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Juggling

The art of keeping 3 or more objects in the air at the same time. Jugglers tend to do more than just juggle though, so a lot of the other things jugglers do are included, like devil sticks, diabolos, cigar boxes and more...

Before submitting a site here, please look to see if there is a more appropriate sub-category.

In particular, there are various categories for specific juggling disciplines, a ''Shopping'' category for sites selling juggling equipment online, and a ''Jugglers'' category for professional and amateur performers. Submitting your site to the wrong category will only delay editorial review and potential listing.

Contact Juggling

Contact juggling is the art of manipulating an object, or several objects, in aesthetically pleasing ways, while the object is in direct contact with the body.

Sites about contact juggling and related arts may be submitted here.

If the site you want to submit is related (mostly) to pen spinning you are encouraged to submit it in this category. Sites whose primary function is to sell products and equipment will not be listed here. They should instead be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Performing_Arts: Circus: Juggling or a suitable sub-category thereof.

Conventions

Sites relating to regional, national, and international juggling conventions and similar meetings.

Devil Stick

The art of manipulating one stick using two other sticks that are held in your hand.

Sites whose primary function is to sell products and equipment will not be listed here. They should instead be submitted to Shopping: Entertainment: Performing_Arts: Circus: Juggling or a suitable sub-category thereof.

Diabolos

The Diabolo is a yo-yo unhooked. It was originally developed by the Chinese and was made of bamboo. Now it is included in many juggler's repertoire of tricks.

Sites dealing with diabolo tricks, tips, videos, may be submitted here.

FAQs, Help, and Tutorials

Guides, instructions, and other similar resources for jugglers.

History and Collecting

The history of juggling is not well known. Juggling is several thousand years old and originated from egypt. Pictures on temple walls show people juggling and are dated to be around 4,000 years old.

Submit sites that have information on where juggling originated or the development of juggling, or sites with information on collecting juggling memorabilia.

Jugglers

Site for professional and amateur jugglers, usually with a focus on giving performances or shows.

Sites relating to performers which cover a variety of juggling and related talents should also look at the Circus Performers and Variety Acts categories. Performers whose main focus is juggling may submit here (and here only), even if they do other things as well. A more balanced act should submit to one of the other categories.

Meteors and Poi

In their simplest form Poi are a ball or weight attached to a cord. They can be very simple to make and decorate. Poi range from tennis balls in long socks, to nylon fabric around beanbags (sometimes with tails), to square flag poi weighted at one end, and finally fire poi. If both ends of the cord have a weight (and usually the cord is longer) then that object of manipulation is called a Meteor. Meteors can also be played with fire, as well as staffs.

Please submit only Poi, Meteor or staff spinning sites that are community based (events, forums, fire jams, image galleries), or that deal with swinging techniques or Poi/Staff/Fireequipment construction methods.

Notation and Theory

Various ways of describing juggling patterns on paper have been developed. These include siteswap notation, ladder diagrams, causal diagrams, and landing schedules. Most require some restrictive assumptions about the form of the juggling, so can only describe a subset of possible patterns. Some of the notations can be combined with mathematical theory to find, for example, the total number of patters of a certain length with a given number of balls.

Organizations

Organizations for jugglers or to promote juggling and related activities.

This category itself is reserved for regional, national, and international associations. Local clubs should go in the appropriate sub-category.

Pen Spinning

Pen spinning is the art of spinning a pen around your fingers and/or flicking it int the air and catching it. Most pen spinning tricks involve fast propeller-like rotations of the pen.

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Software

Computer software related to juggling. Typically, such programs and applets will simulate juggling patterns on your computer. Even with rudimentary graphics, these can be good tool for visualizing new juggling patterns before attempting to juggle them.