International Jugglers' Association

The International Jugglers ' Association ( IJA ) was founded in 1947 and is the oldest and largest organization of jugglers. We have members from all over the world.

  • 5.1 record holder and winner of the Stage Championships

Benefits of membership

  • Annual subscription of English-language magazine JUGGLE
  • Special discounts of Juggling manufacturers
  • Discounted admission to the IJA online shop
  • Access to IJA Forums
  • The right to attend the annual IJA festival.
  • Discounted insurance for artists and jugglers

Additional IJA programs

  • The Youth Educational program brings certified trainers to juggling workshops all over the world.
  • The video tutorial competition is an annual competition for freely available, high-quality online video tutorials.
  • The Props2U program supports developing countries with use juggling equipment.
  • The IJA Mentorship program allows members to exchange experiences with professional jugglers.

Conventions and competitions

The IJA organized the largest week-long juggling convention in North America, the IJA festival. The biggest juggling convention in the world is the European Juggling Convention, which was founded in the late 70s by the IJA.

The IJA festival takes place every year in a different city in North America in mid to late July instead. Apart from the competitions, there are also shows featuring professional artists who are open to the public. Similarly, there are a variety of workshops.

The organization provides a list of record holders and winners of competitions.

Venues for the IJA festival

  • 2013 Bowling Green, Ohio
  • 2012 Winston- Salem, North Carolina
  • 2011 Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2010 Sparks, Nevada
  • 2009 Winston- Salem, North Carolina
  • 2008 Lexington, Kentucky
  • 2007 Winston- Salem, North Carolina
  • 2006 Portland, Oregon
  • 2005 Davenport, Iowa
  • 2004 Buffalo, New York
  • 2003 Reno, Nevada
  • 2002 Reading, Pennsylvania
  • 2001 Madison, Wisconsin
  • 2000 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 1999 Niagara Falls, New York
  • 1998 Primm, Nevada
  • 1997 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1996 Rapid City, South Dakota
  • 1995 Las Vegas, Nevada
  • 1994 Burlington, Vermont
  • 1993 Fargo, North Dakota
  • 1992 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 1991 St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1990 Los Angeles, California
  • 1989 Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1988 Denver, Colorado
  • 1986 San Jose, California

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The IJA Stage Championships are awarded the official world championships in juggling which medals and prize money for participating jugglers. These competitions are held during the IJA festival. There are three categories of IJA Stage Championships: Individuals ( individual participants ), teams ( two or more participants per team ) and Juniors ( individual participants up to 17 years ). The first three places in each category will receive medals and cash prizes.

The Numbers Championships awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to the participants who can juggle the longest, most balls, clubs or rings. Quote this competition in three categories instead: single, duo and trio. The current IJA records are available on the IJA website. Since 2006 there is also prize money for each winner of a competition Numbers and an extra price for every one existing IJA record breaking.

Other competitions during the annual IJA festival are the Individual Prop Competition, the Extreme Juggling Competition and the World Championships joggling and other traditional juggling games.

History

The IJA has the magazines Jugglers ' World and JUGGLE published. JUGGLE is the current print magazine of the IJA.

In addition to JUGGLE produces the IJA also a monthly e-newsletter with news on the IJA, technical papers, and global news for juggling.

Renowned IJA members

Record holder and winner of the Stage Championships

  • Jeff Civillico
  • Thomas Dietz
  • Vova Galchenko
  • Michael Karas
  • Peter Kaseman
  • Tsushi Kikyo
  • Takashi Kikyo
  • Jake LaSalle
  • Martin LaSalle
  • Robert Mosher III
  • Christoph Mitasch
  • Manuel Mitasch
  • Wes Peden
  • Doug Sayers
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