| "Poi is definitely difficult to teach, it demands patience, grace, assertiveness, and constructive honesty every second of the class, which is no small feat. Isa Isaacs is the Jedi Knight of Poi teachers. A Poi Master and a true Grand Teacher in the arcane samurai sense. Some teachers learn how to teach while teaching---but Isa has taught over a 1000 students at her school, Temple of Poi, and she takes the art of teaching seriously...
Isa teaches by demonstrating the poi move, and then breaks it down into steps, the most difficult thing to do in Poi, knowing EXACTLY what ... you are doing, and being able to explain it. Even cooler, she hands out these cute little black books, so that you can write down the moves in her mathematical Poi shorthand.
I went into Intermediate Boot Camp, a weak-backed, weak-willed waif, with a stuttering arsenal of 3 beat weaves, but I came out 12 weeks later having learned; Spin and anti-spin flowers, Archer weaves, archer fountains, lock-outs, wiggle, barrel-rolls, transitions, and a move I am still learning...behind the back weave. "
~T. Harrison; May, 2007
"I had been wanting to learn how to spin with poi for years. I couldn't believe it when I moved to San Francisco and found a school that actually gives classes and instructions on how to spin poi and eventually spin fire!!! Of course I had no idea how to spin fire or what to expect. Learning something new can be a so frustrating and uncomfortable. To my relief, the classes were small and judgment free - a perfect learning space. I have been going now for three months and the experience has been incredible. the instructors are not only great people and amazing artists, they are incredibly knowledgeable and have the ability to guide you into a move and conceptualize it. I learn at least 4 or 5 moves every class!! In no time at all, I was connecting them all together and spinning with fire. If you have ever wanted to learn or practice the art of poi, this is the place!"
~ J. Weiler; June 2007
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