I found out last night that I won first place on Home of Poi’s “Circles of Light” competition. I’m still incredibly happy, this is a dream come true for me! Huge thanks to my friends in Poland who helped me film this Congratulations to Meg and Keith for winning 2nd and 3rd place, both of [...]
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Circles of Light 2010 – First Place!
January 20th, 2011 
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1 Comment »New Video – Poi Manipulation Routine
December 19th, 2010 asafpoi My good friend and amazing juggler Eden had a birthday party at Sandciell circus school in Israel. It was pure awesome, with workshops, an amazing cabaret show, and lots of beautiful awesome people. This is my routine from the cabaret show. Big thanks to Ronan, Cyrille, Keith, Sa, Rastaxel and Nulleamai for being my inspirations. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: contact poi, fire spinning, juggling, Poi, Poi Manipulation, Poi Throws, Poiboy, Videos No Comments »More Poi workshops and courses in Yaffo!
November 29th, 2010 asafpoi After the success of the last double workshop in Yaffo, I’ve decided to run 3 more events there in the near future. On December 19th I’ll be teaching another double workshop, this time about Pendulums, and about Body Movement. More details here. On December 24th I’m doing a free Introduction to Poi class, focusing on [...]
Poiboy – Poi in a Forest
November 26th, 2010 asafpoi Cyrille Humen recently made an amazing new video, which inspired me to go out and film this video. Some new poi manipulation moves, new bits from my routine, and new sequences. Watch it in HD! Enjoy Coming soon – the Forearm Transfers tutorial, and another poi article.
Posted in Featured Posts, Poi, Videos Tags: contact juggling, contact poi, juggling, Manipoi, Poi Manipulation, Poi Moves, Poi Technique, Poi Throws, poi video, Poi Videos, Videos No Comments »Contact Poi Lesson 3: Outer Forearm Roll
November 13th, 2010 asafpoi Another in the Contact Poi tutorial series, this time we’ll learn outer forearm rolls. Important tips and tricks for this move: Keep your forearm parallel to the ground, parallel to your chest, and your elbow bent at 90 degrees. Start the roll when the string is vertical. Don’t gravity roll. Ever. Check back next week [...]
Posted in Poi, Videos Tags: contact poi, fire spinning, juggling, lesson, Poi, Poi Lessons, Poi Manipulation, Poi Throws, Poi Tutorial, Tutorial, Videos No Comments »Contact Poi Lesson 2: Inner Forearm Roll
November 5th, 2010 asafpoi The second tutorial in my Contact Poi series, this one is about inner forearm rolls. Important tips and tricks to this move: Keep your forearm flat at all times Use your wrist to flip your hand to allow you to catch the poi head. If you like these tutorials, use the share button at the [...]
Posted in Poi, Videos Tags: contact poi, fire spinning, juggling, lesson, Poi, Poi Lessons, Poi Manipulation, Poi Throws, Poi Tutorial, Poiboy, Tutorial, video, Videos No Comments »Contact Poi Lesson: Balance Points
October 30th, 2010 asafpoi This Poi tutorial is the first in a series of Contact Poi tutorials I’m currently making, I’ll be teaching some basic contact poi moves, as well as exercises that help learn them and clean them up. To follow this blog for new poi videos and tutorials, subscribe to my newsletter Here’s the video, enjoy:
Fire Shows
May 13th, 2010 asafpoi Fire Shows I’ve been spinning fire since 2003, and I’ve done many fire shows, both by myself and with larger groups. I regularly perform in the Israeli Juggling Convention’s Fire show as one of the top acts, as well as shows for private events. Poi is my main prop, and I have a history of [...]
FireDrums 2010 (VII) Videos
May 11th, 2010 asafpoi For those of you who don’t know, FireDrums is one of the best and biggest US Fire Festivals. Unfortunately I’ve missed it this year, but here’s a collection of great videos from the festival:
Posted in Events, Poi, Videos Tags: contact poi, Events, Fire Poi, fire spinning, FireDrums, Performance, Poi, throws, USA, Videos, workshops No Comments »Poi Gear
May 8th, 2010 asafpoi I often get replies to videos asking what gear I’m using, here’s a list of what I currently have and use regularly: Pendulum Poi from HOP: I got my first pair of pendulum poi from Ronan, his design is slightly different than HOP’s, they use thicker string, which I found really helps with contact moves [...]
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