The class "Staff Spinning and Juggling: How to Spin/Juggle a Staff/Bow like a Circus Ninja Pro" is designed to teach the basics of staff spinning and juggling to beginners. The class will cover various techniques, such as proper grip, timing, and coordination, needed to spin and juggle a staff/bow like a professional. Through a combination of in-class demonstrations and hands-on practice, students will learn how to control the staff/bow, build endurance and dexterity and develop their staff spinning and juggling skills.

The class will cover topics such as:

-Introduction to Staff Spinning and Juggling: Understanding the basic concepts and history of staff spinning and juggling, and the different types of staff/bow.
-Safety and Proper Technique: Learn how to hold and spin the staff/bow safely and correctly, and how to avoid common mistakes.
-Basic Movements and Patterns: Learn and practice basic staff spinning and juggling movements, such as weaves, circles, and butterflies.
-Building Endurance: Learn how to build and maintain the stamina needed for long staff spinning and juggling sessions.
-Combining Music and Movement: Learn how to match staff spinning and juggling movement with music and create a synchronized performance.
-Performing and Choreography: Learn how to create a choreographed staff spinning and juggling routine and how to perform in front of an audience.
-Staff spinning and juggling Tricks: Learn various tricks and more advanced moves and combine them with the basic movements to develop unique performance
-Flow state and staff spinning and juggling : Understanding how to achieve flow state in staff spinning and juggling

Topics will include:
Session 1:
Introducing the Staff
Types of Staff
The Theory

Session 2:
Planes and Body Directions
Transitions
Basic Tricks : One Beat / Reel - One 

Session 3:
Beat Planes - Figure of Eight - Hip reel with Body Turn - One-Handed Windmill
Turns
Rotors
Combinations
Behind the Back Rotor Pass

Session 4:
Two-Handed Weave
Extra Spins
Nun Chuck Moves
Kick Ups
Balancing a Stick / Cane / Umbrella
Transitions of the above tricks will be taught. (How to move from one trick to another with style)
Learning rhythm with music for fluid movement.

Please note, I will not be teaching any tricks with fire in this class. Working with fire is very dangerous. I will cover this and explain why they must become master spinners before they can ever think about working with fire. Just so it is very clear, I will not be including the use of fire in this class. 

The flexible schedule (Flex Class) allows your learners to watch the pre-recorded videos and do them at a time that is FUN for them! You can also spend extra time on the topics your child is most interested in. Since this is a flex class with no live meetings, students can log in at a convenient time to complete the week's lesson. We will be going through each week as a group and I will post the lesson weekly (depending on which day you started).

In each section, I will teach different staff tricks in each of the four videos. I will show all the required information needed to understand the best way to perform the tricks. After learning each staff trick, the student will then film themselves performing the tricks for the homework which will be sent back weekly. These videos will then be commented on by the teacher and used in a discussion for the group. After watching each video and completing the homework assignments, students will be provided with feedback and the specific next steps to make their show even better. The students will then share their videos / projects for the other students to watch and comment on. This will allow the learns to help each other and share ideas and thoughts about each show. Sharing these projects will allow other students to learn from each other.

Time-frame for the Week:
Saturday - Teacher will post the video for the week.
Sunday - The teacher can answer any questions from the students regarding the tricks in that week lesson.  The students will need to complete the homework and submit the video.
Wednesday - Students need to have all tasks completed and uploaded in the classroom.  
Thursday - I will provide feedback to the students about the homework. Students will also be able to take part in a student to student comments and review on the tricks they learn and video to be able to discuss how they best perform them with each other. 
Friday - I will be available for questions and feedback. 

You do not need any experience to join this class. 

Every student once enrolled will get a free PDF copy of my published 112-page instructional book "The Book of Staff Spinning" by Johnathan Reynolds (worth $20 in the shops). This will cover all the material I will teach in class and more.

I will teach you by showing you how to do the tricks and will give you tips on how to improve your skills once you have mastered these tricks. 
No required experience or previous knowledge is needed by the learners.

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For parents/families who feel their child would benefit from this course, but their budget does not allow for it, I do offer a number of discounts for families of lower income. Please message me with the course, dates and times you are interested in to learn more about the discounts I might be able to offer.