The problem I see is that people seem to be relying on the fellow peers to motivate yourself which is sometimes necessary. Sometimes you have to be in it for YOU. There have been several things in my life that other friends have got me into it and then a year later my particular friend is no longer involved but I'm still in it for the long haul.
To me, I think we haven't discovered anything yet cause we don't master what's already out there. Overhead springs, 3 or 2 card juggling, behind the back deck tosses and pirouette aerial stunts, full fledged perching routines, self-standing sculptures, table moves, and armspreads. How can you even begin to think to evolve this art if you don't even master what's already available to you. Some people say they want to be original by having original moves. WHO SAID THAT WAS WHAT WAS IMPORTANT!?!?! There are very few REAL original moves that are actually useful to people and are very different. Great example would be Ciappi's palmback fans, but realize you can get away with never performing these PBFs. You pull what you want from each category of the art and pull it together to the flow of a routine/performance.
Getting to the point where doing a King Cobra is like doing a Charlier cut is what we're aiming for!!!!!!! Raising the bar of the community so that the community will naturally evolve the art themselves. But no, some people want to sit and stay with their 100% no drop practice routines to feel good about themselves. Learn something new, drop cards, have fun with it while you're at it, so what if you can't create the next badass 8 packet display cut that the community will like you for. I'll be the first to tell you, I have no created any individual moves that I could call original, and guess what: I don't care. If you want to stick with your so-called "original" moves yeah just try to attract some laymen with those moves when I'm juggling 5 playing cards in their face.
To me, I think we haven't discovered anything yet cause we don't master what's already out there. Overhead springs, 3 or 2 card juggling, behind the back deck tosses and pirouette aerial stunts, full fledged perching routines, self-standing sculptures, table moves, and armspreads. How can you even begin to think to evolve this art if you don't even master what's already available to you. Some people say they want to be original by having original moves. WHO SAID THAT WAS WHAT WAS IMPORTANT!?!?! There are very few REAL original moves that are actually useful to people and are very different. Great example would be Ciappi's palmback fans, but realize you can get away with never performing these PBFs. You pull what you want from each category of the art and pull it together to the flow of a routine/performance.
Getting to the point where doing a King Cobra is like doing a Charlier cut is what we're aiming for!!!!!!! Raising the bar of the community so that the community will naturally evolve the art themselves. But no, some people want to sit and stay with their 100% no drop practice routines to feel good about themselves. Learn something new, drop cards, have fun with it while you're at it, so what if you can't create the next badass 8 packet display cut that the community will like you for. I'll be the first to tell you, I have no created any individual moves that I could call original, and guess what: I don't care. If you want to stick with your so-called "original" moves yeah just try to attract some laymen with those moves when I'm juggling 5 playing cards in their face.
