the nature of monkey is... IRREPRESSIBLE!!

Well that's what the TV told me anyway...

anyway, I've been a member of the site for a few months now just looking at the videos really, I got here through a few friends in Newcastle (hi Luke/Tom/Amy etc.)

I've been doing poi for a few months now, here's a little list of the moves I can do if you want to know:

butterfly (overhead, behind the head and behind the back)
3beat weave (forward, reverse, behind the back reverse)
5beat weave (forward but I'm making some progress with backwards at the moment)
windmill
corkscrew (and with an extra circle up and down if you know what I mean)
chase the sun
fountain
a few assorted basic wraps (upper leg and lower arm mainly)

I'm sure there are a few more I can't think of at the moment but basically I've just got to the point where I'm moving away from set routines and free styling most of the time which is teaching me a lot more than the routines ever did but it's bloody hard work to get there! I usually put in about 10 hours a week with poi and I like to go for a spin in my lunch break at work to chill out a bit.

I started spinning with fire and never really thought about using normal ones until I went to a festival and got my paraffin confiscated on the first night, I was pretty pissed off so I went and bought some strobe poi to take their place, they're a bit hard but at least I don't get covered in soot every time I have a practice now!

Anyway, that's enough about me, I've run out of steam!

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16
2004
spiralx

Welcome! :57

You certainly do a lot more spinning than I do, I've gotten really lazy over the last year or so! Sphism/gigglesmiley

SEP
16
2004
magicmonkey

Heh, give me a year and I'll be a lot more lazy too!! Sphism/winksmiley

SEP
16
2004
djmagicfairy

Hoorah, now you can have a proper welcome. Very impressive list of moves, keep it up. :29 :5 :9

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16
2004
firebreath

lol i remember when i had the exact same moves list. i find it pretty difficult to get flowing properly unless im spinning backwards(even tho i feel more comfortable spinning forwards) for some reason i spin better when i don't know what im doing. Sphism/confusedsmiley

keep up the good work. Sphism/gigglesmiley

p.s
try a hyperloop

SEP
16
2004
magicmonkey

DjMagicFairy: Thanks man! Sphism/gigglesmiley

FireBreath: I tend to find everything easier forwards but I've been trying to work out some joins and direction changes recently, having said that I only worked out how to go from a weave into a butterfly earlier today! :oops:

Hyperloops are a nightmare! I've tried doing them with chains and strings but I just can't get it right, time to make some sock poi methinks!

SEP
17
2004
magicmonkey

Also, Could someone point me in the direction of a buzzsaw? I've seen you talking about it a lot but I can't find any vids or anything...

SEP
17
2004
firebreath

sock poi rule :!:
try putting a relativly heavy weight (eg juggling ball) in the end. and have a play with the lenghth of your poi, it took me ages to find a comfortable practice length.

i tend to find things easier forwards but i find i get a better response if i learn it backwards. i don't know if i know many joins. the thing about poi is that everything that you don't know seems really difficult (which may be the root of my addiction)

A WikiPoidia entry:
The buzzsaw is a move where the poi are spun in a circle in the same direction between the arms. The poi will make a wheel between your arms, with your hands at the center. Can be done split time or in time and can be done in any plane as long as it's done between the arms.

keep ur poi short so that they dont hit your face.(something i learnt the hard way)

SEP
17
2004
magicmonkey

AHHH!!! I do buzzsaw already, never tried it on any other plane than top-bottom right infront of my face though, looks really good with fire. I've been calling this one inner circle though as that's what they called it on the site I first saw it on, can't for the life of me remember which one though...

I'll be getting some kit for sock poi next weekend, I'm also going to look at getting some chicken wire and making a cage for wire wool but I'm a bit worried about having melting slag flying round me!

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18
2004
firebreath

yeah airborn moulten slag is generally not a good thing to be dealing with
iv been trying to learn buzzsaw hyperloops but i just can't get my head around them. ah well iv only been practicing it for 2 days.

SEP
18
2004
poikid

Hello hello!

!!!!WELCOME!!!!

:mrgreen:

How goes it MM

Awwweeessome to finally get to say hello properly Sphism/gigglesmiley

Nice list you got there! Ah strobe poi are a blast methinks...

Just dropping by and saying..well...HI!

Catch ya later...hoping to see you around lots!

-Poikid-

SEP
21
2004
StoneT

'Born in an egg on a mountain top?'
Bet your the 'funkiest monkey there ever was' Sphism/gigglesmiley
Ahh... They don't make 'em like that any more.
Stick around and you will 'Know every poi trick under the sun' :57 Sphism/gigglesmiley

SEP
21
2004
magicmonkey

excellent!!! I knew someone would get it!

SEP
21
2004
bez

magicmonkey. hello there bertie (or should i say mr ben moores???)

good to see you're keeping up with the poi, tomma anna ameeee senda der luuuurve. we need you up here for another fire in the woods soon (B amy says maybe not this weekend but next???

i flocking love monkey. did anyone else catch the re-runs that i (and all the other childhood fans) have been crying out for (they were on over the last year or so late on thurs on channel 4)?

see you round mateydoody

SEP
21
2004
StoneT

I gotta get me a DVD player so I can watch that stuff again Sphism/gigglesmiley
I've got the theme tune in my real player (which I listen to at work on shuffle) every now and again it pops up and makes me grin Sphism/gigglesmiley


You look anything like this?

SEP
21
2004
magicmonkey

nah, I could never grow sideburns that funky, it'd be blasphemous! I'm more of a sandy, I usually wear a plactic "bald patch" to work in the hopes of looking like a sea dragon, people tend to point and laugh though... :roll: 8O

SEP
21
2004
magicmonkey

[quote="bez"]magicmonkey. hello there bertie (or should i say mr ben moores???)

good to see you're keeping up with the poi, tomma anna ameeee senda der luuuurve. we need you up here for another fire in the woods soon (B amy says maybe not this weekend but next???

i flocking love monkey. did anyone else catch the re-runs that i (and all the other childhood fans) have been crying out for (they were on over the last year or so late on thurs on channel 4)?

see you round mateydoody

SEP
21
2004
FaerieWithoutWings

Quote:
I'm also going to look at getting some chicken wire and making a cage for wire wool but I'm a bit worried about having melting slag flying round me!

Look at the "fire poi... for hardcore poiple" thread.

SEP
21
2004
magicmonkey

cheers faerie! Looks like I won't be trying Wire wook for a bit if they go through clothes like that.
I think I'll be sticking to my coloured flame project for now instead until I develop the 'balls' to try and throw moltem metal at myself Sphism/winksmiley

SEP
21
2004
djmagicfairy


Do you look like this then. For faerie without wings monkey in the matrix. xx

SEP
21
2004
magicmonkey

Blasphemy! Stone the blasphemer!

ok, I suppose starting a new monkey religion isn't really going to work is it :cry:

SEP
21
2004
FaerieWithoutWings

No-one is to stone anyone until blow this whistle. Even, and I say this very carefully, even if they do say Matrixmonkey! *lol*

SEP
21
2004
magicmonkey

heh, this is all getting a bit Monty Pyhton for me!

"there aren't any women here are there?"

SEP
22
2004
magicmonkey

[quote="StoneT"]I gotta get me a DVD player so I can watch that stuff again Sphism/gigglesmiley
I've got the theme tune in my real player (which I listen to at work on shuffle) every now and again it pops up and makes me grin Sphism/gigglesmiley


You look anything like this?

SEP
22
2004
StoneT

EXCELENT! Sphism/gigglesmiley
That's one smooth expression you're wearing Sphism/coolsmiley

SEP
22
2004
magicmonkey

[quote="StoneT"]EXCELENT! Sphism/gigglesmiley
That's one smooth expression you're wearing Sphism/coolsmiley

SEP
22
2004
StoneT

OK you convinced me Sphism/gigglesmiley
I had to do it Sphism/gigglesmiley
Just bought episodes 1-3 from amazon. :29
Can't wait.
(Only £2.50 used too!)

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22
2004
magicmonkey

[quote="StoneT"]OK you convinced me Sphism/gigglesmiley
I had to do it Sphism/gigglesmiley
Just bought episodes 1-3 from amazon. :29
Can't wait.
(Only £2.50 used too!)

DEC
13
2004
StoneT

You still around dude? Haven't heard from you since before the site went down. 8O

Hoping all's well :57

DEC
13
2004
techno

Quote:
"there aren't any women here are there?"

no, no, erm, i mean NO! NO WOMEN HERE!

Jim x

DEC
13
2004
magicmonkey

Hi guys, I haven't been online much recently as I quit my job a little while ago and I've only just really sorted myself out, lots of work trying to find a decent job but I've finally got one. Needless to say the poi have been getting sulky sat in the corner for so long so it's time to start picking them up again really.

DEC
13
2004
techno

hey there moonkeh, congrats on a new job, now get spinning!!! =D

Jim

DEC
14
2004
StoneT

Hehey Sphism/gigglesmiley

Congratulations. What did you find?

DEC
17
2004
magicmonkey

got me a job at Vodafone, pay is ok (I can survive at any rate) and the staff perks are pretty good as well, just got myself one of those new video phones and one for the girlfriend as well, means I can make filthy video calls when she's not around!! So all in all pretty good, anyway, I'm off to show a few people how to spin propperly... 8O

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