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Zeduahmember
11 posts
Location: Birmingham, AL, USA


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Well I was just outside practicing for the first time in like 2 weeks and after like 5 minutes I whapped myself across my forehead and right ear with the left cable... my ear feels like it should be bleeding but it doesn't appear to be.... wait, there might be some sensation returning now..... OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Purple Dragonmember
23 posts
Location: Wellington


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Worst thing I ever did was hit myself in the face with staff - managed to scratch eye lid and burn skin in corner of eye, as well as having a black eye for a week I was very sore and grumpy for the rest of the evening

Oatsmember
28 posts
Location: AUS\RSA, Orange/Joberg


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I can relate so well, i've just started and i smacked myself enough to feel like i've had a wrestling comp with Satan and all his 7 Lords. But according to an old saying (which i'm not a fan of) "no pain, no gain."

ChloeBRONZE Member
member
54 posts
Location: Kent - UK


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Yeh, full sympathys and understandings. When i first got my beaming poi i was less than capable.. i smacked myself in the middle of my forehead with them and nearly knocked myslef out. Had the hugest bruise id ever seen, that stayed for weeks just to remind me how silly i was. Kinda sharp learning curve tho, haven't hit myself since! smile (despite probably loosing a few brain cells)Chloe

Chloe.
-I'm dancing through the fire just to catch a flame-
Paul Weller


Jessemember
118 posts
Location: Pittsburgh, PA/ USA


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And speaking of owwwww, I'm working on some of those btb moves, and for some strange reason, I keep managing to cut the inside curve of my righ ear with my right poi. How the heck do I manage that??? More than once? I've heard of people hitting themselves in the shoulders and ankles on btb moves, but getting poi stuck in their ears??? Okay maybe not **stuck**, but I still feel silly...

Jeff Duncanmember
140 posts
Location: sidney, bc, canada


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i sacked myself 32 times in 7 minutesbeat that anyone!!!!

dangerboyoriginal member
205 posts
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada


Posted:
As long as we're exchanging war stories, I have a lovely jagged scar on my forehead that required 2 stitches. Guess I was a little over-zealous with the reverse figure-8. I've also given myself a couple of black eyes, burns on my shoulders, scars on my legs, etc etc. This is the wrong occupation for a chronically clumsy person. Still, the hits are fewer and fewer, and I love feeling so fluid. Guess that's the draw for a lot of people. Yeah.------------------Earth my body, water my blood, air my breath, fire my spirit

Earth my body, water my blood, air my breath, fire my spirit


Alexlexexmember
24 posts
Location: Staten Island, NY, USA


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Since we're all sharing I once took a flaming shot to the lower area, and then fell to the ground in pain.

NY FirebatsA shirt that is soaked in fuel burns very nicely. - Not By Me


HephGOLD Member
member
79 posts
Location: Chicago, IL, USA


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when i was first learning the forward butterfly about 6 months ago, the poi would always get tangled together, and their momentum would swing them directly into my crotch...ow! it was funny cuz i'd be in my parking lot, out there alone, hittting myself in the balls so hard i'd literally fall over on the ground and lie there trying not to be sick. after about 3 or 4 of these attempts(only one a day, cuz i'd give up crying), i finally realized that they don't actually enter the circle at the EXACT same time(one enters a millisecond before the other), and thats what keeps em from tangling. so, my boys have been alright since then. i debated wearing a cup while practicing for a while though.....here's another reason to laugh at me: during my first performance at a party(i still didn't know much of what i was doing), i attempted to make up a move to get myself out of a weird position. it was kind of like a tuck turn, but when i pulled the poi out from that side and upward, they tangled together and started heading straight for my face!!!! it was one clump of flaming wick, and i had no way to avoid it.(i guess i didn't think to raise my arms super-high and have it go over my head. hmm) anyway, the flaming mass smacked my forehead, then fell foreward, untangled on the way down, and presto!!! i was now spinning forwards again. i had headbutted my poi to reverse directions. i about shit my pants, but i think people thought that was some crazy move i did on purpose. i don't think i'll be trying it again though.....-Heph

emptysetmember
98 posts
Location: Albany, NY United States of America


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while in practice, and at parties iv hit myself so hard, i cut my nose and chin. i also one time hit myself so hard in the head while practicing a little to late at night to know what i was doing, hit myself in the head, fell over, went to sleep right then, and woke up with my strings stil tied to my wrists the next morning------------------bring light into the night

Its all in good, clean, light producing fun.


psychomonkeymember
148 posts
Location: Kansas City, MO USA


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When first learning I learned two things VERY quickly1)wear a cup.2)flying tennis balls do alot more damage than anyone gives them credit for.

One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.-Alphonse Bertillon


crispyxmember
53 posts
Location: Denver, Co.


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God I've taken my share of crotch shots. The first time I performed with fire I did one luckily it was over just enough not to hurt me and the collective gasp of the crowd was great. I'm teaching a couple people poi and the girl I'm teaching took a pair of old pantiehose cut the legs off and stuffed a pair of tighly rolled socks into each one, then just a simple loop on the end and she had a set of training poi that are very easy on the fingers and don't hurt at all when hit. They do like was talked about before with surgical tubeing and get longer the faster you go but are a cheap painless alternative for those just beginning.

How is it ever possible to feel safe and secure in a world in which everyone dies?


Charlymember
68 posts
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA


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wow, all these 'boy stories' make me glad I'm a girl! it's always kind of funny when we get a new apprentice in the troupe, and he hits himself there a few times. perhaps it's just a 'rite of passage' into fire dancer-dom! the female equivalent might be hitting yourself in your freshly pierced, uh, chest area... that was my experience when I first started learning poi almost 3 years ago.I also gave myself a minor black eye while practicing once. I kind of enjoyed it, though. 'Battle wounds' and all... grin~*Charly*~------------------www.cabiri.org

PeleBRONZE Member
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA


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I have accidentally hit Prometheus "there" while we were getting a double move down. I felt *so* bad. I have to agree with Charly. I have nearly taken a nipple off a time or two (dozen), and I think the back of my calf looks like a map of the Great Lakes region from bruising when I practice a new behind the back move. When I got my new tatoo it seemed as if my poi literally gravitated towards it. Sometimes I swear these "toys" have minds of thier own! My son got my housemate in the nads with his staff two days ago (I laughed. I told the housemate not to go near him but did he listen? Nooooooo rolleyes ).But right now my favorite is Prometheus.He smacked himself square center of his forehead, looks like he's growing a unicorn horn!!!! It's not bruised, just bumped up really high. We laugh and keep swinging...what else can you do (after the rolling in agony is done of course? wink).Quick healing and lessons learned to all!!!!------------------Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...[This message has been edited by Pele (edited 01 February 2001).]

Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK


AnonymousPLATINUM Member


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oh my god pele!i have so hurt donovan (my honey and another member of the troupe) trying doubles poi moves with him. whacked him on the forehead, whacked him in the eye... and yep got the crotch as well...although he seems to get that spot pretty well on his own. practices aren't complete without donovan lying on the ground motionless for 5 minutes in agony.as for personal wounds.... fat lip learning the behind the back weave- and a black eye once, god knows how that happened... i think my brain blocks those moments out...

spiffspiffmember
52 posts
Location: Boston, MA, USA


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As long as we are all telling stories about injuries, i might as well jump in. After practicing for a couple of weeks I invited a few people to my house to show them what i could do with the poi(non-fire). All of them proudly declared "I can do that" and they all wanted to try it. So i taught them a couple basic moves, started with forward and reverse swinging, then crossovers and the butterfly. The whole time i told them to take it slow, and just try to get the technique right. One kid started doing the butterfly, and once he got it right he sped it way up, about three or four times the initial speed. It looked good for a couple seconds, until he messed up the timing a bit and both poi colidied on their way down in the center. They hit each other and altered their trajectory ... straight for his nuts. 10 minutes later he was curled up on the ground. All i could say was "I told you to take it slow."As for myself, i've always followed my own rule and taken it slow until i get it right. By the way, Koosh balls in the end of socks make a painless alternative to tennis balls.

Alexlexexmember
24 posts
Location: Staten Island, NY, USA


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Hey spifOne kid started doing the butterfly, and once he got it right he sped it way up, about three or four times the initial speed. It looked good for a couple seconds, until he messed up the timing a bit and both poi colidied on their way down in the center. They hit each other and altered their trajectory ... straight for his nuts. 10 minutes later he was curled up on the ground. All i could say was "I told you to take it slow."I wish I had you standing near me when I was practicing at a beach near by with fire, my god I can still remember the pain, I went home with a big black mark on my pants reaking of fuel. Yeah thats right, good ole butterfly grin

NY FirebatsA shirt that is soaked in fuel burns very nicely. - Not By Me


emptysetmember
98 posts
Location: Albany, NY United States of America


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isnt it amaising for so many of us to get hurt the most on one of the "simplest" moves in poi. i just finnaly worked out the kinks in my overhead butterfly, and this is after doing strings for 3 months! i have to say that one move has cuase more damage to my balls and head than any other move i have attemped yet------------------bring light into the night

Its all in good, clean, light producing fun.


.draevonBRONZE Member
member
92 posts
Location: Androgen, Australia


Posted:
Probably the most entertaining thing i've done to myself (at least for those watching) was when i was teaching myself how to do what i know know to be called a "butterfly". I had just got the circles going with a poi in each hand ... my wrists smacked together and stopped moving. The poi however did not stop moving and wrapped themselves tightly around my wrists until the wicks came to rest on top of my hands. I ran around for about minute trying to wrestle my way out and everyone had a good laugh at my fire escapism act.Unfortunately i burned my hands quite badly and couldn't use scissors for a week.Ðraevon.

PeleBRONZE Member
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA


Posted:
So I am reading through all these laughing my butt of, wiping tears from my cheeks at how idiotic we sound for doing these damaging things and then I realize...how terrible is it that I am laughing at our pain? blush Still, the images in my head are amusing. Maybe we should put together one of those blooper tapes like they have for sports..."Great Blooper Moments in Swinging" ...herm, maybe I should figure out a way to add poi and staff into the title so it doesn't sound like cheap porn! grin------------------Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir...[This message has been edited by Pele (edited 02 February 2001).][This message has been edited by Pele (edited 02 February 2001).]

Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK


smittymember
104 posts
Location: Brisbane QLD Australia


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all this talk of getting hit in the nuts reminds me of my mates twirling, on his first night he kept hitting himself there, so he then started twirling with just one hand, and the other on his nads, its works, cause he still hit himself and didnt fall to the ground.

SimosBRONZE Member
enthusiast
384 posts
Location: London, UK


Posted:
...and after a few nasty blows in the balls i now always stand a bit sideways when doing the butterfly; try it out boys it pays!!! grinor at least try and get good at rotating your hips a bit when you feel the chains tangle - that trick saved me from a lot of pain grinhappy swinging,Simos

sprytemember
45 posts
Location: Canada


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Last Night I was trying to teach my boyfried Poi for the first time and he beamed himself right in the Nusts. He was so mad he threw my poi across the room! now my cables have a big kink frown . Oh well

Alexlexexmember
24 posts
Location: Staten Island, NY, USA


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Simos, thats exactly what I do hehe

NY FirebatsA shirt that is soaked in fuel burns very nicely. - Not By Me


sprytemember
45 posts
Location: Canada


Posted:
You know whats Funny, I've tried teaching a few people the Basic moves, EVERY TIME a guy hits himself in the Nuts, The Girls NEVER hit themselves there... They always seem to hit themselves in the head... GO figure!

Thistleold hand
950 posts
Location: Nottingham UK


Posted:
My boyfriend Lee has very tender testicles as he is new to this poi thing and only just learning. OWWWWWWWWWWW! The worst injury I ever had was when I first did overhead butterfly with fire, the chains got totally tangled and I hit myself in the face thus burning off my eyebrows and some hair at the front plus my nose was twice normal size. Am a bit more experienced these days. Long live the life. One love, Thistle.

Are we nearly there yet?


firestormmember
28 posts
Location: Redding, CA, USA


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Kentucky Fried Crotch.

^_-


ffirebellGOLD Member
member
44 posts
Location: Aotearoa, New Zealand


Posted:
Tee hee! Ya, I taught a friend of mine poi and withing 10mins he'd stuffed a blanket down his crotch, looked hilarious. Funny, I dont think I've ever hit myself there, maybe its cuz I'm a girl?? I tend to hit myself in the head, with whatever, poi, staff, devilsticks, juggling balls, havent beaned myself with the diabolo yet (knocking on wood). Dont hit myself much any more but yesterday, cracked myself in the eye/nose with my devilstick, got a wee cut on the nose, and a very red eye!! Knocked myself out when i 1st started d.sticks!! hit myself square on bridge of nose right between eyes!! only left a teeny mark but my nose bled for like an hour, and it was swollen and puffy for a day. That made me slow down considerably, and be much more careful!!! Safe Spinning y'all!! Fairie firebell

Fairie's wear boots.


KatBRONZE Member
Pooh-Bah
2,211 posts
Location: London, Wales (UK)


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Spend a good 10 minutes last night with tears streaming down by face. Bit out of practice cause its so bad ass cold and went out to get back in shape as I want to Poi at a festival next week. Went from a weave into a windmill and !Wham! hit myself right on the nose. Ouch! I don't mind hitting myself on the body as I get bashed around more in karate (I'm not very good) and whats another bruise. Anyhow after that I decided to give it a rest, I'm being interviewed by the local telly tonight and it wouldn't be so good if I had a black eye! After the pain my nose felt I'm glad I don't have balls!!
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Tog e go Bog e (Take it Easy)Kat------------------"London is a city coming down from its trip and there's going to be a lot of refugees" - Danny,Withnail & I

Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.

- W B Yeats


AnonymousPLATINUM Member


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Injuries, ahhhhh, you make friends with your toys after a while, they've hit you in the face, on the head, soon you get to know them too well.One of the first times I was doing fire I was swinging with some dodgy torches and going way too quick, one hit me smack in the ear which swelled up, bled, went black and took about three weeks to heal. My left ear is still slightly mishapen after about three years. Another time I was performing with fire poi when I hit myself on the head, but kept on going. The crowd were going "WOW! LOOK AT THAT!" and I was thinking, hey, I must be goood, then I noticed the top of my head was getting warmer and there was a strange smell of burning hair. None of the bastards watching thought to tell me I'd set my head on fire.

stiltfiremember
19 posts
Location: Chicago, IL USA


Posted:
I know this topic has been discussed, but I had to add my two cents. I was at rehearsal for my group's annual halloween ritual, but didn't have any practice poi, so I used my beaming poi. Well, now I have the biggest welt I've ever had on my knee. I guess I learned my lesson. . . Probably not. smile

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