effyeahtrapeze:

aznnerd:

So effyeahtrapeze got me thinking about my juggling mishaps. Which no doubt, fellow jugglers I have juggled with, like jaytee, have witnessed. For those of you who don’t know, I juggle. So lets start!

Injury #1:

For those who don’t know what a juggling club is, here:

Pretty right? Anyways, I’ve gotten into club passing (where 2 or more people pass clubs)… which leads me to Injury #1. We were passing in this formation:

See the arrow that is labeled 4? Thats the one that hit me in the face and knocked my glasses off. Actually the blue dot up there has a tumblr, dougleville, so thanks a lot DOUG.

Injury #2:

I really do like passing, so naturally i turned to rings! Unfortunately, passing rings also had its disadvantages. Of course this injury was all my fault. Looked something like this:

Yeah… 

Injury #3:

Another tumblrite, andersgesagt, had the opportunity to teach me poi, which are basically weights tied to the end of string and you swing them around like a crazy person (or at least i do). Anyways, I was learning a trick called “butterfly” (manly, i know). “Butterfly” is when you swing both of the poi in close proximity but the two strings never touch. Key points there being that the STRINGS SHOULDN’T TOUCH. Because if they get caught in one another you get this:

And then you can’t have kids anymore… Moving on!

Injury #4:

Saved this one for last because it hurt the most. I specialize in one prop, diabolo. And for those of you who don’t know what it is:

Basically, they spin on a string at really high speeds so getting hit with one hurts a hell of a lot since they basically shave off the top layer of your skin. Which is why when I was doing 3 Diabolo passing with 3 people:

See that red X? Thats where the diabolo smashed into my face at high speed and spin.

Ow…

Anyone else got any juggling horror stories?

 Oh my god this is great. I love the illustrations, top notch!

(via willowprintsandteapots)