Blaze Firedancing School
Blaze Firedancing / Poi School arose out of our passion for poi & the Summers on Nahoon Beach on Thursday evenings where people saw what we do & asked us if they could try & if we’d teach them to spin poi & firedance too. We are happy to share what we have learned ourselves. 
Students come to us be taught how to firedance. In the process they learn more than the movements, the co-ordination of the body. They learn co-ordination between left & right brain, balance of analysis, intuition & body memory, flow, confidence, the peace that stems from a quiet mind, to laugh, make friends & have fun. They sign up for an 8 week Beginner course & linger longer – in fact we never really get rid of them. 
They contribute enthusiasm, their own peculiarly individual challenges, a refinement of our teaching methods & enduring friendships. We teach because we love poi, we love to share what we learn & to learn through the teaching.
Course outlines
- Beginners: pendulums, circles, cross-overs, weaves, buzzsaw, butterfly, corkscrew, windmill, reels – all with variations & extensions; turning through 360 degrees left & right, low & high turns, chasing the Sun; transitions between the moves; all moves forward & backward, clockwise & anti-clockwise, inward & outward, same & opposite direction, same & split time as relevant; pattern recognition; flow; fire practice & safety.
- Intermediate: extensions, compound circles, normal (in-spin) flowers, anti-spin flowers, isolations, CAPS, hybrids – all variations & combinations & more. The extent of the course is determined by the extent of the students’ interest.
Click on images to link to:
- A Checklist of Beginner moves
- “Chasing the Sun” poster
- Beginner moves poster
- Extensions ~ Compound Circles poster
- Compound Circles ~ Normal Flowers workshop lesson plan
- Compound Circles ~ Normal Flowers poster
- Poi Chi poster
- Two 2-Petal Flower drills
- There Are Two Ways to Get From Point A to Point B poster
- Triquetra poster
- Normal Flowers animation
- Anti-Spin Flower animation
