International Jugglers' Association
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,[1] with the goal of providing, "an organization for jugglers that would provide meetings at regular intervals in an atmosphere of mutual friendship."[2] Though its focus lies on juggling, its programs also support other circus disciplines.
Two-time Guinness World Record-holder Owen Morse joggling during the 1988 IJA festival
Programs and events
The International Jugglers' Association runs the following programs and events:
- International Regional Competitions
- The Video Tutorial Contest
- World Juggling Day
- eJuggle - the IJA's official publication
- The Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC)
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,[3] and IJA competitors.[4]
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).
| Year | Individual | Teams | Juniors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Gold-George Zsilak | N/A | N/A |
| 1970 | Gold-Danny Rees | N/A | N/A |
| 1971 | Gold-Tommy Curtain | N/A | N/A |
| 1972 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1973 | Gold-Jerry Greenberg | N/A | Gold-Martin Gray |
| 1974 | N/A | N/A | Gold-Nate Stein |
| 1975 | N/A | N/A | Gold-Peter Cuneen |
| 1976 | N/A | N/A | Gold-Norm Johnson |
| 1977 | N/A | N/A | Gold-Lenny Mazel |
| 1978 | N/A | Gold-Fred Garbo & Allan Jacobs | Gold-Ben Decker |
| 1979 | Gold-Edward Jackman Silver-Larry Vaksman Bronze-Peter Davison | Gold-Wimbledon Bros. (Pfeffer & Berg) Silver-J. Held & B. Felker Bronze-Locomotion Circus (Bounce, Cyrus & Flip | Gold-Lindsey Morris Silver-Maria Alcarese Bronze-Nguyen Phuc |
| 1980 | Gold-Michael Kass Silver-Edward Jackman Bronze-Larry Vaksman | Gold-Magnificent Material Movers Silver-ISU Gamma Phi Jugglers Bronze-Les Foubrac | Gold-Kezia Tenenbaum Silver-Nick Newlin Bronze-Jon Leffingwell |
| 1981 | Gold-Tommy Curtin Silver-Edward Jackman Bronze-Allan Jacobs | Gold-Gravity's Last Stand (Carville, Fry, Gagnepain) Silver-L.A. Juggling Company (Rosen, Jackman) Bronze-Up In the Air Juggling Club (Boyer, Friedman) | Gold-Anthony Gatto Silver-Patrick Dempsey Bronze-John Webster |
| 1982 | Gold-Peter Davison Silver-Anthony Gatto Bronze-Michael Marlin | Gold-Airjazz (Davison, Held, Tenenbaum) Silver-Gravity's Last Stand (Carvill, Jim Gagnepain, Matt Gagnepain) Bronze-Not Awarded | Gold-Andrew Allen Silver-John Webster Bronze-Christa Rypins |
| 1983 | Gold-Allan Jacobs Silver-Edward Jackman Bronze-Anthony Gatto | Gold-Bryan Wendling & Scott Burton Silver-Jongleur Jugglers Bronze-Raspyni Brothers | Gold-David Deeble Silver-Rick Coleman Bronze-Patrick Cox |
| 1984 | Gold-Albert Lucas Silver-Mark Nizer Bronze-Dan Holzman | Gold-Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman, Barry Friedman) Silver-Young Gentlemen Jugglers (John Webster, Robert Stuverud) Bronze-Circus Shmirkus (Steve Westren, Fred Stinson) | Gold-David Lee Silver-Dana Tison Bronze-Robbie Weinstein |
| 1985 | Gold-Andrew Head Silver-Dan Holzman Bronze-Arsene | Gold-Benji Hill&Dana Tison Silver-Benji Marantz & Tom Murphy Bronze-Live Aid | Gold-Ken Falk Silver-Robbie Weinstein Bronze-Bogar Zuniga |
| 1986 | Gold-Anthony Gatto Silver-Scott Burton Bronze-Benji Hill | Gold-Jet Set Jugglers (Eastman Webber & Richard Chesbrough Silver-Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman & Barry Friedman) Bronze-Jongleur Jugglers (John Creveling, Mike Stillwell, & Yvonne Wetherell | Gold-Robbie Weinstein Silver-OranCanfield Bronze-Mark Bakalor |
| 1987 | Gold-Benji Hill Silver-Jeff Mason Bronze-Dana Tison | Gold-Manic Expressions(K.C. Canter, Tommy Gabriel, & Mark Lippard Silver-Raspyni Brothers (Barry Friedman & Dan Holzman) Bronze-Doubble Troubble (Nick & Alex Karvounis) | Gold-Curt Bonnem Silver-David Cain Bronze-Mark Faje |
| 1988 | Gold-Jeff Mason Silver-Ryder Schwartz Bronze-Benji Hill | Gold-Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman & Barry Friedman) Silver-Passing Zone (Owen Morse & Jon Wee) Bronze-Philippine Pride Jugglers (Emily Cafina, Regina Tayko, Joyce Bonachita, & Irlopal Macabinguil | Gold-Jason Garfield Silver-Matt Linnell Bronze-Clarke Mcfarlane |
| 1989 | Gold-Cindy Marvell Silver-Larry Vee Bronze-Michael Menes | Gold-The Passing Zone (Owen Morse & Jon Wee) Silver-Doubble Troubble (Nick & Alex Kervounis) Bronze-Clockwork (Jack Kalvan & Rick Rubenstein) | Gold-Jonathan Rosenberg Silver-Brian Patz Bronze-Alfonso Guerra |
| 1990 | Gold-Mark Nizer Silver-Carlos Rodriguez Bronze-Dan Holzman | Gold-Darn, Good & Funny (Kevin Holman, Karen Phariss, Paul Phariss) Silver-Raspyni Brothers (Dan Holzman & Barry Friedman) Bronze-Not Awarded | Gold-Chuck Gunter Silver-Joel Purcell Bronze-Brian Patz |
| 1991 | Gold-Not Awarded Silver-Andrew Head Bronze-Jason Garfield, Dana Tison, Tuey Wilson | Gold-Not Awarded Silver-Doubble Troubble (Nick & Alex Karivounis) Bronze-Clockwork (Rick Rubenstein & Jack Kalvan) | Gold-Pat McGuire Silver-Brian Patz Sean Mckinney |
| 1992 | Gold-Not Awarded Silver-Miguel Herrera, Dan Holzman, & Dimitri Mourkes Bronze-France Robert, Larry Vee, Bob Whitcomb | Gold-Not Awarded Silver-Chuck Gunter & Benji Hill Bronze-Dew Drop Jugglers (Jason LeMay, Michael Lunzer, & Jeff Kasper) | Gold-Sean McKinney Silver-Ben Tolpin Bronze-Brian Patz |
| 1993 | Gold-Fritz Grobe Silver-Not Awarded Bronze- Jill Westover, Eric Wenokor | Gold-Not Awarded Silver-Benji Hill&Chuck Gunter Bronze-Not Awarded | Gold-Jay Gilligan Silver-Corey Hoelcker Bronze-Jason Kariotis |
| 1994 | Gold-Tony Duncan Silver-Brian Patz Bronze-Martin Mall | Gold-Crash & Burn (David Cain & Jay Gilligan) Silver-Darn,Good&Funny(Kevin Holman, Paul Phariss&Cindy Marvell) Bronze-Clockwork(Jack Kalvan & Rick Rubenstein) | Gold-Joey Cousin Silver-Artom Khomanko Bronze-Casey Boehmer |
| 1995 | Gold-Francoise Rochais Silver-Jay Gilligan Bronze-Jochen Schell | Gold-Blink(Jay Gilligan, Fritz Grobe, Morty Hansen) Silver-Cousin Brothers (Dan & Joey Cousin) Bronze-Trio One Over Par(Thomas Hinte, Daniel Megnet, Dirk Meyer) | Gold-Vladik Miagkostoupov Silver-Casey Boehmer Bronze-Kevin Bylund |
| 1996 | Gold-Greg Kennedy Silver-Jay Gilligan Bronze-Brian Patz | Gold-Dew Drop Jugglers (Mick Lunzer, Jeff Kasper, Jason LeMay) Silver-Tripp&Fall(Dexre Tripp & Reid Belstock) Bronze-Not Awarded | Gold-Casey Boehmer Silver-Mike Price Bronze-Rick Friscia |
| 1997 | Gold-Vladik Miagkostoupov Silver-Brian Patz Bronze-Matt Henry | Gold-Mark & Charlie Peachock Silver-Flight Patterns (Todd Blair & Jimmy Robertson Bronze-Stoolies(Aaron Schettler & Reid Belstock) | Gold-Adam Kariotis Silver-Emil Carey Bronze-Rick Friscia |
| 1998 | Gold-Jason Garfield Silver-Dana Tison Bronze-Brian Patz | Gold-Les Tourisks Silver-Rasing Cain (Scott & David Cain) Bronze-Redefining Gravity(Heather Hackett-Brinegar&Darrin Marriott) | Gold-Jeff Civillico Silver-Luke Jay Bronze-Mike Roberts |
| 1999 | Gold-Adam Kariotis Silver-Sean McKinney Bronze-Jay Gilligan | Gold-The Mad Five Silver-The Fling Kings Bronze-Marty&Jake | Gold-Peter Gerber Silver-Emil Carey Bronze-Christopher Chiappini |
| 2000 | Gold-Michael Price Silver-Jason Garfield Bronze-Patrick McGuire | Gold-Redefining Gravity (Heather Hackett & Darin Marriott) Silver-We're Not Clowns (Scott Parker, Kelly Anzalone, & Andrew Pratt) Bronze-Propellorheads (Dan Berman & Peter Frey) | Gold-Christopher Chiappini Silver-Nate Seefeldt Bronze-Dorothy Finnigan |
| 2001 | Gold-Matt Henry Silver-Nicolas Souren Bronze-Jeffery Daymont | Gold-The LaSalle Brothers (Jake & Marty LaSalle) Silver-Team Rootberry (Jonathan Root & Bill Berry) Bronze-Rasing Cain(David&Scott Cain) | Gold-David DiMuzio Silver-Nate Seefeldt Bronze-Josiah Jones |
| 2002 | Gold-Jason Garfield Silver-Pat McGuire Bronze-Rod Laver | Gold-Saccade (Greg Kennedy & Chris Ivey) Silver-Team Rootberry (Jonathan Root & Bill Berry) Bronze-Stoolies (Reid Belstock, Aaron Schettler, & Luke Jay) | Gold-Ryo Yabe Silver-Josiah the Bold (Josiah Jones) Bronze-Stephen Caruso |
| 2003 | Gold-Bill Berry Silver-Matt Hall Bronze-Vova Galchenko | Gold-Team Rootberry (Jonathan Root & Bill Berry) Silver-Olga & Vova Galchenko Bronze-Jugheads | Gold-Jonathan Brady Silver-Charles "C.J." Smith Jr. Bronze-Leo James |
| 2004 | Gold-Thomas Dietz Silver-Ivan Pecel Bronze-Emile Carey | Gold-Olga & Vova Galchenko Silver-Stanford Juggling Research Institute (Martin Frost, Rick Rubenstein & Neil Fred Picciotto) Bronze-The Jugheads | Gold-Wes Peden Silver-Leo James Bronze-Edgar Mkrtchyan |
| 2005 | Gold-Ryo Yabe Silver-Mark Kolbusz Bronze-Cecile Poncet | Gold-Jonglissimo (Christoph & Manuel Mitasch) Silver-Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi & Takashi Kikyo Bronze-Entropy (Tony Gonzalez & Will Oltman) | Gold-Kazuhiro Shindo Silver-Komei Aoki Bronze-Takashi Kikyo |
| 2006 | Gold-Artem Khomanko Silver-Yuki Kojima Bronze-Michael Karas | Gold-MHD (William Wei-Liang Lin, Ting-Chin Hsu) Silver-Swatch Bronze-Vanillatown | Gold-William Wei-Liang Lin Silver-Tony Pezzo Bronze-Billy Watson |
| 2007 | Gold-Thomas Dietz Silver-Wes Peden Bronze-Vova Galchenko | Gold-Jonglissimo (Christoph & Manuel Mitasch) Silver-Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi & Takashi Kikyo Bronze-Genetic Fallout (Scott & Amanda Richter) | Gold-Yoshiaki Nagatake Silver-Nate Martin Bronze-Teruki Okamoto |
| 2008 | Gold-Vova Galchenko Silver-Billy Watson Bronze-Yoshihisa Suehiro | Gold-Sharpe Brothers (Jacob & Nate Sharpe) Silver-Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi & Takashi Kikyo) Bronze-Taiwan Physical Education College (Ching-Ta Huang, Huang-Chin Lien | Gold-Takashi Kikyo Silver-Chu Chuan-Ho Bronze-Ben Hestness |
| 2009 | Gold-Doug Sayers Silver-Billy Watson Bronze-Yusaku Mochiduki | Gold-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-Smirk (Ried Belstock, Warren Hammond) Bronze-Poetic Motion Machine (Steven Dimon, Jeremiah Johnston, Jesse Johnston, Eli March | Gold-Liu-Wen Yeh Silver-David Ferman Bronze-Jack Levy |
| 2010 | Gold-Jordan Moir Silver-Yu Kondo Bronze-Ivan Pecel | Gold-Dream Team (Doug Sayers and Josh Horton) Silver-Poetic Motion Machine (Steven Dimaon, Jeremiah&Jesse Johnston, Eli March) Bronze-The Five of Clubs (Rory Bade, Sean Carney, Jack Levy, Scott Schultz, Brenden Ying | Gold-Noah Malone Silver-David Ferman Bronze-Lauge Benjaminsen |
| 2011 | Gold-Tony Pezzo Silver-Kitamura Shintarou Bronze-Tomohiro Kobayashi | Gold-Showy Motion (Stefan Brancel & Ben Hestness) Silver-Smirk (Reid Belstock, Warren Hammond) Bronze-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-David Ferman Silver-Jack Denger Bronze-Patrick Fraser |
| 2012 | Gold-Satoshi Eto Silver-Thom Wall Bronze-David Ferman | Gold-Daniel & Dominik Silver-Institute of Jugglology (Galen Harp & Ellen Winters) Bronze-Kikyo Brothers (Atsushi & Takashi Kikyo) | Gold-Kellin Quinn Silver-Jack Denger Bronze-Ashley Ellis |
| 2013 | Gold-Kyle Driggs Silver-Wes Peden Bronze-Kellin Quinn | Gold-The Pastels Silver-Kikyo Brothers Bronze-Mountain Motion | Gold-Ashley Ellis Silver-Yusuke Yokoyama Bronze-Patrick Fraser |
| 2014 | Gold-Kota Hayashi Silver-Yusaku Mochizuki Bronze-Thom Wall | Gold-Institute of Jugglology (Galen Harp & Ellen Winters) Silver-Duck&Cover Bronze-The Nine Hips | Gold-Jack Denger Silver-Patrick Fraser Bronze-Delaney Bayles |
| 2015 | Gold-Yusaku Mochizuki Silver-Yosuke Ubukata Bronze-Kento Tanioka | Gold-Kentokaito Silver-The Jugheads Bronze-The Bling Bros. | Gold-Delaney Bayles Silver-Max Poff Bronze-Daniel Van Hoomissen |
| 2016 | Gold-Hiroki Kamei Silver-Jorden Moir Bronze-Scott Sorensen | Gold-Jonglissimo (Daniel Ledel, Dominik Harant, Manuel Mitasch) Silver-Totchees (Tetuya Tochikubo & Ayaka Tochikubo) Bronze-Aki and Takeru | Gold-Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse Silver-Christopher Haaser Bronze-Bennett Santora |
| 2017 | Gold-Hayato Watanabe Silver-Shinya Yamane Bronze-Delaney Bayles | Gold-CAPT – New Style Crew (Thean Leong Hng, Pei-Chen Jung, Wei-Hsuan Chang, Meng-Ti Hsieh & Yu-Ping Chiang) Silver-CAPT (Yu Cheng Lu & Chin Yao Yang) Bronze-Duo Octo (Peter Irish, Jordan Moir) | Gold-Bennett Santora Silver-Christopher Haaser Bronze-Houston Odum |
| 2018 | Gold-Masayuki Furuya Silver-Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse Bronze-Makoto Hanada | Gold-Cosmic Cousins - (Eli March & Nate Hughes) Silver-KK Staff (Keiichiro Kato & Takumi Ohkura) Bronze-The LemonHeads (Isaac Cantor & Joshua Nelson | Gold-Sho Kasuya Silver-Grant Bishop Bronze-Christopher Haaser |
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.[3] 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 IJA Members
- Thomas Dietz
- Vova Galchenko
- Marcus Monroe
- Christoph Mitasch
- Manuel Mitasch
- The Passing Zone
- Thom Wall
- Sergeij Ignatov
- Anthony Gatto
Presidents have included Ronald Graham, co-inventor of Mills Mess.
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See also
- European Juggling Association - inspired by the International Juggling Association.
- World Juggling Federation - The World Juggling Federation is an offshoot of the IJA, founded by member Jason Garfield.
- International Sport Juggling Federation - An organization started by Albert Lucas that promotes joggling and sport juggling in general.
References
- "The Founding of the IJA". Juggler's World. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- Juggle.org homepage
- "Number Records Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine", IJA.org
- "IJA Championships Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine", IJA.org.
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