The following article is reprinted from the July/August 2004 Teach-In that appeared in JUGGLE magazine. Flower Sticks – Watch Out for Your Head The light weight and flexibility of most flower sticks make them a relatively safe prop to manipulate around your head. I’m qualifying this with the word ‘relatively’ because heads are valuable. A strong case can be made …
Padiddling
(This first appeared in the January/February 2001 issue of JUGGLE Magazine.) Two of the joys of attending juggling festivals are seeing old friends and learning new forms of manipulation. At the recent Portland Juggling Festival I ran into Allen Knutson, and picked up some tips from him on padiddling. For some people the term padiddle conjures up a nighttime car …