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Hi Owen,
Welcome to Juggling Edge, here is a link to the Jest Jugglers listing if any other readers of this thread are interested:
www.jugglingedge.com/club.php?ClubID=1357
Happy Juggling,
Has anybody seen photos of the site of the EJC 2026 in Ptuj? Are there inside photos of the gyms? Where is the information? Here [0] is only text, even not mentioning the size of the gyms. The text: "24h Hall, Day Hall, Acro/Aerial Hall, and Kids Hall" reads for me like there is 1 gym open 24/9 and the other gym only for the day and closes at night. Also there will be a Acro/Arial hall and a kids hall. I am a bit sad that there is so little information. Does anybody know more?
#ejc2026
btw. there are only 77 gala show tickets left.
[0] https://ejc2026.org/places/
I wrote an email to the EJA:
Hello,
my name is momo and I started in the circus scene in 2009. I have organized some conventions and travelled a lot for circus events through Europe.
The circus scene is my happy place. I really enjoy this place and would love to have more people experiencing circus by trying it out themselves. Not consuming but creating and training.
EJCs are the heart of the circus scene in my opinion. They are a parallel universe for 9 days for the attending people. I helped setting up 3 EJCs over the years (2012, 2013, 2016) and it was a pleasure to see how people seek solutions for challenges they encounter on the way.
After telling a bit about myself I would like to bring up my point.
Every EJC has a website https://ejc2026.org as an example. The website is controlled by the organisation team of the corresponding EJC. Every EJC must provide news about their event on that website. That should be the primary source of information. Not any silos of proprietary companies. You can mirror that information on such services, but it should be on the website of the convention at first and be accessible. The accessability is also mandatory in the EU [0] since last year.
I have talked with organizers of the Papendal EJC 2 years before the EJC taking place that information should not be on instagram first. To follow information about the event you needed an instagram account. They did the opposite and mirrored instagram via embedding in the EJC website. This does not help.
The EJA and the EJCs must use their own websites to provide information and not force people to use proprietary platforms.
This year the announcement for the ticket shop opening was on instagram and not on the website. I was on a circus convention and was able to buy a ticket from the second batch because people from that event where being informed via instagram.
This is no communication strategy. This is no sovereignity. This is not a way of creating a community. This makes me furious for the past years.
I know from own experience that organizing even a smaller convention for 500-700 people takes a lot of work. But in every EJC there should be tech-savy people that can put information concerning the event on their website.
Sorry for that harsh criticism. But the situation is just unbearable. I am happy to have a discussion about the topic.
Greetings,
momo.
[0] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/web-accessibility
UK folks - the TV variety show The Good Old Days is back on BBC iplayer and broadcast at the moment, looks like 5 episodes from the 70s being repeated this time round. Often one or two specialty or circus acts an episode.
(The City Varieties itself is still going as a theatre but the occasional variety shows it hosts are very much third artist syndrome at this point, copies of copies of the heyday of variety. Only worthwhile for specific acts you know you want to see, imho.)
Valente-Valente are in this one:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08f1d8m
I don’t think I’d seen this version of their act before.
Hello everyone!! Im samu from italy! With other friends we are organizing convention in italy! First will be end of february and we are planning to organize at least 3 more this year!! Hope to see some of you soon!! :)
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:
The following hashtags were used:
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
from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02HjpdFq4Q1m12qeYBeBo6pcJCGMfY1R1EMVVvPCtrFQp5qKe8kikqm6Uzu9xypEnyl&id=61568400657093
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 - - Parent #
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 - - Parent #
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 - - Parent #
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 - - Parent #
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 - - Parent #
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 - - Parent #
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 ).
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