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2 total messages Started by Chris Wright Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:37

#1037

Author: Chris Wright
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:37

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>  Other books? Kit Summers' Juggling With Finesse is very good, and equally
> all-encompassing
> --
> Daniel Mitchell = ke94002@black.ox.ac.uk = skinny bi lycra-clad furry juggler
>
>
    You're joking, aren't you? As far as giving any insight into how
to do difficult tricks, Kit Summers' book is as much use as a
chocolate teapot. The diagrams are crap- nowhere near as good as
those in The Complete Juggler.
    But I would definitely say that Summers' book is worth buying,
just for the photographs. My favourite is the one of Bela Kremo doing
a three ball cascade with one arm behind his back- one of my
favourite tricks. But don't buy this book to teach youself to juggle.
    I honestly believe that most jugglers buy juggling books because
they enjoy reading about their art (nothing wrong with that)- I don't
think any of them are really that much use for teaching oneself.

                Chris Wright, Leeds, UK.

Re: hourly juggling mail from rec.juggling.

#1070

Author: Daniel J Mitchell
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:19

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In article <MAILQUEUE-101.930125163721.384@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk> STA5CW@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk (Chris Wright) writes:
>>  Other books? Kit Summers' Juggling With Finesse is very good, and equally
>> all-encompassing
>    You're joking, aren't you? As far as giving any insight into how
>to do difficult tricks, Kit Summers' book is as much use as a
>chocolate teapot. The diagrams are crap- nowhere near as good as
>those in The Complete Juggler.

 Erm. I suppose so; but, I guess, the thing is that Kit Summers doesn't
go on about how good at teaching you his book is, whereas Dave Finnigan
does. And whilst I suspect that Finnigan may well be excellent at
teaching people in person, The Complete Juggler smacks of being simply
him transcribing his method for teaching to a book -- and it just
doesn't work. Summers' does, at least, give the impression of having
been written to learn from as a book, rather than as a method of
teaching. If you see what I mean.

-- 
Daniel Mitchell = ke94002@black.ox.ac.uk = skinny bi lycra-clad furry juggler

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