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Group photo at PassOut Königswiesen 2020, with juggling clubs forming "2020" on a red and blue mat. - Passing Zone

Recap of PassOut 2019 to 2020 Königswiesen

Recap of PassOut 2019 – 2020 Koenigswiesen Thank you for an awesome PassOut! This year, for the 3rd time, PassOut took place in Königswiesen, Austria. The “Karlingerhaus” has a 428m² gym with a boulder and climbing wall right in the house. It also has a SPA with sauna, swimming pool and fitness room. We have … Read more

Diagram illustrating "Hijacking in period 3, 5 and 7" with labeled nodes and lines, showing relationships between different stages. - Passing Zone

Hijacking in period 3, 5 and 7

Hijacking in period 3, 5 and 7 In passing, hijacking is where one passer decides to change what pattern they are passing and their actions transitions their partner into a compatible pattern. One passer is making an active choice, the other is passively responding. All transitions involve changing how many clubs are being juggled locally … Read more

Take-Outs in 4-handed siteswaps

756-about, 777-about, 972-about, 978-about At the last Passout in Krelingen Christian from Pittsburgh brought the idea of doing take-outs in a 4-handed siteswap and workshoped 726-about, “What’s that about?” and “Manège à trois” (786-about), which I really enjoyed.

Large group photo at PassOut Krelingen event in a gymnasium, juggling clubs scattered on the floor forming "2018". - Passing Zone

Recap of PassOut Krelingen

Recap of Passout Krelingen 2018 – 2019 Thank you for an awesome PassOut! This year, PassOut took place in Krelingen, a small town in northern Germany. The next train station was 12 km away with a very sketchy bus schedule, so we shuttled people to and fro in private cars. Thanks to the drivers who … Read more

Two jugglers passing clubs, performing a 7 Clubs Passing Workshop routine outdoors with foggy hills in the background. - Passing Zone

7 Clubs Passing Workshop

James and Cameron taught a very nice 7 club “righty lefty” passing workshop at Berlin convention 2018. I especially enjoyed their way of marking the starting juggler with a crown in their pattern notation.

Berlin Convention 2018

Finally, another great Berlin summer convention with endless luxury breakfasts, a lake to swim, warm showers on the beach, a huge birthday party and an awesome gala show. There were several passing workshops Passing 7 clubs by James & Cameron Phoenician Waltz by Toto, Ruth, Uwe & Marie Champi by Andi, Hoschy & Juli Roundabout … Read more

Three performers balance juggling clubs during a Freiburg Convention 2018 performance. - Passing Zone

Freiburg Convention 2018

20 years of juggling conventions in Freiburg deserved a great celebration – and got it: 3 days of juggling on the beach: weather much better than the forecast said it would be 3 shows: Piti Peta Hofen, Flender Jetzt! & Stefan Sing – all of them great! 3 passing workshops: 4-handed siteswap theory, 7 clubs … Read more

Brook on passing 4-handed siteswaps

Brook Roberts´ article on passing 4-handed siteswaps with 5 clubs in the IJA ezine eJuggle.
Contains descriptions of patterns like Parsnip, 5 club WhyNot and NotWhy as well as short videos and advice for learning/teaching.

Siteswap diagram showing vanilla siteswap definitions. Text includes "Siteswap," "Periodic," and "Vanilla Restriction. - Passing Zone

2-handed Siteswap

Let´s start easy, funny and entertaining with vanilla siteswap, explained at the ‘Nerd Nite’ in Magdeburg, November 2014 by Alexander Leymann (in German, but the slides are very useful!). If you prefer further reading, here is the link to Allen Knutsons Siteswap FAQ

Blurred lights at night, possibly holiday decorations, for Glowminute blog. - Passing Zone

Glowminute

A meditative minute of lights, colors and music, filmed at the “Kinderfest” in Leipheim Video, editing and music: Martin Juggling: Sandi and Juli