World Juggling Federation
- World Juggling Federation
The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is a juggling organization founded in 2000 by Jason Garfield which began to gain popularity in 2003 when ESPN showed an interest in televising a juggling competition. Its highest profile event is the WJF convention hosted in Las Vegas and shown on ESPN2. The organization promotes the idea that juggling is a sport and encourages jugglers to compete against each other in order to get better. Competitors at the convention must wear uniforms and must have a technical routine to compete.
Acceptable juggling props at the convention are:
*Balls
*Rings
*Clubs
*Cigar boxes
*Diabolos
*Devil Sticks
The different types of competition held at the convention include:
*Beginner, intermediate and advanced competitions in each of the three main discipline
*Club passing
*360s (and similar)
*Endurance
*Freestyle
History
The 2007 convention was held in Hartford, Connecticut, July 9th - 14th and was featured on Eyewitness News Channel 3. [ [http://video.aol.com/video-detail/channel-3-news-coverage-of-wjf-4/3745975949 Channel 3 News Coverage of WJF 4 - AOL Video ] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.thewjf.com/ The WJF] - The World Juggling Federation's official website
* [http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/world/jugglers/interviews/markbakalor.html An inteview with Mark Bakalor about the WJF] - Mark Bakalor, the marketing director of the WJF explains the aims of the organisation.
*" [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1214960,00.html Up In the Air] ", a "TIME" article on Vova and Olga Galchenko, that talks about the history of the WJF
* [http://www.thewjf.com/forums/index.php The World Juggling Federation Forum] - WJF Discussion Board including Members-Only Instructional Forums.
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