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Location: England
Anything insane related to staff then whack it here!
One thing I can think off to get it started is doing an entire routine whilst standing on a tight rope.
Now that is one hell of a test of balance and would most probably require Jedi like mind skills to come anywhere near accomplishing, but if anyones willing to give it a go then by all means do so, just tell us all how ya failed miserabley
I suppose the weak minded of you could start by standing on one leg
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209 posts
Location: England
Ouch, above the staff?? Thats painful just thinking about it! I gotta give that a go now! lol
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sleeping with angels
508 posts
Location: anaheim CA usa
i often spinn staff on stilts my stilts are 3 ft 6 in. it is diffently a trip and it is harder due to the balance factor
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
I've always liked the idea of spinning a long double (1.4 metres or longer) on the tip of of another long double...
Can't seem to get it down solid as yet (heck, can't seem to get it AT ALL yet!)
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5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Wick in the middle of the staff so there are three spots of flame.
Then when you grip it off centre, you can isolate the middle flame
Then, the same idea, but a day-staff with a metal CJ ball in the middle
If I ever find any time I'll finish it off...
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sleeping with angels
508 posts
Location: anaheim CA usa
on one of my three staffs i have 2 4inch wicks on each side to make a 8 inch wick on each side. the flame spread is insane!!
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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hmmm horizontal throws with two staffs is kinda tricky... there's allways the large risk of smacking yourself in the head cause they're so much harder to catch & continue.
thrown in an arc from one hand to the other above yourself (i.e. juggling style) makes continuous doubles horizontal throws easier and with more flow.
the arc looks thusly:
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Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
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Wick in the middle of the staff so there are three spots of flame.
Then when you grip it off centre, you can isolate the middle flame
where the hell else are you gonna grip it when the middles on fire then?
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Classically British
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Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
off-centre
Means you can do lots of prancey-abouty stuff (My favourite
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
foot fishtails nuff said
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elbow fishtails
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209 posts
Location: England
yowee, lol can anyone actually do any of this????
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446 posts
Location: Järvenpää, Finland
i heard there was a woman juggler in the EJC flashing a 7 baton cascade.
i'd like to see 3 man high (pyramid) with everybody having atleast one hand spinning a staff. and ofcourse the one on top could do doubles.
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5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Errr. I think we did that at beltane already... We were a symbolic second bonfire, with antti (different finnish antti) on top, everybody spinning a staff.
And er... Wasn't she the final act of the final performance? And anyway they looked like weird weighted to be like clubs batons...
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errr. you did 3 man high?? i want to see a picture of it.and yes she was in the final performance which we missed. i have this picture in my mind of a baton goddess but maybe i'm wrong. i'll get it on video soon......
did you get the badges already???? we're working on the t-shirts. if you want a better quality version of revenge of soy i can send you one of those also..
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it was thgree man base, 2 on the hips/ thighs of those and then another small antti on the thighs of the 2 flyers. So not really three man high, but 2 levels off the ground. It was fun.
Revenge of soy was pretty high quality anyway... Ah might as well, I'll send you a baton twirling vid in return....
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so it was more like this right? (i'm excited about these graemlins pyramids!)
batons!!!!! i want it! i need it! send it to........
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3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Ive got a video somewhere of a girl juggling an 8 flowerstick (devil stick?) cascade - very cool. She goes from synched throws to asynch too....lovely.
Id like to see people juggling 3 sticks as well as the pro three club jugglers.
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elbow fishtails
as in with your arm making a chicken wing? none of that cheating like a elbow pinch but with your arm straight
i want shoulder fishtails, i tried today but with no sucess i think u have to do a jig or something to make em work
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I have antti's real street address!
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elbow fishtails
yes, as in with your arm making a chicken wing & none of that cheating like an elbow pinch but with your arm straight!
And yes you do have to give it a jig to make it work - been trying for well over a year now and have just got to the stage to be able to do half fishtails fairly consistently and get a whole fishtail from time to time ... they're a bitch.
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
ooooooooo i so cant wait for BrJC now it sounds to insanely cool
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Location: Australia
anthrax- I twirl on my tight rope too
I have found that doing dual staff on the rope is easier as the balance is spread evenly!! -but can you cartwheel on it?! (with sticks)
What if I should fall right through the centre of the Earth and come out the other side where people walk upside-down?!
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209 posts
Location: England
lol eveish, i cant do staff on tightrope, i wanted to find people that could!
Can you buy small tightropes to be set up outside or in a room where you can just practice balance? Do they even exist in such small sizes? If yes, then I may have to get one just because the thought of cartwheeling on one sounds like a pretty interesting challege.
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610 posts
Location: Australia
The smallest ones you can get are 4 metre practice wires, they are about 2 grand (Australian dollars) and they look really shmick. They are also portable(ish) so they can be used in performance.
*Eveish drifts off lusting after the yummy ones in juggleart*
Anyway, I have a slightly less shmick looking home made version of a similar thing, this cost about $500 for the materials alone... the thing with this is that you can usually only get 5mm wire for it (most professional wires are 11-12mm!!) so I recommend looking into getting a properly sprung rig with nice cumfy thick wire!!! (5mm really hurts feet and hands when not properly gloved/shoed) but in short, yes you can get small "indoor" rigs, they stand anything from 70cm off the ground, and they are fun
Actually, I would quite like to see if we can find a few others who play on ropes too, I might start a thread just on tightropes and leave this one for people to talk about their own crazy moves! (I have too much to say about wire walking) I will chat to you more about them in Technical discussion!
What if I should fall right through the centre of the Earth and come out the other side where people walk upside-down?!
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Location: PETERBOROUGH
www.firetoys.com- thay have a small one on there
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Location: Järvenpää, Finland
How about slack rope? Unicycling and juggling are much easier on a slack rope.. So spinning staff or poi could be also..........? And I think it would still go under crazy, crazy insane.
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Location: United Kingdom
Does double staff on a pogo stick count for anything? (whilst smoking a doob if that adds any kudos)
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209 posts
Location: England
what the hell!!!! how on earth do you pogo WITH NO HANDS????
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Does double staff on a pogo stick count for anything? (whilst smoking a doob if that adds any kudos)
i would have never guessed your from byron....
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610 posts
Location: Australia
pogo sticks alone are crazy insane things! but while twirling doubles? now my head hurts!
What if I should fall right through the centre of the Earth and come out the other side where people walk upside-down?!
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