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#736881 - 13/06/06 07:26 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: xomspinner]
Phantom_Day newbie Registered: 13/06/06 Loc: colorado temporarily then to t...	erm yes.doing the weave they seem to be attracted to my shoulders for some reason.
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#736882 - 13/06/06 11:13 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Intruder]
Little_Miss_Nebula curiosity toastied herself with a rocket Registered: 02/04/03 Loc: Fishing somwhere past Maia	uhm not usually, but if its something new and is gunna take a while I can guaruntee its gunna be hits in boobs, legs and head...o.0 _________________________ There be coffee in thaat Nebulaaar
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#736883 - 14/06/06 07:02 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Intruder]
K_Dash member Registered: 10/12/02 Loc: CA, USA, 91702	Yea i use to (even kept count ) like when i first started 7 years ago but now not really *Hit Chart* Face - 94 Legs - 145 Nads - 63 Back - 74
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#736884 - 14/06/06 09:34 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Intruder]
eatyourbiscuit newbie Registered: 14/06/06 Loc: Aberdeen, Scotland	i started spinning four days ago and now unless i try something i cant do then injuries do seem to be getting less...i nailed my self in the groin too many times the other day so made some sock poi filled with more soft socks...much safer to learn with than the neon glowing balls of ouch i got firstly...they can leave a fairly decent black eye when too close to my face Andy _________________________ "...be all that you can be, just as long as you are free..."
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#736885 - 15/06/06 03:24 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: eatyourbiscuit]
faithinfire Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 27/01/06 Loc: Wisconsin	if you aren't hitting yourself, you aren't doing it right _________________________ 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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#736886 - 18/06/06 06:50 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: faithinfire]
Sun_Puppy member Registered: 13/05/06	I normally manage to hit myself in the shins or the head, depending on whether it is a weave or butterfly-based move.
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#736887 - 18/06/06 07:05 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Sun_Puppy]
pitman addict Registered: 09/03/05 Loc: CARDIFF	when i first started my poi used to love playing with my nose. i was using cobra 2's and the tennis ball inside hurt alot when it hit u in the nose so a mate told me to slice the tennis ball in the middle about 4/5ths of the way around so its just hanging on. then it stopped hurting so much. now i use sock poi with juggling balls in them and they hurt if they hit but i dnt really hit my self much anymore like some people have said u tend to earn to control the poi better and even if you mess up you learn to pull them or your self out the way. but i find with my fire poi theres no dogging those evil little balls of fire they just don't like me any ways! _________________________ DONT DO DRUGS THERE BAD FOR YOU. SO GIVE THEM ALL TO ME AND I WILL GET RID OF THEM FOR YOU!
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#736888 - 18/06/06 09:17 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: pitman]
RaveRepresent addict Registered: 07/05/06	crap. just smashed my eye and temple. i was doing a reverse weave at 3 o'clock in the morning... Tired as a sloth.. well, my arms just gave up and the poi directed to my eye and caused me to move left after the collision. That regretfuly knocked my temple, leaving me and my sister laughing histarically. _________________________ "I don't know what you are talking about" "Cardinal!!! Poke her... with the SOFT CUSIONS!!!!" "Its not working my lord!" "Have you got all of the stuffing on one end?!"
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#736889 - 19/06/06 01:17 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: RaveRepresent]
Kathain_Bowen Good Ol' Yarn For Hair Registered: 24/01/06 Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA	I did a bad thing last night, got mildly tipsy, and figured out I poi-ed better under-the-influence than not. For the longest time, I had been struggling to get my Mexican Wave to clean up..... and it just clicked. There were a few bad crashes, but I didn't feel them, so I didn't care. We weren't burning, and the fuel was locked up. But gosh darn if those LED sticks don't leave marks! I haven't poied yet this morning, but I'm scared to attempt it, because the problem with waking up after poi-ing while drunk is you see the bruises you couldn't feel last night. ....I don't recommend it. _________________________ "So long and thanks for all the fish."
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#736890 - 19/06/06 02:15 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Intruder]
havocangel member Registered: 19/06/05	I almost never hit myself anymore. After 2 years as a fire preformer I can pretty much do anything that I normally do in my routine in my sleep. When I'm trying to pick up or create something new I hit myself though. Over the whole time I've been working with fire I've burned myself once and came close one other time.
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#736891 - 19/06/06 02:05 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Intruder]
envie newbie Registered: 09/06/06 Loc: London	lol yep all the time, esp when doing weaves too fast! the poi seem to really like damaging my knees and head recently... _________________________ on va danser?
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#736892 - 19/06/06 09:19 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: xomspinner]
poig marmite and nutella sandwich Registered: 19/06/06 Loc: Farnborough, Hampshire	I reguarly hit all the places shown by you, but also the place no man should ever be hit!!!
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#736893 - 20/06/06 01:13 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: poig]
Geeza enthusiast Registered: 14/05/06 Loc: Leeds	Written by: poig I reguarly hit all the places shown by you, but also the place no man should ever be hit!!! really hurts doesnt it. I actually fell over once and curled into a ball on the floor for a few minutes. not fun at all!
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#736894 - 20/06/06 09:31 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Geeza]
kash Dangerous cynic Registered: 22/05/06	I am finding the better I get the more I hit myself, and harder. It's something to do with more complex/adventurous moves and spinning faster. Classic one today: Merrily spinning in some random fashion and I think "ooh, can I raise these higher, oh yeah, lets see if they can flip behind my head..." WHACK, "oh dear, that used to be my nose". Once it stopped smarting and bleeding it was all ok though.
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#736895 - 20/06/06 10:40 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: kash]
KittyKill enthusiast Registered: 15/05/06 Loc: Ontario	breathing deeply too often _________________________ Have you ever notice that poi is spelled backwords on the key board.............................................creepycool
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#736896 - 20/06/06 10:58 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: KittyKill]
skwair Member Registered: 13/09/05 Loc: swampea	ive just put my poi down because i smacked myself in the balls. my girlfriends still laughing
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#736897 - 20/06/06 11:13 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Geeza]
Younglegend newbie Registered: 20/06/06	Written by: geeza Written by: poig I reguarly hit all the places shown by you, but also the place no man should ever be hit!!! really hurts doesnt it. I actually fell over once and curled into a ball on the floor for a few minutes. not fun at all! Used to happen to me all the time and exactly like that. Once i hit myself in the eye extremely hard.
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#736898 - 21/06/06 12:04 AM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Younglegend]
Geeza enthusiast Registered: 14/05/06 Loc: Leeds	spin with a mace ball! that would make everyone more carefull of the soft dangly region!
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#736899 - 21/06/06 09:17 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Neon_Shaolin]
Tinks foxyninjatwinkletoes Registered: 20/06/06 Loc: London/Brighton	I mostly hit myself in the boobies which hurts, gonna have to get a metal bra or somethin. I hit myself lots coz i'm pretty new at poi, and find that when i'm trying to crack a trick if i use my brain i can't do it, but if i stop thinking and trying to work it out, and just try to feel it, it gets easier. Does this relate to the concept of planes everyone talks about? is that where you get your brain to 'see' the planes? or am i just talking nonsense? I like Neon's idea, and yes it is a bit like active meditation... Tinks xx Written by: Neon_Shaolin I do alot more now because this last year I've started inadvertently poi-ing whilst closing my eyes... It wasn't a conscious choice but I grown to like doing it with my eyes closed. I think I'm doing pretty well as it helps to improve body memory than depending on my eyes to pull off a move... Plus now it feels more like meditating... _________________________ May the wind always be at your back and the sun always upon your face, and the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars
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#736900 - 21/06/06 09:40 PM Re: Do YOU hit yourself alot while practicing?? [Re: Tinks]
Geeza enthusiast Registered: 14/05/06 Loc: Leeds	Written by: Tinks I mostly hit myself in the boobies which hurts, gonna have to get a metal bra or somethin. I hit myself lots coz i'm pretty new at poi, and find that when i'm trying to crack a trick if i use my brain i can't do it, but if i stop thinking and trying to work it out, and just try to feel it, it gets easier. Does this relate to the concept of planes everyone talks about? is that where you get your brain to 'see' the planes? or am i just talking nonsense? I like Neon's idea, and yes it is a bit like active meditation... Tinks xx my mum hit herself in her boob when she tried so put em down sharpish. I dont know too much about planes because ive only been doing poi for 5 weeks
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