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Working on getting my green screen effects on point and looking at effects for a future projection project. Which effects look good to you?

Getting back at shalafi. :-)

Breaking a record, and getting bidextrous.

The first of two videos using the throw sequence method to deal with a synchronous transition, getting from (6x,4)* to (8x,2)*. Plus, a word from my sponsor.

Still needs work, but getting there. Goal was 10 passes hand to hand, this sort of qualifies (I suppose). Taken 5 months to get this far with it.

The thought of getting the hell out of work and going to meet my girlfriend somehow lead me to this idea a few days ago. It's the first time I've ever really thought about the use of colour with my juggling. Sorry for the shoddy filming.

Partially a result of getting a new camera and playing with settings, and partially out of a desire to have a record of some ideas I've been playing with this year.

Errr..... see title! Getting into the vibe for Bungay Balls Up - no.8

Getting ready for Fire Festival Season with some Torch tech practice. First up Kinetic Fire and FireDrums!/nMusic is - Mochipet - Yoshi's Dinosaur Egg Hunt (Papa Skunk Remix)

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

Back tumble - Tumble the hat down your back and then up again. Put the hat towards the back of your head. If you throw the head back you should be able to hit the brim with the back of the neck and have it roll down the back. As the hat rolls bend forwards from the waist to slow it down. Catch it in a inside grip with both hands. Hold the hat still but move your hands so that they are at the front of the brim. Flick the hat so it rolls up the back. As you feel it on the shoulders put the head back to catch it. Getting the timing right takes a lot of practice...be warned, this trick is difficult. From the TricksWithHats archive

After getting the hat to your foot (the knock to foot is the most common way, but there are plenty of others) you can hop and quickly remove your foot from the hat. Quickly get your throwing foot onto the ground and place the other foot inside the hat. As you can see from the video the hat stays fairly still and it's you that does all the movement. This video of the hat being spun as it is thrown between the feet should give you some ideas for variations on this trick.

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

The public moves around at night in a forest, senses are widened and opened for a performance-voyage inspired on getting in touch with forgotten dreams and on percieving put away desires. All surround music, all suround light sculpture, movement and light juggling. Show time 25 minutes.

All surround music, all suround light sculpture, movement and light juggling at night in a nature. Senses are widened and opened for a performance-voyage inspired on getting in touch with forgotten dreams and on percieving put away desires. Show time 25 minutes. adapable to various outdoor locations.

Getting into vertax with horizontal power whips.

Just getting 3 ball cascade on the small ladder, a breakthrough for me. More to follow I hope.

Watch in HD! My first trip to WJD Osaka. It was held over 2 days and had an attendance of over 700 people in total. Some truly amazing things went down, hopefully this will give you an idea of what it was like. You may have noticed Nick Laffey in there as well, he happened to be in Japan this week so it was perfect timing. Anyone coming to Japan give me a shout and I'll help you out with interpreting or getting you around to the various juggling clubs in Tokyo/Yokohama. Honestly even if you don't know Japanese it's no problem, juggling is the best communication.

Yoyoing from a day trip to Elveston Castle on 14th April 2009. If you can, please lend your support to stopping the man getting his claws into Elveston Castle - elvastoncastle.org.uk friendsofelvaston.co.uk This is my first real attempt at filming and editing this stuff, so don't expect too much. Needless to say, I learnt loads doing this, hopefully they will get better in the future. Music by The Laze Track 1 - Ya Ma On Crack Track 2 - Von Kármán's Vortex Street myspace.com/thelaze