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One handed forward tumble - A one handed version of the forward tumble
First learn the forward tumble.
With practice you'll soon be able to quickly switch your grip and make it run one handed, as you can see in the video clip above.
From the TricksWithHats archive
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Slide the back of the hand up your face to remove the hat with an inside grip. Do a forward tumble as you bow to your audience, and stick the hat back on your head as you stand up.
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Tumble - Tumble the hat over the back of the hand
Hold the hat crown up in a outside grip. Swing the hat inwards and let go so it can roll up past the thumb onto the back of the wrist. While the hat is above the hand keep the wrist bent so the fingers are pointing outwards and lift the fingers as high as you can. The fingers will touch the inside of the crown and allow you to catch the hat in a inside grip.
To repeat the trick throw a half spin and catch the hat back in a outside grip or do a Reverse Tumble.
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Upward twiddle - Twiddle the hat directly above the head
Use a palm-up fork grip on both sides the hat, and lift it off the head and straight up. 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.
You can either place it straight back on the head, or reverse the twiddle on the way back down.
From the TricksWithHats Archive
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Place the inside of the elbow against the forehead and duck your head down out of the hat. The little drop to the side in the video clip is based on a move normally done with plates.
This trick links nicely to levitation.
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twhMikes_tumble.mpg
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An illumination into the world of ball spinning.
Spinning - Matthew Tiffany and Mike Parker
Music - Perotin, Vidmunt Omnes
Filmed and edited in one day... by mistake!
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Michael Moschen crystal rolling on the Paul Daniels Show (s05e07) in 1983.
This is one of the earliest TV appearances by MM, and remains my favorite of the crystal rolling vids.
Music for the multi section is Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.
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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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Hold the hat with the crown to the outside in an outside grip. Bring it across the body, and cross the arms. Flick the hat over and drop it onto the thumb of the catching hand. Uncross the arms.
The hat is now held in an outside grip in the other hand, which suggests that the tumble would be a good next move.
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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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First learn the Screwdriver
When that move flows easily simply "twiddle" the hat as you learnt with that trick, and hold the hat as still as you can while you move your body around it.
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Throw to Foot - Throw the hat to your foot as if it was a hatstand.
Hold the hat crown up above the shoulder with an inside grip.
Lift the leg and keep it straight, flexing the foot as much as you can. With a flick of the wrist throw the hat straight to the foot with a single spin.
This trick looks best if the throw is as straight as possible.
Foot to Head is a nice return trick from here.
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Hold your hat crown up in an inside grip with the fingers spread as wide as you can. Throw the hat gently towards your head with a bit of spin.
Look up towards the hat as it spins and move your body (and feet if necessary) so that your head is beneath it. As the hat lands, nod your head forward so that you are looking straight ahead.
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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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Place the back of one hand against the front of the crown and the palm of the other hand against the back of the hat. Lift the hat off and roll the hands round each other so that the hat tumbles through one complete spin as you carry the hat down to waist level.
Reverse the process to return the hat to the head.
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This is a combination of parts of two other tricks, so it would probably help to learn them first. They are the Arm Roll and the Wipe Up
Start with the hat on your head. With the right arm, do the first part of a wipe up, just to the point where the hat comes off your head. However, instead of carrying it out to the side, push the hat back on your head so that the bottom of the brim comes into contact with your shoulder blades.
Use your upper arm to push the hat off and to the left, so that it can roll down your arm as though you were doing an Arm Roll, catching it in you hand as you do so
One variation that Mike is fond of, is to grip the front part of the crown with the crook of the elbow. Mike claims this gives him more options, and more control over where the hat goes. Try it, it may work for you too!
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Don't get it? See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbWjIKxrrs/nOur entry for the fifth annual IJA tutorial contest. Inspired by the legendary Vince Offer, do we have a pattern for you!/nThanks to Cameron for helping with filming, and to Michael Karas, Erin Stephens, Ely Doan, and Wes Peden for the testimonials./nSLAP CHOP!
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The Victoria Juggling Festival takes place annually in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.
Music:
Nujabes - Feather
Gramatik - So Much For Love
Nujabes - Reflection Eternal
DJ Okawari - Temperature of Tears
Jugglers (not in order):
Rings - Sean Brossard
Toss juggling (live performance) - Stefan Sing
Monocycle - Tynan Rollo
Toss juggling (live) - Yuki Ueda and Chris Murdoch
Top and diabolo - Rick Purtee
Hat tossing - Justin Therrien and Matthew Poki McCorkle
Dragon staff (live performance) - Morgan and Randy
Buugeng - Kris Nyquist
Magic tricks - Mike Bice
Diabolo (live performance) - Jake West
Club passing - Cristian Palermo, Nigel Wakita, Jack Hadley and Rick Purtee
Balls + devil stick (live performance) - Blake Speers and Brendan Speers (Super Speers Brothers)
Contact juggling - Sia Metta
3 ball juggling - Yuki Ueda, Sebastian Yerex and Me
Levistick - Iain Culp
Staff and dragon staff - Jason Stuart
Clubs - Jack Hadley
Thanks for watching!
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Jaine Powers (Circomedia) and Remy Holwick (Runway Los Angeles) in a cinematic contact juggling short. Special thanks and consideration: Master Ong's Prop Shop, American Apparel, Ryan Mellors, Mike Templeton and Templeton Variety, John Paul Zaccarini (for drowning instruction), Circomedia, Caribou Print Banking. Ryan Knott, AWOL Nation. Also thank you to the ventura county turtle whose bathtub home we purchased for a reasonable rate.
We are using Play 130mm stage balls, provided by Master Ong's Prop Shop.
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Mikey has a tiny bit of trouble with a Lighthouse at the 2013 Scottish Kendama Open.
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www.ejc2013.org
Toulouse - France
July-27th to august 3rd
Thank you to all our friends :
- Alexander Brettel (France)
- Tassio Folli (Brasil)
- Morgan Cosquer (France)
- Mikel Ayala (Spain)
- Lorenzo Mastropietro (Italy)
- Kerol (Spain)
- Carlos Munoz (Chile)
- All the juggliers and volunteers durinf the 5th French Juggling Convention (july 10/15th
2012)
- Sylvain Beaudron (France)
- Etienne Chauzy (France)
- Romain Marguerite (France)
- Antoine Terrieux (France)
- Stevhoo (France)/nmusique : http://www.myspace.com/albatarbeats
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