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Beth

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Hello!
« on: August 27, 2019, 12:05:52 PM »
Hi everyone,

I'm finally making it on here to do my introduction. I started spinning tops because my friend, Mark K, showed me beigoma tops and some finger tops shaped liked trees (tree tops - haha) and then we moved onto koma. I'm 100% hooked! I love spinning.

I'm working on learning new tricks especially string catches. Getting more than one trick in a row is a goal of mine. It's partly skill....partly that I get really excited when I actually get a trick to work and then in that excitement I drop the koma. Haha it's all fun though.

There are sooooo many topics on here and I'm excited to start digging through old posts. I'm looking forward to learning more about spinning and chatting with you cool spin folks :)

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Re: Hello!
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2019, 01:09:10 PM »
Welcome to the forum Beth!
It was great to meet you at worlds. You got your Figaro photo pretty fast! (now I need to update the Figaro gallery, but I still have to post profiles from my last trip to Colombia . . . )
We need more women spinners!
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2019, 01:20:15 PM »
Welcome to the forum, Beth. I've been playing with my koma tops a bit more lately but still can't do too much with them.
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2019, 01:43:41 PM »
Welcome Beth. Tops are just fun.
« Last Edit: August 27, 2019, 10:59:28 PM by cecil »
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Jeremy McCreary

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Re: Hello!
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2019, 01:55:40 PM »
Welcome aboard! Since you got into koma, have you seen this?



My favorite top video ever. So many different kinds of tops!
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2019, 06:54:58 PM »
Has this video been on the forum before?  Some of it seems familiar but there were a number of things I did not remember.  At one point they talked about people believing that tops were inhabited by something.  I could not make it out.  Was it elves?  Or spirits? Or gnomes or something else?

They also mentioned that people put koma in the foundation or walls of homes.  Was that for well being?  Later they said tops were collected because they were believed to be good luck.

Did I hear right that at one time there were 60 factories making beigomas?  Then one by one they died out.  That seems like a lot of beigoma construction.  They certainly are more convenient to carry!

By the way, welcome Beth!!!
« Last Edit: August 27, 2019, 06:58:31 PM by the Earl of Whirl »
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2019, 07:25:15 PM »
Quote from: the Earl of Whirl on August 27, 2019, 06:54:58 PM
Has this video been on the forum before?

Found it in an old johnm post.

Quote from: the Earl of Whirl on August 27, 2019, 06:54:58 PM
At one point they talked about people believing that tops were inhabited by something.  I could not make it out.  Was it elves?  Or spirits? Or gnomes or something else?

Gods. In the Emperor's court many centuries ago. These two might have been trying to decide between gods and demons...



This one's going with demons, I think...



(also johnm's posts)
« Last Edit: August 27, 2019, 07:31:59 PM by Jeremy McCreary »
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2019, 07:32:32 PM »
Welcome Beth!

For those of you who have been around the IJA (International Jugglers Assoc) festivals for more than a couple of decades (not many, I know), at 1:19 is pictured Masahiro Mizuno! He came to a number of IJA festivals in the mid 90s and was a huge presence. As far as I know he introduced kendamas to the juggling community, and gave me my first one. I've been wondering if he was still performing! How cool!
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2019, 08:52:08 PM »
Thanks for making me watch it again. It's a superb documentary! I had forgotten that Takechan (Tsutomu Takeda) performed on it! He even does two tricks that I believe were inspired by our tricks: Orichi/Serpent which is an improved Bondage and Nobori Ryu/Rising Dragon which is related to Takeshi's Tangler.

The original thread: Japanese documentary on tops WOW!
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Re: Hello!
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2019, 09:34:51 PM »
Indeed a nice video, I just watched the whole thing!!
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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2019, 08:23:40 AM »
Ahh!  Inhabited by gods!!  Thank you Jeremy McCreary.  That clears up the mystery from my weird hearing.  I did hear correctly that tops are embedded in the beams of new houses.  I do not think I will try to carve a hole in a beam for a top in my house but I can certainly look for a place to put some in the walls of the house.

Yes, that is a great video and I am getting more and more out of it every time I watch it.
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« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2019, 10:40:07 AM »
Even after looking through tops from many different countries in the books by Gould and Bas and in big top collections like Cyril's,  Japanese tops are still my favorites overall -- variously for their simple elegance, playfulness, whimsy, onboard mechanisms, great variety,  and unique place in Japanese culture.

And I gather that many here like the way their throwing tops play.

Next in line for me, and for some of the same reasons,  are the German tops made by Märklin.
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« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2019, 11:23:59 AM »
Well that was quite a departure. ???

Now back to the topic!

Welcome Beth!  Nice of you to join us.  :)
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« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2019, 11:40:20 AM »
Quote from: Larry D. on August 28, 2019, 11:23:59 AM
Well that was quite a departure. ???

Now back to the topic!

Welcome Beth!  Nice of you to join us.  :)

Well, at least Beth has an inkling now of the breadth and depth of our interest in tops.

And that tops may be inhabited by gods.  >:D
« Last Edit: August 28, 2019, 11:47:36 AM by Jeremy McCreary »
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« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2019, 12:25:11 PM »
Welcome!
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