you need to stick the fire in farther than you would think at first...cuz you gotta remember that when your doing this it's burning to blow smoke and it burns a whole hell of a lot faster when yoru blowing then when your hitting it......and curl your tounge into the back of your throat and uhm.....sometimes it may start to burn your mouth a lil bit but you have to suck it up and keep going or your not worthy lol j/k