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Kawika  
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 More options Mar 2 2008, 12:54 am
From: Kawika <d...@stagner.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:54:19 -0800 (PST)
Local: Sun, Mar 2 2008 12:54 am
Subject: Hello from Farragut, TN
Hi Guys,
I saw a college kid doing a couple simple contact juggling tricks
about four years ago.  I was 61 at the time and my hands shook badly.
If I dropped something or knocked something over, I could no longer
catch it like I could when I was a kid.
I started juggling. Contact juggling and three ball juggling.  For me
it was very slow going.  I had never played sports and I had sat at a
desk job for 40 years. I was about 100 pounds overweight and convinced
that my life was just about over.  After about a year of playing with
some rubber balls from a toy shop I decided to get serious and
purchased a set of 3" solid balls and began doing contact juggling
every day.  I took up Tai Chi and combined it with my Contact juggling
moves.  Today, after four years of daily contact juggling, I still am
not very good (I'm a very slow learner),  but my hands no longer
shake, I'm 50 pounds lighter, I'm in better physical condition than I
was for most of my life, and if I drop something or knock something
over, I catch it.

I just joined this group and thought you might be interested in my odd
little story.


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richshuma...@gmail.com  
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 More options Mar 3 2008, 5:32 pm
From: richshuma...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:32:02 -0800 (PST)
Local: Mon, Mar 3 2008 5:32 pm
Subject: Re: Hello from Farragut, TN
I HIGHLY recommend getting 2 or 4 spinning balls.
Chinese Excercise balls work great (chiming or non chiming - metal or
marble) for spinning.

I find that spinning helps relax my hands and mind and helps with my
rolling.

Thanks for posting your story.
If you have any other stories or questions let us know.

Rich Shumaker

On Mar 1, 9:54 pm, Kawika <d...@stagner.com> wrote:


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Todd Moody  
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 More options Mar 3 2008, 6:53 pm
From: "Todd Moody" <todd.mo...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:53:55 +0000
Local: Mon, Mar 3 2008 6:53 pm
Subject: Re: Hello from Farragut, TN
Thanks for sharing that story. At 54 I feel like I'm a late starter too. I did learn to do 3-ball toss juggling when I was a kid, but never got beyond a few basics. But CJ just caught my eye last September and I've been playing ever since. I've been mostly using a 4" stainless steel ball, because it's so easy to work with, but I'm trying to switch over to 3.5" acrylics now, because they look better.
Todd


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