Illusion Movement: Beginner Buugeng/S-StaffChabuku Alex BakkeIllusion Movement: Beginner Buugeng/S-Staff The s-staff was a creation of Michael Moschen, the original contact juggler. The art was further pushed forward and popularized by Dai Zaobab of Japan (who coined the name buugeng). The movements with these staffs creates shape illusions that are visually pleasing and easily achieved. This class will teach the basic blade-forward and point-forward motions of the buugeng/s-staff, along with visiting the ideas of how the flat planes and plane combinations come together to create illusions. We will cover how the different directions create different patterns, how to prevent catching the point, hand / finger / wrist movements for spinning, around the body work (shoulder/hip/head/etc), as well as the basics of isolations. |