How to Make Homemade Practice Poi

Step 8 Lessons and Learning!

I hope you like your practice poi as much as I do, this is just a simple process for a simple pair. As you progress you might want to go a little more complicated, watch out for more tutorials on more refined poi!

New to poi? Well there's plenty of guides and lessons online to get you started.
Here's some helpful links:

http://www.maori.org.nz/waiata (Traditional Māori poi performance)

http://www.homeofpoi.com (One of the largest poi communities in the world, awesome lessons!)

http://artofpoi.tribe.net (A very heplful poi community)

http://www.fire-dancing.com/fire-poi.php (Fire poi basics)

http://www.playpoi.com (More lessons here!)

http://www.glowsticking.com (A very nice resource for glowstringing!)

http://www.domorepoi.com (A very welcoming forum)

Spinning fire and making stunning walls of color is a long way off, but practice makes perfect!

Until next time
-Hydra

Comments

[CosmicBrambleclaw]

Darn exercise thats fun? Whats the world coming to? XD :3 congrats now I'm craving some poi and Maori carvings X3 although I always did want to use fire >:3 XD thanks

[PaganMoon]

balloons would make a good alternative to the baggies

[deaf258]

How about condoms?

[PaganMoon]

could make for an interesting shaped poi

[dragonsniper]

lol

[AnarchistKid]

What did you use to get the colored flames? i know a few things but I'd like to know what you uses

[nzbellydancer]

home of poi now sell tribal neon coloured fire that changes the flame colour rather cool

[Hydra]

Those colors were created by glowsticks or LED stick lights/glow sticks (which you can pick one up for, often, under $10).

[Rjeff]

Might want to hold off on that and learn the glowsticking first. Don't jump straight into fire, its dangerous.

[ravebot]

fire dangerous? no fire is your friend smoky the bear told me

[CosmicBrambleclaw]

Lol Dustfinger told me it was my friend (Dustfinger from Inkheart)

[AnarchistKid]

lol, fire dangerous?? never

[adjk94]

shouldnt the plastic melt while doing the poi i just dont see how u can get it to work without the plastic melting or the fabric burning off

[mohawk93]

not this type this is "practice" poi not "fire" poi. that means no fire.

[AnarchistKid]

or....wait, they are probably lights huh?

[kennytatheguy]

i agree, these pictures are hella cool

[mercury]

super cool images! especially the fire one.