The Mighty Banyan

[SuperA7xman]

id like to know what the length is on his staffs

[felixgebers2]

OMFG! that is soooo great!!!!!!

[neonemu]

Oh my lord. Funk + Epic fire performing man = goosebumps. Just awesome.

[YpsilonB]

Great Performer!!!

Many people say, im a talented Staffplayer. But this Video made me tinyier than my Doublestaffs are... i watch this video more than a half hour long, cause every half minute i stop the video and start thinkin, "how did he made this trick?!" and go trying it in my living room... there is much i have to learn!

great video!

[Mr801kato]

much probs man nice work

[ikilledjasontodd]

fuck fuckin fuck yeah

[G0aFreak]

The music definately makes a difference.

[FirepoiDekan]

devil stick move at 1:58

that would be cool to see develop as a new concept with double staff, is variations of devil stick moves..... ijs(probably already has >.>)

[perrinbever]

I love ya Banyan! You have been a great inspiration to me as I have been exploring the double staff after many years of spinning poi. Your lessons at playpoi.com have been a great help as well as watching you perform. Oh...LOVE MY BANYAN PANTS!!

[Dm6Ripper]

He moves so robotic but at the same time so fluidly! It's insane!

[kronikofire]

ma tu sei un grande che armonia quando giocoli......poi con due bastoni ciao.....

[neospy369]

What a great performer! Bomb DOT COM!!!

[eloondrel]

Obviously this guy is great... look how much hair he still has!

[KushAddiction420]

anyone know the name of the song at guys bar in thailand (the first song)

[lejdcool]

I love the number of women doing fire dancing on youtube, but notice when a guy does it, he has both ends lit, gotta man up

[killingkiwies]

that was THE best fire staff i've seen before ... peace and love x

[krazymanrebirth]

a 7 min burn! that is truly amazing with those double staffs!

[klynik]

This video is so full of win! I think I might take up double staffs :)

[ShinraiShinzou]

on the second videot what sorta vest is that? i really want to get one :P

[MrEvilheppa]

this guy is amazing.

[multuminparvo]

...swoon...

[RajaJayasinghe]

which staffs are banyan using in this video?

length, thickness, weight and wick size. any1 know?

[pink0pirate0princess]

its good to see someone actually with style instead of ''look how fast i can gooo!!!!!'' love it well done xx

[CmdrBittles]

Sigh...I miss Thailand..:(

[foxinsocks506]

Would love to see such a performance live.

[podganaena]

waw, this Banyan truly is Mighty! Nice performance :)

[aimel]

MAGNIFIQUE !!!

[n3ophy7e]

Brilliant!! Love it <3

[MissNeogreen]

I didn't know I'd so many tears to cry,,,this is so beautiful.

[SytheClaw]

very nice double fire staff,i like 2 play with lots of different props but my main is fire meteor =) thanks for the vid

[xxxStitchxShadowsxxx]

anybody know both of these songs ^_^ MUST HAVE LOLZ

BANYAN IZ DA SUPAH SMEXEH BEASTIE

[benjatheavenger]

@xxxStitchxShadowsxxx not sure the first one, there is a london DJ in guys bar who plays this kind of housey stuff til sunrise on a friday night in hat tien (ko phan ngan) and the second song is called "I AM BACK" by Mr. Projectile.

[awkwardmaniacs]

im a staff spinner and i like his spinning, but i think its a bit to repetetive and over glamorised. he seems to full of himself. which kind of puts me off him. otherwise i love it

[timothytrout]

Thanks for the inspiration!

[otherwheregirl]

I love love love banyan!

Amazing O_O

[greenvapour123]

I wonder how long h has been doing this? it makes me want to try it. very impressive

[logan000008]

What song is this?

[Giavannanow]

Grazie to mio brother ShadowFlame for pointing me in this direction. Si Ty, I IN JOY very much!

*big smile*

Namaste' caro uno

[KarmaRainbow]

banyan is so sexy.. i love watching him spin! :)

[skaterkingpin]

very cool but i tried it ad it wasnt that hard, string poi are much harder to master

[magicstunts]

@skaterkingpin - firedancing is almost never competitive. most of us do it for relaxation and fun, even if we are paid professional dancers. If you found double staff easy, that's real cool 'cos we'll have something new to watch and learn from soon (I hope). If you want to be 'better' with poi or staff, you're probably out practicing right now and i shouldn't be bothering you haha

[skaterkingpin]

ok i never ment to hate on staff dancing, i didnt mean to make it look competitive.

im just one of those people that really like a challenge thats all

[awkwardmaniacs]

nah man try benethi staff

[sirpsychosxy]

@skaterkingpin cheers :) poi is the shitand i definitely like to keep a little competiotion in my poi especially with my friends and going to raves and stuff like the competition keeps moving you forward you challenge yourself and push yourself to reach that next level i totally agree

[Cheezius999]

poi is way harder than staff or doubles

banyan is really good though

[ClodaghGoomba]

Banyan is so amazing! He makes me proud to do poi!

xx

[lifeforcenrg]

i think he burns himself abit !

[TheSpunFire]

Best double staff I've ever seen...And I want that vest...

[sephiroth87932]

dude in the first performance he's like not even moving thats like freaky awesomeness his flow is too much =)

[Svensonelmagico]

what liquid do u use?

[Braindamage10k]

The second track (3:33)....? Its incredible... an exellent Chillout Track.

[phazerave]

mr projectile by bassnectar

[benjatheavenger]

@Braindamage10k "I Am Back" by Mr. Projectile

[eegsatfammeem]

totally mad about you....

[brittaneeeee]

Fuck, i love this guy .

[SilersSpin]

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 this performance

[sephiroth87932]

i love the stalls he uses and the smoothness of the whle performance

[Angelejn1]

perfecto el performance atentamente trance

[princesscookiesful]

jes that is amazing really angelic too

[jojojohnpau]

This is absolutely amazing!

[moodphase5]

6:05.... That is hot shit. It's really hard to make two staffs look like their one, but he nails it almost perfectly!!!

[FeuerkindVideos]

Beautifull

[d3dreaper]

On his site it says he performed with Cirque du Soleil. Does anyone know which performance?? I've been trying to find him and can't... GREAT performance btw ... beautiful...

[hauptma2]

i need to do this now... thank you

[gabuno007]

It does look great, and I bet it's difficult has hell, but I like poi better =D

[kaaajeee]

mighty banán :D.. cool

[sunselity]

amazing!!!!!!

[BeezyBrite]

how'd they get this video of my future ex-husband anyway?!

[WarriorsofLightShows]

Wow, very cool! Good variation in speed, rhythm, movement, technique, and all combined with fantastic bodymovement (which is very often missing with double staff).

Kudos!

[bjrcboy]

I'm a total sucker for the sticky double staff. mmmmmmmm!

[islandvideos]

Cool

[mesiiik]

he really is mighty .))) awesome performance .)

[Pixel89]

I love your semi contact moves; the things around your neck

[havikmage]

this video inspired me to do double staffs!!

[Baker1203]

staff are sick i wish i could do them ill stick w/ poi

[pecadopuritano]

Mmm que guapo y talentoso. aaaaahh me acabo de enamorar!!

[AnThony7xD]

music for the first part please =)???

[PoiBoy122]

I was so inspired by this movie that I went online and brought my own double fire staffs. Your my idol! (And please keep posting more double staff tutorials on PlayPoi)

[wrednuch]

beautiful

what`s the music to the second act?

[itsroulettedares]

its the "i am back(bassnectar remix)" from his recent cd underground communications.

[benjatheavenger]

@itsroulettedares this one is I Am Back, from the album "Sinking" by Mr. Projectile, the bassnectar one is different

[coolgirlii2005]

amazing video

[ninaherlina]

amazing! i wanna meet this guy!!!

[yogatara]

I met this guy in World Rainbow Gathering in Thailand. The first thing I told him was "I love you!" He's very nice fire dancer and great person.

[firedancingphoenix]

beautiful stile of fire dancing thank you for opening my eyes to this stile of things if down right it does look amazing =)

[Batters159]

6:15 is amazing

[benjatheavenger]

you've inspired me to learn two-staff style from scratch... thankyou, beautiful movements - i like the second one better though

[takeyourrmeds]

around 5:30 was great!

[glowstringer420]

i swear. im in such peace right now. i love it. keep up the fantastic glow.

[moonshyne187]

Banyan it's been too long can't wait to play around I sure hope you'll be at Fire Drums!! We got some stuff to work on...

-Lester

~Fire Groove

[camusuarez]

I've just fell in love

hahahahaha

great moves, and how you go with the music, awesome!

[solidentropy]

quite a nice change from many of the other staff spinners on koh phang nga who rely on speed and throws.

[Rikimaru92]

I want do be as good as this guy^^!! I Praktise a lot my Fire Equipement but i learn too slow from videos.

Great job, man!

[theBIGmike03]

hes got a sweet style to match a sweet talent

[222darkangel222]

WOW! Thanks, so very amazing. Im in love! Will you be my fire teacher...!?

[harmonizedmotion]

I loved everything that I just saw. Including the presentation, character, presence, style, grace, forcefulness, beauty, attitude, knowledge of the present styles in double staff, flow through Banyan's body and fire. Keep learning about that. I like what it does when it comes out of your body.

[222darkangel222]

WOW! thanks that was very amazing, i think im in love!!! Will you be my fire teacher!?

[cherryBRAT]

im in love

[Onenumbertwo]

This is a beautiful performance! I would love to see this and hear this in person! Great job, guys!

[fryy4k]

dude that was awesome

[trouble58772]

Very nicely done.

[thefractality]

Gold - If your interested in learning double double staff, I be posting techniques on my site in the near future. That was an awesome vid with an inspirational dancer, similar to Jonason on Yuta's site. Gold..!!

[Kjellgirl]

Wow, awsome!!! This was really beautiful! Staff seems more like dance then poi I think. Interesting to see this after seeing "The beautiful thing of Ashes" (which i LOVE), so this was the one that "stole the show".

[KeroSannin]

it took me a moment to realize how hard that is... but still i think that swinging haka poi is a lil bit harder than

[KeroSannin]

it took me a moment to realize how hard that is... but still i think that swinging haka poi is a lil bit harder than

[KeroSannin]

...than this

im to hasty :D

[andrewdshepherd]

oh man! that looks so hard! looks sweet though man. good vid.

[farmor2k]

Amazing performer.

[footfalls]

oh my god.. that was completley stunning.. such presence in his art this gave me goosbumpbs, this is a very very good video

me like!

[Siddhin]

Amazing stuff thanks, now I want to get a pair of my own and practise.. ;)

[Russellbeta]

Bliss material, thanks Nick/Banyan. Before watching this I had no idea double staff had so much to offer.

tempting :p