I was reading through the news today, and I stumbled upon an article about the fitness program that Robert Downey Jr. used to get in shape for the new Iron Man movie. After reading about some of the diverse exercises in his program, I was pleasantly surprised to see this towards the end of the article:
“They also juggled “weighted Indian clubs,” hulled around kettle bells and even used a war machine”
Cool to hear about an actor using indian clubs to help get in shape for a big movie role.
Today is Tuesday, right? Yeah, I think it is because yesterday was the Coeur D’alene Juggling Club meeting at Sorensen Elementary!
I learned to juggle in 3rd grade at Santa Clara Elementary in Eugene, Oregon. My PE teacher, Mr. Cox taught us all how to juggle three balls… they didn’t use scarves back then I guess. I would juggle three oranges when we went to the store. Then I didn’t juggle for years and years… I guess I forgot that I knew how to, or it didn’t really make an impact on me because I never knew any jugglers.
One day my friend Andy told me I had to watch this video. He was into magic and had a video of magicians doing their thing. Harry Anderson was the moderator for the show and he introduced the next act as a showman who proved that “gravity was not just a good idea, but it is the law!” This guy proceeded to blow our minds! First he did a three ball routine that was so smooth that it made me want to cry, then he picked up 5 balls and looked up as if to throw them in the air and started to force bounce 5 balls like it was the easiest thing in the world… He then transferred them to the air and tore it up!
The Juggler’s name is Peter Davison. That was the beginning of juggling for me. I want to say it was May of 1998.
I am new to this and am figuring out this new site as I write! My name is Rob and I juggle a lot. There you have it. It’s out in the open. I have been dealing with this special disorder for quite some time now, about 11 years to be exact. Juggling has taken me many places and introduced me to many people. What started out as a wonderful adventure has turned into a lifestyle that I would not trade for anything. I am always trying to connect to more jugglers and share/learn the art of prestidigitation.
I just moved back to Coeur D’alene, Idaho. This place makes me juggle like a madman, thus the moniker Madjuggler. I started a group called the Madjugglers and we travelled around the country and did street performing for a while here and there. The Madjugglers have a minimum requirement to join and that is that you have to juggle at least 7 balls. It doesn’t have to be a perfect pattern like Anthony Gatto or Thomas Dietz, but it just shows that you are seriously in love with juggling.
That was how it was at the beginning, but as I have grown in Juggling I have learned that you don’t neccessarily have to juggle 7 balls to be a good Juggler. In fact you could just juggle only 7 clubs and still be a good juggler! Just Kidding! I have seen many wonderful 3 ball jugglers that have captivated my attention and motivated me to keep on learning and loving this art.
I juggle everyday… pretty much. Currently I am throwing around 5 clubs with pretty good skill… no backcrosses yet Jason!… but I am getting over 100 throws consistently and I can Juggle 5 clubs on triples for about 30 throws. I’m working to learn 6 & 7 clubs by the time I go to the Portland Juggling Festival in September! Clubs are just one focus of my juggling and I think that If I talked about all of them at once this would be too long to read. This is my first post and I hope I can share with you cool things that happen to me each day as I practice, perform and perfect that which we all love to do!
Hello everyone! Nathan McScary here. I am the new Chief Editor here at Street Juggling and am very excited to join the Street Juggling team. Starting now, posts will become much more frequent, and content will be added regularly. Look for the hottest new (and some old) juggling videos, the return of Best Catches, original articles, and much more!
Is there something in particular you’d like to see with the site? Have something you want to contribute? Just want to say “hey”? Feel free to drop me a line: nathan@streetjuggling.com
Check back often, as Street Juggling will continue to be your definitive source for the latest in the world of prop manipulation!
I know I haven’t been posting much but hopefully this will make it worth the wait. Intense balancing act using a knife and objects that shouldn’t go on a knife.
-E.o.S
P.s. -Video is being weird for me so you’ll have to click the youtube link till I figure it all out.
The Cirque issued a statement Saturday saying Oleksandr Zhurov, a Ukrainian in his 20s, had died. The accident happened during a regular training session at a Montreal facility where the international troupe rehearses for shows.
