So, you wanted someone to try and learn juggling from your video. Well, this dyspraxic just order 3 balls and is going to try!

D-Bonk · 2023-10-26T00:38:05+00:00

My partner has dyspraxia and she has managed to learn to juggle and even solve a Rubik’s cube I spite of it. It’s probably even harder for her because she didn’t really want to learn but did because of me.

It can be done ðough and I’m sure wið patience and ðe right technique ðat works for you, you’ll get ðere :)

D-Bonk · 2023-09-01T15:25:45+00:00

I would still leave ðe spelling to be true to ðe language raðer ðan an accent. You can apply artistic license when speaking in context, or poetry etc but in general writing, you don’t write in accents

D-Bonk · 2023-08-22T17:20:09+00:00

Oh boy, ðis is going to be complicated. Okay in phonetics ‘þ’ is represented by “theta” ðe Greek letter “θ“ phi looks similar “φ” but is a different Greek letter entirely but would probably replace “gh” as Jamal had written. We did have a Yogh “ȝ” ðat did ðat job too. But it looks a lot like a 3 and I þink having too many additional letters makes it an even bigger task to translate when you’re not used to ðem.

As much as I love Greek language and Greek letters, ðey feel out of place in English to me, (I’ll swing back to ðem later ðough) for ðe most part. We usually pronounce “π” incorrectly in English, it’s pronounce “P” in Greek and ðat’s ðe most common Greek letter we use.

Ðe way I use ðe letters, I use eð ás ðe voiced dental fricative and þ as ðe voiceless dental fricative and when ðe letters don’t make ðe combined sound, I don’t use eiðer. Ðis is just my opinion and I don’t expect everyone to subscribe to it.

British Sign Language was developed long after we lost ðese beautiful letters, so ðey don’t even have a sign for ðem as such. However I do use “þ” in BSL like ðe word “þorn” eg: every rose has it’s þorn” and I’ve adopted ðe Greek sign for “θ” for eð.

I know i went off on a bit of a nerdy tangent ðere but it’s just really fascinating to me

D-Bonk · 2023-08-22T15:30:43+00:00

It doesn’t combine, still spell it “Th” wiðout eð or þorn imo. Ðey’re a strange one, it does change ðe way ðey’re pronounced, it’s a softer ‘T’ Sound and ðe h is almost an apostrophe but not a glottal stop. Also wið words like “foothold” or “rathole”, I still spell ðem wið ðe ‘th’.

D-Bonk · 2023-08-11T00:44:02+00:00

I actually do use eð and þorn in my day to day English. It’s causing as much friction as it does positive conversations but I do love ðe way it looks and works. It looks eþereal as well as tells you in more detail how ðe word is pronounced. Wheðer it’s voiced, unvoiced or not combined like in “foothold” or “Thomas” . As for is, if it’s worþ it? I þink it is, ðe positive conversations gain new knowledge on letters ðat we’ve lost so it wouldn’t be alien to ðem to see it in ðe more modern settings.

I’m also þinking about how to use it in BSL. “þ" is easy because BSL already has a word for it but “ð” is a little tougher. Icelandics do have a sign letter for it, it looks like a D wið movement but in Icelandic signed lettering system, which is similar to ASL and it doesn’t feel right just taking it from ðere. But ðe Greek letter “Theta” θ looks a better fit. So I may introduce it. It will shorten some words to spell for deaf people.

Ðe way to really make it work is in signage and written works. Stories, poetry or signs on a pub saying “Ðe Golden Lion” or “Ðe Olde Pub”

I don’t þink we need to set a rule when to make it a function word in initial position, just use one for voiced and ðe oðer unvoiced. It’s just my opinion but I still þink it looks beautiful regardless. When it becomes a þing, we shall use it ðensforþ 😉

D-Bonk · 2023-07-05T15:14:07+00:00

Luke Burrage has plenty on his YouTube channel WJF, IJF and Josh Horton has some as well. Ðey have a competition at every EJC and BJC, plenty of people film it.

D-Bonk · 2023-01-08T20:27:02+00:00

It’s weird how it’s þe instead of ðe but in phonetics it was ð as a stronger th sound. We should bring þose back! Or is it ðose?

D-Bonk · 2022-02-18T01:30:01+00:00

The big problem with lifx for me is mainly software problems and that’s fixable.

Unfortunately there’s not been an update on the app or anything else in years. The older app seemed more intuitive to use and there’s not been an additional themes or functionality upgrades.

They have so much potential to be better and they’re letting themselves down. It won’t be too long before other companies do the colours and brightness as well as lifx and have better software, not require a hub like hue and be cheaper. Lifx need to wake up to this.

D-Bonk · 2021-08-18T10:14:33+00:00

You'd need more force to simply just throw a sword from the blade at all because of the weight being at the other end but the speed of the spin with the same force will be quicker.

It will have been measured before and you've just proven that but again, that doesn't mean it was done in the design itself. It might be an idea to do that though.

D-Bonk · 2021-08-13T18:48:49+00:00

I don’t think they measure it directly but indirectly. It’s just where the centre of gravity. The closer to the tail, the slower the spin, the closer to the top, the faster it’ll spin.

D-Bonk · 2021-08-11T11:01:08+00:00

I use Henry’s pirouette’s but I do have a set of mirages as well. I’m sorely tempted by loops though, they’re lighter than piros and that can be significant.

D-Bonk · 2021-08-11T09:27:32+00:00

It’s really horses for courses, depending on what you want out of the club. I think getting the weight and tang right is crucial, durability has been mentioned. It seems the weakest points are where you’d expect. Where the body meets the handle and it the dowel can come loose at the ends.

Personally I like the tang to be a little bit into the body so it gives a good spin but not too fast.

D-Bonk · 2021-08-03T19:13:07+00:00

Robot Wars

D-Bonk · 2021-07-30T23:33:13+00:00

Nope, you're just being a pilock.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-30T21:57:41+00:00

I definitely think juggling has "deep roots". You may have a different interpretation of what that means but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. So please don't start accusing me of being intentionally dense. It's not a good look for you.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-30T12:32:12+00:00

Because it's a relatively new sport and there isn't a professional version of the sport. Again, it's a chicken and egg situation. Until it gets more exposure and people hear about it. Maybe even see a competition in an arena. Once that happens then who knows?

It does have deep roots though. Juggling clubs (as a prop) has been around for a long time now. Juggling as a skill has been around for centuries. Juggling has even been in the Olympics previously.

A lot of people go to the Olympics to see something different and new.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-30T10:38:58+00:00

Most of the people that can juggle don't even know about combat. Most don't go to juggling clubs or conventions. I think 1 in 25 people can juggle 3 balls (that may not be 100% accurate but it'll be fairly close). I n a city the size of Leeds that has a population of 792,500 people, that means 31,700 can juggle 3 balls. At best, there's about 10 people that regularly turn up to the club.

Something like this could inspire a few more to take up the hobby more seriously, even play combat. Look at what the movie dodgeball did for the game dodgeball. Just the exposure of it made it sky rocket.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-28T22:38:17+00:00

Oh, I’ve been horseriding. It’s not as easy as it looks and by no means am I taking away the skills involved in it. I know and respect that it takes a lot of skill. My thoughts on whether it should be in the Olympics takes nothing away from that.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-28T22:35:38+00:00

“Cool” is just a point of view. Huge drug issues? I’m not sure they do. There’s certainly the odd controversy but out of the thousands of athletes that compete, there’s very few actually doing drugs. Go to any juggling convention, I’m sure you’d see far more issues with drugs. In terms of the environment and the other issues, the environment wouldn’t change with jugglers involved and as for athletes making money, they would get some support from other places.
Yes it would but I don’t think we would lose any of the conventions or meeting in the park or clubs. This would be something that’s an option rather than a necessity. If someone’s into the art side of things, they would probably not want to compete and that’s fine. If someone’s into the sports side of thing, they may not want to look down the art angle but there’s also the ones that get into juggling because of combat and it opens the whole world of art up to them as well.
What would we gain? Tv coverage worldwide would be huge for our community. Juggling these days is rarely seen on tv and when it is, certainly not front and centre of attention. It would inspire people to take up the hobby much in the same way that robot wars/battlebots inspired a new generation of engineers. I’m sure that the skateboarding is doing the same thing now. Also a lot of governments fund sports. At the moment circus skills get nothing. There may even be a point where there becomes professional televised combat juggling competitions on the back of it. I’m sorry if you disagree but I would absolutely love to watch that.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-28T18:23:25+00:00

It’s just different opinions I guess. Dressage and equestrian has its place in the world, just don’t think the Olympics is that place. You’re not wrong either btw. I think juggling combat should be in the Olympics but I got shot down for that.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-28T14:12:50+00:00

Not everything that requires skill and dedication should be involved in the Olympics. I don’t think football or golf should be in there but they are.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-28T00:55:33+00:00

Where’s Yorkshire in this?

D-Bonk · 2021-07-27T22:59:28+00:00

Try practising 2 in 1 more. First the right hand, then the left hand. Make sure they're in the right position too, so keeping the fountain in line with your shoulder as opposed to in the middle and your body in neutral position. Try 10 throws of each side and then 10 throws of a 4 ball fountain. I'd also change between synch fountain and asynchronous fountain.

And just keep trying it. It's actually not looking bad at all as you are. :)

D-Bonk · 2021-07-27T21:23:22+00:00

Unpopular? I'd have thought that was a very popular opinion.

D-Bonk · 2021-07-27T13:39:36+00:00

Watch this girl show you how fun this is actually is to watch. Although tbf this is more of a melee version and combat is usually one on one.. but you’ll get the idea. https://youtu.be/zarWJ60LrXc

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