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Forum Notice: Absolute Beginner Single Staff Spinning Tutorials
"Definative version at: http://mcp.tepookatoys.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=11So you wanna learn to spin staff?1) get a staff to practise with. Po..."
Forum Notice: Beginners Double Staff Spinning Tutorial
"Definative version here: Firestaff-Tutorials.co.uk So you wanna learn double staff?1) get two staffs to practise with. Possibly you aready have one, now you need two. Any bits of metal ..."
"G'day all!I'm new to HomeOfPoi and twirling in general though I've picked up the basics pretty quickly I'm happy to say. Anyhoo I noticed mention a couple of times from people about mar..."
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"How to keep the momentum? I do 2-4 continous half-steves, but then its turning very slow. How to gain/lose momentum/ speed ?"
"Hello everyone! I'm new to this! My name's Lucan and I'm from Australia!I recently purchased a 6 light contacts flow staff and was looking for someone to help me with finding the style ..."
"I just thought I'd make a useless post gushing about my new grips. For my doubles I previously was just using a couple of layers of regular old PVC electrical tape. This tended to get r..."
"Hey y'all! I just signed up for this forum. I am a total noob and I wanted to say hey to everyone! I am in Poland. I was introduced to spinning a few years back at Burning Man and other..."
"I have a couple of questions that are probably more of a female concern for contact staff and was hoping for some advice (men can answer too of course) that has to do with body movement..."
"Okay, so I just bought a fire staff and I'm beginning to learn it. I just had a few questions--How often should I practice with it?Are there any good text tutorials? Video is bad for my..."
"I'm going to buy a new staff. I'm trying to decide between:The Matrix Contact Staff by threeworlds.comhttp://www.threeworlds.com.au/store/products/Matrix-Contact-Fire-Staff-.htmlThe HoP..."
"So i just recently started watching fire dancing videos and i have to say i am definitely obsessed. I really want to start fire dancing and i decided the first thing i would learn is a ..."
"I'm heading to goa for 2 weeks in Jan (YAY, WOOP! etc) and I really want to do some spinning on the beach, so...1) Will I have any trouble taking used wicks on a plane? It being fuel an..."
"I am interested in learning contact staff and I have been using my friends a bit but as it is not mine I cannot practice with it nearly as much as I would like. I tried using a mop hand..."
"Hey everyone!New person here. Tried staff a few years ago and really enjoyed it, have been meaning to get my own practise one for ages but for various reasons kept putting it off...unti..."
"Im learning staff and im getting pretty good at it. One thing im having trouble with is tossing the staff in the air so it kind of does a full turn and catching it as it comes down.Im h..."
"Ok, so I have been doing staff for about a day. Got really really into it.Have gone through •Beginners part 1•Beginners part 2•Beginners Throws•Finger turns•Isolationon the HO..."
"Hi all,Good to be on here - have lurked for a while and figured I should start posting.Have been doing staff work in martial arts for a few years and am just transferring to fire work n..."
"Hi, Just found staff and thought it was pretty rad! Basically bought a broomhandle and have been practicing and getting to grips with the basic moves but i want to buy a my first fire..."
"Yeahhhhh, I love these threads... Another year, more goals, more awesomeness... I was gently surprised by my goals last year, the completion and nature of them. This year, more solid go..."
"about a month ago, my son showed me a youtube video of some guy with S shaped staff. It looked fabulous. I went in search on here for info, then downloaded some pictures. Then tried to ..."
"so i jus got the Samjiegunhttp://www.homeofpoi.com/shop/productDetails/HoP-Samjiegun-3-Section-Staffand was wondering if anyone has any sites i can learn from?yaaa so i was thinking, ev..."
"I've looked around for a while now at the forums and tutorials, have seen some great stuff, read a lot of discussion, etc., and wanted to see if three was any interest in a different ap..."
"ok so i officially ripped off the broom bristles and the top handle and am left with a alluminum broom stick and i am starting to learn staff wish me luck."
"Hello everyone taking the time to read this. As of this morning, I have just received in the mail my 5'9" full-length firestaff. While I'm very eager to light it up and start spinn..."
"I purchased a staff many years ago and I have thoroughly enjoyed using it since I got it, but recently I've formed a deeper love for the art. Poi seems to come naturally to me, but cont..."
"My home made staff did me proud last night and the few who used it said it was real good for a first effort. I want it a tiny bit heavier though but i'm unsure how i can do this. The mi..."
"I've just now starting to get more into staff spinning. And i was wondering if my staff was to long? And How do you find the right size staff? I'm 6'1 and my staff is 5'1/4 Should I inv..."
"I'm trying to learn this darn pivot! I understand how the move is suppose to work and i can almost do it, but when ever it comes to the halo roll part of the move the staff tends to bou..."
"Sweeeeeeeeeettttt!A whole new year of practise! Ready Set Go!Yeah, so this thread, again, is for logging your goals per year / per month and seeing how you progress at them, as well as ..."
"attempt to combine elements of the chu-chu and fishtail. "
"***WARNING POSSIBLY OFFENSIVE CONTENT***So i wondered, has anyone ever come up with a variation of a move just for a laugh??One i throw in occasionally is what I've dubbed a 'Bird Fish..."
"So I've been spinning with a 6ft rattan staff for years now, nothing special just messing around and for a bit of a work out. Now I'm interested in adding fire and truly learning what I..."
"Ay-up Hoppers,I assume this thread belongs here, I wasn't really sure where to put it.So here's the deal; I want to buy (or build) a new contact staff. I've read Meg's guide on how to m..."
"Hey Guys, I was at a party and a friend of mine showed me his stick, we're both still TOTAL newbies and I was looking around the internet and I found THREE different staff DVDs I was ..."
"So there are some interesting links in the is contact a new thing thread but its all a bit diluted and derailed now, so i thought a new thread could be good. Id like to hear about other..."
"I had a staff given as a present for jesus' birthday. But its a fire staff, and being a beginners i am dropping my staff alot. Is this going to damage the kevlar so in further months i ..."
"im just wondering what favourite contact combos ppl have, my current favourite is one where glass does a elbow hand hand elbow to shoulder neck shoulder run i thought that was very very..."
"Hey all.I've been playing with the staff for a few days now, and I can do a few simple contacts like shoulder rolls, neck wraps and a scrappy halo or two, but I'm having trouble with ch..."
"What methods do you use to keep your speed in check?When I do windmills/rotors/hand wraps/whatever you'd want to call them, I notice its very easy to speed up and that speed is all but ..."
"What are you doing, w ith the other handin single staff spinning?----------------What was written is good.topic recover,:R"
"I've been practicing horizontal combos recently, and it's been coming along nicely.Now my problem is I can't figure out how to correct the staff when it starts going off-center, slows d..."
"G'day guys!Just wondering if it is possible to do more than 5 beats in one hand on staff?I can do 5 beat forward and backwards no both hands and looking to do more.Cheers!Lovo"
"Hey guys! I have just recently been given a staff for christmas and have started to mess around a bit. I am using youtube to get lessons. I was just wondering what moves shall i learn f..."
"Is it too early to make a new staff goals thread? Well maybe, but I'm going to press on regardless... So goals for 2008 please! Itemised if ya wants... I like itemisation. 1) Get rid of..."
"Hello all! I'm very new to fire staffs. infact i don't own one at this point in time, i got a metal curtain rail with 2 sponges sticky taped to either side as padding. Anyway, to the po..."
"ive watched glasses contact twirling vid over and over but i cant seem to get palm spin to neck wrap transfers. i felt heaps lost reading alot of the contact threads so if your reading ..."
"http://mcp.tepookatoys.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=149&Itemid=11---How to make a Contact Staff. See these sites also: &lbr;They have pictures&rbr;http://w..."
"So, I have been spinning staff and practicing contact for about a year using handmade tools. Today my first fire staff came in and I am super excited at the prospects that come with it...."
"BTB Fishtailes.:&rbr;,:R"
"i loved staff even before. but now it's a definite addiction.awesome."
"I've had great fun spinning and contact-staffing a collapsed umbrella - I must try to get in some finale where I finish off with the umbrella open! Next step collapsible fire umbrellas...."
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