The Ministry of Manipulation

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

Nimi in the Park, Barcelona

Drew — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:03:39 +0000

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Nimi in the Park, Barcelona.
Nimi practicing in a park – Superb control and beautiful Contact Juggling.
And this is MoM’s 999th post…

Bones Hill- Dancing

Kyle — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:33:06 +0000

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Great isolations… and dislocations : /

Bones is selling his dance album at battlefestleague.com where you can see featured videos from the DVD.

New Feature : Random Posts

Ryan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:09:36 +0000

On our sidebar to the left you will now find randomly selected links to awesome videos from the past.

What happens if you drop a Fushigi Ball?

Ministry — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:02:11 +0000

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YouTube – What happens if you drop a Fushigi Ball?.

As many of our readers are aware, the contact juggling community is currently under attack by a very agressive marketing company who is trying to rebrand contact juggling as “Fushigi.” The company has created a wave of confusion in the US surrounding contact techniques, implying the the ball will float by itself and that the activity is suitable for children.

The fantastic and lovely Dawn has made a series of info-videos aimed at explaining some of the ‘truths’ about contact juggling that Fushigi is neglecting to mention. Her videos are fun, friendly & non-agressive, but they still hit their mark when it comes to undoing some of the lies that Fushigi is telling. Plus, they reveal some serious defects in the design and manufacturing of the Fushigi Brand contact juggling balls.

Other videos in the series:

How is a Fushigi Ball like an Orange?

Fushigi Ball review – FAIL!

Dawn is working on a new one: What kind of ball is best for learning contact juggling? (with a special guest appearance from Drew!)

Patricia and the amazing magic gravity ball

Ryan — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:58:51 +0000

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Rather adorable performance of a classic magic illusion. Good job kid, extra applause for you from the internets.

Modified Clubs

Ryan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:20:31 +0000

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JointDemise (aka Ameron Rosvall from Sweden) shows off some of his latest research in club juggling / manipulation and modification!

Komei Aoki – funkstyle contact in Stockholm

Ryan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:34:40 +0000

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Contact juggling and popping from Komei.

Flutterby- Diabolo

Kyle — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:29:36 +0000

More diabolo kids in fields from northern Europe… SWEET! Håvard, and Jarle Bergo from Norway with great editing, video quality, and original tricks. This is their first video!? Related posts:Awesome diabolo skills! : The 2009 diabolo.ca collaboration video Eljas and Joona – Fields (Diabolo) She turned, and was gone – Diabolo manipulation Related posts:

Ragga Jungle Beatbox (and other massive beatbox clips)

Ryan — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:34:00 +0000

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Two dudes from Moscow fill a tunnel with the sweet sounds of ragga and jungle.

I’ve been collecting a lot of crazy beatbox vids lately, read more for more…

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