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OMG, just as cool as fire staff, threw a Siekh Ball that was on fire last night, so cool, think of it as Tai-Chi Hacky-Sack for the hands... So unreal, should have pictures after our next burn...
SO UNREAL!!!!
OMG, just as cool as fire staff, threw a Siekh Ball that was on fire last night, so cool, think of it as Tai-Chi Hacky-Sack for the hands... So unreal, should have pictures after our next burn...
SO UNREAL!!!!
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Posted:
hey sphear
what's a siekh ball?
cole. x
hey sphear
what's a siekh ball?
cole. x
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ahem.. "think of it as Tai-Chi Hacky-Sack for the hands"
other than that, theres nothing on either google images or web search.
ahem.. "think of it as Tai-Chi Hacky-Sack for the hands"
other than that, theres nothing on either google images or web search.
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Hadouken!
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Yes, you won't find anything anywhere online about it. A friend of mine learned it out west when he was training martial arts with a Seikh Hindu (sp...?) and Seikh Ball is the name we gave to it because the original teacher was a Seikh, and you play with a ball....
Basically you toss the ball to person #2 across from you, you being person #1, then person #2 cradles it in his/her hand and tosses it behind her/his back, to person #3, who follows suit, then you start tossing it under your legs, doing sommersaults, etc.. etc.... yea so that's Seikh Ball in a nutshell....
Yes, you won't find anything anywhere online about it. A friend of mine learned it out west when he was training martial arts with a Seikh Hindu (sp...?) and Seikh Ball is the name we gave to it because the original teacher was a Seikh, and you play with a ball....
Basically you toss the ball to person #2 across from you, you being person #1, then person #2 cradles it in his/her hand and tosses it behind her/his back, to person #3, who follows suit, then you start tossing it under your legs, doing sommersaults, etc.. etc.... yea so that's Seikh Ball in a nutshell....
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Posted:
ahh, you mean 'catch'?
looking forward to the photos
cole. x
ahh, you mean 'catch'?
looking forward to the photos
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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Posted:
'catch'
'catch'
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yes and no, you're not s'posed to catch as if it were a baseball, you're not supposed to interfere with the energy of the ball, just participate with it....
yea should be some good photos...
peace
yes and no, you're not s'posed to catch as if it were a baseball, you're not supposed to interfere with the energy of the ball, just participate with it....
yea should be some good photos...
peace
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Posted:
"energy" - do you mean the fuel you use to light it?
"energy" - do you mean the fuel you use to light it?
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lol, no Chi, Ki, prana, you know.... the force....
ummm....
I guess that's the only way to explain it....
lol, no Chi, Ki, prana, you know.... the force....
ummm....
I guess that's the only way to explain it....
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Posted:
it's spelled "sikh"
it's spelled "sikh"
Frederick the Reckless,
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https://cgi.ebay.com/New-4-Decorative-Bal...1QQcmdZViewItem
the closest thing i could find...
https://cgi.ebay.com/New-4-Decorative-Bal...1QQcmdZViewItem
the closest thing i could find...
Frederick the Reckless,
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
I think it's 'catching' but u incorporate something like 'liquid' dancing so the ball is held but it flows around your body before you 'release' aka throw it?
That's the general idea i got from what you described...
I think it's 'catching' but u incorporate something like 'liquid' dancing so the ball is held but it flows around your body before you 'release' aka throw it?
That's the general idea i got from what you described...
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Yea, now I just gotta fina place to post some pics, last year I actually got to play with/ or I got to teach some Tibetan monks how to play, totally unreal.... They love it!!!
I'm also working on a book on this Sikh ball, however you wanna spell it...
But as soon as I can I'll get some pics online, prolly end up being on a myspace account or something...
Peace
Yea, now I just gotta fina place to post some pics, last year I actually got to play with/ or I got to teach some Tibetan monks how to play, totally unreal.... They love it!!!
I'm also working on a book on this Sikh ball, however you wanna spell it...
But as soon as I can I'll get some pics online, prolly end up being on a myspace account or something...
Peace
Everything meets in the center...
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mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
mmm...i feel all warm and fuzzy... 'no dude, that's your hair on fire'
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Location: Birmingham, Australia
Posted:
surely this sorta thing exists already...i used to play that kinda game with a football...it's just basically keeping the movement of the ball smooth and finding cool ways to throw it to someone else so i dunno if a book needs to be written on it...
surely this sorta thing exists already...i used to play that kinda game with a football...it's just basically keeping the movement of the ball smooth and finding cool ways to throw it to someone else so i dunno if a book needs to be written on it...
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Posted:
I often use a MonkyFist (13mm Kevlar wick) and I do some throws and contact juggeling with it...
I often use a MonkyFist (13mm Kevlar wick) and I do some throws and contact juggeling with it...
Thomas Bjork
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Well yea it exsists, lol, I learned it from someone else... I'm compiling a scrap-book, on our misadventures with the "sikh-ball", poi, staves, and beer, or something like that, there's a whole bunch of us over here in VT, who like just playing around, some friends want to do a video, so we may see where this little scrap-book gets us, i dunno... pipe-dreams probably...
peace
Well yea it exsists, lol, I learned it from someone else... I'm compiling a scrap-book, on our misadventures with the "sikh-ball", poi, staves, and beer, or something like that, there's a whole bunch of us over here in VT, who like just playing around, some friends want to do a video, so we may see where this little scrap-book gets us, i dunno... pipe-dreams probably...
peace
Everything meets in the center...
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So, I should have some pics posted online within the next 2 days of "Fire Sikh Ball"... I was supposed to have a video but the battery on the camera was dead when we did it last night...
So yea, I'll post the link to the pics when I get them online...
Peace
and Happy Hunting...
So, I should have some pics posted online within the next 2 days of "Fire Sikh Ball"... I was supposed to have a video but the battery on the camera was dead when we did it last night...
So yea, I'll post the link to the pics when I get them online...
Peace
and Happy Hunting...
Everything meets in the center...
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For pics on Fire Sikh Ball go to
https://www.myspace.com/danceswithfire
I should have the pics up in a day or two
For pics on Fire Sikh Ball go to
https://www.myspace.com/danceswithfire
I should have the pics up in a day or two
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Posted:
ahh.. gotcha..
i learned this while in n.ireland, from some kids from california, but with a water bottle
haha
how do you go about tossing a ball of fire, though?
very carefully, i would imagine
[...with gloves or something?]
ahh.. gotcha..
i learned this while in n.ireland, from some kids from california, but with a water bottle
hahahow do you go about tossing a ball of fire, though?
very carefully, i would imagine
[...with gloves or something?]
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Location: Oregon, USA
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Location: Oregon, USA
Posted:
nah.. as long as it's the fule burning, you can handle a ball of fire for a bit. Far before I ever learned of fire twirling, or anything poi related, (some odd fifteen years ago
sigh) a friend and I stumbled on the fact that, if you doused a fuzzy tennis ball in charcoal lighter fluid, you could light it and toss it around for a while. You just don't hold onto it for too long.. Was quite amusing. Now, I do NOT recommend or suggest anyone do this, it was not the brightest thing in the world to be doing :P.
nah.. as long as it's the fule burning, you can handle a ball of fire for a bit. Far before I ever learned of fire twirling, or anything poi related, (some odd fifteen years ago
sigh) a friend and I stumbled on the fact that, if you doused a fuzzy tennis ball in charcoal lighter fluid, you could light it and toss it around for a while. You just don't hold onto it for too long.. Was quite amusing. Now, I do NOT recommend or suggest anyone do this, it was not the brightest thing in the world to be doing :P. Definition of poi- A Hawaiian food made from the tuber of the taro that is cooked, pounded to a paste, and fermented.
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I've got some pics at myspace.com/danceswithfire I think that's the link...
We wear gloves, haven't gotten up the balls to try it without gloves yet, though eventually I hope to try it without gloves...
Should hopefully have a video of us doing it soon too!!!
Rock on
I've got some pics at myspace.com/danceswithfire I think that's the link...
We wear gloves, haven't gotten up the balls to try it without gloves yet, though eventually I hope to try it without gloves...
Should hopefully have a video of us doing it soon too!!!
Rock on
Everything meets in the center...
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So you can do Fire-Sikh without gloves, I tried it last night, was able to get a few tosses without a glove on, it eventually started to burn so I put the glove back on...
So video time soon, how do you transfer a VHS recording to DVD or to digi?
So you can do Fire-Sikh without gloves, I tried it last night, was able to get a few tosses without a glove on, it eventually started to burn so I put the glove back on...
So video time soon, how do you transfer a VHS recording to DVD or to digi?
Everything meets in the center...
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