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bastard child of satan
1,113 posts
Location: Raanana, Israel
bastard child of satan
1,113 posts
Location: Raanana, Israel
Posted:
This is the same as the staff goals thread, but for poi.
Basically, write down some of your goals for your poi spinning this year.
Anyway, here are mine :
1) Work on my dancing
2) Play with stall combos
3) Get better at contact poi
4) Clean up antispin flower stalls
5) Clean up throws
6) Finish my fire poi routine and my manipulation poi routine.
7) Make more tutorials
8) Do paid workshops, preferably outside Israel.
9) Perform a lot more
10) Go to: Firedrums, CBY, EJC, Bristol JC, Motion festival.
This is the same as the staff goals thread, but for poi.
Basically, write down some of your goals for your poi spinning this year.
Anyway, here are mine :
1) Work on my dancing
2) Play with stall combos
3) Get better at contact poi
4) Clean up antispin flower stalls
5) Clean up throws
6) Finish my fire poi routine and my manipulation poi routine.
7) Make more tutorials
8) Do paid workshops, preferably outside Israel.
9) Perform a lot more
10) Go to: Firedrums, CBY, EJC, Bristol JC, Motion festival.
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Posted:
1) Work on dancing/flow
2) Work on btb moves without hitting my legs
3) Work on pirouettes and footwork
4) Different kinds of hybrids
5) Btb wheelplane weave turn, YOU WILL BE MINE!
6) Achieve a fire orbital
7) Get really good at stalls, especially the sideways coming from the bottom
8) Surprise my German exchange student by pulling a fire snake without him knowing
9)Become known in my school for firespinning*
10) Really good at crossers and other wallplane business
*starting to happen
EDITED_BY: SpinnerofDetroit (1262646591)
EDIT_REASON: Finished some before new years. Geez that was fast.
1) Work on dancing/flow
2) Work on btb moves without hitting my legs
3) Work on pirouettes and footwork
4) Different kinds of hybrids
5) Btb wheelplane weave turn, YOU WILL BE MINE!
6) Achieve a fire orbital
7) Get really good at stalls, especially the sideways coming from the bottom
8) Surprise my German exchange student by pulling a fire snake without him knowing
9)Become known in my school for firespinning*
10) Really good at crossers and other wallplane business
*starting to happen
EDITED_BY: SpinnerofDetroit (1262646591)
EDIT_REASON: Finished some before new years. Geez that was fast.
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass 
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Poi explorer
108 posts
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Poi explorer
108 posts
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posted:
1) Finish exploring and practicing all the horizontal plane moves/combos and figure out how to flow with them
2) Get some basic acrobatic skills in order to do some of those moves
3) Get and practice with proper fire gear so that I can do fire with throws, spiral wraps and orbitals
4) Make more videos
5) Practice all the harder moves on my weaker side/direction
6) Start playing with atomic and split time plane changing stalls
1) Finish exploring and practicing all the horizontal plane moves/combos and figure out how to flow with them
2) Get some basic acrobatic skills in order to do some of those moves
3) Get and practice with proper fire gear so that I can do fire with throws, spiral wraps and orbitals
4) Make more videos
5) Practice all the harder moves on my weaker side/direction
6) Start playing with atomic and split time plane changing stalls
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person who like to spin all gears
62 posts
Location: Germany - Düsseldorf
person who like to spin all gears
62 posts
Location: Germany - Düsseldorf
Posted:
1) Get to break tricks down so I can teach them to other and get maybe some other funny tricks
2) Improve Floats so I can better put them in Wallplane Flower
3) Improve BTB-Weaves because I just want to can do them
4) Get more Jumps and Acrobatics while spinning Poi
5) Think more about Combination of Isolations Antispins and Inspins to perform other way of nice looking hybrids maybe even
6) Improve Plane Bending maybe that good like G is doing it
7) Improve my actual Routine and get more not that technical for real public non juggling events
8) start glowsticking so I have to get better at wraps
9) Get better at dancing
10) try to do more with Atomic
11) starting exploring inversions
1) Get to break tricks down so I can teach them to other and get maybe some other funny tricks
2) Improve Floats so I can better put them in Wallplane Flower
3) Improve BTB-Weaves because I just want to can do them
4) Get more Jumps and Acrobatics while spinning Poi
5) Think more about Combination of Isolations Antispins and Inspins to perform other way of nice looking hybrids maybe even
6) Improve Plane Bending maybe that good like G is doing it
7) Improve my actual Routine and get more not that technical for real public non juggling events
8) start glowsticking so I have to get better at wraps
9) Get better at dancing
10) try to do more with Atomic
11) starting exploring inversions
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owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
1) Movement and transitions. Basically, increasing my visual appeal and getting flexible with the moves I know.
2) Improving behind the back movements. Right now I can do a reverse btb weave badly, and that's it.
3) Fixing my weak handedness/weak directions.
4) Throws.
5) Orbitals.
6) Discover and attend some object manipulation events that I can actually make it to.
7) Set things on fire at least every other week.
EDITED_BY: Sister Eleven (1262611964)
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1) Movement and transitions. Basically, increasing my visual appeal and getting flexible with the moves I know.
2) Improving behind the back movements. Right now I can do a reverse btb weave badly, and that's it.
3) Fixing my weak handedness/weak directions.
4) Throws.
5) Orbitals.
6) Discover and attend some object manipulation events that I can actually make it to.
7) Set things on fire at least every other week.
EDITED_BY: Sister Eleven (1262611964)
EDIT_REASON: See struck line
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Defeats the purpose
73 posts
Location: Washington, DC USA
Defeats the purpose
73 posts
Location: Washington, DC USA
Posted:
1. Complete and write up something on poi symmetry theory
2. Clean up isolations
3. Explore plane bending more
4. Make it to EJC, both Wildfires, and Firedrums
5. Clean up linear extensions
6. Teach a workshop outside the DC area
7. Write a flash program that displays poi movement based upon a few variables of motion
8. Work a lot more on dance
9. Try out hip-hop dancing and tai-chi
10. Further explore diagonal planes
11. Have more tech geeking sessions
1. Complete and write up something on poi symmetry theory
2. Clean up isolations
3. Explore plane bending more
4. Make it to EJC, both Wildfires, and Firedrums
5. Clean up linear extensions
6. Teach a workshop outside the DC area
7. Write a flash program that displays poi movement based upon a few variables of motion
8. Work a lot more on dance
9. Try out hip-hop dancing and tai-chi
10. Further explore diagonal planes
11. Have more tech geeking sessions
Peace,
Drex
Poi Goddess
16 posts
Location: Oklahoma
16 posts
Location: Oklahoma
Posted:
1. Learn more poi moves
2. Practice the moves I know and make them look better especially the 7 beat.
3. Make a routine- Daylight and Dark
4. Create new poi moves or string together existing ones or make variations
5. Add in yoga/balancing, spins, and ballet moves into routine or moves
6. Help out poi club, make friends, hope to be an officer next year
7. Teach friends and other members of poi club awesome moves.
1. Learn more poi moves
2. Practice the moves I know and make them look better especially the 7 beat.
3. Make a routine- Daylight and Dark
4. Create new poi moves or string together existing ones or make variations
5. Add in yoga/balancing, spins, and ballet moves into routine or moves
6. Help out poi club, make friends, hope to be an officer next year
7. Teach friends and other members of poi club awesome moves.
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
1) General timing clean-up
2) improve tech flow
3) improve tech in general
3a) in particular cat-eyes,
3b) various wall-plane symmetry things
1) General timing clean-up
2) improve tech flow
3) improve tech in general
3a) in particular cat-eyes,
3b) various wall-plane symmetry things
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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enthusiast
324 posts
Location: SouthDakota, USA
enthusiast
324 posts
Location: SouthDakota, USA
Posted:
1) Clean up what I already know
2) Learn as much as I can
3) Teach some friends
4) Get some new sets
5) Possibly come up with a routine
6) Finally start fire
7) Do more to get in shape and help with balance
8) Watch the videos I bought but haven't had time to watch
1) Clean up what I already know
2) Learn as much as I can
3) Teach some friends
4) Get some new sets
5) Possibly come up with a routine
6) Finally start fire
7) Do more to get in shape and help with balance
8) Watch the videos I bought but haven't had time to watch
Listen to Your heartbeat and dance...
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Posted:
Originally Posted By: Lunaki
2. Practice the moves I know and make them look better especially the 7 beat.
I can make a video later about that for you
I figured it out how to make it look nice and elegant. Not much arm movement, I seem to be seeing that people are trying or just think that 7bt can't be elegant and I hate it and decided to make a video about it. Maybe after I get medicine for my acne and I don't look like a pizzaface on video.
Originally Posted By: Lunaki
2. Practice the moves I know and make them look better especially the 7 beat.
I can make a video later about that for you
I figured it out how to make it look nice and elegant. Not much arm movement, I seem to be seeing that people are trying or just think that 7bt can't be elegant and I hate it and decided to make a video about it. Maybe after I get medicine for my acne and I don't look like a pizzaface on video. The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Posted:
1) Train my left hand/side to be equal and in sync with my right as possible.
2) Practice outside more to utilize my full range of motion
3) Broaden my full range of motion, flexibility, and coordination.
4) Flowers/Compound Circles, I'd really love to get one clean and learn all the variations
5) Maximize plane control/body movement inside of planes
6) Isolations!!!
7) Choreography
8) Getting comfortable with my array of various poi heads for seamless transitioning between using different weights/styles
9) Building more strength and endurance to enhance performing
***this last one same as the staff forum***
10) Light up the 2010 summer festivals and learn from some very talented people + the workshops there, acquire fire performance blessings at the safety meetings/classes on opening day (mainly GMSF where I got my start as a nice 1 year spinning anniversary celebration)
EDITED_BY: EpitomeOfNovice (1260422316)
1) Train my left hand/side to be equal and in sync with my right as possible.
2) Practice outside more to utilize my full range of motion
3) Broaden my full range of motion, flexibility, and coordination.
4) Flowers/Compound Circles, I'd really love to get one clean and learn all the variations
5) Maximize plane control/body movement inside of planes
6) Isolations!!!
7) Choreography
8) Getting comfortable with my array of various poi heads for seamless transitioning between using different weights/styles
9) Building more strength and endurance to enhance performing
***this last one same as the staff forum***
10) Light up the 2010 summer festivals and learn from some very talented people + the workshops there, acquire fire performance blessings at the safety meetings/classes on opening day (mainly GMSF where I got my start as a nice 1 year spinning anniversary celebration)
EDITED_BY: EpitomeOfNovice (1260422316)
~Rock on!~
"As the pattern gets more intricate and subtle, being swept along is no longer enough"-Waking Life
(All you RLers this is epitome_of_lame *waves hello*)
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Posted:
Originally Posted By: This Jaded FleshOriginally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitOriginally Posted By: Lunaki
2. Practice the moves I know and make them look better especially the 7 beat.
I seem to be seeing that people are trying or just think that 7bt can't be elegant and I hate it and decided to make a video about it.
I'm one of those people ^^b Something a bout looking like a spastic that doesn't please my eye. Reverse 5 beat feels the same to me too.
Eh, I'm still working on the reverse 5bt, it doesn't look spastic anymore, and that's the least I can say. And I don't trust myself with reverse 7bt yet. Just need to make my hand/arm movements smoother with reverse 5bt. I'll make a vid I guess, might replace it later when I can do it reverse, I'll post it when I get it up. Most likely tomorrow if I make it today.
EDIT: I'm sorry, I made it, but my crappy computer is way too much fail to actually upload something. If I ever, well idk what I can do at this point except get a new computer, I'll put it on fo sho.
EDITED_BY: SpinnerofDetroit (1260500626)
Originally Posted By: This Jaded FleshOriginally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitOriginally Posted By: Lunaki
2. Practice the moves I know and make them look better especially the 7 beat.
I seem to be seeing that people are trying or just think that 7bt can't be elegant and I hate it and decided to make a video about it.
I'm one of those people ^^b Something a bout looking like a spastic that doesn't please my eye. Reverse 5 beat feels the same to me too.
Eh, I'm still working on the reverse 5bt, it doesn't look spastic anymore, and that's the least I can say. And I don't trust myself with reverse 7bt yet. Just need to make my hand/arm movements smoother with reverse 5bt. I'll make a vid I guess, might replace it later when I can do it reverse, I'll post it when I get it up. Most likely tomorrow if I make it today.
EDIT: I'm sorry, I made it, but my crappy computer is way too much fail to actually upload something. If I ever, well idk what I can do at this point except get a new computer, I'll put it on fo sho.
EDITED_BY: SpinnerofDetroit (1260500626)
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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journeyman
81 posts
Location: SW Michigan, United States, USA
journeyman
81 posts
Location: SW Michigan, United States, USA
Posted:
Is "stop looking like an idiot" a goal?
Is "stop looking like an idiot" a goal?
Happiness is a skill, not a commodity
I have been kidnapped by hooping.
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Posted:
Why yes it is. Also, another one to add: Host some fire parties and make them by inviting some friends, and then some people I don't know well so I can get to know them, and keep expanding my friend and fan base.
Why yes it is. Also, another one to add: Host some fire parties and make them by inviting some friends, and then some people I don't know well so I can get to know them, and keep expanding my friend and fan base.
The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Originally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitWhy yes it is. Also, another one to add: Host some fire parties and make them by inviting some friends, and then some people I don't know well so I can get to know them, and keep expanding my friend and fan base.
I should add hosting to my goals as well. Partially because my neighbors react amusingly to fire play, and partially to... I don't know, foster community? Create more fire opportunities?
Originally Posted By: SpinnerofDetroitWhy yes it is. Also, another one to add: Host some fire parties and make them by inviting some friends, and then some people I don't know well so I can get to know them, and keep expanding my friend and fan base.
I should add hosting to my goals as well. Partially because my neighbors react amusingly to fire play, and partially to... I don't know, foster community? Create more fire opportunities?
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Dreamweaver
9 posts
Location: USA
Dreamweaver
9 posts
Location: USA
Posted:
Get a website up with booking info
Teach some workshops
Work on Double Staff
Get a website up with booking info
Teach some workshops
Work on Double Staff
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Magic Monkey Juice
252 posts
Location: Saaf Ingerland Innet, England (UK)
Magic Monkey Juice
252 posts
Location: Saaf Ingerland Innet, England (UK)
Posted:
1) Clean up my isolations
2) Clean up my flowers
3) Get my Hybrids better
4) Continue at the pace I have been working at over the last 10 months (I have been told that it looks like I have been spinning for about 3 years)
5) Clean up my floaters
6) Work on the little contact I'm interested in
7) It will be my poi 1 year birthday in Feburary and I would like to make a decent video to document it.
8) Incoperate my tech with dance
9) Somehow absorb all of Thomas Nevisouls skills
EDITED_BY: T-S-A (1260762182)
1) Clean up my isolations
2) Clean up my flowers
3) Get my Hybrids better
4) Continue at the pace I have been working at over the last 10 months (I have been told that it looks like I have been spinning for about 3 years)
5) Clean up my floaters
6) Work on the little contact I'm interested in
7) It will be my poi 1 year birthday in Feburary and I would like to make a decent video to document it.
8) Incoperate my tech with dance
9) Somehow absorb all of Thomas Nevisouls skills
EDITED_BY: T-S-A (1260762182)
"We were making castles in the sand: Now we swim in the seas that swept them away"
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owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
owner of the group property
1,277 posts
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Posted:
Originally Posted By: T-S-A9) Somehow absorb all of Thomas Nevisouls skills
That's been a couple of my eyelash wishes lately; and yes, it's perfectly rational for a grown adult to make wishes on shed eyelashes.
Originally Posted By: T-S-A9) Somehow absorb all of Thomas Nevisouls skills
That's been a couple of my eyelash wishes lately; and yes, it's perfectly rational for a grown adult to make wishes on shed eyelashes.
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Originally Posted By: Sister ElevenOriginally Posted By: T-S-A9) Somehow absorb all of Thomas Nevisouls skills
That's been a couple of my eyelash wishes lately; and yes, it's perfectly rational for a grown adult to make wishes on shed eyelashes.
I get made to make them.
Originally Posted By: Sister ElevenOriginally Posted By: T-S-A9) Somehow absorb all of Thomas Nevisouls skills
That's been a couple of my eyelash wishes lately; and yes, it's perfectly rational for a grown adult to make wishes on shed eyelashes.
I get made to make them.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
Posted:
Originally Posted By: T-S-A5) Clean up my floaters
i'm sorry...i'm a child sometimes... & i read that statement in the completely wrong & i do mean WRONG context!!!!!!!! 
Originally Posted By: T-S-A5) Clean up my floaters
i'm sorry...i'm a child sometimes... & i read that statement in the completely wrong & i do mean WRONG context!!!!!!!! do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
Posted:
oh as for my poi goals for 2010? that's easy!
1. spin poi more often 
oh as for my poi goals for 2010? that's easy!
1. spin poi more often
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Posted:
Here's my 2010 list for a guy that's been doing poi now for about 2 months....
1. Get in the routine or practicing every day
2. Improve flow on the tricks I know now.
3. Learn new tricks only after getting decent at known tricks
4. Practice getting comfortable spinning in front of onlookers
5. Get fire poi and start practicing with those
6. Buy a sports cup so I don't embarrass myself at the inevitable crotch-hit
7. Figure out ways of transitioning from various tricks into others
8. Meet other local spinners and try and make a group if possible
That's all I can think of for now....
Here's my 2010 list for a guy that's been doing poi now for about 2 months....
1. Get in the routine or practicing every day
2. Improve flow on the tricks I know now.
3. Learn new tricks only after getting decent at known tricks
4. Practice getting comfortable spinning in front of onlookers
5. Get fire poi and start practicing with those
6. Buy a sports cup so I don't embarrass myself at the inevitable crotch-hit
7. Figure out ways of transitioning from various tricks into others
8. Meet other local spinners and try and make a group if possible
That's all I can think of for now....
"Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
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enthusiast
378 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
enthusiast
378 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted:
1. Clean up my intermediate 'twisty things' (5 bt weaves, 4 beat windmill / corkscrew, 4x4 fountain).
2. Work on flowers.
3. Make time to practice every day.
4. Spend as much time on transitions / flow as I do on actualy tricks.
1. Clean up my intermediate 'twisty things' (5 bt weaves, 4 beat windmill / corkscrew, 4x4 fountain).
2. Work on flowers.
3. Make time to practice every day.
4. Spend as much time on transitions / flow as I do on actualy tricks.
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Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Posted:
Originally Posted By: brenonfire413Here's my 2010 list for a guy that's been doing poi now for about 2 months....
4. Practice getting comfortable spinning in front of onlookers
8. Meet other local spinners and try and make a group if possible
Add those to my list as well!
Quote:6. Buy a sports cup so I don't embarrass myself at the inevitable crotch-hit
Now that is priceless!!!
Originally Posted By: brenonfire413Here's my 2010 list for a guy that's been doing poi now for about 2 months....
4. Practice getting comfortable spinning in front of onlookers
8. Meet other local spinners and try and make a group if possible
Add those to my list as well!
Quote:6. Buy a sports cup so I don't embarrass myself at the inevitable crotch-hit
Now that is priceless!!!
~Rock on!~
"As the pattern gets more intricate and subtle, being swept along is no longer enough"-Waking Life
(All you RLers this is epitome_of_lame *waves hello*)
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All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
All High Dude, Ruler of What You Want
2,280 posts
Location: Trenton, MI, USA
Posted:
Hey! How dare you laugh at the inevitable crotch hit! Because for the first couple months it is very inevitable
Also, you can chuck up force the weather to get warmer by goat sacrifice on there too.
Hey! How dare you laugh at the inevitable crotch hit! Because for the first couple months it is very inevitable
Also, you can chuck up force the weather to get warmer by goat sacrifice on there too. The only luck is bad luck.
Shut up before I stall my poi up your ass
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Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Posted:
The butterfly is a trick that men suffer for. Though I bet a solid thump to the cootch doesn't feel too good either. But still, the points at which the poi tangle will hit you in two places: your junk or your head. Ladies, it is a pain you will NEVER know, but a decent hit to the nuts, not even a full force hit, and any guy, no matter how big he is on the ground in half a second. It is a pain that resonates deep inside, like demons straight from hell that materialize right below your intestines.
The butterfly is a trick that men suffer for. Though I bet a solid thump to the cootch doesn't feel too good either. But still, the points at which the poi tangle will hit you in two places: your junk or your head. Ladies, it is a pain you will NEVER know, but a decent hit to the nuts, not even a full force hit, and any guy, no matter how big he is on the ground in half a second. It is a pain that resonates deep inside, like demons straight from hell that materialize right below your intestines.
"Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
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Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Putting the "FUN" in fundamental since 1981
787 posts
Location: Dover, Delaware USA
Posted:
That sounds far worse than the blows to the head I have received! I feel for you male poi spinners a bit for that, but head blows really do suck as well*nods*
Good for you keeping your "junk" protected, in the end it's a pretty smart idea and by the way I wasn't laughing at you, just shocked that was a goal!
That sounds far worse than the blows to the head I have received! I feel for you male poi spinners a bit for that, but head blows really do suck as well*nods*
Good for you keeping your "junk" protected, in the end it's a pretty smart idea and by the way I wasn't laughing at you, just shocked that was a goal!
~Rock on!~
"As the pattern gets more intricate and subtle, being swept along is no longer enough"-Waking Life
(All you RLers this is epitome_of_lame *waves hello*)
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Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Posted:
Granted it's not an epic goal, I could go to the store tomorrow and only have seven poi goals left for the rest of the year. Tangling poi or messing up tricks is one thing, but it would suck to be remembered as the guy who almost threw up after getting smacked with flaming kevlar. Heck, isn't that the reason a lot of guys I see spinning poi wear beanies or knit caps, to shield the hair from a napalm attack? Or is that just dirty hippie fashion? And I'm sure a lot of busty women out there would hate for those to get in the way and would probably wear sports bras or something adequate.
Granted it's not an epic goal, I could go to the store tomorrow and only have seven poi goals left for the rest of the year. Tangling poi or messing up tricks is one thing, but it would suck to be remembered as the guy who almost threw up after getting smacked with flaming kevlar. Heck, isn't that the reason a lot of guys I see spinning poi wear beanies or knit caps, to shield the hair from a napalm attack? Or is that just dirty hippie fashion?
And I'm sure a lot of busty women out there would hate for those to get in the way and would probably wear sports bras or something adequate. "Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
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Magic Monkey Juice
252 posts
Location: Saaf Ingerland Innet, England (UK)
Magic Monkey Juice
252 posts
Location: Saaf Ingerland Innet, England (UK)
Posted:
Instead of buying a cup... Spin slower and avoid hitting your happy place with control
If your not worried about hitting yourself you wont try to avoid it as much
Instead of buying a cup... Spin slower and avoid hitting your happy place with control
If your not worried about hitting yourself you wont try to avoid it as much
"We were making castles in the sand: Now we swim in the seas that swept them away"
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
4,061 posts
Location: South Africa
Posted:
Have only managed to hit myself badly once.
And agree with TSA. Just learn not to. Doing it is good incentive though.
Have only managed to hit myself badly once.
And agree with TSA. Just learn not to. Doing it is good incentive though.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Fire Spinner Exarch
514 posts
Location: New Orleans, LA United States, USA
Posted:
Yeah, that's all well and good for spinners that know what they're doing. Unfortunately I am not one of those and at this point, a lot of bodily impacts result all over. Of course the end goal is to be graceful enough to not make an issue of it at all!
I dunno that logic of "you won't hit yourself if you don't hit yourself" works too much. There's plenty of people that ride motorcycles without helmets because they're not going to crash, yet there's still a large portion who end up with their skulls ground into paste. Personally, a little bit of protection is nice for when s**t hits the fan. I do a lot of bouldering, and it's nice having that big crash pad to fall on, even though it's not 100% necessary all the time.
Yeah, that's all well and good for spinners that know what they're doing. Unfortunately I am not one of those and at this point, a lot of bodily impacts result all over. Of course the end goal is to be graceful enough to not make an issue of it at all!
I dunno that logic of "you won't hit yourself if you don't hit yourself" works too much. There's plenty of people that ride motorcycles without helmets because they're not going to crash, yet there's still a large portion who end up with their skulls ground into paste. Personally, a little bit of protection is nice for when s**t hits the fan. I do a lot of bouldering, and it's nice having that big crash pad to fall on, even though it's not 100% necessary all the time.
"Are you sure it's safe to drink bleach?"
"Yes, bleach is 90% water, we are 90% water, therefore: we are bleach."
-Nathan Explosion, Metalocalypse
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