--- In [email protected], "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Just saw a juggler on "Tucker Carlson" and he said that juggling used > > > to be an Olympic Sport but was taken out in the 1936 Games in Berlin. > > > > > > > The form of juggling was called Indian Clubs, which isn't like modern > > club juggling that everyone thinks of. It was a sport that involved > > taking 1 or 2 rather heavy bowling pin-like clubs and swinging them in > > elaborate patterns, much like the rythmic gymnists do today but there > > was little or no tossing of the clubs -- you had to keep hold of both > > of them at all times. > > > > At the extreme end of this sport, circus strongmen would swing weighted > > clubs weighing 30+ pounds in various patterns and challenge the > > audience to do the same. There are a few proponents left from what I > > have read, and I believe someone has recently published an > > instructional DVD. > > > +++ Thanks SE, that post brought up some old memories- My uncle was > an area champion and, I still have a set that my father made long ago. >
Interesting bit of trivia I didn't know til I looked it up just now: toss club jugging grew out of Indian Club swinging and was invented not more than 120 years ago or so by a guy named DeWitt Cook. Here's a URL of club swinging books and articles: http://www.semlyen.net/cosmosjugglers/lib/bibcs.htm To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
