/05	I rarely hit myself unless i'm trying to learn waist wrap or doing stuff behind my back. My sock poi have a money bag of sand in the end of them so my body seems to have decided it prefers dodging to being hit. _________________________ "I'm quite good at darts, though i often miss" - Kylie "I'm not a bad driver, I just panic when theres other cars around" - Sarah
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#736864 - 03/06/06 03:44 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: xomspinner]
esmokah member Registered: 21/02/05 Loc: wisconsin	when i'm practicing i hit myself a lot because i'm trying new movements, or expanding existing movements. i also try transitions into different moves. when i perform (usually w/ fire) I try and stick with the tried and true, yet vary it up with the music as i go. the only time i really mess up performing is when i am too self concious that people are watching me. my best spinning is done behind closed doors with no cameras or spectators!
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#736865 - 03/06/06 09:48 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: esmokah]
Intruder newbie Registered: 10/04/06	Everyone does, its only natural when you force your body into doing things its not used to pain is your friend!
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#736866 - 04/06/06 12:50 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: RaveRepresent]
TheBovrilMonkey Liquid Cow Registered: 03/09/01 Loc: High Wycombe, England	I still hit myself loads when I practise (which is very different from when I just play, I very rarely actually practise), but that's because although I'm better than I was when I started, the things I'm practising are harder - there's always going to be something new and difficult to be trying, regardless of spinning ability. Written by: RaveRepresent Ive been looking for cobra poi wengrid, did you order yours online? they look very sweet. You can get cobra poi here. Personally though, I find Erik's Poi to be much better than cobras. _________________________ But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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#736867 - 06/06/06 07:21 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: TheBovrilMonkey]
ZeeIndifferentOne newbie Registered: 02/06/06 Loc: Wigan, England	'Neon_Shaolin' I go to college in Leyland, Runshaw Infact, take it you do/did too? Ya' know living there and all, I live in Wigan. & as for this topic, of course we hit ourselves while practising, sort of stupid question to be honest.
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#736868 - 06/06/06 09:23 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: ZeeIndifferentOne]
rhi_b member Registered: 11/05/06 Loc: lampeter, wales	err i hit myself alot whilst practicing and get strange looks at college cos of the neumerous bruises from poi and staff, managet to hit myself in the ear with my poi yesterday and had bad hearing for the rest of the day and a dull ear ache today but you do seem to hit yourself less as time goes on, then again maybe im just imagining that!
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#736869 - 06/06/06 06:08 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: rhi_b]
EpsilonKias Note to self... Fur + Fire = Hurt. Registered: 20/02/05 Loc: Bloomfield Indiana. USA	I still hit myself all the time. Though I mainly knock myself in the legs now with all of the work i've been doing on UTL stuff. That is to say... My crotch is aslo a major magnet for stray poi
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#736870 - 06/06/06 06:59 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: EpsilonKias]
Mr Majestik CarpalTunnel hunter. Registered: 09/03/04 Loc: home of the tiney toothy bear	i never hit myself, i hit the silly blighters that spin poi run back to the staff section _________________________ "but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?" jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley
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#736871 - 07/06/06 01:16 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Mr Majestik]
Fine_Rabid_Dog Never Gonna Give You Up Registered: 26/05/04 Loc: They seek him here, they seek ...	Written by: Mr Majestik i never hit myself, i hit the silly blighters that spin poi run back to the staff section Good answer _________________________ The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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#736872 - 07/06/06 06:37 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Fine_Rabid_Dog]
Mr Majestik CarpalTunnel hunter. Registered: 09/03/04 Loc: home of the tiney toothy bear	Written by: Fine_Rabid_Dog Written by: Mr Majestik i never hit myself, i hit the silly blighters that spin poi run back to the staff section Good answer any time i swear i've read before that its always staffers who make threads go off topic _________________________ "but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?" jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley
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#736873 - 09/06/06 10:06 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: xomspinner]
zamirii member Registered: 02/05/06 Loc: South Florida	right now i tend to get hit alot, usually either in the nads (only took 1 time b4 i started using a cup though) or in the head - most painful time was when the quicklink decided to work itself loose and the head flew off and the end of the chain hit me in the head. not sure why i didn't check all the hardware that time. i make double sure now though. _________________________ Every Day I add another name to the list of people who piss me off
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#736874 - 09/06/06 05:44 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: zamirii]
jonathan enthusiast Registered: 24/11/01 Loc: new zealand	my funniest moment was a neck wrap gone wrong......... my poor nose got burnt on the end. years later people still tease me lol most painful was practising with 4 poi, i cracked my self in the outside corner of the right eye, right on the bone. there was no escaping the pain lol i just dropped the poi and went inside. it was shocking, words cant describe.............. we used to think that if your not hitting yourself your not pushing to extend youreself, but now weve learned how to dodge!
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#736875 - 10/06/06 02:04 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: xomspinner]
Pele the henna lady Registered: 15/12/00 Loc: WNY, USA	Written by: xomspinner Hiya people!! This is my first thread in this Forums, and I thought this subject should be in here. If that isn't the case, I'm really sorry and please correct me Gives fire staff have fun! Anyway, to get to the point, while practicing I usually hit myself in the head, leg and belly lots! Lol, it's something I have to work on. When you are practicing.. do you hit yourself a lot? and if so, and you found a cure for that, this could be a good place to share that information to save up on bandages. Post away !! All the time. That's what practice is for I generally check my hand positions as I find those are the cause 9 out of 10 times for me hitting myself. We hand positions seem to angle the poi straight at my body. The other reason is that I am not reaching far enough. If i am wrapping around my entire body and my butt or hand or shin get hit, then I am not far enough around. Usually the issue, for me, lies within the body rather than the spin. _________________________ Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir "Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall "And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
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#736876 - 10/06/06 03:32 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Pele]
DeepSoulSheep Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 25/09/02 Loc: Ballybrack, Dublin	I found my beamers after having not spun them in ages. I thoguth if I was carefull I wouldn't hit myself... I got a reminder to the back of the head within a few minutes....they're back int he cupboard now... _________________________ I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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#736877 - 11/06/06 01:17 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: DeepSoulSheep]
JonnyRok Look! I'm Darth Bunny! Registered: 02/05/05 Loc: Sunny South Africa	Youll always hit yourself, its just that as time goes by you get better at dodging _________________________ Do what you want coz a pirate is free, You are a pirate! Yo ho fiddle dee dee, being a pirate is alright to be, Do what you want coz a pirate is free, You are a pirate!
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#736878 - 11/06/06 08:29 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: JonnyRok]
Triptoe member Registered: 02/06/06 Loc: Europe	when I started, my body got full of bruises, and they hurted!! And always my poi (I startet with chains -stupid me.. ) hitted the same bruises- on and on and on. That really hurted. My gymtecher even asked me, if I get beaten up. It was really funny in a way _________________________ -I love goats and cheesecake-
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#736879 - 12/06/06 08:00 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Triptoe]
Charlie_Anne Member Registered: 05/06/06 Loc: Potters Bar or Somerset, UK	Oh yes - thighs, ankles, ribs, head, face etc etc - but i've only been learning a week - it's going to happen!
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#736880 - 13/06/06 03:04 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Charlie_Anne]
faithinfire Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 27/01/06 Loc: Wisconsin	i hit myself so often bf thought i was cheating on him _________________________ Faith Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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