WJF 7 Highlights

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Highlights from the 2011 World Juggling Federation Convention

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"Fatal Fight"

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[worldjuggling]

@KAGEJOSE You're free to say and think whatever you like. And so are the commentators.

[ChrisN94]

I would love the see things like the seven ball endurance posted here

[worldjuggling]

@GreatDelfador Incorrect. We allotted equal time to Major League Combat, The Freestyle Competitions, and the Advanced Short Programs. MLC is just about as much of a sport in juggling as you can get, and more identifiable as a sport to laypeople at first glance so your comparison to chris bliss is not relevant. But we can see how you would come to this conclusion if you think MLC represents the sport of juggling as well as chris bliss does. We just don't see it that way.

[GreatDelfador]

@worldjuggling so if I understand this right: the wjf shows mainly club combat on tv, because the non-juggling audience is more interested in it than in serious sports-juggling. So why don't invite Chriss Bliss to the wjf to get a bigger audience? Because his performences have nothing to do with real sports-juggling, so the MLC. People think MLC is real sports-juggling, but it isn't, so this has to have an end

[juggliac]

Hmm, at 18 this summer with a solid 7 ball cascade, I wonder if I have any chance at the competition.

[matthewrick]

@worldjuggling Righty-oh then.  We'll see how long the charm lasts.

[worldjuggling]

@matthewrick People may like MLC more-so than any juggling move, but that hardly means their reasons are wrong. There is no wrong reason to like watching MLC, or any other juggling. They may differ from your reasons, but the world isn't made of people who go by any one person's reasons for liking or disliking things.

[matthewrick]

@worldjuggling I think it's clear that my comments are personal opinions. I'm certainly not trying to pass off my opinion about combative juggling as some sort of "fact" -- I don't even understand the implications of that to be honest. At any rate, I'll end the debate with this: if a person isn't impressed by a 7 club 7 up 360 but wants to tune in to ESPN 3 for MLC, they're interested for the wrong reasons. What I think of as "real" juggling borders on superhuman (all opinion).

[matthewrick]

@worldjuggling @worldjuggling If the goal is ESPN 3 coverage, mission accomplished. I am of the opinion that juggling "combat" represents a major departure from all other forms of juggling exhibition, and it's a diversion that I don't understand. Juggling is amazing these days. The things people are doing are absolutely mind-blowing. I don't understand the motivation to make it "more extreme" or "combative" to get more attention etc.

[worldjuggling]

@matthewrick It's fine if you don't like it, but your claims are not correct if you intend them to be taken as facts.

[worldjuggling]

@matthewrick "It's a silly game to play when you're taking a break from real juggling, nothing more." - We have proven you wrong :) It is much more and this video, the event, and the live telecast on ESPN 3 is the proof. Additionally, this form of combat (MLC) is the reason why juggling is back on ESPN, and the reason why more people are now interested in juggling - proving another one of your assertions incorrect which is that it IS progressing the sport.

[matthewrick]

@worldjuggling Odd, I don't feel proven wrong. I really respect the WJF and I truly appreciate what it has done to legitimize the physical discipline of juggling. But jogging around an mini arena taking swings at other jugglers' patterns? I don't see that progressing the sport of juggling at all. Seems like a waste of WJF monies more than anything else. Simply one juggler's opinion.