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Step by Step Guides

Step by Step Guides

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A series of must-have beginners guides. Available for:

Ball Juggling
Club Juggling
Diabolo
Devil Stick

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Skill

The Complete Juggler

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by Dave Finnigan For the beginner and the professional, this is an invaluable book. Now in its fifth printing, it has sections on balls, clubs, diabolo, rings, devilstick, scarves, hats and loads of hints, tips and wrinkles. Clearly illustrated throughout. Dave Finnigan has a style of teaching and offering encouragement that is unparalleled. Over 500 pages of easy to follow instructions and diagrams.
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The Encyclopedia of Ball Juggling

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By Charley Dancey. Already reprinted several times, with the addition of exciting new material on site swap. A massive collection of ball juggling tricks, profusely illustrated and completely cross-referenced. Don't be scared by the title - this is a thoroughly entertaining book that you can dip into and browse through, and probably learn something without even noticing.
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The Compendium of Club Juggling

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The companion volume to the "Encyclopaedia" is written and illustrated in the same style and was almost named 'The Galaxy's Greatest Guide to Gravity'...which it is. An uncountable continuum of technique, trickery and trade secrets make this book essential reading for club jugglers; there is masses on passing patterns as well as solo patterns, everything is cross-referenced to the point of absurdity and squarely aimed at everybody from the total beginner to the complete expert.
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The Art of Juggling

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by Ken Benge Clear and precise instruction mainly on ball juggling, with a large number of tricks described in detail. Includes stealing, passing and lots of material for a 3-ball routine, as well as an interesting slant on the internal rewards that juggling can offer - like confidence and self-awareness.
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Beyond the Cascade

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By George Gillson.
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Stunning Starts & Fancy Finishes

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by Doug Dougal. From Circustuff, the "Books can Skill" people, there is enough material here to transform your basic 3-club juggle into a stylish and polished routine. From the Slap-Scissors-Balance-Flourish-Multi-Start to the Long John Silver finish, a goldmine of finesse points.
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Contact Juggling

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by James Ernest. A beautifully illustrated, large-format book covering this elegant style of manipulation.
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Three Ball Digest

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by Dick Franco While this book does have a short section on basics, it is really an advanced text from a world-class professional that is aimed at the aspiring performer. Dick Franco describes dozens of tricks with 3 balls and devotes a lot of space to body tricks and mastering the head roll, of which he is an expert. With 40 pages of photographs of great jugglers from his own collection, to further whet your appetite for the limelight.
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The Complete Teach Yourself Juggling Video

Price: £10.17 / £11.95 Including VAT at 17.5%
Haggis McLeod/Western Eye An excellent introductory video, starring the world renowned Haggis. Entertaining as well as instructional, all you need to get started. Covers all the basics and whets your appetite to learn more.
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Juggling Step by Step

Price: £15.27 / £17.94 Including VAT at 17.5%
Dave Finnigan "The Complete Juggler" on videotape, this is a really comprehensive video. Gives 2 hours of thorough instruction on balls, clubs, rings, diabolo, devilstick, using Dave Finnigan's proven step-by-step approach. We were importing this from the U.S.A., but it was so popular, we're now having it produced in this country, which means it costs less than it used to.
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Take 3 Clubs

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by Rob Dawson A comprehensive and practical teach yourself manual designed to take the new or new-ish owner of 3 clubs through the entire gamut of 3 club juggling tricks and techniques. Large format with clear line drawings.
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The Book of Club Swinging

Price: £7.95 /
by Ben Richter Ben is a veteran of FoolTime circus school and has performed with Sean Gandini. In this book he demonstrates how anyone can benefit from club swinging, whether for performance or as a form of exercise. This easy to read, wide format book takes you from basic circles through to advanced tricks, moves and sequences.
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Club Swinging

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by W.J. Schatz This is a re-print of the original 1908 manual on Indian Club Swinging. Not as user-friendly as other clubswinging books, but very interesting to compare how the art has developed from a physical training exercise with 6lb wooden clubs.
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Diabolo A-Z

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by Mr. Babache From Mr. Babache himself, inventor and designer of the huge range of Swiss diabolos, this is a complete and carefully worked out methodology for teaching yourself, from absolute basics, through dozens of tricks, right up to 3 diabolos The instruction is given by the Diabolino family, 5 cartoon characters who take you through each step in an entertaining and engaging style. Beautifully presented, and recommended for both children and adults.
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My First Diabolo Book

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How to start and control the diabolo, whipping, foot hops, string climbs, cat's cradle, neck bounces... are just a few of the areas covered in this excellent beginners' guide. Culminating with the basics of stick grinds and suicides, just enough to give you a taste for the next book...
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Diabolo Stick Grinds & Suicides

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Definitely not for beginners! This wackily illustrated book explores to the limit stick grinds and suicides - a 'grind' is when the diabolo spins on the handstick; a 'suicide' involves letting go of one or two handsticks (and catching them again!). Fun to read.
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Diabolo 2: Crazy Cradles & Baffling Body Moves

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Donald continues with more outrageous things to do with your diabolo! "Crazy Cradles" unravels the mysteries of string tricks from basic cradles up to some terrifying tangles. "Baffling Body Moves" expands on the more common around-the-limb tricks. Finally a collection of stick grinds and suicides not included in the first book as they were previously considered too nasty.
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Diabolo 3: Two Hot to Handle

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with Guy Heathcote Donald has enlisted the help of Guy Heathcote, one of Europe's top diabolists. Between them, they show most of what is possible with 2 diabolos - and they say anything you can do with one should be possible with two. Three diabolos is somewhat harder...but anyone who wants to try can start here.
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Totally Diabolical

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Book number 5 in the Donald Grant trilogy - some 35 new tricks expanding the range in the first 4 books, including new grinds, suicides, string tricks, body moves and 2-diabolo tricks, plus an extensive additional section on advanced diabolo - whipping, fire and U.V., diaboloops and more crazy bits.
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How to Ride Your Unicycle

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by Charlie Dancey Specially commissioned by Butterfingers in response to the demand for a clear and user-friendly book for beginners. Charlie has plenty of experience as an author on juggling; in this book he turns his attention to the unicycle in his usual clear and witty style. A must for any budding unicyclist.
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Poi Spinning

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by Michal Kahn The comprehensive guide to Poi Spinning, 144 pages of clearly illustrated instruction from Britain's leading teacher.
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Mastering Devilstick

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by Chris Dore Developed from Chris's workshop notes - he has introduced countless people to devilsticking over many years - and refined and expanded into this practical teach yourself guide. A5 format with big, clear line drawings.
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Fantastic Balloons

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by Roberto Menafro & Paolo Michelotto A full-colour, large-format collection of challenging balloon models, clearly explained step by step with hundreds of colour photos. The book starts with basic twists and knots, and simple models like the dog, swan and cat, and moves on to some much more complex figures, including well-known cartoon characters - Donald Duck, Asterix, Popeye, to name just a few. The text is in English and Italian, so you have the opportunity of picking up some useful phrases as well.
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Dream Balloons

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By Gabriella Michelotto
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New Balloon Sculptures

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by Roberto Menafro & Paolo Michelotto A further collection of amazing models - including chicken, aeroplane, guitar, lobster, penguin - 67 sculptures and techniques, 938 colour photos in the same engaging step by step style as "Fantastic Ballooons". Plenty of advanced tips and techniques for balloon modellers who thought they knew it all!
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Diabology DVD

Price: £14.42 / £16.94 Including VAT at 17.5%
The DVD everyone's talking about. Both educational and entertaining, this is a phenomenal collection of over 300 tricks for diabolo. 9 of Europe's top diabolists present sections with instruction, stage work and freestyle. You won't believe what can be done with 1 to 5 diabolos. Comprising 2 discs, this is the first Diabolo DVD of its kind.
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Encyclo-Poi-dia - DVD

Price: £12.76 / £14.99 Including VAT at 17.5%
This video is designed as reference material rather than step-by-step instruction. It is intended for use by advanced poi spinners and assumes that the viewer has some knowledge of basic & intermediate level tricks.
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Spherculism - DVD

Price: £12.76 / £14.99 Including VAT at 17.5%
Spherculism and Bad Science proudly present an experimental film featuring world class artists from all round the underground.
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Poi Spinning Basics with Pele's Element - DVD

Price: £11.05 / £12.98 Including VAT at 17.5%
Poi Spinning Basics" is an essential guide for the beginning fire dancer. As the popularity of fire dancing grows worldwide, so has the demand for instruction that illuminates the dynamic movements of poi spinning.
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Spinning Poi - Hidden Magic - DVD

Price: £11.05 / £12.98 Including VAT at 17.5%
This instructional DVD covers a good few moves in an easy to understand way. It includes: carry turns, shoulder reels, hip turns, butterfly (1 handed), threading the needle and the 3 beat weave.
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Art of Staff - DVD

Price: £13.61 / £15.99 Including VAT at 17.5%
This 40 minute video begins with useful information on length and weights of staff. Friendly step by step guides into various rotors, moving with rotors, closed grip moves, figure '8', variations of figure '8', finger spins, throws and catches.
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In Isolation - DVD

Price: £17.01 / £19.99 Including VAT at 17.5%
Against the stark rural landscape of northern England, IN ISOLATION presents the cleanest most fluid and innovative contact sequences from Europe's hottest talent. Captured in original camera work, 15 exceptional performers are set to a potent backbeat provided by some of the UK's most exciting composers.
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Contact Juggling - Part 1 DVD

Price: £15.74 / £18.49 Including VAT at 17.5%
Great DVD that we thoroughly recommend for beginners and novices. It explains equipment selection through the first twenty-one tricks and variations. Each move is thoroughly described and demonstrated in a natural progression of difficulty, and all effects are shown again in a looped video appendix.
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