By Esteban Vélez. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Contemporary readers will quickly see how terminology has changed over time, with the trick Rasso calls “triple wheel” what we now generally call a “shower,” and the trick he later calls a shower now generally known as the “cascade”). In the previous article, we looked at the first two juggling lessons that the juggler Rasso …
Opinion Piece – How Important Is It to Call Them Clubs Instead Of Pins?
By David Cain In July of 2026, Luther Bangert posted a question on the Juggling Home Facebook Group regarding why juggling clubs are called clubs rather than pins in English. I responded by saying their origin is from club swinging, not bowling. Club swinging started as simple athletic exercise and branched out into being a form of entertainment. Then some …
How I Taught the World’s Greatest Unicyclist to Ride
EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this article appeared in The Cycologist in 1990, This version has been revised. By Curtis C. Morgan The greatest unicyclist who ever lived was Mel Hall. Unless you juggle or ride, you’ve probably never heard of him. But for those who fancy riding what enthusiasts call “bicycles without a training wheel,” the name Mel …
Easy Juggling – Rasso’s Ten Lessons
By Esteban Vélez. Rasso was a highly popular juggler in the United States and Europe. He toured extensively, performing in cities across the United States, Italy, France, and Germany, among other countries. He was born into a family of artists: his father was a renowned juggler and member of the “Rasso Trio,” while his mother was an opera singer. Inspired …
Raymond Pike and Bobby Winters: Father and Son Jugglers
By David Cain Raymond Pike and Bobby Winters are names that very, very few jugglers have ever heard, but they were both talented jugglers. I was vaguely aware of Bobby Winters when juggling video researcher Tom Kellett found some videos of Bobby online. From those discoveries, I found that his father, Raymond Pike, was also a professional juggler. Let’s learn …
Newly Found Historical Juggling Tidbits – Part 2
By David Cain The IJA Newsletter was published from 1949 until 1981. The Newsletter contained mostly news of juggling sessions, visits among members, dates and places of working jugglers, notices of sick and convalescing members, address changes, obituaries, IJA business, announcements of conventions and officer reports. One of the most interesting parts of the IJA Newsletter were remembrances of members of …
On Dealing with Drops
By Steve Rawlings Let’s take a little time to tackle the thorny and little spoken about subject of dealing with drops. We all do it but it’s how you deal with it that can often make or break your show. So here are a few of my thoughts and I hope it helps you when you’re having a rough day …
Lost and Unknown Sources in Juggling
By Russell Leech Over the years, many new ideas about juggling have entered and been accepted into the juggling community, and more and more of these ideas are emerging as the community grows. One of the best ways to find information about juggling (though certainly not the only one,) is Juggle Wiki, which contains hundreds of pages on various jugglers, …
Barbara Savio – Aerial Antipodist
By Esteban Vélez. Have you ever noticed the incredible tenacity of circus people? In a life that otherwise seems complicated for us—where researchers and technicians bend over backwards to provide comfort and convenience in every minute and movement—circus artists do exactly the opposite: they strive to make their own lives more difficult. Barbara Savio was born in Viterbo, …