Poll: Circus Skills

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

Just wondering: anyone here have any particular performance/circus/street art talents? Juggling, plate spinning, unicycle etc. If so, how long have you been doing it for? How good are you? Do you use it for anything, or is it just a hobby? Any particularly amazing tricks you can do?

Myself, I'm a juggler. Been doing it for a couple of years as a minor hobby, just started on four balls. Pretty damn difficult.

The only problem is that whenever I see a few roundish objects (like a bowl of apples) I feel compelled to start practising.

I'll add more to the poll as I go along.

I'm pretty sure this is search bar approved, but I may just suck at searching (entirely possible)

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Mine is so somehow mess up the mose simple of tasks and turn them into huge problem.

So I don't have any skills other then giving out tickets

 

[Shadow Law]

Martial arts breaking. Boards, bricks, bats, cinder block (one and only one).

 

[sky14kemea]

i can juggle XD

only 3 balls though :/ and i cant go for very long, im very clumsy
but i can do it!

 

[Cowabungaa]

I had to learn juggeling for PE class, I failed miserably and managed to avoid being graded for it. I also tried the diabolo for a while, but again failed miserably. My little brother picked it up as well, and got insanely good in a short amount of time. I still don't know how he does it, he also manages to pick up combo games (Ninja Gaiden 2, fighting games like Soul Calibur) insanely fast. Damn I'm jealous.

 

[LockHeart]

I'd take either knife throwing or acrobatics/gymnastics, because that'd be awesome

 

[EeveeElectro]

I'm a freak lady if that counts

 

[RavingPenguin]

I glowstring, which might be translated to poi spinning. Im not terribly excellent at it though.

Spoiler: fire poi, Not me, I cant spin fire poi

Spoiler: what I do, Not me just an example

 

[Proteus214]

I know a couple silly slight of hand magic tricks, but that's about it.

 

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

I glowstring, which might be translated to poi spinning. Im not terribly excellent at it though.

Spoiler: fire poi

Spoiler: what I do, Not me just an example

That's pretty awesome stuff. I need to get me some glowstrings...

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I can juggle with three balls and I can almost juggle with four.

 

[esperandote]

pencil spinning, basic tricks nothing fancy.

 

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

pencil spinning, basic tricks nothing fancy.

You mean like spinning around your thumb?

 

[RavingPenguin]

I glowstring, which might be translated to poi spinning. Im not terribly excellent at it though.

Spoiler: fire poi

Spoiler: what I do, Not me just an example

That's pretty awesome stuff. I need to get me some glowstrings...

Might I suggest visiting GenXGlows glowsticking tutorials [http://www.genxglow.com/community/forum/Glowsticking/Guides/Glowsticking-Video-Tutorials-11-1.html]? They should be of some assistance, its best to start with a light weight pair of unbroken glowsticks. That way you can get the motions down.
Glowsticking.com [http://www.glowsticking.com/articles-and-tutorials/tutorials/glowstringing-poi-tutorials.html] is also a helpful source.

 

[esperandote]

pencil spinning, basic tricks nothing fancy.

You mean like spinning around your thumb?

Yup, regular and counter wise