World Juggling Federation
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The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is a juggling organization founded in 2000 by Jason Garfield which began to gain popularity in 2003 when ESPN showed an interest in televising a juggling competition. Its highest profile event is the WJF convention hosted in Las Vegas and shown on ESPN2. The organization promotes the idea that juggling is a sport and encourages jugglers to compete against each other in order to get better. Competitors at the convention must wear uniforms and must have a technical routine to compete.
Acceptable juggling props at the convention are:
- Balls
- Rings
- Clubs
- Cigar boxes
- Diabolos
- Devil Sticks
The different types of competition held at the convention include:
- Beginner, intermediate and advanced competitions in each of the three main discipline
- Club passing
- 360s (and similar)
- Endurance
- Freestyle
[edit] History
The 2007 convention was held in Hartford, Connecticut, July 9th - 14th and was featured on Eyewitness News Channel 3.[1]
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- The WJF - The World Juggling Federation's official website
- An inteview with Mark Bakalor about the WJF - Mark Bakalor, the marketing director of the WJF explains the aims of the organisation.
- "Up In the Air", a TIME article on Vova and Olga Galchenko, that talks about the history of the WJF
- The World Juggling Federation Forum - WJF Discussion Board including Members-Only Instructional Forums.
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