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newbie
17 posts
Location: newcastle uk / hong kong
newbie
17 posts
Location: newcastle uk / hong kong
Posted:
ok ive been spinning staff for about 2 yrs on and off and ive been addicted for a couple of months. i can do all the basic stuff and basic contact moves like halo, 360 halo (if im lucky), half steve, half snes, neck stalls.. you get the idea.
anyway.. ive been practicing with it not lit and did my first fire spin the other night and was wondering if anybody else finds it almost completly different?!?
anybody else just get nervous? really paranoid about hitting my face. i mean i honestly dont think that i could even attempt a halo 360 or a neck stall with the thing lit. ..then i managed to hit myself pretty close to the groin and my jeans lit up!
by the end of the night i was doing half steves and body wraps so was ok. does anybody else also find it hard to see cos the flame disstraction?? ..maybe i should practive blindfolded
ok ive been spinning staff for about 2 yrs on and off and ive been addicted for a couple of months. i can do all the basic stuff and basic contact moves like halo, 360 halo (if im lucky), half steve, half snes, neck stalls.. you get the idea.
anyway.. ive been practicing with it not lit and did my first fire spin the other night and was wondering if anybody else finds it almost completly different?!?
anybody else just get nervous? really paranoid about hitting my face. i mean i honestly dont think that i could even attempt a halo 360 or a neck stall with the thing lit. ..then i managed to hit myself pretty close to the groin and my jeans lit up!
by the end of the night i was doing half steves and body wraps so was ok. does anybody else also find it hard to see cos the flame disstraction?? ..maybe i should practive blindfolded
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GOLD Member
Mission: Ignition
534 posts
Location: Central New Jersey, USA
Mission: Ignition
534 posts
Location: Central New Jersey, USA
Posted:
I feel the same way. I thought I was comfortable doing some somewhat advanced poi moves, but when I lit up I couldn't find the courage to pull them off. Eventually the feeling went away the more I practiced with them lit.
Fire is exciting, so until you get comfortable with fire, you wont be able to do anything fun. I did my first staff burn a month or so ago... dissapointing at best with the moves I did.
I feel the same way. I thought I was comfortable doing some somewhat advanced poi moves, but when I lit up I couldn't find the courage to pull them off. Eventually the feeling went away the more I practiced with them lit.
Fire is exciting, so until you get comfortable with fire, you wont be able to do anything fun. I did my first staff burn a month or so ago... dissapointing at best with the moves I did.
Don't mind me, just passing through.
SILVER Member
Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted:
It took me about a month (going hard) to be able to do the moves lit as good as I could not lit.
Don't feel bad about it.
Just make sure you know the move backwards and forwards before hand.
BTW, I tried doing the move drunk as unlit.
If I could do that, I'd try it the next night (after practise)
lit (straight as please note.)
Not for everyone though
Just give yourself time
It took me about a month (going hard) to be able to do the moves lit as good as I could not lit.
Don't feel bad about it.
Just make sure you know the move backwards and forwards before hand.
BTW, I tried doing the move drunk as unlit.
If I could do that, I'd try it the next night (after practise)
lit (straight as please note.)
Not for everyone though
Just give yourself time
Are you up for it?
;)
SILVER Member
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
hmm, after busting the bridge of my nose/brow while doing backspin i'd personally rather be doing contact to just spinning. the thing with it is that you know where it is all the time, and personally i dont know anyone that really spins contact remotly fast.
hmm, after busting the bridge of my nose/brow while doing backspin i'd personally rather be doing contact to just spinning. the thing with it is that you know where it is all the time, and personally i dont know anyone that really spins contact remotly fast.
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GOLD Member
Member
48 posts
Location: Canada
Member
48 posts
Location: Canada
Posted:
Hit yourself in the face a few times, eventually you'll realize that your reflexes keep you from commiting to the charge once your mind grasps onto the fact that something has gone amiss. That's pretty much the only way to get over it, sure, you hit yourself in practise, but that's not as fun as having a ball of spinning fire coming straight for your head!
Hit yourself in the face a few times, eventually you'll realize that your reflexes keep you from commiting to the charge once your mind grasps onto the fact that something has gone amiss. That's pretty much the only way to get over it, sure, you hit yourself in practise, but that's not as fun as having a ball of spinning fire coming straight for your head!
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coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
coming to a country near you
4,696 posts
Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
especially afterwards when everyone pays attention to you, even IF it is becuase you have a split on your forehead thats oozing copious amounts of blood
Written by: TheGreatSaint
but that's not as fun as having a ball of spinning fire coming straight for your head!
especially afterwards when everyone pays attention to you, even IF it is becuase you have a split on your forehead thats oozing copious amounts of blood
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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sneaky little kitty
251 posts
Location: Missouri, USA
sneaky little kitty
251 posts
Location: Missouri, USA
Posted:
i thought i might pass out my first burn. it was so different. but you just have to do it more and more and you will feel more comfortable. each time i do fire i add one more trick that i feel comfy with.
i thought i might pass out my first burn. it was so different. but you just have to do it more and more and you will feel more comfortable. each time i do fire i add one more trick that i feel comfy with.
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