The official HOP juggling "I just learnt a new move" thread

Contortion? This is an arm behind your back, yes?

Will have to try this one....

Yup yup yup!

So got my balls yesterday in the post. got cascade with my best at 11 throws 10 catches (just shy of three rotations of the pattern). Juggling is sooo much fun

Is awesome. Took me about two days to get 30 catches consistently.

I should do a juggling vid some time. Hmmm....

averag is about 5 throws 4 catches

It is one of those odd things (like poi and unicycling) that clicks and after a while progress is much quicker.

A video you say?

Perhaps a "HoP, spinning is for losers' collaboration?

Haha!

Why not? Have not really got much to show, but may be able to get something together.

Probably consist of many, many balls on the floor.

(I recently got about 16 sets of weighted tennis balls for workshops. The fact that I can only juggle four balls and have in excess of 40 is worrying...

at least you're a ballsy fella

Brill. Although I can't volunteer to edit it as I only have my work PC. I can film a few bits and mail a miniDV cassette to anyone who could fit the bits together though?

Anyone else want to get in on the action?

*wanders off to practice silly poi-style bodythrows*

Will: Your variation of that multiplex thing is... painful.... Also, evil. I am getting myself tied up beautifully in it.

Would be happy to edit it, but do not have much of a set up for that. Really need to get a decent camera.

Trip/Mike: Can you edit something maybe?

Haha yeah it is a bit knotty! I've been trying to isolate it so that the balls stay fairly central and the body alternates from being on one side of the pattern to the other. Keeps the flight path of the original while adding some funky footwork potential I'm miles off getting it looking good yet though.

I'll start messing about getting some footage then while we figure out an editor

Aston my editing skills are pretty useless but have got the hardware to give it a shot

EDIT: Useless only cause i have never owned a digi vid cam

Well, I have managed to get hold of Cinelerra, so could probably do the editing. Do not really have the hardware or the skills though.

Haha, we'll figure something, sure I can find a media student somewhere who'll do it if it comes to it. For now lets just get some footage recorded. I'll do some this weekend

Yay!

Anyone else in? Do not want to be completely outclassed here....

22 catches of 5 clubs cleeeeeeeeean.

I think drilling 5551, 552, 5551552 and six catches of the 5 cascade over and over again really helped.

It's going to be a long road to the big 100.

Edit: wait, what's this about a video? I'm too busy not finding anywhere to live in london before my first term of circus space starts to take on an editing role or really to think of anything worth filming for such a video.

Anyone got a place near old street? Hahaha.

Got three roatations of the tennis pattern yesterday afternoon. After work today be tossin' me balls to get that down more smoothe

Not really, I've since learnt r/most of patterns with my left hand, which can make for some interesting R/L trails. I should probably make another video sometime too.

re this hop video, i've got sony vegas and my editing isn't too bad. happy to help if needed - what's the theme?

Awesome, theme is 'spinnings for losers', I was going to try for a load of poi-style juggling moves but anything people fancy really. Help with the editing would be mint

I didn't manage to get anything filmed this week, I was busy having fun at Unity Day, but I'm heading up to the lakes this coming weekend so should be able to get some nice shots there.


Oooo, anyone contributing, could we have a silly shot of your face for the names bit, and maybe a bit of you spinning (to show we're not really haters)

Will try get something this weekend.

How do we get it to you hexagonic?

I can film some juggling.

Brill!

Ok, will you be filming in HD, or non? I assume you'll be filming in 1:33 aspect ratio (not widescreen)?

ping me when you've got the footage

I got new props this week

Meh. Cannae find my camera.

I will not be filming in hd nor in widescreen.

Well, in what I'm sure will only be round one of the bad karma from my 'terrible misdeed'©, my camera won't power up. I'll try and get it looked at asap but its going to delay my filming by a couple of weeks

whoop whoop, I can do kickups from 3 clubs into 4 clubs

Weird, I'm learning that too right now Point Blank... it would help me more if my 4 club was solid though lol.

Also, I got my second flash of 5 clubs this weekend, a few good runs of 4 clubs and uh.... Yeah.

That is all.