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Klutz' first flagship set, celebrating 30 yearsComes with 3 aerodynamically sound bean-bags, a storage bagIncludes a 88 page instructional book with Klutz certified crystal-clear instructions3+ million soldRecommended for children ages 8+
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I estimate I was around 11 years old or so when I started juggling. I'm not sure of my exact motivations at the time however. There was no birthday party with a juggler or some random street performer, or that classic Klutz juggling book or whatever. There just happened to be a bunch of tennis balls laying around the house and I taught myself (inefficiently and with great difficulty) "backwards". First the "shower" pattern, then I discovered the "half shower", and eventually the "cascade". I recommend the exact opposite progression, by the way - and tennis balls are awful, they're too light and bouncy. It took me over three months of daily practice (> 1 or 2 hrs / day) to achieve even the most basic results. Had I been trained more effectively I could have likely learned it in all in a week or less.
Anyway. So I showed my friends at school my new moves, they asked if I could do under-the-arm or behind-the-back moves, and I went home and learned them and started playing around with a bunch of different 3 ball juggling variations.
A few years later our school gets the internet (yeah, I'm old) and the very first website I head over to is the juggling information service (which still exists). It's there that I see my first juggling gifs and realize that it is actually, physically possible to juggle more than 3 objects! I went home and taught myself 3, 4, and 5, eventually (after a few years) getting up to 7.
Then someone shows me this magazine article about a guy named Michael Moschen (the hands of David Bowie in The Labyrinth during the crystal ball scenes). I begged and pleaded to get an acrylic (solid clear ball that looks like glass but is a little lighter and far more indestructible). I get one and start learning that.
College happens, I start juggling clubs (they look like bowling pins). I meet other jugglers for the first time in my life, share moves and talk about new ways to view juggling patterns, I learn to pass (throwing clubs back and forth between two or more people). Grad school happens, work happens, my career happens, through it all I continue to juggle, perform, give talks and workshops, go to festivals and conventions, meet new people, etc.
I still juggle to this day, and I love it.
As an 11 year old boy I had no intention whatsoever that I would still be doing it all these years later. It's a way for me to relax and unwind. It's a way for me to keep fit, and there's always something new and interesting for me to work on. Example- here's a short 3 club sequence I've been working on. Jugglers are pretty nifty people, when I'm at a festival or convention, I feel like I'm always around positive people who push me to my limits and leave me wanting to develop some new aspect of my juggling repertoire. I sincerely hope I am able to continue juggling as long as I live.
This book taught me how to juggle years ago. It is a fun and encouraging way to learn.
The book Juggling for the Complete Klutz is a great introduction. Also, practicing in public is a surprising social catalyst. Many people will walk up to you and talk about how they used to juggle; some will still remember how and be more than happy to give pointers or join you.