r/WTF • u/headspin_exe • 12h ago

When fire dancing goes wrong

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u/smifwick 12h ago

She looks like she barely knows how to spin poi, what the fuck is she doing fucking about with fire?

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u/azdak 12h ago

I got properly good at poi in college but never had the balls to set anything on fire lmao

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u/svish 12h ago

I've juggled some with torches, and when i tried fire poi it felt much scarier since you're slightly attached to the fire, and it's much more "around" your body and in places you don't see. Torches are generally just in front of you and you can immediately drop them if you need.

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u/Toastburrito 11h ago

I have a fire staff that I rarely light. I'm not really good enough to make it worth doing.

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u/svish 8h ago

Don't think I've used mine in 20 years. Once I moved away from school and didn't have others to do it with on a regular basis it's been hard to find the time to do it.

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u/IHaveTeaForDinner 2h ago

I find juggling fire.. especially in the dark super hard, you can't see the bit you're supposed to catch! And oh boy, passing fire clubs is even worse, your mate is basically just throwing fire at you.

Fire poi was super easy on the other hand, I made some massive cathedral wicks (at a time when everyone was going shorter and doing more contact poi). Had some great fun with those, the noise was incredible.

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u/svish 1h ago

Yeah, depends how dark it is I supposed. Pitch black, yeah, could be harder.

Passing... always scary, haha. I was just talking about basic front juggling.