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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘contact poi’
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. [...]
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 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 [...]
Contact Poi Lesson 2: Inner Forearm Roll
November 5th, 2010
asafpoi 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 FireDrums 2010 (VII) Videos
May 11th, 2010
asafpoi 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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