International Jugglers' Association

Last updated
International Jugglers' Association
AbbreviationIJA
Founded1947;76 years ago (1947)
Type 501(c)(3) [1]
16-1111652 [1]
Legal status Nonprofit organization
PurposeTo enhance the art of juggling globally. [1]
Aslynne Howes [2]
Revenue (2019)
$211,458 [1]
Expenses (2019)$192,731 [1]
Volunteers (2019)
75 [1]
Website www.juggling.org
Two-time Guinness World Record-holder Owen Morse joggling during the 1988 IJA festival Joggle.jpeg
Two-time Guinness World Record-holder Owen Morse joggling during the 1988 IJA festival

The International Jugglers' Association or IJA is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit circus organization, and is open to members worldwide. It was founded in the United States in 1947, [3] with the goal of providing, "an organization for jugglers that would provide meetings at regular intervals in an atmosphere of mutual friendship." [4] Although its focus lies on juggling, its programs also support other circus disciplines.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Programs and events

The International Jugglers' Association runs the following programs and events:

Conventions and competitions

The International Jugglers' Association holds the largest week-long juggling festival in North America. (The largest juggling festival in the world is the European Juggling Convention, started in 1978 and whose founders were members of the International Jugglers' Association).

The convention is held in a different city each year during mid-to-late July since 1948. There were also additional winter conventions in the 90s. Aside from the competitions, at the convention there are shows open to the public in which professional jugglers perform, and workshops are taught by jugglers of all skill levels.

The organization maintains lists of IJA record-holders, [5] and IJA competitors. [6]

IJA Stage Championship

The IJA's Stage Championships are the formal world juggling championships that offers medals and prize money for juggling performances. These competitions are held during the week at the IJA's annual festival, held in the summer. There are three categories of IJA Stage Championships: Individuals (individual competitors), Teams (two or more people per team) and Juniors (individuals 17 years old or younger). The first annual world juggling championships were held at the Sheraton West Hotel in Los Angeles in 1969. [7]

YearIndividualTeamsJuniors
1969Gold medal icon.svg George ZsilakN/AN/A
1970Gold medal icon.svg Danny ReesN/AN/A
1971Gold medal icon.svg Tommy CurtainN/AN/A
1972N/AN/AN/A
1973Gold medal icon.svg Jerry GreenbergN/AGold medal icon.svg Martin Gray
1974N/AN/AGold medal icon.svg Nate Stein
1975N/AN/AGold medal icon.svg Peter Cuneen
1976N/AN/AGold medal icon.svg Norm Johnson
1977N/AN/AGold medal icon.svg Lenny Mazel
1978N/AGold medal icon.svg Fred Garbo, Allan JacobsGold medal icon.svg Ben Decker
1979Gold medal icon.svg Edward Jackman
Silver medal icon.svg Larry Vaksman
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Davison
Gold medal icon.svg The Wimbledon Brothers (Dan Berg, Bruce Pfeffer)
Silver medal icon.svg J. Held, B. Felker
Bronze medal icon.svg Locomotion Circus (Bounce, Cyrus, Flip)
Gold medal icon.svg Lindsey Morris
Silver medal icon.svg Maria Alcarese
Bronze medal icon.svg Nguyen Phuc
1980Gold medal icon.svg Michael Kass
Silver medal icon.svg Edward Jackman
Bronze medal icon.svg Larry Vaksman
Gold medal icon.svg Magnificent Material Movers
Silver medal icon.svg ISU Gamma Phi Jugglers (Dan Berg, Pete Schulte, John Burns,
Greg Grimstad)
Bronze medal icon.svg Les Foubrac
Gold medal icon.svg Kezia Tenenbaum
Silver medal icon.svg Nick Newlin
Bronze medal icon.svg Jon Leffingwell
1981Gold medal icon.svg Tommy Curtin
Silver medal icon.svg Edward Jackman
Bronze medal icon.svg Allan Jacobs
Gold medal icon.svg Gravity's Last Stand (Carville, Fry, Gagnepain)
Silver medal icon.svg L.A. Juggling Company (Rosen, Jackman)
Bronze medal icon.svg Up In the Air Juggling Club (Boyer, Friedman)
Gold medal icon.svg Anthony Gatto
Silver medal icon.svg Patrick Dempsey
Bronze medal icon.svg John Webster
1982Gold medal icon.svg Peter Davison
Silver medal icon.svg Anthony Gatto
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Marlin
Gold medal icon.svg Airjazz (Davison, Held, Tenenbaum)
Silver medal icon.svg Gravity's Last Stand (Carvill, Jim Gagnepain, Matt Gagnepain)
Bronze medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Gold medal icon.svg Andrew Allen
Silver medal icon.svg John Webster
Bronze medal icon.svg Christa Rypins
1983Gold medal icon.svg Allan Jacobs
Silver medal icon.svg Edward Jackman
Bronze medal icon.svg Anthony Gatto
Gold medal icon.svg Bryan Wendling, Scott Burton
Silver medal icon.svg Jongleur Jugglers
Bronze medal icon.svg Raspyni Brothers
Gold medal icon.svg David Deeble
Silver medal icon.svg Rick Coleman
Bronze medal icon.svg Patrick Cox
1984Gold medal icon.svg Albert Lucas
Silver medal icon.svg Mark Nizer
Bronze medal icon.svg Dan Holzman
Gold medal icon.svg Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman, Barry Friedman)
Silver medal icon.svg Young Gentlemen Jugglers (John Webster, Robert Stuverud)
Bronze medal icon.svg Circus Shmirkus (Steve Westren, Fred Stinson)
Gold medal icon.svg David Lee
Silver medal icon.svg Dana Tison
Bronze medal icon.svg Robbie Weinstein
1985Gold medal icon.svg Andrew Head
Silver medal icon.svg Dan Holzman
Bronze medal icon.svg Arsene
Gold medal icon.svg Benji Hill, Dana Tison
Silver medal icon.svg Benji Marantz, Tom Murphy
Bronze medal icon.svg Live Aid
Gold medal icon.svg Ken Falk
Silver medal icon.svg Robbie Weinstein
Bronze medal icon.svg Bogar Zuniga
1986Gold medal icon.svg Anthony Gatto
Silver medal icon.svg Scott Burton
Bronze medal icon.svg Benji Hill
Gold medal icon.svg Jet Set Jugglers (Eastman Webber, Richard Chesbrough
Silver medal icon.svg Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman, Barry Friedman)
Bronze medal icon.svg Jongleur Jugglers (John Creveling, Mike Stillwell,
Yvonne Wetherell)
Gold medal icon.svg Robbie Weinstein
Silver medal icon.svg OranCanfield
Bronze medal icon.svg Mark Bakalor
1987Gold medal icon.svg Benji Hill
Silver medal icon.svg Jeff Mason
Bronze medal icon.svg Dana Tison
Gold medal icon.svg Manic Expressions (K.C. Canter, Tommy Gabriel, Mark Lippard)
Silver medal icon.svg Raspyni Brothers (Barry Friedman, Dan Holzman)
Bronze medal icon.svg Doubble Troubble (Nick, Alex Karvounis)
Gold medal icon.svg Curt Bonnem
Silver medal icon.svg David Cain
Bronze medal icon.svg Mark Faje
1988Gold medal icon.svg Jeff Mason
Silver medal icon.svg Ryder Schwartz
Bronze medal icon.svg Benji Hill
Gold medal icon.svg Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman, Barry Friedman)
Silver medal icon.svg Passing Zone (Owen Morse, Jon Wee)
Bronze medal icon.svg Philippine Pride Jugglers (Emily Cafina, Regina Tayko,
Joyce Bonachita, Irlopal Macabinguil
Gold medal icon.svg Jason Garfield
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Linnell
Bronze medal icon.svg Clarke Mcfarlane
1989Gold medal icon.svg Cindy Marvell
Silver medal icon.svg Larry Vee
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Menes
Gold medal icon.svg The Passing Zone (Owen Morse, Jon Wee)
Silver medal icon.svg Doubble Troubble (Nick, Alex Kervounis)
Bronze medal icon.svg Clockwork (Jack Kalvan, Rick Rubenstein)
Gold medal icon.svg Jonathan Rosenberg
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Patz
Bronze medal icon.svg Alfonso Guerra
1990Gold medal icon.svg Mark Nizer
Silver medal icon.svg Carlos Rodriguez
Bronze medal icon.svg Dan Holzman
Gold medal icon.svg Darn, Good and Funny (Kevin Holman, Karen Phariss, Paul Phariss)
Silver medal icon.svg Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman, Barry Friedman)
Bronze medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Gold medal icon.svg Chuck Gunter
Silver medal icon.svg Joel Purcell
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Patz
1991Gold medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Silver medal icon.svg Andrew Head
Bronze medal icon.svg Jason Garfield, Dana Tison, Tuey Wilson
Gold medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Silver medal icon.svg Doubble Troubble (Nick, Alex Karivounis)
Bronze medal icon.svg Clockwork (Rick Rubenstein, Jack Kalvan)
Gold medal icon.svg Pat McGuire
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Patz
Sean Mckinney
1992Gold medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Silver medal icon.svg Miguel Herrera, Dan Holzman, Dimitri Mourkes
Bronze medal icon.svg France Robert, Larry Vee, Bob Whitcomb
Gold medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Silver medal icon.svg Chuck Gunter, Benji Hill
Bronze medal icon.svg Dew Drop Jugglers (Jason LeMay, Michael Lunzer, Jeff Kasper)
Gold medal icon.svg Sean McKinney
Silver medal icon.svg Ben Tolpin
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Patz
1993Gold medal icon.svg Fritz Grobe
Silver medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Bronze medal icon.svg Jill Westover, Eric Wenokor
Gold medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Silver medal icon.svg Benji Hill, Chuck Gunter
Bronze medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Gold medal icon.svg Jay Gilligan
Silver medal icon.svg Corey Hoelcker
Bronze medal icon.svg Jason Kariotis
1994Gold medal icon.svg Tony Duncan
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Patz
Bronze medal icon.svg Martin Mall
Gold medal icon.svg Crash and Burn (David Cain, Jay Gilligan)
Silver medal icon.svg Darn, Good and Funny (Kevin Holman, Paul Phariss, Cindy Marvell)
Bronze medal icon.svg Clockwork (Jack Kalvan, Rick Rubenstein)
Gold medal icon.svg Joey Cousin
Silver medal icon.svg Artom Khomanko
Bronze medal icon.svg Casey Boehmer
1995Gold medal icon.svg Francoise Rochais
Silver medal icon.svg Jay Gilligan
Bronze medal icon.svg Jochen Schell
Gold medal icon.svg Blink (Jay Gilligan, Fritz Grobe, Morty Hansen)
Silver medal icon.svg Cousin Brothers (Dan, Joey Cousin)
Bronze medal icon.svg Trio One Over Par (Thomas Hinte, Daniel Megnet, Dirk Meyer)
Gold medal icon.svg Vladik Miagkostoupov
Silver medal icon.svg Casey Boehmer
Bronze medal icon.svg Kevin Bylund
1996Gold medal icon.svg Greg Kennedy
Silver medal icon.svg Jay Gilligan
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Patz
Gold medal icon.svg Dew Drop Jugglers (Mick Lunzer, Jeff Kasper, Jason LeMay)
Silver medal icon.svg Tripp and Fall (Dextre Tripp, Reid Belstock)
Bronze medal icon.svg Not Awarded
Gold medal icon.svg Casey Boehmer
Silver medal icon.svg Mike Price
Bronze medal icon.svg Rick Friscia
1997Gold medal icon.svg Vladik Miagkostoupov
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Patz
Bronze medal icon.svg Matt Henry
Gold medal icon.svg Mark, Charlie Peachock
Silver medal icon.svg Flight Patterns (Todd Blair, Jimmy Robertson)
Bronze medal icon.svg Stoolies (Aaron Schettler, Reid Belstock)
Gold medal icon.svg Adam Kariotis
Silver medal icon.svg Emil Carey
Bronze medal icon.svg Rick Friscia
1998Gold medal icon.svg Jason Garfield
Silver medal icon.svg Dana Tison
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Patz
Gold medal icon.svg Les Tourisks
Silver medal icon.svg Raising Cain (Scott, David Cain)
Bronze medal icon.svg Redefining Gravity (Heather Hackett-Brinegar, Darrin Marriott)
Gold medal icon.svg Jeff Civillico
Silver medal icon.svg Luke Jay
Bronze medal icon.svg Mike Roberts
1999Gold medal icon.svg Adam Kariotis
Silver medal icon.svg Sean McKinney
Bronze medal icon.svg Jay Gilligan
Gold medal icon.svg The Mad Five
Silver medal icon.svg The Fling Kings
Bronze medal icon.svg Marty and Jake
Gold medal icon.svg Peter Gerber
Silver medal icon.svg Emil Carey
Bronze medal icon.svg Christopher Chiappini
2000Gold medal icon.svg Michael Price
Silver medal icon.svg Jason Garfield
Bronze medal icon.svg Patrick McGuire
Gold medal icon.svg Redefining Gravity (Heather Hackett, Darin Marriott)
Silver medal icon.svg We're Not Clowns (Scott Parker, Kelly Anzalone, Andrew Pratt)
Bronze medal icon.svg Propellorheads (Dan Berman, Peter Frey)
Gold medal icon.svg Christopher Chiappini
Silver medal icon.svg Nate Seefeldt
Bronze medal icon.svg Dorothy Finnigan
2001Gold medal icon.svg Matt Henry
Silver medal icon.svg Nicolas Souren
Bronze medal icon.svg Jeffery Daymont
Gold medal icon.svg The LaSalle Brothers (Jake, Marty LaSalle)
Silver medal icon.svg Team Rootberry (Jonathan Root, Bill Berry)
Bronze medal icon.svg Raising Cain (David, Scott Cain)
Gold medal icon.svg David DiMuzio
Silver medal icon.svg Nate Seefeldt
Bronze medal icon.svg Josiah Jones
2002Gold medal icon.svg Jason Garfield
Silver medal icon.svg Pat McGuire
Bronze medal icon.svg Rod Laver
Gold medal icon.svg Saccade (Greg Kennedy, Chris Ivey)
Silver medal icon.svg Team Rootberry (Jonathan Root, Bill Berry)
Bronze medal icon.svg Stoolies (Reid Belstock, Aaron Schettler, Luke Jay)
Gold medal icon.svg Ryo Yabe
Silver medal icon.svg Josiah the Bold (Josiah Jones)
Bronze medal icon.svg Stephen Caruso
2003Gold medal icon.svg Bill Berry
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Hall
Bronze medal icon.svg Vova Galchenko
Gold medal icon.svg Team Rootberry (Jonathan Root, Bill Berry)
Silver medal icon.svg Olga, Vova Galchenko
Bronze medal icon.svg Jugheads
Gold medal icon.svg Jonathan Brady
Silver medal icon.svg Charles "C.J." Smith Jr.
Bronze medal icon.svg Leo James
2004Gold medal icon.svg Thomas Dietz
Silver medal icon.svg Ivan Pecel
Bronze medal icon.svg Emile Carey
Gold medal icon.svg Olga, Vova Galchenko
Silver medal icon.svg Stanford Juggling Research Institute (Martin Frost, Rick Rubenstein,
Neil Fred Picciotto)
Bronze medal icon.svg The Jugheads
Gold medal icon.svg Wes Peden
Silver medal icon.svg Leo James
Bronze medal icon.svg Edgar Mkrtchyan
2005Gold medal icon.svg Ryo Yabe
Silver medal icon.svg Mark Kolbusz
Bronze medal icon.svg Cecile Poncet
Gold medal icon.svg Jonglissimo (Christoph, Manuel Mitasch)
Silver medal icon.svg Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi, Takashi Kikyo
Bronze medal icon.svg Entropy (Tony Gonzalez, Will Oltman)
Gold medal icon.svg Kazuhiro Shindo
Silver medal icon.svg Komei Aoki
Bronze medal icon.svg Takashi Kikyo
2006Gold medal icon.svg Artem Khomanko
Silver medal icon.svg Yuki Kojima
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Karas
Gold medal icon.svg MHD (William Wei-Liang Lin, Ting-Chin Hsu)
Silver medal icon.svg Swatch
Bronze medal icon.svg Vanillatown
Gold medal icon.svg William Wei-Liang Lin
Silver medal icon.svg Tony Pezzo
Bronze medal icon.svg Billy Watson
2007Gold medal icon.svg Thomas Dietz
Silver medal icon.svg Wes Peden
Bronze medal icon.svg Vova Galchenko
Gold medal icon.svg Jonglissimo (Christoph, Manuel Mitasch)
Silver medal icon.svg Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi, Takashi Kikyo
Bronze medal icon.svg Genetic Fallout (Scott, Amanda Richter)
Gold medal icon.svg Yoshiaki Nagatake
Silver medal icon.svg Nate Martin
Bronze medal icon.svg Teruki Okamoto
2008Gold medal icon.svg Vova Galchenko
Silver medal icon.svg Billy Watson
Bronze medal icon.svg Yoshihisa Suehiro
Gold medal icon.svg Sharpe Brothers (Jacob, Nate Sharpe)
Silver medal icon.svg Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi, Takashi Kikyo)
Bronze medal icon.svg Taiwan Physical Education College (Ching-Ta Huang,
Huang-Chin Lien
Gold medal icon.svg Takashi Kikyo
Silver medal icon.svg Chu Chuan-Ho
Bronze medal icon.svg Ben Hestness
2009Gold medal icon.svg Doug Sayers
Silver medal icon.svg Billy Watson
Bronze medal icon.svg Yusaku Mochiduki
Gold medal icon.svg The Jugheads (Rory Bade, Stefan Brancel, Sean Carney, Ricky Harr,
Ben Hestness Jonny Langholz, Jack Levy, Colin Revere, Amanda Richter,
Scott Schultz Joey Spicola, Hanna Stoehr, David Uhr,
Silas Wallen-Friedman, Brenden Ying)
Silver medal icon.svg Smirk (Ried Belstock, Warren Hammond)
Bronze medal icon.svg Poetic Motion Machine (Steven Dimon, Jeremiah Johnston,
Jesse Johnston, Eli March
Gold medal icon.svg Liu-Wen Yeh
Silver medal icon.svg David Ferman
Bronze medal icon.svg Jack Levy
2010Gold medal icon.svg Jordan Moir
Silver medal icon.svg Yu Kondo
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivan Pecel
Gold medal icon.svg Dream Team (Doug Sayers, Josh Horton)
Silver medal icon.svg Poetic Motion Machine (Steven Dimaon, Jeremiah, Jesse Johnston,
Eli March)
Bronze medal icon.svg The Five of Clubs (Rory Bade, Sean Carney, Jack Levy,
Scott Schultz, Brenden Ying
Gold medal icon.svg Noah Malone
Silver medal icon.svg David Ferman
Bronze medal icon.svg Lauge Benjaminsen
2011Gold medal icon.svg Tony Pezzo
Silver medal icon.svg Kitamura Shintarou
Bronze medal icon.svg Tomohiro Kobayashi
Gold medal icon.svg Showy Motion (Stefan Brancel, Ben Hestness)
Silver medal icon.svg Smirk (Reid Belstock, Warren Hammond)
Bronze medal icon.svg The Jugheads (Rory Bade, Michael Barreto, Alex Behr, Daniel Burke,
Sean Carney, Tom Gaasedelen, Joe Gould, Danny Gratzer, Conor Hussey,
Reid Johnson, Griffin Kelley, Jonny Langholz, Jack Levy, Chris Lovdal,
Mara Moettus, Chris Olson, Evan Peter, Scott Schultz, Joey Spicola,
Brenden Ying)
Gold medal icon.svg David Ferman
Silver medal icon.svg Jack Denger
Bronze medal icon.svg Patrick Fraser
2012Gold medal icon.svg Satoshi Eto
Silver medal icon.svg Thom Wall
Bronze medal icon.svg David Ferman
Gold medal icon.svg Daniel, Dominik
Silver medal icon.svg Institute of Jugglology (Galen Harp, Ellen Winters)
Bronze medal icon.svg Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi, Takashi Kikyo)
Gold medal icon.svg Kellin Quinn
Silver medal icon.svg Jack Denger
Bronze medal icon.svg Ashley Ellis
2013Gold medal icon.svg Kyle Driggs
Silver medal icon.svg Wes Peden
Bronze medal icon.svg Kellin Quinn
Gold medal icon.svg The Pastels
Silver medal icon.svg Kikyo Brothers
Bronze medal icon.svg Mountain Motion
Gold medal icon.svg Ashley Ellis
Silver medal icon.svg Yusuke Yokoyama
Bronze medal icon.svg Patrick Fraser
2014Gold medal icon.svg Kota Hayashi
Silver medal icon.svg Yusaku Mochizuki
Bronze medal icon.svg Thom Wall
Gold medal icon.svg Institute of Jugglology (Galen Harp, Ellen Winters)
Silver medal icon.svg Duck and Cover
Bronze medal icon.svg The Nine Hips
Gold medal icon.svg Jack Denger
Silver medal icon.svg Patrick Fraser
Bronze medal icon.svg Delaney Bayles
2015Gold medal icon.svg Yusaku Mochizuki
Silver medal icon.svg Yosuke Ubukata
Bronze medal icon.svg Kento Tanioka
Gold medal icon.svg Kentokaito
Silver medal icon.svg The Jugheads
Bronze medal icon.svg The Bling Bros.
Gold medal icon.svg Delaney Bayles
Silver medal icon.svg Max Poff
Bronze medal icon.svg Daniel Van Hoomissen
2016Gold medal icon.svg Hiroki Kamei
Silver medal icon.svg Jorden Moir
Bronze medal icon.svg Scott Sorensen
Gold medal icon.svg Jonglissimo (Daniel Ledel, Dominik Harant, Manuel Mitasch)
Silver medal icon.svg Totchees (Tetuya Tochikubo, Ayaka Tochikubo)
Bronze medal icon.svg Aki and Takeru
Gold medal icon.svg Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse
Silver medal icon.svg Christopher Haaser
Bronze medal icon.svg Bennett Santora
2017Gold medal icon.svg Hayato Watanabe
Silver medal icon.svg Shinya Yamane
Bronze medal icon.svg Delaney Bayles
Gold medal icon.svg CAPT – New Style Crew (Thean Leong Hng, Pei-Chen Jung,
Wei-Hsuan Chang, Meng-Ti Hsieh, Yu-Ping Chiang)
Silver medal icon.svg CAPT (Yu Cheng Lu, Chin Yao Yang)
Bronze medal icon.svg Duo Octo (Peter Irish, Jordan Moir)
Gold medal icon.svg Bennett Santora
Silver medal icon.svg Christopher Haaser
Bronze medal icon.svg Houston Odum
2018Gold medal icon.svg Masayuki Furuya
Silver medal icon.svg Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse
Bronze medal icon.svg Makoto Hanada
Gold medal icon.svg Cosmic Cousins (Eli March, Nate Hughes)
Silver medal icon.svg KK Staff (Keiichiro Kato, Takumi Ohkura)
Bronze medal icon.svg The LemonHeads (Isaac Cantor, Joshua Nelson
Gold medal icon.svg Sho Kasuya
Silver medal icon.svg Grant Bishop
Bronze medal icon.svg Christopher Haaser
2019Gold medal icon.svg Zak McAllister
Silver medal icon.svg Eric Jackson
Bronze medal icon.svg Elia Taylor
Gold medal icon.svg Zak and Delaney
Silver medal icon.svg CBO Juggling Team
Bronze medal icon.svg Jugheads
Gold medal icon.svg Christopher Haaser
Silver medal icon.svg Kyle Albrecht
2022Gold medal icon.svg Ho Lam Pun
Silver medal icon.svg Kathryn Carr
Bronze medal icon.svg Futa Fujimoto
N/AGold medal icon.svg Matthew Walmsley
Silver medal icon.svg LilyRuth Mamary
Bronze medal icon.svg Leona Barocas
2023Gold medal icon.svg Shih Rong Huang
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Karas
Bronze medal icon.svg Matan Presberg
Gold medal icon.svg Manuel Mitasch & Moritz RosnerN/A

IJA Online Juggling Championship

In response to COVID-19, IJA created an annual event based on IJA Stage Championships normally held at the annual IJA Festival, but with some modifications to accommodate the circumstances. Instead of a live event, videos submissions judged by the entire attending IJA membership in five categories of Juggling Difficulty, Juggling Creativity, Juggling Execution, Entertainment Value, and Presentation. [8] [9]

YearIndividualTeamsJuniors
2020Gold medal icon.svg Hazel Bock
Silver medal icon.svg Kohei Itabashi
N/AGold medal icon.svg David Pavlove Cunsolo
Silver medal icon.svg Zaila Avant-garde
Bronze medal icon.svg Thomas Whitaker
2021Gold medal icon.svg Adam Dipert
Silver medal icon.svg Cinthia “La Flaka” Buitrón
Bronze medal icon.svg Keisuke Yamazaki
Gold medal icon.svg Raising CainGold medal icon.svg Nikolai Marshall
Silver medal icon.svg Ella Catanzaro
Bronze medal icon.svg Janice Chao

IJA Numbers Championships

The Numbers Championships awards Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals to those who demonstrate that they can juggle the most balls, clubs or rings for the highest number of catches. Competition occurs in three categories: Individuals, Duos and Trios. See the current IJA records. [5] Starting at the 2006 convention, prize is given to each "numbers" winner, with an extra prize for anyone who breaks an existing International Jugglers' Association record. Other competitions held at the IJA's annual festival include the Individual Prop Competitions, the Extreme Juggling Competitions, the World Joggling Championships, as well as traditional (and more informal) juggling games and events.

Publications

The IJA has published Jugglers' World and JUGGLE magazine. In 2012, the IJA transitioned to an all-digital form of communications, halting publication of JUGGLE magazine. Today, members read juggling news through eJuggle, hosted on the IJA's website.

In addition to the online magazine, the IJA also produces a monthly eNewsletter with IJA news, articles of interest, and news from the global juggling community.

Notable members


Presidents have included Ronald Graham, co-inventor of Mills Mess.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juggling</span> Circus skill manipulating objects

Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipulation of one object or many objects at the same time, most often using one or two hands but other body parts as well, like feet or head. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props. The most common props are balls, clubs, or rings. Some jugglers use more dramatic objects such as knives, fire torches or chainsaws. The term juggling can also commonly refer to other prop-based manipulation skills, such as diabolo, plate spinning, devil sticks, poi, cigar boxes, contact juggling, hooping, yo-yo, and hat manipulation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">USRowing</span> National governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States

The United States Rowing Association, commonly known as USRowing, is the national governing body for the sport of Rowing in the United States. It serves to promote the sport on all levels of competition, including the selection and training of those who represent the US at international level.

Vladimir, known as Vova, and Olga Galchenko were a brother and sister juggling team originally from Russia, active from approximately 2001 to 2009. They specialized in club juggling, particularly technical solo juggling, technical club passing and numbers club passing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juggling convention</span>

Many countries, cities or juggling clubs hold their own annual juggling convention or juggling festivals. These are the backbone of the juggling scene, the events that regularly bring jugglers from a wide area together to socialize. The attendance of a convention can be anything from a few dozen to a few thousand people.

Since the late 1980s, a large juggling culture has developed, revolving around local clubs and organizations, special events, shows, magazines, video sharing websites, Internet forums, juggling competitions and juggling conventions. Populating the scene are many juggling celebrities who are notable for being good or creative jugglers, entertaining performers, convention organizers, experts in their field, having a strong presence online or just for having an interesting personality, character or style.

When you pulled out three balls in 1973, what was going through people's minds was, 'I saw a deformed midget do that once.' But when you pulled out three balls in the '80s, it was, 'a guy in my dorm room used to do that.'

<span class="mw-page-title-main">European Juggling Convention</span>

The European Juggling Convention (EJC), is the largest juggling convention in the world, regularly attracting several thousand participants. It is held every year in a different European country. It is organised by changing local organisation committees which are supported by the European Juggling Association (EJA), a non-profit association founded in 1987 in Saintes, France. Like most juggling conventions, it features a mix of workshops for jugglers, a "renegade" performance performed for participants, games, performances and a public show, usually spread out over a period of a week in the European summer. Accommodation is usually in the form of tents provided by participants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Flute Association</span>

The National Flute Association (NFA) is the largest flute organization in the world, with roughly 5,000 members from more than 50 countries. It is an association in the United States with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. Members include soloists, orchestral players, jazz and world music performers, teachers, adult amateurs, and students of all ages.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joggling</span>

Joggling is a competitive sport that combines juggling with jogging. People who joggle are called jogglers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juggling competition</span>

Competitive or sport juggling may range from friendly and silly games to competitive sports. Most juggling conventions include friendly games such as endurance and gladiators. Since 1969, the International Jugglers' Association (IJA) has held annual stage championships, judged both on technique and presentation. The stage championships have three categories: Individuals, Teams and Juniors. First, second and third-place winners in the Stage Championships are awarded medals and money prizes. In addition, the Numbers Championships awards Gold medals to those who demonstrate that they can juggle the most balls, clubs or rings for the most catches.

Albert Lucas is an American juggler born in 1960 to Albert and Yvonne Moreira. He is notable for juggling while ice skating, setting numbers juggling records, and promoting sport juggling.

A magic convention is a gathering of professional magicians, magical hobbyists, dealers, collectors of magical apparatus, books and ephemera, and other students of the art of magic. It provides a place for lectures of subjects related to the craft, as well as a series of sample performances of noted or innovative techniques. Many conventions also hold competitions to judge who excels at a particular style, and present awards in various categories such as sleight of hand, card tricks, mentalism, and stage illusions. The largest magic convention is The Blackpool Magician's Convention which is attended by over 3,500 magicians.

Jason Garfield is a juggler and entertainer from Norfolk, Connecticut, United States. He is the founder and president of the World Juggling Federation (WJF).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World Juggling Federation</span>

The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is the world's only organization devoted to the promotion and advancement of juggling as a sport.

Mobile phone throwing is an international sport that started in Finland in the year 2000. It's a sport in which participants throw mobile phones and are judged on distance or technique. World record holder is Dries Feremans with an official Guinness World Record throw of 110m 42cm.

The World Yo-Yo Contest is the culminating yo-yo competition of the worldwide competitive circuit and is considered the most prestigious yo-yo competition in the world. The winner of this competition in any of the six championship divisions is deemed the World Yo-Yo Champion; the World Yo-Yo Contest is the only event to award such a title. The contest attracts competitors from all over the world and an increasingly large number of spectators. The annual competition is currently run by the International Yo-Yo Federation (IYYF) and the national organization of each year's host nation. As of 2015, 33 countries have sent competitors to the World Yo-Yo Contest from their respective national yo-yo contests. World Yo-Yo Contest is also known as YoYoCon.

Bruce Sarafian is an American juggler and unicyclist from Florida. He performs in venues such as theme parks, festivals, fairs and also for corporate clients. He began juggling at the age of 10. In 2007 he started and now operates a custom used classic jeep dealership in Central Florida, which has become one of the nation's largest, called EZJeeps.com In 2018 his jeep dealership was renamed EZCustom4x4.com

The Israeli Juggling Convention (IJC) takes place each year during the Passover Holiday. The IJC is the second biggest juggling convention in the world with around 2000 participants each year.

The two brothers Christoph and Manuel Mitasch are a world class juggling team from Austria. They are performing under the stage name Jonglissimo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thom Wall</span> American juggler

Thom Wall is a juggler and variety entertainer from Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. NPR has called him "one of the world's most notable jugglers."

The 2013 World Yo-Yo Contest was the culminating yo-yo competition of the worldwide competitive circuit. The winners from this competition in any of the six championship divisions were deemed the current World Yo-Yo Champion until the 2014 World Champions were crowned. The competition was run by Gregory Cohen with the International Yo-Yo Federation (IYYF). The competition took place at the Rozen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA from August 8–10, 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". International Jugglers' Association. Internal Revenue Service. December 31, 2019.
  2. "Board and Officers". International Jugglers' Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  3. "The Founding of the IJA". Juggler's World. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  4. "Juggle.org". International Jugglers' Association.
  5. 1 2 "Number Records". International Jugglers' Association. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008.
  6. "IJA Championships". International Jugglers' Association. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.
  7. "world Juggling Set". San Fernando Valley Times. July 3, 1969. p. 5.
  8. "IJA Online Juggling Championships 2021 Information". International Jugglers' Association.
  9. "IJA Juggling Championships Results". International Jugglers' Association.