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A Brief History and Basics of Juggling
TLDR Juggling has a long history dating back to ancient Egypt and has evolved from being held in high esteem during the Roman era to becoming a circus act and vaudeville performance. Juggling patterns can be categorized based on the number of props and the type of juggling being done, and juggling can also be a social activity.
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This episode is about the history and basics of juggling, including the different types and techniques.
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Juggling has a long history dating back to ancient Egypt and has gone through various periods of popularity and reputation, from being held in high esteem during the Roman era to being associated with con artists during the Holy Roman Empire, and eventually becoming a circus act and vaudeville performance before juggling groups and conventions were formed in the 1940s.
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Jugglers formed the International Juggling Association and started holding championships and competitions in 1969, and in 2000 the World Juggling Federation was formed and began putting juggling on TV once a year.
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To start learning juggling, you should begin by tossing one ball back and forth to get your arc down, making sure to maintain consistency and toss the balls at a similar height, and then progress to the cascade pattern where you move your hands in a figure eight motion and toss the balls in an arc just above eye level.
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To progress from juggling with one ball to juggling with two, you start by doing a cascade pattern where you toss the first ball and then, as it reaches its highest point, you toss the second ball just below the arc of the first ball.
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After mastering the cascade and reverse cascade, jugglers can start incorporating tricks like the half shower, tennis move, Mills mess, Burke's Barrage, Rubenstein's Revenge, bounce juggling, clawing, and the chop.
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Juggling patterns can be categorized based on the number of props and the type of juggling being done, such as crisscross patterns for odd numbers of props and two separate groups juggled in each hand for even numbers of props.
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Juggling can be a social activity, with juggling clubs and the ability to juggle with another person through techniques like stealing and replacing or passing.
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The physics of juggling involve gravity, constant acceleration, and the mass of the props, while the math of juggling includes a theorem proposed by mathematician Claude Shannon.
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The podcast discusses the concept of a "flash" in juggling, which is a single round of juggling where all the balls have been tossed at least once, and also mentions a mathematical equation proposed by Claude Shannon that relates to juggling.
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The hosts read a listener's touching story about how the podcast brought her and her husband together during a difficult time, and they give a shoutout to her husband Tom who is currently in the hospital and undergoing treatment for a rare bone marrow issue.
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Society & Culture
