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Forward Twiddle - Twiddle the hat off the head and back on. It's got comedy potential too! Allegedly.
Use a palm-up fork grip on both sides the hat, and lift it off the head. Remove the ring fingers from the brim and twist the hat between the fore and middle fingers. Stop the spin by gripping the brim between the fore fingers and thumb.
Reverse the process to return the hat to the head.
You can get an easy laugh by getting the return part wrong and pretending to hit yourself in the face.
Jon Lockwood (of Mushy Pea Juggling fame, now working as with "Company of Fools") did lots of hat workshops at juggling conventions in the mid to late 1990's and started Mike and LP out on the hat road. This was often the first trick he taught...so it's Jon and this trick that ultimately led to the creation of this site. Thanks Jon!
From the TricksWithHats archive
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Big Circles - Swing the hat round at arms length - and make it look good.
Hold the hat crown forward in an inside grip and swing it at arms length - twisting the wrist to keep the crown forward. At the top of the swing let go of the hat, untwist your wrist and recatch the hat in an inside grip, continue the swing and repeat as many times as you like.
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Use a palm-up fork grip at the back of the hat and remove it, straightening the arm. As the arm straightens twist the wrist and take the ring finger off the brim. Spin the hat so that it moves between the middle and forefingers, then transfer the grip to the forefinger and thumb and continue the spin for as far as you can.
Reverse the "twiddle" to place it back on the head.
The main video clip for this trick doesn't show the fingers in any great detail. See the closeup version (120K mpeg) for a better view. For best results you might want to set your video player to loop the clip.
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Steve Rawlings showed me this trick in Birmingham and said that he used to do it in every show, but now that he's older (and a little rounder :-) he can't get it every time any more. Steve uses a china plate for this trick, but it works with hats too which is why it's here! :-)
Take the hat in your right hand, using an inside grip and hold it so that the crown of the hat is facing to the left.
Throw the hat virtically with some spin, and then do the following while the hat is in the air...
Put your right hand between your legs
Take the hand around the back of the right leg
Stand on your left leg and move the right hand & foot behind the left leg
Then, catch the descending hat in your right hand, from that position. Without falling over.
Top Tips: Practice the "tangle yourself up" bit first without the catch. Keep your eye on the hat as it decends, practice loads...
Luke Burrage managed to get this on video within 30 minutes. I've been trying for weeks and can't do it. It's pretty hard.
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15-03-2015
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Thumb Spins - Spin the hat around your thumb
Hold the hat in an inside grip and spin it so the top of the brim stays in contact with the thumb. After a single spin catch it again in an inside grip.
Once you've mastered singles try longer spins. This trick is very versatile and can be used to add lots of flourishes. Try adding one in anywhere that you use an inside grip, or just throw one in with your hand outstretched or up above your head.
From the TricksWithHats archive
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Twiddled Big Circles - A trickier but nicer version of Big Circles
Big Circles is a big, visual trick, but the grip change can be slightly ungainly. The twiddle that this trick adds gives a similar effect but has a smoother, if slightly more difficult, change.
Mike and LP disagree on the best way to do this - LP's way, shown in the video clip above, is to do a finger twiddle, as described in the Forward Twiddle when the hat is at the top of the circle. Mike uses a Thumb Spin to adjust the grip.
Try both and decide which feels more comfortable to you, there's little point getting both smooth as they look identical to anyone except a hat manipulation geek, and there aren't many of them in the world!
From the TricksWithHats archive
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While walking forward grip the front of the brim (using any grip you like) with the right hand and the back of the hat with the left. Stop when your right foot is forward and lift up onto the toes. Hold the hat still above the head and pivot round so the left foot and hand are now in front of you. You can continue walking or turn back and forth on the spot.
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15-03-2015
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Sorry for it being so unclean but does anyone know of any other jugglers to do this....I only know of pavel evsukevich?
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15-04-2014
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This is my Graduation act, enjoy watching it and I appreciate any feedback!
antipode
- antipodism
- antipodist
- footjuggling
- footjuggler
- hoop
- ring
- umbrella
- ulrike
- storch
- feet
- cabaret
- vareiete
- female
- footjuggler
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08-05-2014
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La compagnie Tilos vous propose son spectacle "Une paire pour deux", un duo dédié au passing avec seulement une paire de baguettes et un diabolo. Le choix d'un matériel minimal est une contrainte particulière qui mène vers des ressorts techniques originaux, et pousse le passing dans une voie encore peu explorée.
The Tilos Company presents the show "A pair for two", a duet based on diabolo passing with only one pair of sticks and one diabolo.
The choice to make a whole act with such a few number of juggling props is a really intersting constraint that leads to an original technical research and brings the diabolo passing in a way no mutch developped.
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30-12-2008
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Went and filmed for a day this is what we Got Thanks for watching check out my youtube channel for more many thanks
www.youtube.com/xjuggler4x
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07-11-2013
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FInally learned the whole song. Here it is. Sorry for any mispronunciations.
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23-08-2012
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I don't have any videos. I accidentally brought my balls with me to the shower. It is very cramped in the bathroom and I've noticed my hair has grown quite long hence the translated title "much hair and no space. This is nothing special or even serious.
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02-04-2014
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Viewpoints is a video experiment for a future project I'm starting to work on.
The idea is to play around with the camera position and the playback speed while trying to utilise the music track to enhance the visuals.
This video is just a rough experiment. It's not filmed in a nice location, I'm wearing my day to day clothes and everything was filmed without having any clear idea of how it would be used.
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19-12-2012
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A very funny spoof of Vova and Olga's 2004 WJF video. Very cool staff spinning is included in the mix. Beware of many many profanities.
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13-09-2007
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I haven't had very many creative ideas recently. Most, if not all the tricks in this video were other people's tricks, or ideas they had for me to try. Let's see if you can match the jugglers with the tricks I did because of them.
Josh Horton
Matt Hall
Dave Nager
John Nations
Wes Peden
Tony Duncan
Michael Karas
Luke Burrage
Mark Kolbuz
Thomas Dietz
Music by Pendulum - Propane Nightmares
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25-03-2009
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[Ed: Choose "Fit to window" in the flash player for correct aspect ratio.]
Sorry it took so long. This footage is from about 6 months ago, I was unemployed, 25 pounds heavier, and my beanbags were new. The editing is fresh though.
I would like to announce that I am working on many new tricks at the moment, for a video to be released around the start of the new year to help me go to my first EJC. So please send this video around, rate, comment, and subscribe (on youtube) so you can see what I have been working on.
Thank You : )
Music: Buck 65- Way Back When
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11-11-2009
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Probably the first video of the pattern now known as the Scrambled V - we hadn't told anyone else about this discovery yet.
This video was shot just 10m from the group photo taken at a convention in 2007 and 2008.
Filmed on a hot Saturday in August (2004-08-07, 13:52) in a gym in Hilden, Germany.
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06-04-2015
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Well this is me after one week of Contact Juggling, I know, pretty much a mess, I have a long way to go, and for some reason the presence of the camera made me serious and look a bit scary... I'm not like that when I practice, I smile, I promise! :)
Any advise, tips, corrections very very very welcome! Help pleaseee!
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03-12-2009
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For the past weeks I have been playing around with different kick up variations. This is the result. A short video with some kick up tricks and balancing. Most still very rough, though. I hope you enjoy it anyways!
juggling and editing: Silke Schirok
club: Henry's pirouette
camera: Andreas Hipper
music: John Stanley, Voluntary VIII, a-minor from Op. 7
organ: Ulrike Schirok
location: Teufelsmoor
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Sponsored By:
Wes Peden - http://www.wespeden.com/?page_id=8
Sport Juggling Company - http://www.sportjugglingco.com/nWhy I Love You (feat. Mr. Hudson) - Kanye West & JAY Z
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25-01-2013
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After half a year juggling and filming here's my new video "When The Sun Sleeps" filmed in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Music by Linkin Park - My December
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02-02-2010
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Michael Falkov and myself playing around. Unfortunately we only had an hour to play, and it was cold. But I cut together this video to try to make us look cool anyways.
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10-02-2011
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