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Location: Brooklyn / New York, NY
5 posts
Location: Brooklyn / New York, NY
Posted:
I've been lurking for a while and have been halfheartedly trying to learn poi for about a month now. I've finally decided that online lessons / giving myself massive bruises is not the best way to learn. Are there any spinners in NYC willing to meet up and teach me?
Some relevant info
Sex: F
Age: 23
Temperament: INTJ
Appearance: Looks better from a distance
What I do: Recently gave notice at my job, soon to be unemployed
What else I do: escrima
Music: Eclectic, including goth, trip hop, Japanese rock, symphonic black metal, shoegazer, traditional ethnic music, trance, etc. Favorite groups include The Cure, Massive Attack, Slowdive, Dead Can Dance, The Changelings, Das Ich, Natacha Atlas, Dir en Grey, Pierrot, Black Heart Procession, Calla.
Authors: William Gibson, Par Lagerkvist, Italo Calvino, [insert others I can't think of at the moment]
I've been lurking for a while and have been halfheartedly trying to learn poi for about a month now. I've finally decided that online lessons / giving myself massive bruises is not the best way to learn. Are there any spinners in NYC willing to meet up and teach me?
Some relevant info
Sex: F
Age: 23
Temperament: INTJ
Appearance: Looks better from a distance
What I do: Recently gave notice at my job, soon to be unemployed
What else I do: escrima
Music: Eclectic, including goth, trip hop, Japanese rock, symphonic black metal, shoegazer, traditional ethnic music, trance, etc. Favorite groups include The Cure, Massive Attack, Slowdive, Dead Can Dance, The Changelings, Das Ich, Natacha Atlas, Dir en Grey, Pierrot, Black Heart Procession, Calla.
Authors: William Gibson, Par Lagerkvist, Italo Calvino, [insert others I can't think of at the moment]
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2,568 posts
Location: sitting on the step
2,568 posts
Location: sitting on the step
Posted:
ELOOOOooooooooo and welcome
(sorry ish sleepy so will write more laters )
ELOOOOooooooooo and welcome
(sorry ish sleepy so will write more laters
) she who sees from up high smiles
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After 17 hrs i got the little beautie
340 posts
Location: Sunny Devon, UK
After 17 hrs i got the little beautie
340 posts
Location: Sunny Devon, UK
Posted:
Hello and welcome
Hello and welcome
A wise man once told me, A friend will bail you outta jail, A great friend will be sitting beside you saying that was f**king awesome.
Sponge
883 posts
Location: Stevenage
883 posts
Location: Stevenage
Posted:
Heya I like your name Sthenno... *sounds nice*
Heya I like your name Sthenno... *sounds nice*
Monkeys monkeys and bananas
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HOP OM
225 posts
Location: HOP Central, New Zealand
HOP OM
225 posts
Location: HOP Central, New Zealand
Posted:
Hi Sthenno,
Welcome to HOP land.
If your wanting to get lessons in NY try clicking on the community heading and then click on the meet others section, type in NY and it will throw many many contacts your way for you to choose from.
Hope this helps
Happy twirling
Hi Sthenno,
Welcome to HOP land.
If your wanting to get lessons in NY try clicking on the community heading and then click on the meet others section, type in NY and it will throw many many contacts your way for you to choose from.
Hope this helps
Happy twirling
member
5 posts
Location: Brooklyn / New York, NY
5 posts
Location: Brooklyn / New York, NY
Posted:
Hi all,
Thanks for the welcome.
Kombi guy: I actually checked that already--but it looks like the information is outdated. The most recent contact added was 12/03 (which I concede is fairly recent). The one before that, however, was from 2002. But I guess if all else fails, I'll email those people regardless of when they were added.
Hi all,
Thanks for the welcome.
Kombi guy: I actually checked that already--but it looks like the information is outdated. The most recent contact added was 12/03 (which I concede is fairly recent). The one before that, however, was from 2002. But I guess if all else fails, I'll email those people regardless of when they were added.
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello Sthenno...welcome aboard good ship HoP
From memory members from New York include the obligatory NYC and Bullblishis and I'm sure they will be more than willing to help point you in the right direction, drop in their intro threads and says hello to them.
See you later and a peice of advise about learning is the first couple months getting bruises in the worst places imaginable AND black eyes is par the course...just get past that and it's plain sailing baby!
Hello Sthenno...welcome aboard good ship HoP
From memory members from New York include the obligatory NYC and Bullblishis and I'm sure they will be more than willing to help point you in the right direction, drop in their intro threads and says hello to them.
See you later and a peice of advise about learning is the first couple months getting bruises in the worst places imaginable AND black eyes is par the course...just get past that and it's plain sailing baby!
Let's relight this forum 
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playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
ps whats escrima?
And i see you like Jap rock, I saw Buffalo Daughter support Money Mark a few years back and they were freaking excellent and the Cornelius Fantasma album is one of my fave albums of all time
ps whats escrima?
And i see you like Jap rock, I saw Buffalo Daughter support Money Mark a few years back and they were freaking excellent and the Cornelius Fantasma album is one of my fave albums of all time
Let's relight this forum
member
5 posts
Location: Brooklyn / New York, NY
5 posts
Location: Brooklyn / New York, NY
Posted:
Thanks. I'll look them up.
Escrima is Filipino stickfighting. More info: https://www.daimi.au.dk/~jpsdiry/arnis/docs/ma-faq-fma.txt
or https://www.martialartsresource.com/anonftp/pub/eskrima/digests/fmafaq.htm
It's the most practical of all the martial arts I've taken ("Most Filipino arts, but Kali in particular, stress the importance of disarming an opponent in combat. This is not usually done gently, but by destroying an attacking weapon (break the hand, and the stick will fall.)"), but not as fun as capoeira.
Thanks. I'll look them up.
Escrima is Filipino stickfighting. More info: https://www.daimi.au.dk/~jpsdiry/arnis/docs/ma-faq-fma.txt
or https://www.martialartsresource.com/anonftp/pub/eskrima/digests/fmafaq.htm
It's the most practical of all the martial arts I've taken ("Most Filipino arts, but Kali in particular, stress the importance of disarming an opponent in combat. This is not usually done gently, but by destroying an attacking weapon (break the hand, and the stick will fall.)"), but not as fun as capoeira.
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
and don't forget regyt too....
'ello! welcome!
check the events section....i know there are a few weekly spins going on.
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From memory members from New York include the obligatory NYC and Bullblishis
and don't forget regyt too....
'ello!
welcome! check the events section....i know there are a few weekly spins going on.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
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I don't want a title.
940 posts
940 posts
Posted:
Heya, darlin'. Drop me a PM and I'd be glad to meet up with you. NYC and Bubblishis are sweeties, too. We'll get you involved with the locals in no time at all.
Heya, darlin'. Drop me a PM and I'd be glad to meet up with you. NYC and Bubblishis are sweeties, too. We'll get you involved with the locals in no time at all.
E pluribus unum, baby.
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