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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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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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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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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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twhSuperman.mpg
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Chubu Student Juggling Competition 2015 Women's Individual 1st
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A magic knot with Kendama in the bathroom. Therefore the bathroom because i can place there the cam to have a good angle and light. So enjoy.
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Little trap sequence attempt one!
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s still a succession of suggestions on object motions and body languages (same but different).
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kendama comp
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Variations on the Wrist Roll move.
Trick list:
Looped Wrist Roll Spike
Looped Wrist Roll Swing In
Reverse Wrist Roll Swing In
Reverse Wrist Roll Aeroplane
Looped Wrist Roll Aeroplane
Lighthouse -> Wrist Roll Aeroplane
Lighthouse -> Wrist Roll 1-Turn Lighthouse -> Falling
Looped Half Wrist Roll -> Looped Half Wrist Roll Swing In
Reverse Wrist Roll 1-Turn Lighthouse -> Falling
Looped Wrist Roll -> Half Swirl Aeroplane -> Gunslinger
-> Earth Turn
Reverse Wrist Roll 1-Turn Aeroplane
Looped Half Wrist Roll -> Looped Half Wrist Roll Aeroplane
-> UFO
Aeroplane -> Looped Half Wrist Roll Aeroplane
-> Looped Half Wrist Roll Aeroplane
Looped Half Wrist Roll
-> Looped Half Wrist Roll 1-Turn Aeroplane
Looped Wrist Roll Fast Hand Lighthouse -> Falling
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This is Johan Wellton's most advanced and lavish stage production ever. With special effects, natural phenomenon and the art of engineering he shoots out for a new and unexplored adventure. All inventiveness and experimental curiosity becomes the framework for a story about our dreams, hope and despair. How far are we willing to go to become loved? To understand ourselves? To find context and a meaning in life?/nSee one of the world’s best jugglers in what may be one of the most complex shows about something as simple as life itself./n“It is totally sensational, mind blowing"
- Expressen/n“Spellbinding chaos”
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- Västerbottens-kuriren/nTour dates and more at:
http://www.johanwellton.com/en/for-arrangorer/glitch//nGLITCH was produced 2010-2014 and premiered September 2014./n© copyright Johan Wellton - all rights reserved.
johan
- wellton
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Outlink 2014 Number 4 - Trap Sequence.
Deadline: 2100GMT, March 22nd.
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Hold the plate by it's edge and spin it so that the rim stays in contact with your thumb. After a single spin catch it again. Once you've mastered singles try longer spins. This trick is very versatile and can be used to add lots of flourishes.
From the TricksWithHats archive
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Hold the plate by it's edge and spin it so that the rim stays in contact with your thumb. After a single spin catch it again. Once you've mastered singles try longer spins. This trick is very versatile and can be used to add lots of flourishes.
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Start with a normal right handed upward curl and as soon as the palm is facing forward at the top reach the left hand over and put it onto plate to the right of the right hand. Curl both hands round the front of the plate, which comes down in front of the belly, and then continue to bring the hands round to the back, pushing the plate back up to the left. Take the right hand off and do a left handed downward curl.
From the TricksWithHats archive
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Mathias came up with a kendama Eiffel variation, so I thought I'd try some exits from it. See his original at http://juggling.tv/14794
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What do you think about that one?
Something new at all? Dunno. Have fun!!!
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![Magie - [Ulysse] - Spectacle de l'AJIL 2014](https://juggling.tv/thumb/0_14792.jpg)
Création d'Ulysse en special guest au Spectacle de l'AJIL en Première Partie !
4 décembre 2014 à la Rotonde de l'INSA de Lyon
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Short video I made during last weeks practice. I will be running a workshop on the Monday from 5:30 - 6:30. Come along if you want to learn heel kicks or any numbers juggling:-)
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Another entry for the cotton reel mount
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A choreographed 1, 2 and 3 poi manipulation routine performed at Bath Upchuck Juggling Convention 2015./nThanks the Van Loop Media for the footage.
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