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Virtual Christmas Party 2025

(Forged Youth) — Tue Dec 18, 2025 4:04 pm

Author: (Forged Youth)

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 4:04 pm

Did someone just float into the ceiling and pop after being attacked my bees?? whaatts goooing onnn

A devastating realization

GreenMonk — Tue Dec 18, 2025 4:03 pm

Author: GreenMonk

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 4:03 pm

Quote:

"What babe?"

The babe with the power.

First Good CJ Movie I've Made

(Forged Youth) — Tue Dec 18, 2025 4:01 pm

Author: (Forged Youth)

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 4:01 pm

Niice.

as for coke did you know that gatorade is 8x more corossive on your teeth then coke? pretty crazy

Is it cheating???

xdavidx — Tue Dec 18, 2025 2:37 pm

Author: xdavidx

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 2:37 pm

[quote="StreetMage"]I believe in learning things in levels. Information learned while performing an easier version of a task will still apply to harder versions. If something is difficult, often learning can be sped up by making it easier, or giving yourself a "crutch." Once you're comfortable performing the task with the crutch, take the crutch away. Often you'll find you're miles closer to learning the task than you were before you let yourself hobble along on that crutch for a while.[/quote]

I see where you're coming from, but it's not always true. Look at the 1b palm spin iso. It's easiest with a 4" acrylic and you can learn it with a 4" acrylic, but when you go to do it with a smaller and lighter ball it's not going to be so easy. The 4" acrylic has different properties than a small and/or lighter ball and you'll basicly have to relearn how the smaller/lighter ball spins before you can get the iso. The same's true for this. Using a bandana or not is the same basic idea, but using a bandana has a different property than not. If you've learned with the bandana then you try with out it you're basicly going to have to relearn the stall all over again because you're going to have to learn the properties of your hair (or if you're bald, you head).

The CJ.org "I just learnt a new move" Thread

Jowze — Tue Dec 18, 2025 1:48 pm

Author: Jowze

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 1:48 pm

Cheers Lawrens I'm on the other way on three balls and it feels nearly natural, 4 balls will wait for now, counter clock wise with 4 gets my fingers all crazy ...

Legalities

cant_think_of_a_name — Tue Dec 18, 2025 1:31 pm

Author: cant_think_of_a_name

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 1:31 pm

Oh it'll be in cumbria when I'm home for Xmas so I won't be on silvers patch!

Do I stop for a community officer? Cos they think they're policemen!

Is there a tutorial for...

xdavidx — Tue Dec 18, 2025 11:51 am

Author: xdavidx

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 11:51 am

[quote="he4rty"]I tend to look at the ball and pick up on the reflection of something static in the ball like a door or window, then move my hand around and try to keep the image static in the ball, there are a few blind spot moments but on the whole it works for me.[/quote]

I try this too. It seems that those when I get to those blind spots is when my hand decides to move.

when lifes getting you down mrs brown......

Kitsune_Whisper — Tue Dec 18, 2025 11:19 am

Author: Kitsune_Whisper

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 11:19 am

Well considering the temp here can't make up its mind. one day its 70 degrees and the next its 32, I am going into seasonal identity crisis. I swear if I get anymore confused, I'll be wearing swim trunks and a parka with a sled in hand waiting for the beach snow!!!!!!

Arrgh and to top it all off, No RAIN. None. our lakes are down almost 20 feet!!!

On cold days I love wrapping up and taking hikes out in the mountains. Gets the blood flowing and you can see some amazing sights if you are still and quiet..

mimes- dont be afraid

dpizarro159 — Tue Dec 18, 2025 9:12 am

Author: dpizarro159

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 9:12 am

this user has things about mime

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=silencetheatre

Online Shop Reviews

Dizz — Tue Dec 18, 2025 12:08 am

Author: Dizz

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2025 12:08 am

www.williamsmagic.com
This is the place I went to in Tucson to buy my ball. I picked out a purple UV, heavy dye, but it was in perfect shape. The UV was splotchy so I returned it. They were very nice and I looked at their other 3" balls. They looked like they were used as displays or something from a few scratches on it. I picked out a red ball for $39.99 with no marks, bubbles or imperfections on it. It was expensive, but evens out considering I didn't pay shipping. I love it. I recommend this store only if you can go in person, they don't always have the balls in stock that are listed online. If you do go, they give you a flaming business card, but they put it out before they will hand it to you.

Quality 3/10 - Some scratches on a few and UV was uneven, but they carry great stage balls!
Service 10/10 - Didn't ask for a receipt and paid me the difference in price in cash.

Nika on Buzzcocks Everyone!

FireMage — Mon Dec 17, 2025 11:43 pm

Author: FireMage

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2025 11:43 pm

lol,"shut up! youve got it already." i have to remember to use that frequently.

Bday!

sylver_cat — Mon Dec 17, 2025 9:01 pm

Author: sylver_cat

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2025 9:01 pm

Wow!

Happy Birthday Cameron! And I think you should open the box.... What's the use of a wraped toy? It needs to be played with!

...well, except if you're an collectionneur...

And btw, shouldn't this thread be in the random thread section?

Warped ball?

Redster — Mon Dec 17, 2025 8:22 pm

Author: Redster

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2025 8:22 pm

Heh, it's one of the rigid buggers - I can squish it a bit with my hands, but it takes a lot of pressure to do it. Though yeah, an acrylic living on top of it wouldn't do its spherical integrity any good. As it is, my practice ball and stage balls sit on top of the acrylics (which are in bags), so they've not got pressure bearing down on them for above. Though I guess gravity could have an effect, though not sure how much of an effect in this instance. Might be an interesting experiment.

Principle and theory

sou — Mon Dec 17, 2025 7:20 pm

Author: sou

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2025 7:20 pm

[quote="khan"]I don't have Drew's book in front of me at the moment, but there is a line in it along the lines of "you're not so much moving the ball, as creating a space for the ball to move into." (Sorry Drew for paraphrasing poorly.) That line comes specifically in the discussion of palmcircles, but I think can be generalized to serve as a cj principle.[/quote]

I couldn't agree with this sentiment more. I tend to think that if I feel like I'm moving the ball instead of letting the ball mvoe I'm doing something wrong.

Sunny December Contact

sou — Mon Dec 17, 2025 6:05 pm

Author: sou

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2025 6:05 pm

I agree with everyone else, that three-ball work is pretty sweet.

I am ___________________

daisylou — Mon Dec 17, 2025 6:01 pm

Author: daisylou

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2025 6:01 pm

congrats

i am balancing a ball on my head and listening to Ruby by the Kaiserchiefs

I should be sewing bags to mail in the morning and then im going to jump in hot bath

First performance?

DeI2anGeD — Sun Dec 16, 2025 8:46 pm

Author: DeI2anGeD

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2025 8:46 pm

I've had to do a few shows that were longer, albeit we had multiple performers with a variety of skills.

How to turn 1 trick into a 5 minute routine?
Add a story. Be a character, whether the gentleman juggler trying to impress a wily woman, or a comic whiteface who can't do anything properly (looking clumsy while pulling off moves, like Isolate a ball, but pretend it is "stuck" and you want it unstuck)

Need a 20 min segment? Seperate into three 5 minute acts, giving a couple min between each act to arrange props.

Sounds easy now that you don't have to worry about hundreds of tricks to fill a 20 minute set, right? Good luck, try writing it out in Notepad.

Starting a juggling group - Advice needed

DeI2anGeD — Sun Dec 16, 2025 8:33 pm

Author: DeI2anGeD

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2025 8:33 pm

I'd have to agree with the easy name, Crack Juggling Squad is nice and people will know what it is at first glance. My juggling group in Springfield, MO was initially called "Johnny Asterisk and the Capital Eights." People thought we were a band. Then we became, "Circus Club."

cj frustrations

StreetMage — Sat Dec 15, 2025 8:59 pm

Author: StreetMage

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 8:59 pm

Yeah, that's the size I asked my girlfirend for. She's getting me my first ball. After that, I think I'm on my own.

[video] random google vids and the likes of

Caver — Sat Dec 15, 2025 8:09 pm

Author: Caver

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 8:09 pm

Link

I love this vid. and again, wow.

shoulder trouble

su-nami — Sat Dec 15, 2025 7:20 pm

Author: su-nami

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 7:20 pm

ya im surprised it was so tiring, i didnt even know those muscles existed.

Chester Meet

daisylou — Sat Dec 15, 2025 6:26 pm

Author: daisylou

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 6:26 pm

23rd remains good for me i have a ball on my head - im so chuffed hehe first day its stayed there more than seconds

Sil-X Stage Balls

Ashamalee — Sat Dec 15, 2025 5:26 pm

Author: Ashamalee

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 5:26 pm

For those of you stateside, jugglingstore.com carries these as well... mine should be coming today!

I have a question

Drew — Sat Dec 15, 2025 5:59 am

Author: Drew

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 5:59 am

I do agree with Rich that the wikipedia article fairly sucks.
I considered getting involved and rewriting it, but decided that it was beyond hope!
So I started writing my own:
http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/articles/
But I've slightly run out of steam having got half way! I'd like to add another 3 pages over christmas - they're half written.

Rich I see that you are having a fair old argument on the talk area.
If you (or anyone else) are getting into editing it you may find it helpful to cite references from "Multiball Contact" particularly the history/ appendix section. Mr Rray will have trouble arguing with that! (although he will probably tell you that "Multiball" is not a word) or cite the ministry articles.
Good luck - I'm keeping out.
Smiles
Drew

Drama class

Dizz — Sat Dec 15, 2025 12:49 am

Author: Dizz

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2025 12:49 am

Wow, that is an amazing story.