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" I was wondering if someone could tell me how fire fans are used. I've seen them for sale in the shop and they look really interesting. "
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"what do you guys think of speed-and-power sets with staff or baton? i use them as a frequent part of my troupe's shows, and the audience seems to just wake right up. the drummers tend t..."
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"Anybody of the Devilstickers tried playing with small meteors instead of sticks, or does it exist already?Think it could work quite well ... spirals, butterflies, etc...???andy"
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"Woo. just got my durastilts today. they were a used pair off ebay. the straps look in decent enough shape but i'm likely to replace a couple.so, i got 2 problems, 1st: they didn't come ..."
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"Or how I learned to love asymmetrical staff.I have recently made myself a fire Halberd on a whim. For those not up on their medieval pole arms a traditional Halberd is effectively a swo..."
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"What is the minumum number of things held......that gives you the greatest number of toys to play with?Ive been thinking about DevKev and his Poiggling and another friend of mine call..."
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"where i can purchase some uber big glowsticks. Like 15 inch sorta size?Thank-you-please (in the imortal words of avid merion)hope all is well,Ahmet "
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"Am i the only person in the world who favours diabolo over poi, staff and juggling?? i was just wondering..."
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"does anyone know where i can get my grubby hands on these weird sounding wicked cool things i've searched on hop and fire toys aswell but they dont seem to have them incase you didnt gu..."
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"Where can I get one?!?!?!?!EEEEEEEK I WANT ONE NOW "
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"Has anyone ever heard about breathing colored fire? I was wondering if this would be safe, having these chemicals in your mouth. Well, let me know you thoughts.Nick"
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"aright all basicly im trying to think up unusual fire toys i've made afew but im running abit short of ideas now so anyone got any ideas?heres what i've done so farfire Nunchukufire 3 s..."
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"HelloI have seen from various threads that quite a lot of people do fire Diablo.Well, my bloke does a little diablo sometimes and I was thinking of maybe getting him a fire one.The thin..."
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"Ive just searched through about 50 pages of links and still havnt found the answer to my questions, can anyone help me out?I want to buy the LED juggling balls from HOP but I want to..."
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"lol kinda self explanitory, can you do it?! i cant do small objects, im not very well co-ordinated like that i can do chairs! whats the weirdest thing you can balance? ooh you can see..."
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"I went to Burningman this year and yesterday to the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. There was an Asian woman there who was juggling or dancing with a staff (one that glowed), but ..."
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"has or can anyone figure out how to make poi with rope wick instead of chain or cable. ive tried it with hollow core rope but it just aint the same."
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"Sometimes I dream too much, here's some of what comes out:Triple headed fire poi with different coloured fuel mixes on each head. Might be possible (Do a search)A fire-proof pocket on a..."
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"does anyone know a good way to make a chainwhip? or have any tips that would help. what kind of parts should be used?? anything will help. thanx"
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"How many of you have seen a fire diabolo performance and or use a fire diabolo yourself? I just got my fire diabolo a few days ago & i think it's pretty kick ass! I have been findin..."
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"I know there's a stilt thread... but I didn't want to sidetrack it with a pant discussion. I have some ideas for making stilt pants... I'd like to convert a pair of jeans as well as ma..."
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"I recently made a fire staff out of a 1.20m metal pole with tennis crip but at the moment the only wick i have is the old ones of my fire diabolo. it only raps around twice, how much sh..."
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"Im getting all confused, and yet, not slightly disturbed.I cant work out how to hold 2 or more clubs and throw them correctly so that they dont just go up and hit each other.Do the club..."
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"here's whatcha do.get a big sword, no...biggerthat's right.attach kevlar to it.BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNand swing.(and chop) "
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"hello everybody!i saw on google image search after searching for poi pics someone doing 'hoop poi' which by the looks of things is two hula hoops in each hand sort of 'poi-ing'looks co..."
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"When I was doing a show at Glastonbury Fest a few years back, I saw the use of what was called 'tea-bags'. Basically they seemed to consist of a big wire-mesh poi head filled with steel..."
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"hey to eny one and every one outthere I heard that if you put a small amount of milk in your mouth before you load up with fuel you may not absorb as much fuel through your mouth or som..."
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"New to here so not sure if this has been posted before, but I've been experimenting with doing the one handed butterfly with fire poi and firebreathing through the peak of the rotation...."
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"I was at a circus thing that my local council put on on Friday night and I saw the coolest thing ever! These guys called Fire Art had all this crazy stuff, there was a fire sword fight ..."
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"has anyone got any qsuggestions on good practising moves for contact juggling as ive been doin for about a year now n ive got stuckplzzz help!!!"
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"I have a pair of nunchakus I've been liting up for about 2yrs. now. I can do a little bit of stuff with 2 pair but I'm not quite ready to move on to 2 pair on fire.I know where to buy v..."
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"i'm thinking of getting some fire fans but really not sure which ones to go for. does it make much difference whether there are 3 or 5 wicks, or do both just look like a lot of fire on ..."
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"Here's an idea I haven't seen posted yet (sorry if I missed it on the search!) - my next project is a staff with broadswords attached at each end. The overall length would be about 6 f..."
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"ok i did the search but i was not only unsure of the name of what to call this disipline i thought id throw it open to HOP!right as far as i can see its when you have a staff and half o..."
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"I eventually want to get into fire dancing. I'm already pretty good with normal poi, and would like to kick it up a notch or two one of these days. Now, I was told by an experienced poi..."
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"someone once told me how o make wire wool poisi wish o i wish i rememberd.can someone help me.caus i wanne do it. just once... or twice... http://only-viewable-at.homeofpoi.com/mycgi/al..."
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"I've just read the current fire fan threads and am consequently inspired! After reading about the moves and viewing the links to the various websites I've gotta get hold of a pair and ..."
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"Does anyone own, or has anyone thought of making some fixed crosses?As in a double staff cross, but permanently fixed in a cross, thus removing the need to grip them the entire time and..."
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"I got bored the other day, tying fancy knots, and I did a monkey's fist (turks head style) around a marble with a nice little tail, figured I might as well make a pair of them so now I ..."
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"ello, watched the movie Big Fish the other day and theres a scene i wanted to ask about, hokay, so, in the scene the love of his life the main character is at a circus, and theres this ..."
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"Ok so everyones familiar by now with crosses (If your not, think four way tire iron). We built two "stars" last weekend, which would be six balls of flame per thing. You can spin them m..."
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"kk. im new to contact juggling, and practicint my arm rolls with a 2 inch lightweight bouncyball. I want something better to CJ with so i was thinking. larger heavier ball. at some toy ..."
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"This was inspired by the following post on Jugglingdb.comJago Promo Clip DiscussionA quick summary would be that the video in question is, whilst of a high standard, nothing new in the ..."
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"I went home on my lunchbreak to spin for a few minutes and right when I was packing up my zunis the UPS truck showed up. I now have in my possession the Michael Kahn book on Poi, "The ..."
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"Fluffy poi? I only ask this because I'm having a set made by a custom manufacturer in a week's time and I'm wondering if it's worth confirming the order and getting them, or just buying..."
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"this site was created my one of my mates, who is probably one of the best ball jugglers ive seen in real life.as is apparent from the site, he is also an engineering student with way to..."
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"I don't know if its common at all outside of the States Mexico and maybe Canada, but I'm curious if anyone has taken trick roping (rodeo style) and converted it to fire? I have yet to ..."
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"ive heard people on this forum talk about ribbons... but does anyone actually have any ideas on how to make them on fire!! i thik this would look AWESOME! i am semi-skilled in the area ..."
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"Can anyone give me tips on making/using/having long term relationships with, Cigar Boxes. Ok maybe not the long term relationship stuff. I'm really interrested to learn cos it looks s..."
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"I have been trying to make a flaming morning star - basically a short club/staff, with a wick on one end. Coming out of that end a chain with a poi head attached. So basically like one ..."
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