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Abbas Farid 2011 – Football Freestyle

mcp — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:04:58 +0000

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Abbas Farid is a British Football Freestyler who’s won competitions and awards and that sort of thing, check out his website here: Abbasfarid.com for lots of info about that.

He does ace body rolling obviously, and integrates foot juggling, acrobatics and some amazing ball control that I’ve never seen before. He’s a bit good in other words.

How to fight shadows… with a sword

Ryan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:47:19 +0000

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Via Reddit.

El Hombre – Compilation

Drew — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:59:17 +0000

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YouTube – El Hombre.
Great Skills compilation video. Hey, I recognise one of those guys from somewhere.
Thanks to Jon for the link.
Previous video from Esteven – C.A.P.

Friday Fun – Greatest movie action scene ever (featuring balls & robots)

Ryan — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:54:35 +0000

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Hands down, the most awesome action scene from any movie ever. I challenge you to come up with anything even close.
Via Reddit

Made in Taiwan [Trailer] : New Diabolo vid on the download market

Ryan — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:47:50 +0000

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New 25 minute juggling film from Arjan Groenendijk:

Made in Taiwan, as the title implies, is shot in Taiwan over a period of 6 weeks during Arjan’s internship at MHD. The editing is done by Martijn Halekor and the music is provided by Bas Septer (Substrate). The collaborative effort between these three creators has resulted in a 25 minutes long diabolo film. The 10 chapters contain Arjan’s unique diabolo manipulations and innovative, technical diabolo juggling.

Download the full video at arjangroenendijk.nl

Only € 5 for a dose of inspiration (not to mention funding a very talented artist)

5 years, 1000 posts, 1 000 000 views

Drew — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:43:03 +0000

Five and a half years after starting MoM, we have; 1 book, 2 weddings, several MoM workshops, and over 1 000 000 unique visitors (according to our stats counter).
And this is MoM’s 1000th blog post.
Phew.
Thanks for reading, and here’s to the next 5 years.
The above image is from theFlickr acrylic balls pool. by Maido of Japan.
Smiles
Drew

Acrobatics: Batteries not Included

mcp — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:47:43 +0000

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Youtube Link

Lewie West shows that there is still lots left to be done with the human body. In particular with his body. He can do some kinda crazy full twist gainer dive forwards roll…. It’s super sweet, as is the rest of the video. I am in awe of the straightness of his legs during his ‘trickz’.

I like how each video has its own vocabulary of new movements he’s researching. A constant inspiration to us all to keep creating and innovating. WIN.

Friday fun: Ball Contact, Ouch!!

Drew — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:01:25 +0000

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Sports Science: “World Record Kick to the Groin”
“How much punishment can the human body withstand? Sports Science explores Combat Ki with the help of Rod Sacharnoski and American Gladiator Justice.”
Brings a whole *new* meaning to Ball Contact.
Warning to our gentlemen readers: Cannot be unseen.

Capoeira D1 Autre Monde

Drew — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:47:08 +0000

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Capoeira demo from the d1autremonde Show company.vidéo directed by Isaak.music from Alsoprodby.with the capoeirists Isaak and Bicudinho(grupo Senzala de Santos

Tight editing – great video. Their site www.d1autremonde.com is currently down.

Friday Fun – Mexican wresting!!!

Ryan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:38:39 +0000

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Really enjoyed this clip of Mascarita Dorada.
Thanks to digg.com for the link