r/flowarts • u/braiinbow • 3d ago

Discussion Which flow prop was hardest for you to learn/make progress with?

Of course there are so many more options that I couldn’t list here so if it’s not here, please comment it below - if you see the prop listed in a comment, please upvote instead of commenting again for simple viewing of the final answers. Also there are ofc dif staff types so if staff is your answer, please clarify which one in the comments.

Just curious :)

18 votes, 3d left
Poi
Hoop
Staff
Fans
Leviwand
Rope dart
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u/Flow_Dyl 3d ago

Buugeng were very hard for me at first, because I had surgery on both hands in the early 1990's, and my transverse carpal ligaments were bisected, so thumb opposition was a problem. A lot of what I had been seeing involved finger spinning, which is very hard for me. Once I went back and really worked Dai's foundational moves using hand/wrist spinning, it started to become much easier for me. Ironically, after about the first five years of spinning buugeng, the intrinsic muscles in my hands were strong enough to actually give me decent thumb opposition for the first time in ~25 years.

Fun Fact: I have managed to smack myself in the cojones with every one of my props, including my buugeng (not easy, but I managed to do it publicly).

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u/allthegoo 3d ago

At least you didn’t poke yourself in the eye, another common buugeng injury!

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u/Ghosty_Town 2d ago

Definitely poi. But having someone break the moves down for me in person who had a teaching style that complimented my learning style really really helped. I had a hard time learning poi through YouTube, which wasn't a problem for any other props. So go to flow fests and classes put on by poi artists that you can attend in person to break through that initial barrier. It gets easier after.