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This excellent introductory juggling video implicitly notes a counterintuitive phenomenon that I discovered when learning to toss Samoan fireknives: it's easier to catch if you toss *higher*, because you have more time to observe the trajectory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYDZDlcO6g

#juggling #fireknife #SivaAfi #FlowArts

Are there any tabletop game reviewers out there interested in reviewing my card game about Samoan fireknife dancing?

https://tgc.link/siva-afi

#tabletop #games #gaming #CardGames #BoardGames #SivaAfi #fireknife #fire #dance #FlowArts #samoa #samoan #juggling #review #reviews

Juggling torches is difficult because, unlike a staff or a Samoan fireknife, a torch only has fire on one end -- so, in the dark, you can't tell where the handle is.

#fire #dance #dancing #juggling #fireknife #SivaAfi #torches #FlowArts

Unfortunately, due to supply chain issues, prices at thegamecrafter.com are about to go up. If you're planning to order Siva Afi: The Fireknife Dance of Samoa, now's the time!

https://tgc.link/siva-afi

#SivaAfi #CardGame

With some excellent last minute help from the person who made the knife, my sister, and my sister's friend, we got the LED knife working in time for the show.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XfK2faCaz3BCcC6Q6

#SivaAfi #dance #Samoan #Telugu

Dagnabbit! Our glow show for New Student Orientation is on Sunday and my LED fireknife has a loose wire. I doubt I'll be able to repair it because (a) I don't really know anything about electronics and (b) the guts are all glued deep inside the thick PVC pipe that makes up the body of the thing.

Backup plan is to just spin a knife with no wick attached, as a sort of ailao.

The Fire Marshal won't let us use fire right now because it hasn't really rained in a month and the landscape is too crispy.

#FireKnife #dance #electronics #samoan #SivaAfi

#fireknife #SivaAfi #fire #dance

The winner of the Siva Afi giveaway is ... @julie!

Send me a postal address and I'll ship it out.

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/siva-afi:-the-fireknife-dance-of-samoa

#SivaAfi #fireknife #Samoa #GiveAway #CardGame #FireDance

Just two more days left in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which means time is running out to win a copy of my card game Siva Afi: The Fireknife Dance of Samoa.

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/siva-afi:-the-fireknife-dance-of-samoa

Boost to be entered in the drawing.

#SivaAfi #fireknife #Samoa #GiveAway #CardGame #FireDance

Got a rare opportunity to spin some fire on the beach!

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM96MbA0-Lew_8BgUBMHi_hO-WpTcAw0ZWvxdOCnTDfbVl6OgO8wJRykCjeXcNmJA/photo/AF1QipOykpI4l3WvnLfqq6xf7jblJ3uiRW7_E1SSMGTX?key=aUEzbnlxTEtYaUZfVUFhenRWSk1NNEV0eXB2aTVn

#fire #dance #SivaAfi

The World Fireknife Championship is today:

https://www.facebook.com/PolynesianCulturalCtr/posts/5268800546498805

(Apologies for posting a link to The Site That Is Even Worse Than the Birdsite, but that's where the online fireknife community is.)

#fireknife #SivaAfi #fire #dance #Samoa #PolynesianCulture

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

To celebrate, I'm giving away a copy of my card game Siva Afi: The Fireknife Dance of Samoa.

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/siva-afi:-the-fireknife-dance-of-samoa

Boost to be entered in the drawing.

I'd also be interested in meeting any other fire dancers on Mastodon.

#SivaAfi #fireknife #Samoa #GiveAway #CardGame #FireDance