As I said in part 1, I’ve now been writing for eJuggle for almost three years. In that time, I’ve managed to research and write 64 articles, including historical pieces, interviews, obituaries, reviews, and anecdotal accounts. In the weeks and months that follow each article I write for eJuggle, I often learn more information about the article’s subject. In January of last year, I wrote an update of past articles I’d written and I now feel it’s time to do this again. In addition, many of my readers miss some of my articles. Therefore, this article is my way of pointing readers back to articles they may have missed and adding new information to those articles for past and new readers alike. I would encourage readers to click on the titles of the articles in order to read them and then come back and read the additional information provided here. I should point out that in some cases, I’ve gone back and added material to the articles after publication. I’ll try to point this out as well. Having the articles online, and thus editable after publication, is one nice advantage over print! Here are the most recent 34 articles I wrote, in the order they were published.
Inverted Toss And Bounce Juggling – This article showcased upside down juggling. Since writing it, I’ve obtained a picture of Andre Reverhos juggling five clubs upside down, a video of him performing three clubs inverted, and a video of Chester Dolphin performing his act. Unfortunately, I’m not permitted to share the videos online. However, I can share the incredible photo of the five clubs inverted. It’s easily one of the greatest juggling tricks ever achieved.
Andre Reverhos
I’ve also recently been given a video showing Marko Dzamtuvski doing some inverted bounce juggling while balancing on a head pedestal.
Freddy Kenton at age 60
Common Juggling Misconceptions – Since writing this article, I discovered much additional information about Frank Le Dent, resulting in the article listed below. I also was given a photo showing the clubs that Albert Petrowski used for 7 clubs. Below is Petrowski juggling with 6 of them.
Rare Juggling Books: Part 1 and Rare Juggling Books: Part 2 – Since these articles were published, I’ve acquired many more rare books on my favorite subject. A future article may showcase some of these.
Statue Juggling Tricks – I’ve recently acquired several new photos of statue juggling tricks, which can be seen below.
Gus Lauppe
Bernd Andr’ee
Angel Egea
Marcki
Original O’Hera
Unknown Statue Juggler
Obituary: Barnaby – Read this article to learn about Dan Jeffery, better known as Barnaby. For another obituary of Barnaby, click here.
Chaos Clubs Challenge – Since this very fun project was showcased in this article, one of the chaos clubs broke beyond repair. A replacement chaos club has yet to be made, but a new challenge or two might take place at the 2015 IJA Festival in Quebec City.
Breenos: The Forgotten Prop Of The Breen Family Jugglers – I mentioned the fact that Ira Mullin made his own Breenos in the 197os. Below is a picture of Ira with his version that I’ve recently been given.
Japanese Juggling With A Ball And Two Sticks – This article showcases the variety of tricks that can be done with a ball and two “sticks”. See Thom Wall doing the most famous of these tricks below.
Thom Wall
Toss Juggling With The Feet – Read this article to learn about this very rare and difficult form of juggling.
Larry Weeks Obituary – Below is a picture of Larry that I was recently given.
Hat Spinning: History, Instruction, And Performers – Below is one additional image of hat spinning I recently came across in my collection. The drawing is from 1880.
Juggling Firsts: Balls And Ball Bouncing – Since this article, Ty Tojo has flashed 9 ball back crosses and has become the first juggler to perform over a hundred catches of 9 balls in performance, as can be seen below.
Edoardo Raspini
David Cain
David Cain is a professional juggler, juggling historian, and the owner of the world's only juggling museum, the Museum of Juggling History. He is a Guinness world record holder and 15 time IJA gold medalist. In addition to his juggling pursuits, David is a successful composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer as well as the author of twenty three books. He and his children live in Middletown, OH (USA).