Ryo Yabe WJF Profile Video

[Andy S]

Just thought I'd let everyone know.  Awesome WJF footage.  

http://thewjf.com/yabe2005.html

mod edit: here's a direct link: http://thewjf.com/video/RYOYABE.mov

-Andy

[Will^]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Love that 2 High with bounces

[Martijn]

Wow, thanks for sharing that. He's just... mad! I love his work

[diabololi]

Wow that was amazing! Everything there was so smooth.

[barnesy]

Great stuff.  The more I work on 3, the more impressed I am by how good he is!

[Spooned]

That 2 start was awesome: whiped duicide -> BTB -> sun to front.  

[Jonnyh]

It also makes me think how good Antonins performance must have been to beat that! I haven't seen any footage of it though... They're both diabolo legends.

[Chiok]

It also makes me think how good Antonins performance must have been to beat that! I haven't seen any footage of it though... They're both diabolo legends.

I was just thinking that must have been his practise run to not have done better than he did.  I think he wore a black shirt in competition.  If you do a search for "Trash Vegas Montage" or something similar, Trash made a montage when in Vegas (*shock*).  It has some of the WJF diabolo stuff that he was able to sneak out from under Jason's nose.

Some awesome tricks though, I agree that duicide BTB start was gnarly.  The double pirouette under 3 was smooth too.  And I love how BTB high throws make you look like you're trying to limbo.

Chiok

[norbi]

yup, all nuts. I am pretty sure he wore that costume in the comps aswell, i think there is some comp footage in there actually. But hats off to him for all that, i actually missed his exhibition becuase i was having lunch with... someone    So i'm glad to see the highlights there.

Shame he didnt film any practise footage for it, like his 3 clips on his site.

[tomangleberger]

That 2 start was awesome: whiped duicide -> BTB -> sun to front.  :shock:

From the kajillion videos I've watched, this trick might just be the greatest.

This seems like one of those tricks that a mortal might hope (perhaps eternally) to land once in practice, but only the preternaturally burly would attempt in front of an audience, much less in a world class competition. And only a resident of, say, Asgard or Olympus could land with that much style.

[norbi]

it wasnt in competition, very little of that footage was, almost none infact. But yes, i agree with the rest, especially style, no-one touches Ryo on that front.

[Jonnyh]

Does he do lessons?

[Dracodragon]

Now that was amazing. How many years has he been diaboloing?

[nezzybaby]

sorry for doing this, but i cant download any of the videos without an alternate link... and can only run .mov files with vlc player so they dont open for me:

http://thewjf.com/video/WES.mov
http://thewjf.com/video/NORBI.mov
http://thewjf.com/video/vova.mov

[norbi]

hey thanx Nez, that means a suprising amount

[nezzybaby]

nice video norbi shame about the lack of diabolos though... also is that wes the same one that posts here, i dont think it is, as our wes would definately be showing his diabolo stuff off. Vova is gonna take a few world records for club endurance soon im sure, he is by far the greatest club juggler around.

[norbi]

nice video norbi shame about the lack of diabolos though (1)... also is that wes the same one that posts here, i dont think it is, as our wes would definately be showing his diabolo stuff off (2). Vova is gonna take a few world records for club endurance soon im sure, he is by far the greatest club juggler around (3).

1) yeah sorry about that, but diabolo didnt seem to fit the feel of the video, so i left it all out.

2) No, he is an american, Juniors champ, awesome juggler and only 14, a lickle too much repetition in his vid for my liking though.

3) Are you forgetting Gatto? By FAR the greatest club juggler around. Vova's 6 clubs is about 250 catches and Gatto's is 4min40, Vova's 7 clubs is around 150 catches, Gatto is touching 3 minutes. Gatto's 5 clubs is 45 minutes (although Thomas holds it with 53 minutes) and Vova thinks that its just dumb to juggle for that long. Not mentioning 8 clubs, which Gatto holds at 12 catches and has for 14 years.

Just a thought, or 2

[Jonnyh]

lol, that reminds me... have you seen Jason's video of 'Tricks that Anthony (gatto) can't do'? Very amusing... (Link below)

http://www.jasongarfield.com/video_clips.html

(this link will take you to the page. you'll see the video further down on the page)

[Chiok]

Ooo, just a lil in bad taste.  But non-diabolo related.  So bad boy!

Chiok

[Matt_]

norbi, im playing the devil's advocate here, but how does endurance juggling make someone a better juggler?

let's say i could do 3d low longer than Ryo, Tony, or Trash. does that make me a better diaboloist? if i could somehow hold 10 diabolos for 10 catches, does that make me a better diaboloist than JiBe or Priam?

Jason's videos are pretty funny, and they kind of prove a good point, dont you think? i mean, im not saying i completely agree with Jason. I dont think anyone can say who the "best" juggler of anything in the world is.

still, since Gatto wont compete, we'll never know eh? they should have HORSE but for juggling...