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4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good, September 20, 1999
This review is from: The Complete Juggler: All the Steps from Beginner to Professional (Paperback)
Wonderful! This book combines the knowledge and experience of a professional juggler with very clear and easy to understand illustrations. The first two thirds are the instructional part and is covers scarves, bean bags, balls, rings, clubs, cigar boxes, the devil stick, the diabolo, hats, the basics of balance, numbers juggling and interactive juggling. Before each section there is a list of certification requirements for an achievement pin. This serves to inspire you. The other third is a "whats next?" portion. In this section, Mr. Finnigan sets forth his method of making a routine, teaching juggling classes, making money with juggling, and much, much more. However, this book gets only a fourstar rating becuase if is not quite the "bible of juggling" as it is often called. It is better described as the Old Testament and Revelation. The instructional part is the Old Testament and the "what now?" part is Revealation. The part it is missing is advanced patterns (i.e. Mill's Mess)Despite that, this book is absolutely terrific! But be forewarned, this is not a "magic formula". The only way to success is practice! But don't worry! Once you have mastered the cascade, practicing is no longer work, but play!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Reference Book for Inspiring Jugglers, October 8, 2004
This review is from: The Complete Juggler: All the Steps from Beginner to Professional (Paperback)
This is an acceptable book for beginners who can learn through reading. It does an adequate job of teaching the basics through illustrations. It also provides instruction for variations of juggling including: cigar boxes, devil sticks, hats and plate spinning.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good For Beginners, August 30, 1999
This review is from: The Complete Juggler: All the Steps from Beginner to Professional (Paperback)
"Don't Let The Title Fool You." This book is good for an up and coming juggler to get an idea and feel what balls, rings, clubs, devil sticks, diabolos, hats, cigar boxes, plates, etc, the soles of juggling are about and learn the basics of them. This book will get someone hooked in juggling and wanting to learn the different categories of juggling. Then there addiction will soar!!! They can go to more advanced stuff after that the "real" tricks (ie Mill's Mess, Rubenstein's Revenge, etc) and "real" books (Four Ball Juggling, Encyclopaedia of Ball Juggling, etc) of juggling. And get yourself some top quality juggling props. To become a bad boy of juggling. Then maybe become a member of the IJA. If this book will start your juggling passion, then more power to you!!! Then buy the name brand props ie Dube, Todd Smith, Renegade, Infinite Illusions, Beard, Henry's, AJA, etc!!! And join the IJA you'll love it!!! Juggling's a Great Addition/Passion!!!
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