Neglection of Simplicity

As a culprit of this I've come to realise that a lot of us, if not all at some point, feel the need to skip a basic trick immediately for the more fun complex stuff, even if the trick is the foundation of a lot of variation of fun. I personally did this with a lot of 3 ball juggling, I've completely skipped 2 diabolo suns to embrace the world of fans (although a lot of you will say that anything with 2 diabolo isn't basic, but we'll say that it's basic for that skill set). And after watching the entire Thursday aerial group skip half of sheet one (most basic moves) to do the advanced stuff, it's struck me as a bit peculiar.

I know that we do this because simple moves can be a bit boring, especially if you're in a place where there are people who are doing much cooler things, but from personal experience I can tell you, you'll feel like a fool when you're over 2 years into you're juggling, and you suddenly realise you can't chop or shower (the tricks, to any non-jugglers).

After realising this I've decided to learn and re-learn a lot of the basic juggling tricks that i should have perfected months ago, having only got shower a month ago after juggling for at least three years, I decided enough was enough.

Hence, I've now learnt chops , shower and windmill with 3 balls, and I'm trying to perfect doing all my tricks on both sides of the pattern rather than just my right. All with the help of some good tutorials from Draitube, as recommended by Nath, who is a good teacher and has a pretty sweet tutorial on claws if you ask him where to find it.

I'd recommend that anyone in the same situation does this, not just in juggling or trapeze, but in anything you do. It feels remedial, but it saves feeling silly in years to come, if you're just starting out juggling get on top of it as soon as possible.

Peace

Vagabond

3 Hours of Aerial Makes You Ache

That's a scientifically proven fact...by me...in shorts.

Well today is Friday, meaning it's the weekly 3 hour aerial session, including Martin's brutal conditioning exercises, and a day of filming. And with yesterdays technique session with Mish (she used to work with Circus Space if that sets the tone in anyway), there was a lot on the agenda for today.

Me and Gina got there early, well I was late for being early, but still earlier than everyone else. This was so we could warm up and get up there before anyone even arrived. it was a good idea, we had a good 40 minutes of cocoon and trapeze practice, and a bit of rope climbing, but then Martin insisted we all condition, even though he was late. I know it's benfeficial and improves everything about my body, but it fucking hurts.

Anyway after that was done it was back on there, all the time with my video camera at the back so we could make notes, most of mine consisting of "be more flexible" and "why bother, gina kicks your arse up and down that thing".

BUT there is silver lining, high points have included:
+ Perfection of the one knee roll up.
+ Putting together an actual routine, even if it's covered in flaws.
+ Lindzi teaching me some warm up tricks for 5 balls.
+ Working till I hurt, I can't help but feel that I've achieved something.
+ Teaching Gina how to climb rope, it's fun to teach.

So yeah, despite pain and feelings of insignificance it's been a cool session :). Lots of goals for this week:
+ Improve flexibility, the video and wise words from Gina prove that I have a dead flexible back, but have iron rod legs, I wish I could be more like sooty. (Having a hand up my arse optional).
+ Make the routine less clumsy.
+ LEARN 4 CLUBS PERFECT (Oh yes, the fury of caps lock was unleashed)
+ Make more progress with 5 balls, I've spent to much time procrastinating.

Anyway, all the best =) At this point it's just my mates reading this so names aren't as important. As soon as I'm happy with my routine I'll post a full video, right now it's a bit to shit for the public eye.


Vagabond