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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Tags: Circles of Light, COL, COL2010, Contact, contact juggling, contact poi, fire spinning, home of poi, juggling, Poi, Poi Manipulation, Poi Throws, Poiboy, Videos 
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 [...]
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:
Article: Poi throws
October 21st, 2010 asafpoi Poi Throws – By Poiboy – Asaf More Hi everyone, I’ve decided to release some parts of my throws workshop as an article, focusing on some theories and ideas that I use for learning, cleaning up, and coming up with new ideas with throws. The Physics of Poi Throws – What affects throws, and how [...]
Posted in Articles, Featured Posts, Poi Tags: article, catch, fire spinning, Fire Spinning Lessons, juggling, lesson, Pendulum Poi, Poi, Poi Manipulation, Poi Throws, Poiboy, release, throw, toss, Tutorial, Workshop 8 Comments »Learn Poi – spinning videos and tutorials, poi tips, movements, tricks and lessons, see me at the KFF Fire fest!
May 28th, 2010 asafpoi Learn poi and improve your spinning skills, join me on my European workshops this summer for excellent fire tips, tricks and moves. I’ll be performing and teaching at the KFF – Kiev Fire Festival, in Kiev, Ukraine. Come to KFF to see excellent fire shows with great performances of the best fire teams, fire theatres, [...]
Online Poi Lessons
May 26th, 2010 asafpoi I’ve been making lots of video tutorials in the last year or so, all of them are available on my youtube channel, as well as the Homeofpoi.com Library. There are some older tutorials I want to remake, as well as completely new ones I have planned. To be updated on new poi tutorials, video lessons, and [...]
Posted in Tags: Fire Dance, Fire Dancing, Fire Poi Lesson, Fire Poi Tutorial, fire spinning, Fire Spinning Lessons, Fire Spinning Tutorial, How To Poi, Juggle, juggling, Lessons, Poi, Poi Flowers, Poi Lessons, Poi Stalls, Poi Throws, Poi Tutorial, Poi Tutorials, Poi Videos, Poi Workshops, Poiboi07, Poiboy, poiboy07, Tutorial, Tutorials, Videos 1 Comment »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 [...]