I started this hangout during the Feast of Fools event to see if I could find some more juggle enthusiasts to hang out with, but of course everyone is welcome to stay and chat!

I will, however, be putting up some links, videos and more that I think are helpful for jugglers and performers, and you're welcome to share some of yours as well, plus any tips and tricks you might know and think would be helpful.

If you'll start by doing a bit of an introductory post, then that'd be swell - do you juggle? If so, what do you do; if not, do you know anyone that does? Are you interested in learning? What drew you to the thread, and so on.. whatever you think fits or you want to say. :)

I myself started spinning poi just before Christmas last, then when I broke my ankle in February, I started doing contact juggling since I couldn't balance myself with the poi. Soon after I started walking without crutches again, I started going to weekly juggling meetings in London, and started playing with flowerstix (also known as devil- or lunastix). When I came back home to Iceland for the summer, I got to know some members of the circus here, and have been going to some of their practices. I also bought three juggling balls and am sort of getting the hang of that now.
I've never done much acrobatics, though the circus group here does a lot of that, but because of my ankle being a bit sensitive still and because I sprained my back a couple of weeks back, I haven't been able to participate, though I'd love to learn.

Anyway, I'll reserve one more post to put up links and such, after that the floor is yours!

LINKS AND STUFF

If anyone has better ideas for a name for the thread, please share.. it was the first thing I came up with and I couldn't come up with anything better.

Anyway, onwards and upwards! I have circus practice in a bit so I won't be staying long, but might be back later tonight a little. :)

Alright. ^^ I don't mind it, it's more if anyone happens to think of anything better. But yes, this can be our little shack.

I have to go to practice, but I'll leave you with this video my mate linked me to:

I know, and he didn't seem to mind it so much either. xD He just jumped off and went to have something to eat or drink. My cat is like that, we throw him up in the air and catch him and he just purrs louder than ever and doesn't try to get away or anything.. if he was a bit smaller (and I was better at juggling) I'd definitely try this on him...

So you are! 8D
Guhh why am I so tiiiiireeeed?

Woop! Yeah, though right now both this and the event thread are active.. well, all the more chance we'll attract some new faces. The more the merrier! :) I've been completely addicted to my contact ball lately, one of the guys at practice last Saturday taught me a new trick with the Butterfly, and on Tuesday this girl there who also does contact showed me a couple of other tricks.. including just holding the ball in the air and moving your wrist about. Really simple, but looks amazing! Though it's much more impressive if you manage to keep the ball in the same place, and that's a lot harder than it looks..

My friends are getting married in August and our friend, who's organizing the party, asked me if I wanted to do some juggling and stuff there. Our other friend is going to juggle a bit so I'm going to try to get him to practice two-person-juggling with me.. yesterday this guy at practice stole the balls from me while I was juggling and tried to teach me to do the same, it was pretty confusing though. x___x

It's amazing, seriously! I'm still so excited about having found them and been invited to come along to practices.

I was debating not going last night though, since I was really tired and I knew I needed the sleep for today. Ended up going anyway (because there was no way I'd regret going but likely I'd regret not going) and I'm so glad I did! I was late so I was only there for an hour, but I got tips on my juggling (apparently I've been doing it wrong.. holding my hands way too high and not throwing high enough. So I need to start again kind of.. D; ) and afterward, my friend dragged me to the camping site that's right by where we practice.
There were these three Canadian tourists that came to practice and they had a slackline in their tent, so we went to take a look. They were really cool and we ended up hanging out with them for way too long, my friend and a couple of other people from the circus tried the line (I didn't want to risk it cause of my ankle) and they tried a unicycle (not on the slackline, though they were tempted..) and juggling and stuff.
So yeah, I'm really glad I went. : D

Yes, it was an isolation, like the stuff he does at 0:26 onward. The second guy does it a bit too, but you can't really see it.. the filming is really weird in that video, but the guy is really good. Looks really smooth. Though he keeps his fingers really far apart when doing the butterfly.. I'm practicing keeping them together now myself.
Oh, and the butterfly thing I'm practicing is in that video, he does it a couple of times, the first time is around 0:16. I can do a few of those tricks, though not so smoothly. And I really want to learn the chest roll.. I can roll it up to my elbow easily, and with my left hand I can easily roll it up the inside of my arm to my elbow and down the other side of it, but that's about it.. I'm trying to roll it further but it's haaaaard.

Well, I dunno if we'll manage two person juggling, but you can always steal the ball from the other person. My friend did that to me at practice the other day and I tried stealing from him, though I didn't manage it before he had to run off. It doesn't look too hard though... first I need to get juggling on my own. P:

Woo, word bomb!

Oh no! Was that your contact ball? D: It shouldn't be any of your brother's business, unless you're doing it in his room or something or breaking his things..

You should totally go practice with the group! They are usually fairly well hidden, but if you're persistent they shouldn't be hard to find. It'll be fun, if they're anything at all like all the jugglers I've met, they'll be really friendly. You'll regret it more if you don't go than you would ever if you did go, even if it turned out not that exciting.

And I love unicycles too.. there was this really cute guy I met online that rides a unicycle and juggles regular balls, I went to one juggling meeting with his group and it was fun, but it was just before I went back home for the summer and I haven't heard from him since. ._____.

Also, sorry I disappeared for a while, the weather has been way too nice lately to stay inside!

Yeahhh get a new proper one and find a park or something where you can practice on grass - far away from any open gutters. P: And tell your brother to stop PMSing..

I definitely think you should go! I'm terrible with meeting new people as well, especially when I'm on my own entering a group, but.. I've never, ever regretted it when I've gone anyway. I entered the circus group here without knowing anyone and it's been a fantastic experience. And even if you're leaving soon, if you go this month then you'll have somewhere to come back to when you come back, and they might be able to point you to groups where you're moving, or know some way to find some. :)

Haha, I know that feeling.. all too well. xD What time do they meet? I tried juggling clubs at Tuesday's practice, it was great! A completely different throw from balls, but not as difficult as I thought it'd be.. I could sort of juggle two by the end of the practice!

So did you go? Or no? Three hours is pretty good, do you have to pay for it?