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Posted: 4th Dec 2003
Royal I'm touched.

I've devoted a great deal of my time to learning and most importantly teaching poi. For it is only through teaching that you can gain complete understanding.

My goal over the past year has been to get into a position where I can share everything with everybody who is ready to hear.

I now find myself very close to manifesting that goal.

We will meet someday, and I am certain that I will be equalling impressed.

matt

Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
, how drunk exactly?

Though shalt not worship false idols...



Me thinks the best haven't been seen on video. I've heard legends of amazing poi folk from years ago? Dai? Arashi? Jo Derry?



Fair enough though, I appreciate all the videos as much as anyone else and think all of the above are groovy but you're leaving out loads of folk and your sticking into pigeon holes...
EDITED_BY: Jafar (1070534311)

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
I nominate Jafar as Irish god of spinny stuff

My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
eep...I'm no god

I live in a world of infinite possibilities.

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
Ug... popularity contest thread.

Maybe I can salvage this thread by suggesting that we offer who have been GODS TO US. So that no one will get offended.

My own personal poi gods are (In order of number of times I've slept with them):
Dom
Glass
Cassandra
PK
Coleman
Dai
Bluecat
Skunk
Nix

Lately, I've been more thankful to those that have actually spent TIME and EFFORT in teaching me. I've found in the two years that I've been poi-ing there have been a disappointing few that have taken more than an hour to help me. This in sharp contrast to the hundreds upon hundreds of hours that I've spent teaching others. I think right now, DOM holds the lead for patience and minutes spent teaching me.

I don't mean to seem whiney but this 100:1 give:take ratio of my poi life has been getting annoying.

OK, fine, it's streched over to my love life too but that's a different story. I guess it's me.

Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
Hiya

Being fairly new to this site,,,I've gotta ask,,,are the above mention performers all from the COL series of videos??? If so,,,guess I should order it...

I know Nix or Nick C. or Nick W.,,,,,took some lessons off him last summer,,I know the guys in Oklahoma,,(Dantana, Dio,,Jedi),, downloaded all their videos. But how can I find the rest???

I am currently hooked on the Spinning in Paris videos,,,but with the exception of Nomad,,,I am at a loss as to who the other spinners are?? Anyone care to enlighten me??

I use these vids. as educational and inspirational tools as I find myself in the same position as NYC,,, no one is willing to teach me and I appear to lack the imagination to think this new stuff up on my own. Like,,,why didn't I think of that ,,,,doh. If it's just a matter of ordering the COL series ,,,consider it done but if there are websites out there that I havn't found,,, I sure would appreciate a little info.

By the way Royal,,,that cat is my all time favourite avatar..I have it set to about 100 little tiles as my current desktop background.

Cheers,,,,David

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
at NYC

Nobody asks me to teach them anything these days Yesterday I had great fun teaching somebody the 2bt weave and butterfly. And it wasn't just because she wiggled nicely to funk music to get the timing right

Anyway, not to offend anyone but personally I don't like these kinda threads so off I bimble....

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
I agree that threads like this do little other than iflate peoples egos,

poi +ego = very bad thing

However, as quite a recluse to the world of poi I am interested in meeting Dantana and Shok (love the glowstringing)

Nick C ~ I feel as though I know you, could be an odd past life thing or just confusion

Trait ~ it's all good, think he's got the widest nipple piercing i ever did see

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My addition to this would have to include Ally, Nick and Tony ~ Who seem to have aquired an almost mythical status around London and whom I had the good fortune of bumping into at squat parties back in the day

Alex from San Francisco who taught Laura () who bought me a set of poi for my 22nd birthday. Alex taught me all the under the leg stuff, his style rocks, I believe his spirit runs through my poi. Only knew him for a while but he has a great presence.

Coleman: RUDEBOY without the ego, you got the moves!

Drew: Big up ~ you crazy man. It was only after meeting Drew that I became comfortable with my poi-geek-ness. Rudest staff spinning i ever saw, inspired me to learn some contact staff.

Dom: Possibly the only person that would complement my style in a duet. One of those people I just don't spend enough time with.

Rob (Vancouver 'poi's in the hood): Met him at burning man 2002, then bumped into him a couple weeks later in Seattle (I think our paths were meant to cross). Wanted to teach him everything I knew and inspired me to make tutorial vids.

Isis (Seattle): A true Goddess of the Playa

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And anyone else who manages to drop their ego whilst spinning

God isn't the right word though ~ I prefer 'Initiate'

easy,

m

Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
ta NYC . (i promise to spend at least 1hour 1 minute teaching the next time i see you )



funnily enough i sent a pm to arsn recently stating those who inspire me to pick up my spinny(not juggly, a whooole different list) toys... which i think would be a much better thread title...



*my inspirations*



(no particular order)



dom

cole

nix

devkev(kebbie?)(he inspires me to do absolutely anything )

bambam

adam(from london scene, i think he not be posting here...?)

tree

blackass



you guys push me to play like no others



have i missed anyone from my original list mr arsn?



hugs

R



(quick edit: this is a list of thosee who get me playing now not those who have inspired me in the past... another very loong list..)
EDITED_BY: bluecat (1070572110)

Holistic Spinner (I hope)

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
Bluecat and PK.
I won't list all my favorites since that would be every spinner I've ever seen.Those two are my absolute favorites.

Posted: 4th Dec 2003
That silver guy from "pyrosutura"

Oh yea and Jo Derry is the f#@k'n man, and Dantana. Maybee not in that order, but anyone who can show you anything is cool, and maybee open your mind a little

Pretty much everyone.

Posted: 7th Dec 2003
I believe all those people thinking of me being in any videos are incorrect. That would be Meenik (or some similar variation) that you're thinking of. Don't worry though, by the time I die you will see a video from me. Unless I die tomorrow, then you're screwed.

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
Yes, I was under the impression that Meenik and Nick C were the same person. Why the hell are the videos called "Nick With Fire" then heh

Let's turn those old bridges we crossed into ashes.
We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.

-Me

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
er.

cause he's called nick. maybe?

and they're both from canada, causing the confusion......

R

Holistic Spinner (I hope)

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
mine are any one that can do poi to start with.

but if i think of spinning technically and giving me inspiration for years now then i would have to say:

Jo Derry for pushing boundaries for many years and teaching me loads over the past 3 years.

Kato for being inspiration on keeping learning.

Glass , dom for pushing my boundaries for 2 years now with new stuff from london.

Rob for making me hate poi so much by teaching me routines and making me think more technically.

Blackass and nix? for coming on so quickly over a short period of time.

PoiPoiPoi for being technically insane.

same goes for coleman.

Danae for being a true style princess.

dantana , dio and jedi white for being so kewl and showing me more unique styles.

Shok, for showing me what glowsticks can do.

Jez for his one handed moves.

Knoxious for his wonderful styles.

I have a great love to see any one spin even begginers, it makes me remember moves that i do not do very often any more and then i learn some thing simple like a variation i havnt tried before.
I love any one, i have many skills like unicycling and ihave idols from that including kris holm and many more.

I have a passion to do what i can for the community and sharing what i have, not because of what i can do or if people look upto me, i am not an ego man, i love to share and contribute in what ever means possible via videos or my site.
Every one is learning so quickly now adays and its impossible for me to keep track on who is who, but my list above is those people that have truely helped me in what i have learnt over the past 3 years personally.
If i had seen more people met more people then maybe you will have inspired me.

Silver shadow is another.... see i have a crap memory.


well be kewl.

Posted: 8th Dec 2003


i'm sorry pk

i never meant it that way



R

Holistic Spinner (I hope)

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
PK: You're damn right about how good it is to watch people of all different skills. There's been loads of times when I've seen someone who might be just starting out and reminds me of something I just haven't practiced in years.

For example, I can happily do split time 5bt BF Weave and turns in all directions, but when I was making that video the other day I realised that I found it really tricky to do basic In-Time BF turns I just never use them anymore.

Big up to all you poi spinners out there.

m

Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.

Posted: 8th Dec 2003

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ta NYC . (i promise to spend at least 1hour 1 minute teaching the next time i see you )

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A one hour lesson from Bluecat?! I'll be sure to put that on my "List of things that aren't actually going to happen." You've got 6 months to think of an excuse... better get started.

Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
You Brits are so cute when you try to use American Slang.

It's "Big Ups"

(https://www.slangsite.com/slang/B.html)

Word to yo moms.

Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
ah you americans are sooo cute when you think you invented this language.



over hear its "big up"

and its origins are west indian



https://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/b.htm



big up the rest of the world.

Glass

Posted: 8th Dec 2003
ya man!

big up de clapham posse!

(so will i see you in six months NYC?

i hope so.

in fact. if you make it over chez moi again you'll get TWO hours 1 minute )

but you'll have to give me sedatives

R

Holistic Spinner (I hope)

Posted: 10th Dec 2003

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Hiya

I am currently hooked on the Spinning in Paris videos,,,but with the exception of Nomad,,,I am at a loss as to who the other spinners are?? Anyone care to enlighten me??

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the second spinning in paris video also features Josh and Katinca, the most tanned couple in the cosmos

Laugh Often, Smile Much, Post lolcats Always

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
I'll settle for 45 minutes at EJC04.

And Glass, that wak site says it's a verb. But poipoipoi is using it as a noun. It should be plural when used as a noun to more than one person. In English we put an "s" at the end of most plural nouns.

Big up is a verb.
Big ups is a plural noun.

You can't give big up TO any group of people. Only big ups.

Nice try though.

Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
So how come you can 'Big Up' a 'Massive'

Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
Massive being singular, but describing a group of people.

Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
no no no no no...



that wasn't being used as a noun - it was being used as the verb that it is.

in poipoipoi's context: 'big up', short for 'big up yourself'.



west indian slang 101.

lesson one:



big up - a verb used as a mark of respect or a show of appreciation.



examples of use:



'big up the man dem drew' - pay respect to the cool person named drew (singular).

'big up da eastside massive' - those guys that live on the eastside are alright.



"You can't give big up TO any group of people. Only big ups."



correct but nonsensical.

as the eastside massive example shows, with a group of people we would big up the whole group - eg. big up the hop posse.



it seem nyc is using this in the same way that 'props' can be given.

this is not a valid use of 'big up'.

it can be summed up thusly: props - can be replaced with the single word 'respect' (hence 'props' is an improper noun) whereas to replace 'big up' we must insert the phrase 'i pay respect to' (so 'big up' is a verb).



and that's how it goes down in my town bitch.



check out gimme the loot on the first biggie album if you still doubt us:



"big up, big up, it's a stick up, stick up

and I'm shooting niggaz quick if you hiccup

don't let me fill my clip up in your back and head piece

the opposite of peace sending mom duke a wreath

you're talking to the robbery expert

stepping to your wake with your blood on my shirt

don't be a jerk and get smoked over being resistant

'cos when I lick shots the shits is persistent"



big up nyc.
EDITED_BY: coleman (1071072978)

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
I like how Cole starts his thread with 'no no no' but then adds "correct"

"Big Up" is used exactly as the verb "to thank" (defferent meaning but USED the same gramatically)
"Big Ups" is used exactly as the NOUN "thanks"

SO here are some gramatically correct sentences and sentence fragments:
Thanks to Coleman for being so cool.
Thank Coleman for being so cool.
Many thanks to Coleman for being so cool.

NOTE how I can NOT say "Thank to Coleman for being so cool."

You can NOT have "big up to" the exact same way you can NOT have "thank to". This was the only comment that I made and I am right in both the UK and the US slang dictionary.

"Big up to all you poi spinners out there" is a gramatically incorrect sentence in both UK and US slang.

And Poipoipoi... "massive" is a singular word. That's why YOU called it *A* "massive". "A team" "A group of people" are all singular.

[Now here's the point where coleman and glass disagree with things that I'm not saying just to save face ]

Poi Gods? Yes.
Grammar Gods? Apparently not.

Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
i like the way nyc quotes my 'correct' comment but leaves out the 'but nonsensical' end to the sentence...

bottom line - we don't ever use the term 'big ups' and poipoipoi was right in his original usage of 'big up'.
covering my arse statement - however poipoipoi's second use of big up (that i didn't actually notice and that happens to be the one that nyc was commenting on dammit!) was indeed questionable...
with big up in quotes it would be correct or it could also have been 'big up all the poi spinners' or 'shout out to all the...' or 'mad props to...' instead.

so does correct grammar actually count for slang...?

besides all that, nyc was blatently wrong when he said:
"i'm in for a right bollocking here - these wankers think they know every f*ckin fact on the face of the planet (when they know f*ck all) and now i've called their pansy arses out on this one they'll be giving me gip until i take it back and stop calling their mums slags."

i think those comments were completely uncalled for and furthermore, hurtful and scandalous nyc.

on behalf of yookay proper good slang users anonymous i demand an several apology - thats in the plurals if you're un-disunderstanding me

"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood

Posted: 10th Dec 2003
NYC: I don't trust those slang dictionaries you quoted from, they don't even have words like spherculism, spherculoid and spherculish

What kind of dictionary is that. Everyone knows that spherculism, spherculoid and spherculish are well known words with their roots buried deep in kabalistic mysticism.

I just think it's funny that you picked me up on 'big up' -

Lets just say that American and English are two very different languages and leave it at that.

m

Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.

Posted: 10th Dec 2003

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at NYC

Nobody asks me to teach them anything these days

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If you're ever in Shropshire DOM feel free to drop round and pass a few hints in my direction. In fact, anyone who happens to visit my vale is always more than welcome to stop in an exchange a few shakes and moves.

Let's relight this forum