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  Contact juggling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contact juggling is the art of juggling without letting the balls leave contact with one's body.
Contact juggling in its modern popular form originated with a juggling routine developed by Michael Moschen.
In the film Labyrinth, David Bowie (aided by the arms of Michael Moschen) is seen to contact juggle throughout the film.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Contact_juggling   (174 words)

  
 Patri's Contact Juggling Page
Contact Juggling [CJ] is one of the most hypnotic and fascinating forms of the art of juggling.
Unlike normal juggling, in which objects are thrown, spun, or balanced, in contact juggling, as its name implies, objects remain in contact with the body.
One of the segments is a phenomenal contact juggling performance, in which he begins with four balls in each hand, and performs a number of patterns.
patrifriedman.com /CJ/contact_juggling.html   (2527 words)

  
 rec.juggling Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Although the term "contact juggling" is relatively new, rolling a ball across, around and over one's body is not.
It is interesting to note that those who make the first claim are almost never practitioners of contact juggling, and those who make the second claim invariably are.
Is there a juggling club that meets near me? See the form designed to answer this very question: http://www.juggling.org/meetings/close.html The JIS Club Meetings section lists all known juggling meetings worldwide: http://www.juggling.org/meetings/ http://www.juggling.org/meetings/Maps/ http://www.juggling.org/meetings/Maps/United_States.html http://www.juggling.org/meetings/Maps/uk.html http://www.juggling.org/meetings/Maps/de.html http://www.juggling.org/meetings/europe.html http://www.juggling.org/meetings/world.html 10.
www.faqs.org /faqs/juggling-faq   (1509 words)

  
 Contactjuggling.org :: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Contact Juggling (also known as Dynamic Manipulation, Sphereplay, Orb Rolling, etc) is a relatively new form of juggling where balls are rolled over the hands and body instead of tossing them in the air.
The fundamental ideas of contact juggling were formulated by physical artist Michael Moschen, although different forms of CJ (as we call it) have been around for quite some time.
This is the contact juggling video you've been waiting for: the real stuff, the real moves.
www.contactjuggling.org   (521 words)

  
 Contact juggling -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Contact juggling -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Contact juggling is the art of (Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously) juggling without letting the balls leave contact with one's body.
In the film (Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost) Labyrinth, (Click link for more info and facts about David Bowie) David Bowie (aided by the arms of Michael Moschen) is seen to contact juggle throughout the film.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/contact_juggling.htm   (171 words)

  
 Glossary of Juggling Terms
A cascade is a juggling pattern in which the objects are thrown from one hand to the other (left throws to right, right throws to left) alternating, with the outgoing throw going under the incoming object.
This is a form of juggling in which the ball stays in contact with the body of the juggler.
Bounce juggling in which the balls are thrown towards the ground, rather than being gently lifted as in lift bouncing.
www.juggling.org /help/faqs/glossary.html   (4797 words)

  
 My Contact Juggling Home Page
The art of Contact Juggling takes many hours of practice and lots of patience and determination to perfect, but the results are mind-boggling.
Most people who know of Contact Juggling know it from either Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" (Jareth's tricks with the crystals when he first meets Sarah) or because they saw Michael Moschen's special on Public Television.
It has long been the discussion of contact juggler's the world round to create a webpage explaining the art, with intructions for those who wish to learn, but none have yet been finished.
www.angelfire.com /mn2/StreetTheatre/contactindex.html   (298 words)

  
 Contact Juggling - An Online Tutorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
While stage balls are not good for basic contact juggling, I think they are great for learning body rolls.
However, unless specifically noted, I generally talk to contact juggling here, not body rolls, multiple ball patterns or anything like that.
Besides regular contact juggling, smaller balls, like 2.5", are great for palm spinning (spinning 2, 3 or 4 balls in one hand).
bowers.com /contact_juggling/general_balls.html   (1130 words)

  
 Stephen Whitis's Home Page
Juggling has been a hobby for almost as long as computers.
The International Juggling Association (IJA) is known mostly for their annual week-long juggling festival, and for Juggle magazine.
Juggling, clowining, unicycling, street performing, and yo-yoing are some of the categories.
www.whitis.com /juggle.htm   (1547 words)

  
 Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Included on this tape are: the basic juggling lesson, over the top variations, body throws, tons of 3 ball tricks, 4 through 7 ball juggling, ball bouncing with 3-5 balls, tips for making up new tricks and routines.
This is a good ball juggling video for people who have never juggled before or for 3 ball jugglers who want to improve technique and learn some tricks.
This is the contact juggling video you've been waiting for.
www.dube.com /video/1.html   (921 words)

  
 Seattle Juggling Festival
Juggling, contact juggling, staff spinning, club passing at the Seattle International Juggling Festival
Contact juggling is basically moving a ball around your body, without having it loose contact with your body (i.e., no tossing)
At the juggling show that night, one onlooker had the bad luck to be called on to participate in an act.
www.ericandsylvia.com /pictures/2002/06-29-2002   (111 words)

  
 Juggle Ball - Juggle Balls - Juggling Clubs- juggle video-juggle book- contact juggling
This hand swn fourteen panel juggle ball is a great size for numbers juggling as well as beginners.
Economical in design, it is also the ideal size for numbers juggling.
The Art of Contact Juggling video is the door to one of the most mystifying and beautiful arts in the world of entertainment today.
flyingclipper.com /home/fc1/multilist/2/0   (567 words)

  
 Juggle Balls: Juggling Store, Supplies and Equipment
These balls are perfect for ball bounce juggling (juggling the balls off the ground), also included are bounce juggling instructions.
If you want to perform contact juggling these balls are what you are looking for.
These very attractive colored contact juggling balls come in a variety of colors.
www.jugglingstore.com /products/balls.html   (433 words)

  
 Contact Juggle Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Contact juggling is throwing balls so they roll across, around, and over your body.
The best juggling equipment to use for is first start with balls for your juggling equipment and then advance to more difficult juggling equipment like pins.
The more expensive juggling equipment will be designed to juggle with professionally, last a long time, and be well balanced.
www.jugglingcapitol.com /contact-juggle-video.html   (389 words)

  
 Halfbakery: Full-Contact-Juggling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A ring similar to a wrestling ring is set up and two jugglers face each other with a referee explaining the rules: --Object is to knock the other juggler out of the ring or unconsious with the juggling apparatus.
--No juggling apparatus can come in contact with the defending juggler if it's still being held by the attacking juggler (can't "club" the other juggler, so to speak).
(2) Juggling people, as the talented Chinese Circus are famous for: Juggling a couple of famous Wreslters who can ply their trade on the opposing jugglers (as well as each other).
www.halfbakery.com /lr/idea/Full-Contact-Juggling   (190 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Contact Juggling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Honestly, it's a gem...a true one of a kind, and if you are seriously interested in contact juggling and are from beginner to advanced intermediate level, don't hesitate to get it.
Before I bought the book, I had learned the basics of contact juggling like the butterfly and different body rolls by looking at websites on the internet about contact juggling.
I wanted to learn more about contact juggling, and since this is the only book out there about the topic, I expected it to teach me more.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0963405403?v=glance   (1239 words)

  
 Contact Juggling Book at Dono.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This book is the only one which deals with contact juggling as an artform..
It is a comprehensive guide which explains the mechanics of contact juggling as well as the typical style of presentation..
Having been amazed with this skill I was determined to learn it, and James Ernest writes the only comprehensive book on the subject.
www.dono.co.uk /books/detail/1898591156   (228 words)

  
 Contact Juggling Lesson1
Hello, and welcome to Mistress Meghan's correspondence school for contact juggling.
Here we strive to spread the breath taking art of contact juggling, by assisting those who have no teachers readily available.
Eventually, probably by accident the first few times, the ball will stay in contact with your skin for part of it's journey.
www.angelfire.com /mn2/StreetTheatre/lesson1.html   (1140 words)

  
 Contact Juggling!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This page will soon disappear or at least be folded over into my regular juggling page talking more about my personal experiences with it and how I grew to like CJ, keeping it separate from the on-line tutorial...
Given that, I will focus on putting up a few sections covering the basics of Contact Juggling and how to do the beginning motions and hand transfers.
For those who did not hear, my first cut at making an instructional video on Contact Juggling back in the Fall of 1997 was about 1 hour 12 minutes.
www.raybowers.com /contact_juggling.html?q=ray/contact_juggling.html   (688 words)

  
 Juggling!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Juggling was one of my big obsessions and is still a fun activity, but I cannot say I do it like I use to.
The Juggling Capitol was a great store in DC where I would often go hang out for fun, play around, teach people to juggle and just enjoy life.
So, if you are in an airport and you see some guy in a suit over in the corner, laptop computer buried under a bag of props, rolling a crystal ball around or throwing countless balls up.
www.raybowers.com /juggling.html   (546 words)

  
 Serious Juggling: Books
This is the followup to Charlie Dancey's Encyclopædia of Ball Juggling, and it is certainly a fitting companion.
In Japan, the traditional pastime of juggling small beanbags (usually in the shower pattern) has been passed down through generations by grandmothers to granddaughters.
This is the first book on the subject, and it provides a delightful look at styles of play (many are gathering variations, like the game of jacks), history, and even methods for making your own cloth otedama.
www.seriousjuggling.com /MM_Books.htm   (1010 words)

  
 Contact Juggling - An Online Tutorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I have not decided when I finish it if I will just give it away for free (charging to copy/mail it to people, but encouraging them copy and distribute it freely) or sell it, only charging a small amount ($15?) to try and make a little money off it.
Given that I am not really into juggling like I use to be, and I have a well paying job, I don't need the money and would probably be happier just getting feedback and postcards from people, hopefully all over the world...
Hopefully these provide some idea on what contact juggling can look at for those who have never seen it.
www.bowers.com /contact_juggling   (659 words)

  
 The rec.juggling MAQ 3.1
I saw this guy juggling a bowling ball, an apple, and a tennis raquet..
I know this isn't really juggling, but do you know if there's a group for...
There is a running joke here in rec.juggling (which unfortunately has made its way into the FAQ) in which seasoned posters attempt to persuade newbies that certain classes of juggling patterns can be represented by numerical strings, and they go on to discuss the 'tricks' that they have just learned.
www.juggling.org /~conway/juggler/MAQ.html   (1219 words)

  
 Contact Juggling Book - Books - JugglingStore.com
The book, Contact Juggling, focuses almost entirely on this unique style of ball manipulation, covering ground untouched by previous juggling textbooks.
With clear diagrams and lucid text, James Ernest takes the reader step-by-step through the basics of contact juggling, and shows a glimpse of the many undiscovered possibilities of this graceful and mesmerizing style.
This is a wonderful book and highly recommended to anyone who want to learn more about Contact Juggling!
www.jugglingstore.com /store/detail.aspx?ID=251   (72 words)

  
 Renegade Juggling Equipment - Contact Juggling - Acrylic Balls - Contact Balls - UV Ultraviolet Acrylic Balls - Colored ...
For a complete listing of all our juggling and fire dance products with prices and online ordering, please visit the web store.
Welcome to the Renegade Juggling Equipment contact acrylic ball preview page.
We offer a range of sizes and variety of colors for acrylic balls used for contact juggling.
www.renegadejuggling.com /PreviewPages/acrylicpreview.html   (162 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Performing Arts: Circus: Juggling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Jochen Voss - Juggling - Personal page, including details of the mathematics of juggling, and ladder diagrams for a rangs of two-person passing patterns
Juggling - Provides information about juggling tricks, patterns, notation, and theory.
Juggling Information Service - Juggling help, list of jugglers' home pages, picture gallery, festival information, club and organizations list, magazine information, and software.
dmoz.org /Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Juggling   (205 words)

  
 MonkeyFilter | Contact Juggling
Speaking of juggling, ESPN had the World Juggling Federation (WJF) nationals on the other day.
I max out at three balls but they could juggle up to eight.
The mathematics of juggling: siteswapping I don't get the math (I don't get *any* math), but I thought the mathy monkeys might enjoy it.
monkeyfilter.com /link.php/8277   (363 words)

  
 Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
James Ernest's book is the bible of contact juggling.
Everything, and we mean everything, you want to know about ball juggling and three-ball tricks.
Destined to become the all-time classic manual of club juggling, Dancey's second comprehensive volume includes over seven hundred tips, tricks and patterns--all explained step-by step with great illustrations.
www.infiniteillusions.com /juggling/book   (198 words)

  
 -=[P]enstudio[Z]=- - Pen Spinning, a form of contact juggling that must persevere to succeed.
-=[P]enstudio[Z]=- - Pen Spinning, a form of contact juggling that must persevere to succeed.
PenstudioZ - Pen Spinning, a form of contact juggling that must Persevere to Succeed.
Pen Spinning, a form of contact juggling that must persevere to succeed.
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 eBay - contact juggling, juggling, acrylic ball items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
3" contact juggling crystal clear acrylic ball - new 
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