Contact juggling

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:54 pm

This is me!!! Any opinions?

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:14 pm

very fun to watch.

you look so serene.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:23 pm

No offense, but I hope you keep your day job.

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:39 pm

It reminded me of David Bowie (not really him though) in Labyrinth with his crystals.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:54 pm

That was very cool! How long have you been doing that?

Ignore that day job remark- I'd like to see anyone else do that!

Where in AZ do you live? We don't have cactus like that where I'm at.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:58 am

I liked it, it was different. I'm thinking much harder than you made that look.

thank you for sharing

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:00 am

Well, this is the result of 2 months of learning and practice. I should be able to do more in another 2 months. As far as where I am, I'm outside of Tucson and I did that in my cactus garden. I have a cactus nursery and that garden is our collection of the best and hardiest plants. Everything from exotic aloes to cordons from baja are in there.

I admit it's a lot of fun to contact juggle. I have always stunk at coordination and this was good motivation to improve.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:05 pm

Ok, so I practiced some more and I think I worked out some kinks... (and made some new ones...) What do you think?

beautyful · Post by **beautyful** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:08 am

I'm impressed, well done! I am always impressed with people that have a skill, whatever it may be

koan · Post by **koan** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:38 am

very nice

I ended up watching about 10 youtube clips from the movie Labyrinth... where I first saw that kind of juggling. I bet it would look even cooler if you wore all black so the glass ball stands out even more.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:35 pm

Thanks! I agree that black would make it stand out more, but I like the more natural/serene look. That's what I was going for. Don't ya love those woodpeckers behind me? :-4 I had some nice comments/tips from people in the hobby. It feels good to finally be good at something unusual.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:15 pm

A brand new one from me. Opinions?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:31 pm

I still think that's just plain cool how you can do that.

Some of those hand moves looked like magic. I have a crystal ball about that size and I know I couldn't do anything like that with it.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:41 pm

RedGlitter;708506 wrote: I still think that's just plain cool how you can do that.

Some of those hand moves looked like magic. I have a crystal ball about that size and I know I couldn't do anything like that with it.

Wait - or should that be weight.

There's no way you could do some of that with a crystal ball.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:55 pm

Ouch. Glass = broken. Acrylic = niceness. It has some weight to it, but you get used to that. It's comparable to a baseball. You can learn it if you want to. Check out www.contactjuggling.org/mx/ There is lots of good info there.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:11 pm

Hi Dizz,

So nice to meet you. I just love all of your juggling....so focused and peaceful. Very much like fung shui....is that part of your movements??

Thanks for sharing. How would I learn to do this juggling:-6

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:55 pm

I've been working on showmanship. That includes facial expression, body and hand movements to show off what I'm doing. It really does look like tai chi without the ball.

Last night I did this at the park during a community picnic. I got a nice response and lots of questions about it. :-6

MindControlDotGov · Post by **MindControlDotGov** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:38 pm

i have a sugestion: do something more interesting!!

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:48 pm

Like this? This is my attempt at comedy.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:23 pm

All right! Another video! You look like you're having a fun time there. I think the slower vids speak to me more because I like the soothing quality of your work with that ball. It's nice to just sit and become one with the ball and watch you manipulate it- although manipulate is NOT a good word to describe the essence of what you do. I just find the whole thing neato and enchanting. Thank you for sharing the newest video with us!!

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:09 pm

Thanks. One of the names for it is actually Dynamic Manipulation. That was coined by Michael Moschen who started it.

Merry Christmas!!!!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:25 pm

Really nice, Dizz! I enjoyed that. That ball and thse moves just amaze me. I could watch this for hours.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:37 pm

Waddya think? :-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:53 pm

I liked it alot. Bravo !!:yh_clap:yh_clap

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:01 pm

Hi Dizz,

Nice to see you again:-6

Still love your juggling...so peaceful..

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:02 pm

I really like it! I always get happy when I see you've posted another video for us! You make that look so graceful and absolutely effortless. So fluid. I don't know how you do that!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:14 pm

I could only watch 53 seconds (short attention span) of it but those 53 seconds were mesmerizing.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:21 pm

That sig reminds me of my big brother for some reason... wow.

I'm glad that you liked it. It's really fun to mess around with it and there is always something new to learn.

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:49 pm

The newest one: Waddya think? What is good? What needs improvement?

Me: feedback hungry

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:08 pm

bump

:)

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:26 pm

This is my first run with my brand new confetti ball. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe I've been at this for 2 years already. :-6

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sat May 30, 2009 2:08 pm

Summer is finally here!!!! :-6:-6:-6

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat May 30, 2009 5:48 pm

Wooohoooo, yes summer is almost here Dizz.

I love to watch your juggling videos, especially on the beach..

Thanks for sharing:-6

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:12 pm

Thanks! I appreciate that. It's been summer where I am for a few weeks. It's been 100F for a while. :-5

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:01 pm

This is me at the Tucson Nomadic Festival. I spent some time goofing off. Please critique me. I can take it.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:11 pm

Impressive!!! WOW !!!!!!!

Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:54 pm

AussiePam;1249299 wrote: Impressive!!! WOW !!!!!!!

Thanks!