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Bungay Balls Up dates have been confirmed and lo, the event exists. 15th - 25th May, 11 days of loveliness.
(If anyone in Cambridgeshire ever organises a Shingay-cum-Wendy convention I will give them a shiny pound coin. Maybe £2.)
#BBU2026
in order to not offend the gods of alliteration; wouldn't they need to have something like "Shingay-cum-Wendy Shawls Up" a Clout Casting Convention to celebrate the flowering of the hawthorn.
Here are all the links posted during January 2026:
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European Juggling Convention 2026 ticket news!🎟️ Ticket sales start tomorrow on Saturday 31st January at 14:00 CET! 🎟️
The wait is almost over! Ticket sales for the EJC 2026 go live on Saturday 31st January at 14:00 CET. All phases will be available, with a limited number of tickets in Phases 1 and 2 - grab yours early!
https://ejc2026.org/tickets/
Get ready!!!
📍 Ptuj, Slovenia
📅 1-9 August 2026
🎟️ Ticket time
🥳 Excited
✨ It’s happening
#ejc2026 #ejc #europeanjugglingconvention #europeanjugglingassociation #juggling #circuslife #jugglinglife #ptuj #slovenia #tickets #onsale #getready
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This news was also announced by the EJA e-mail newsletter at the same time, you can sign up to the EJA newsletter at https://eja.net/newsletter/
There are 400 Phase 1 tickets @ €185, then the next 600 tickets will be Phase 2 @ €205, once Phase 1 and 2 tickets are all sold Phase 3 will be €250, the on-the-door price will be €270 for adults.
I just created a new YouTube channel if anybody wants to check it out.
it's called joejuggles.
Hello everybody! I just joined the juggling edge for the first time.
i'm very excited.
Joseph the juggler - - Vorredner #
Follow up on what I just said.
My name is Joseph, i'm 14 years old I have been juggling for a little less than 3 years and
my goal is to qualify 9 balls before i'm 15. I only have 44 days left.
I was wondering if any of you have any tips on juggling 9 balls.
Hi Joseph, welcome to The Edge.
I never got beyond a barely-qualified 7-ball run, and a flash of 8, and probably 9 (can’t remember). I gave up on numbers juggling long, so I’m not the one to give you tips, I’m afraid. But good luck!
Joseph the juggler - - Vorredner #
Alright well since you gave up on numbers juggling do you know any cool tricks?
What's your coolest trick?
Juggling 5 snowballs for a literal answer ;-) , but maybe The Bungay Trick is quite nice.
I'm one of the people doing it at 1m54s-2m31s in the 2006 video here:
https://tlmb.net/blog/bungay-balls-up-videos/
Hi & welcome!
Guess, the first hurdle is having two more balls in hands ( when coming from 7b ) which rearranges the whole arrangement , unless you do with floating first ball on top.
i started with smaller balls, 5,5 cm.
getting all thrown and six caught is then already a first little success.
after correcting single always the same ball(s) going astray, you'll soon get 7 gathers regularly.
from there for me it was a long journey meeting all requirements of shape, timing, aiming, tuning, and the way i launch in crescendo mode and doing a strong initial hop fromout very bent knees.
i found, that going for 8 gathers level or for rethrows sometimes aren't anyway "melted", but i have to downright intend either for making it happen.
hopefully i will before long be able to rely on automized good launches into a viable pattern allowing for rethrows into all caught.
next stage then, much more occasion to focus on aiming into pattern's top only, the simplicity of it...
guess a good deal in going for 9b is individual, depending where you come from ( 8b skipped or not; 7b level; brute force or reflecting and analysing; throwing technique rather nimble or with power; other, time invested, circumstances ).
so, be welcome to ask specific (or general) questions!
Joseph the juggler - - Vorredner #
Thanks for all the information. Now there is one thing I would like to know, it's how do
you do not hurt yourself when trying to qualify 9 balls? I always stretch before I juggle
but my left arm always gets so torn up. it's been 4 days since I last hurt my left arm
from trying to train for a 9 balls qualify and it still hurts. So I have taken of 4 days
of numbers juggling. I know if I stop my practice sooner I will not hurt myself but I just
can't, because i'm so into it. That is the problem I have on my hands. Any tips on what
to do?
RustyJuggling - - Vorredner #
I think when you've got a consistent strain like that one of the best things to do is analyze your throwing technique. A lot of times there's more tension than there needs to be, especially with numbers juggling. If it's in the shoulder you might isolate your elbows when making attempts, or if it's the wrist you might try to stiffen the wrists a bit. Things like that, depending on what parts of your arms are taking the brunt of the stress.
And if you do find something to tweak with your technique, it's good to practice it with lower numbers as well as when attempting the nine.
Little Paul - - Vorredner #
I’ve just watched your most recent YouTube video, I think one thing was noticeable straight away which may explain your left arm strain.
Your right shoulder hunches higher than your left.
This asymmetry means your throws aren’t the same height, and your left arm has to work harder trying to maintain the height as a result.
This is noticeable for your patterns with 5 balls or more, if you watch the peaks of the throws in the video you can see it.
Try concentrating on your posture, and with both hands throwing from the same height, and do that with all the numbers you’re working on.
Fixing this with 5 will help your 7. Fixing it with 7 will help your 9
Hope that’s useful!
Joseph the juggler - - Vorredner #
Oh man, thanks a lot. I did not notice that.
w...also in the vid your right elbow is out more ( in consequence of that posture of yours ).
If it's due to an anatomic asymmetry ( e.g. skoliosis, kyphosis, uneven or torn or twisted pelvis and-or spine ), which it looks like, I wouldn't recommend forcing symmetry, but finding what's most comfortable for you - could be e.g. doing with your right foot behind, ( torso then somewhat twisted ), or e.g. inclining yourself to that side with left foot on tiptoe. Another approach would be to exercise turning\twisting your torso only, both ways round with, say, 5b that you've hotten down already; and maybe also swaying from side to side ( changing weight from foot to foot ) without turning\twisting your torso, the pattern staying within the fixed frontplane. These exercises should imo "emancipate" your juggling from being constrained \ restrained \ tweaked by your posture, and provide more control over that dimension.
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With 9b your last balls are mostly lower than the early balls up. ( it's not so much with 8b ) . . . as if you'd be lacking the force to get on height. In that case, or anyway, it might be a good idea to not get into debt of height with so high early balls, but start either these lower in order to save some effort for the later balls, or even overall the whole pattern lower ( when you feel speedy ).
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I'd also suggest to not do seven, eight and nine too much, but make 7 or 9 your priority and spend notably less on the other amounts. Rather 7, because you seem to be exhausting yourself a lot on 9, with little gain for hard effort that would maybe be better invested in progressing with 7. Or else try to get effort out of your 9b by doing lower, and-or by stopping launches on early bad throws.
I recently used to do two runs of exercises to "define" every single first throw out of 9 well:
• stop on each, do only the first, first two, first three, ... with focus only on, and aiming the one in question well,
• same, but go on throwing the rest ... keeping focus on the ball in question, tracking where it flies within the whole pattern launched. ( this is soas to not learn to stop too much by the first exercise but doing that throw while going on throwing in its "original" context so to say ).
Howdy! My name is Chelsea and I'm a child of professional birthday party clowns. I learned how to juggle at a very young age and juggling with my family was one of my favorite pass times as a kid. I found this site to promote a new juggling festival located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It will take place at the Somatic Movement Gym located at 3703 S. Fielder Rd. Arlington TX 76015 from August 14th through 16th 2026. So if you live in the area or are willing to travel MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! We are a very new non-profit organization that is volunteer based so please spread the word! You can find more information about the festival here: https://dfw-juggling.square.site (info will be updated soon).
I also plan on attending Austin Jugglefest that will take place at Navarro High School 1201 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758 from February 20th-22nd. It's always a blast with attendees from all over, really great performances and lots of fun games! You can find more info here: https://juggling.place.org/jugglefest/
I also host Fire Nights at my place in Denton TX if anyone is interested. This is a night for spinning and or juggling fire props including but not limited to poi, hoop, staff, torches, fans, fire breathing, etc. So hit me up if you're in the area and want to join! :)
Keep Flowing!
Chelsea
Just one week until Chocfest! York's premier juggling convention
I asked Chatgpt to write some gibberish and this is what it wrote:Get ready to throw, spin, and celebrate at Chocfest 2026, the ultimate juggling festival where creativity, community, and controlled chaos collide! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just learning your first three-ball cascade, Chocfest brings together jugglers from around the world for an unforgettable day of workshops, shows, games, and chocolate cake competitions. Expect inspiring performances, skill-building masterclasses, plenty of laughs, and that unbeatable festival buzz where everyone is welcome and every prop is celebrated. If you love juggling, circus, flow arts, or just being part of something joyfully off-balance, Chocfest 2026 is the place to be—don’t drop the chance to join the fun! 🎪🤹♂️
Sorry about that.
We are in a new venue this year, but expect all the usual activities and fun and discounted entry for jugglers bringing cakes for chocolate cake contest
www.chocfest.net
#Chocfest2026
Hello! I just created an account after using this site to find festivals for ages. I'm hoping to someday soon host a festival in upstate New York (Syracuse) and wanted an account to post about it. While I'm at it, I might also link some of the other Northeast US festivals I go to if I don't already see them on the events page.
Hi Josef,
Welcome to the Edge, the more people ensuring that all juggling festivals are on the Juggling Edge events page the better. Sometimes after adding events I message the event organisers to let them know their event is on Juggling Edge, in case they need to change something
Good luck with hosting your festival.
Hi all: long time juggler, first time poster here with a lot of free time on my hands at the moment.
I recently bought the domain https://juggling.club and wanted to use to for something useful and maybe even productive. My initial thought was to provide webspace for circus clubs and societies if needed, think https://leeds.juggling.club or whatever the people want.
It looks like there are a couple of places out there that offer a similar service - Juggling Edge being one of them. But I'm not sure how well known or well used these are. I'm hoping to talk to some people to see if there is anything new I could offer. Depending on feedback and user expertise, I could offer a simple webpage with club information, whole websites, or anything in between.
I am not wanting to charge for this - I simply want to offer something fun and easy.
Also happy to dole out email addresses if people want them.
I also see there is a desire to bring back juggling.tv which is something I would happily be a part of. I have played with setting up federated sites before, although storage and cost for such a project would make it difficult. I'd be open to join and discussion around this if it is still going on.
A #VidADay. Since most are now homeless, I'm going to start re-hosting all my old videos. It's not a New Year's resolution, but I'm going to see how long I can keep up with one a day. Here's the link:
https://tlmb.net/blog/tag/vidaday/
...in case you want to revel in some juggling/kendama/yo-yo nostalgia. ;-)
(A bunch of kendama trick list videos etc are already back up at https://kendama.co.uk/b/category/video/ )
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