Changes: Sticks

Revision as of 20:44, 6 January 2019

Rastelli stick — One of Enrico Rastelli's juggling sticks (the knob end is not the handle end).

Boppo Stick — One of Bruce Tiemann's juggling sticks (used for the first 9 stick flash).

Sticks are a type of linear juggling prop that were used before the invention of club juggling in the late 19th century. Modern jugglers mostly use clubs rather than sticks for toss juggling (since clubs are designed better for juggling), but thin, lightweight sticks are still sometimes used, mainly for flashing high numbers. Sticks are easier to launch and collect than clubs, but harder to run.

Numbers juggling

The Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON) categorizes sticks as clubs (defined as long, roughly cylindrical objects). Scott Sorensen is the only person known to have qualified 7 sticks on video. Enrico Rastelli is recorded as having juggled 8 sticks in practice in the early 20th century. In 2003, David Cain flashed 8 sticks onstage.^(video) Before anyone flashed 9 clubs, the first four flashes of 9 linear objects were done with sticks, by Bruce Tiemann in 1996,^(video) Scott Sorensen in 1997,^(video) Chris Fowler in 2003,^(video) and Daniel Eaker in 2009.^(video) Chris Fowler claims to have done 11 catches with 9 sticks.

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-[[File:Rastelli_stick.jpg|thumb|300px|One of [[Enrico Rastelli|Enrico Rastelli's]] juggling sticks (the knob end is not the handle end)]][[File:Boppo_Stick.jpg|thumb|300px|One of [[Bruce Tiemann|Bruce Tiemann's]] juggling sticks (used for the first 9 stick [[Flash|flash]])]]Jugglers had already been performing with linear objects such as '''sticks''', torches, and knives before they began using [[Club juggling|clubs]] (with the now familiar "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_clubs Indian club]" design) in the late 19th century. Some early European juggling clubs were very thin and stick-like in their construction.
+[[File:Rastelli_stick.jpg|thumb|300px|One of [[Enrico Rastelli|Enrico Rastelli's]] juggling sticks (the knob end is not the handle end).]][[File:Boppo_Stick.jpg|thumb|300px|One of [[Bruce Tiemann|Bruce Tiemann's]] juggling sticks (used for the first 9 stick [[Flash|flash]]).]]'''Sticks''' are a type of linear juggling [[Prop|prop]] that were used before the invention of [[Club juggling|club juggling]] in the late 19th century. Modern jugglers mostly use clubs rather than sticks for [[Toss juggling|toss juggling]] (since clubs are designed better for juggling), but thin, lightweight sticks are still sometimes used, mainly for [[Flash|flashing]] high [[Numbers juggling|numbers]]. Sticks are easier to launch and [[Collect|collect]] than clubs, but harder to [[Run|run]].
+===Numbers juggling===
+The [[Juggling Information Service]] Committee on Numbers Juggling ([[JISCON]]) categorizes sticks as [[Club juggling|clubs]] (defined as long, roughly cylindrical objects). [[Scott Sorensen]] is the only person known to have [[Qualify|qualified]] 7 sticks on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLxK-2xc0w video]. [[Enrico Rastelli]] is recorded as having juggled 8 sticks in practice in the early 20th century. In 2003, [[David Cain]] flashed 8 sticks onstage.<sup>([http://youtu.be/o-P1t4pfRRc?t=3m14s video])</sup> Before anyone flashed 9 clubs, the first four flashes of 9 linear objects were done with sticks, by [[Bruce Tiemann]] in 1996,<sup>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqbDItZQF38 video])</sup> [[Scott Sorensen]] in 1997,<sup>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_VtZZ8aNwA#t=7s video])</sup> [[Chris Fowler]] in 2003,<sup>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjy3gHyrFDo video])</sup> and [[Daniel Eaker]] in 2009.<sup>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIFJoyPOxB0 video])</sup> Chris Fowler [http://www.a1fun.com/juggleboy.html claims] to have done 11 catches with 9 sticks.
+[[File:9_stick_flash_New_world_record|thumb|left|480px|9 stick [[Flash|flash]] by [[Bruce Tiemann]]]]
-Modern jugglers mostly use clubs rather than sticks for [[Toss juggling|toss juggling]] (since clubs are designed to be better for juggling), but thin, lightweight sticks are still sometimes used, mainly for [[Numbers juggling|numbers juggling]]. Sticks are easier to launch and [[Collect|collect]] than clubs, but harder to [[Run|run]]. When [[Daniel Eaker]] flashed 9 sticks, he had not been able to [[Qualify|qualify]] 5 of them. [[Enrico Rastelli]] is recorded as having juggled 8 sticks in practice in the early 20th century. Now [[David Cain]] has [[Flash|flashed]] 8 sticks onstage ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-P1t4pfRRc video]).
-The [[Juggling Information Service]] Committee on Numbers Juggling ([[JISCON]]) only recognizes three types of [[Prop|props]] - [[Ball juggling|balls]] (roughly spherical objects), [[Ring juggling|rings]] (flat, roughly circular objects), and [[Club juggling|clubs]] (long, roughly cylindrical objects). Sticks are categorized as a type of club that may be used for numbers [[World records|records]]. No one has flashed 9 clubs yet, but four people have flashed 9 sticks on video: [[Bruce Tiemann]] in 1996 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqbDItZQF38 video]), [[Scott Sorensen]] in 1997 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_VtZZ8aNwA#t=7s video]), [[Chris Fowler]] in 2003 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjy3gHyrFDo video]), and [[Daniel Eaker]] in 2009 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIFJoyPOxB0 video]). [[Scott Sorensen]] is the only person known to have qualified 7 sticks on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLxK-2xc0w video].
-[[Video:9_stick_flash_New_world_record|thumb|left|640px|9 stick [[Flash|flash]] by [[Bruce Tiemann]]]]
 [[Category:Props]]
+[[Category:Club juggling]]