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  Devil sticks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Devil stick (also Devil Stick, devilstick, devil-stick, Rhythm Stick, etc., or plural forms) manipulation is a form of gyroscopic juggling, or equilibristics and is generally considered to be one of the 'circus arts'.
A set of devil sticks consists of one baton—usually about 60-120 cm (2-4 feet) long—and two control sticks—generally about 1 cm (0.4 inch) thick and 30-50 cm (12-20 inches) long—which are used to manipulate the baton.
The stick may be knocked off balance by the other player's stick but not by any part of their body, hitting the stick with parts of your body or knocking the opponent's head with the moving stick may count as a foul, game is forfeit when an agreed-upon number of fouls is reached.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devil_sticks   (2483 words)

  
 TeachCircus.com
Devil Sticks are a manipulative skill, derived from a form of staff manipulation practiced in China.
When students can move the devil stick back and forth on the ground and keep it under control, they are ready to begin lifting it into the air.
So if the left handstick is at the top quarter of the devil stick on the first contact, it will be at the bottom quarter for the second contact, while the opposite is true for the right handstick.
www.teachcircus.com /devil1.html   (632 words)

  
 Getting Started with Devil Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
i've used crystal (sp?) sticks, and while they are slow and sticky, i think the techniques for learning to use one of those doesn't carry over to regular devil stick as well as you'd think.
once you have a good command of the basic devil stick moves (double sticking, single sticking, flat spins, and propeller spins...(that's the order i suggest you try to learn them too)), using a crystal stick is occasionally helpful for figuring out exactly how more complicated moved are supposed to go, but it's not really necessary.
begin on the ground as before, except this time, while the upper half of the devil stick is resting on one of the hand sticks, the other hand stick is resting on top of the lower half of the devil stick.
www.juggling.org /help/circus-arts/devil-sticks/starting.html   (781 words)

  
 Vete's Juggling page, devil stick.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A devil stick is one of the most useful juggling props you can have.
Not only can you devil stick with it, it is also perfect for practicing flourishes and different forms of balance acts.
Then there is another kind, called a flower stick, which is about the same as a devil stick except it has tassels on the ends instead of foam knobs.
hem.passagen.se /vete/edevil.html   (525 words)

  
 Devil Sticks - Unicyclist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I have some fire devil sticks that are really heavy and I like them alot, but I went and tried a normal devil stick that weighed about half as much and I hate it, it was like a twig that spun.
Devil sticks are the onlything I can 'juggle', but it's uber fun once you get good enough to just use one stick.
I also own some fire devil sticks, that are really nice, I picked them up from Goudurix aswell, they roll like mad, but are nice and heavy for good for spins and stuff.
www.unicyclist.com /forums/showthread.php?t=54727   (1216 words)

  
 Devil Sticks : Analysis
First, I, the moment of inertia, of the main stick was found as is explained on the Data Spreadsheets page.
The force of gravity is acting on the stick at the point of the yellow arrow, labeled F.g, downwards.
In order to keep the stick in the air, and counteract gravity, a longer acting force must be applied to keep the center of mass from falling.
science.exeter.edu /ssaltman/physics425/devilsticks/analy.html   (577 words)

  
 Devil Sticks at JugglingStore.com
The first thing that has to be said about Devil Sticks is that they have nothing to do with the devil.
These devil sticks are covered with the finest cloth and the handles are wrapped in a silicone tubing.
These mylar devil sticks are for intermediate to advanced devil stickers and are a great devil stick.
www.jugglingstore.com /products/devilsticks.html   (519 words)

  
 How to Devil Stick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
You should be lifting the stick upward, not swatting the stick inward.
Catch the stick with the other hand stick and, with a lifting motion, toss it back.
As the D-stick spins away from a hand stick, bring that stick under the D-stick and hit it from the other side.
www.yoyoguy.com /info/devilstick   (445 words)

  
 Kids Domain Crafts - Debbie's Chinese Juggling Sticks
Devil Sticks do not have any pompons on the ends and are tapered in the middle.
Learning to play Juggling Sticks gives the player a sense of control that comes from mastering something that is challenging and fun.
Take the same colored tape as in center and, beginning from the outside center, wrap it around the stick in candy cane fashion leaving space for the width of rubber tape to also be wrapped around in candy cane style.
www.kidsdomain.com /craft/debstick.html   (486 words)

  
 Talk:Devil sticks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was at Devil Stick before, and someone merged it or renamed it, somehow it became Devil sticks in the plural.
I would have thought that the name of the art was devil sticking or devil-sticking (lowercase), though I haven't anything but gut feeling to back this up and I defer to your knowledge of what terms are used most by stickers.
I favour devil stick as the article title, but am ready to be persuaded.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Devil_sticks   (931 words)

  
 Bernie DeKoven's FunLog: Devil Sticks
They're called "Devil Sticks." They're a juggling toy with some rather remarkable attributes.
As you look around the web to purchase your own set of Devil Sticks, like these cool glow-in-the-dark Luna Stix, or potentially even cooler Flower Glowsticks, you might wonder what the difference could be between beginner's and expert's Devil Sticks.
The devilishness is all in the way the sticks stick, and yet don't.
www.deepfun.com /weblog/2003/09/devil-sticks.html   (295 words)

  
 Oddballs, England's 1st Juggling Shop > Devil Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is a flashy version of the basic devil stick. The all wooden stick is covered in holographic decoration for a high quality sparkly finish and has fl foam ends.
These devil sticks glow under a UV light and look great in daylight too. The decorations make them slighty more slippery than a regular stick so silicon sticks are recommended.
Another wooden bodied devil stick, this time in a variety of UV active colours. Accentuated with fl tape at the centre and ends.
www.oddballs.co.uk /acatalog/Devil_sticks.html   (415 words)

  
 Serious Juggling: Devil Sticks and Flower Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
All Devil Sticks and Flower Sticks are priced with handsticks included.
Similar to the standard model above, but the center stick and handsticks are hand painted in wild mixtures of colors, and the handsticks have dipped ends for extra control.
An excellent first devil stick, this model has a nice balance and flashy "Multilens" decorations.
www.seriousjuggling.com /OP_DevilSticks_FlowerSticks.htm   (315 words)

  
 HOWTO make your own devil sticks
This provides some counterweight for the devil stick to be in the air.
Hockey Tape is a kind of tape that is commonly used on the blade and handle of a hockey stick, to increase its grip (on the puck and on the hands).
The hand sticks could be shortened somewhat and still be usable.
randomdude.com /blog/threads/2064-HOWTO-make-your-own-devil-sticks   (855 words)

  
 Seth & Devil Sticks
The (relatively crappy) sticks broke shortly after I got home, but I was hooked, and the adventures they'd led me on, even just on the first day, were worth far more than what I'd paid for it.
After a suitable period of obsessive practice, I've since lead workshops at juggling conventions, demonstrated devil sticks at stores and large trade shows for Klutz and for Lunastix, and I was the devil stick expert and model for the book
My devil stick notation, which I use to write down my tricks and to help me think up new ones.
www.aigeek.com /devil-stick   (468 words)

  
 Devil sticks
Devil sticks manipulation is a form of gyroscopic juggling, or equilibristics and is generally considered to be one of the 'circus arts'.
Sometimes called "devil-sticking" other terms often used are: "twirling";, "sticking" and "stick juggling";.
Typically if a center stick is not tapered and possesses tassels at its end, then it is known as a "Flower Stick" This term is also now used to describe a straight center stick with any weights at its end and sometimes refers to hybrid sticks which are both tapered and have weights.
blip.tv /file/63604   (631 words)

  
 Oddballs, England's 1st Juggling Shop > Fire Devil Sticks
This is an all wood tapered devil stick featuring: kevlar wick, aluminium tape heat shields and fullholographic decorations. Requires silicon handsticks. Available in a variety of colours.
Another all wood tapered stick, with aluminium end caps and a squared wick.
The wicks on this devil stick have an internal fuel reservoir packed with Kapok. The kapok soaks up around 10 times as much fuel as the kevlar and allows it to be sucked through the wick during your spinning. The end result - longer burn times.
www.oddballs.co.uk /acatalog/Fire_Devil_Sticks.html   (162 words)

  
 Devilsticking.org | We Stick Together   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
My favorite devil stick for night has been the Crystal Stix Glow (the hollow stix that you can put glow necklaces into).
If there was a stick competition in Salt Lake City and there was at least 1000.00$ prize money for first place winner in the Professional category.
Comments, forum posts, and user-uploaded photos remain the property of their creators and are not necessarily covered by this license.
www.devilsticking.org   (848 words)

  
 XMA Devil Sticks
The XMA Devil Stick is a lightweight juggling stick set.
Each set comes complete with two hand sticks and a devil stick.
the two hand sticks are used in tandem to juggle the devil stick, a hobby that has been popularized by talented circus entertainers.
www.bytomic.com /detail.asp?c_urn=121&show=&urn=2602&pg=1   (92 words)

  
 Devil Sticks - Page 2 - Unicyclist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There is a trick that goes really fast that I don't think looks good slow - where you juggling all three sticks, go into the standard idle, and then pull the devil stick out with your hands (alternating) and do a half juggle for every half or one and a half idle.
I need to be able to have the stick reverse direction with just a flick of my wrist, not an entire arm movement.
With Devil Sticks I do tons of moves like that.
www.unicyclist.com /forums/showthread.php?p=655659#post655659   (406 words)

  
 Devil Sticks - Juggling
The devil stick is kept spinning and flipping in the air using the 2 rubber coated control sticks.
Tassels help with control by slowing down the rotation making this ideal for learning or practising new tricks.
Although devilishly difficult to master, the devil sticks make an impressive addition to any jugglers skills.
www.marctwo.co.uk /products.php?Product=1110   (52 words)

  
 Devil Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For students learning Devil Sticks (aka Crystal Sticks, aka flower sticks, aka Lunastix), the LunaSticks.com tricks page has a wonderful set of video instructions for both basic and advanced tricks.
For the advanced students that wish to add a bit more flare to there sticking, this webpage describes in detail how to make a fire hand stick for use with fire devils.
Several books and videos on Devil Sticks are available in the Simply Circus library.
tutorials.simplycircus.com /manipulation/devilsticks.htm   (103 words)

  
 Discount Magic - Devil Sticks.
The Devil stick is kept in the air by tapping it from one of the rubber-covered control sticks to the other.
It takes a little practice to stop it immediately dropping to the ground, but once this is mastered you can soon progress to more elaborate and impressive routines, spinning and flipping the devil stick, before catching it again on the control sticks.
The tassels on the ends of our stick slow it down making it easier to control and ideal for beginners.
www.discountmagic.co.uk /product_info.php/products_id/242   (135 words)

  
 "Devil Stick and Flower Stick Linkz"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When the sticks were invented in China, hundreds of years ago, they named them dia-bolo, which means "to throw around".
Sadly, that word sounds like the Latin word for Devil, which is Diablo.
There are many tricks possible with the sticks.
members.tripod.com /~treydawg/stix.html   (95 words)

  
 Different Kinds of Devil Sticks
They're nice people, run a friendly business, have a good selection of devil sticks, and provide measurements of the sticks they sell.
A mostly undecorated devil stick that might be from Mr.
This stick has an excellent rolling resistance; I can tip the handsticks to ~60 degrees before the stick slowly begins to roll.
www.aigeek.com /devil-stick/sticks   (495 words)

  
 Serious Juggling: Fire Devil Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
All Devil Sticks are priced with sticks included.
For extra sticks, see the Devil Sticks and Flower Sticks page.
Slow to change direction, similar to flower sticks.
www.seriousjuggling.com /Fire_DevilSticks.htm   (134 words)

  
 Devil sticks -Higgins Brothers - flower sticks, devilsticks
- Made from Canadian maple, this Devil Stick is easiest to perform tricks with because of the slow performance speed.
- The first devil stick in the world with silicone grip in lots of great color combinations.
You can use any kind of handsticks and you will always have the best possible grip.
www.higginsbrothers.com /devilsticks.htm   (245 words)

  
 Devil Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
We have very little on Devil Sticks, but a good amount has been posted to rec.juggling so you might want to try
How to use a devil stick (from the good folks at Infinite Illusions)
Devil Sticks / Juggling Information Service / help@juggling.org © 1999 Juggling Information Service.
www.juggling.org /help/circus-arts/devil-sticks   (48 words)

  
 Devil Sticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Heavy duty dense foam rubber ends for increased durability and noise reduction.
Special tenons on each end of stick lock into each foam end and are attached with our custom designed washer/screw assembly.
Please Note: Each devil stick set includes one pair of handsticks and an instruction sheet.
www.dube.com /devilstick/1.html   (101 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Performing Arts: Circus: Juggling: Devil Stick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cambridge University Jugglers' Association: Devil Sticks - Instructions and diagrams for beginners.
Seth and His Devil Sticks - Notation, instructions for making fire handsticks, comparison of different devil sticks, and links.
Yahoo Group: Devil Stick Forum - Mailing list devoted to those who practice this art.
dmoz.org /Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Juggling/Devil_Stick   (183 words)

  
 Devil Sticks with Neil Stammer video index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The following is the contents of the "Devil Sticks with Neil Stammer" video.
It lists the times in minutes:seconds, and gives a brief description of the different clips on the tape.
Then he tosses the devilstick in the air, releases the handstick, catches the handstick around the front and catches the devilstick keeping the propeller still spinning.
www.devilstick.org /~jbarlow/juggling/video_index/devilsticks_stammer.html   (235 words)

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