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The word on the street is that he was pretty good.
5.75 minutes of my life that i will never get back. obvious cgi. methinks conspiracy? hmmm???
Well what sort of gravitational forces are pulling you in order to see almost six minutes of a video in four minutes?
the same gravitational forces used to keep cgi balls afloat… durrrr
nah, it some sort of ball called fushigi that everyone’s been talking about. no cgi here.
‘Fushigi’ is the irreverent name given to this artform by the company trying to mass market it as a ‘easy to do’ ‘anti-gravitational’ ball.
Needless to say ‘Fushigi’ is simply to leverage on the ‘awesomeness’ of contact juggling without advertising either the difficulty and discipline required in the hopes of conning the majority of kids to buy it and find out that what they really wanted was a real floating ball and can’t be arsed to practice.
Proper credit is due to Michael Moschen for developing the basic moves and concept of Contact Juggling, which is what Okotanpe (the name the Japanese performer is commonly known by) is performing. It is a credit to him to say that the video is CGI, and in the field of Contact Juggling he is one of the most skilled.
so now arse can be turned into an adverb?
yes, very common term here in the UK. it means bothered (to do it). can’t be arsed to practice = can’t be bothered to practice.
..that particular particle of speech is referred to by many as a ‘verb’.. It is not describing the manner in which a verb is being executed as an ‘adverb’ would be..
The lexical sleight of hand being employed here is the ‘verbification’ of a noun.. (sic) Which, BTW, i just demonstrated..
(t_moteo)
Really please, let’s rescue the language from the moronic Hip-Hopification that is rendering it into a pidgin!!
was’nt this done by david bowie ( i mean a stand in) in the film Laberinth 20 years ago, still bloody good though!!!!
I was thinking the same thing.
Yes indeed!
Actually, it wasn’t David Bowie. The contact juggling in Labyrinth was all performed by a man by the name of Michael Moschen, who is one of the most distinguished and talented multi-talented jugglers that the world has ever seen.
Bu the point is: This is not CG. This performer is RIDICULOUSLY talented, but I’ve seen jugglers perform amazing feats, though less impressive than this gentleman.
Give the man his due. He’s worked hard to get where he is, and deserves credit for his work.
“Performer” isn’t quite the word i would use. This is an unemployed Japanese hippie in Yoyogi Kouen or somewhere thereabouts. Booooorrrriiiing – but I might smoke a joint with him anyway.
if he’s an unemployed hippie, where did he get the expensive ipod/ihome to play the music on? ;P
Yeah, but then again, what have you done lately what has been so spectacular? Farted? You ass.
Like those yo-yo guys who came to my school and did sweet tricks and convinced everyone to buy yo-yos that were fun for a day till they realized they could never do anything interesting with them?
they did that to us too
actually hes using a ball called FUSHIGI, its a gay ass glass toy that is made to seem like it is floating on your hands
it is in fact in the labyrinth someone pointed out.
Which brings up a good point…there is cgi in Labyrinth, in the opening credits. BUT. It’s 80′s grade cgi, and poorly defined.
so riddle me this…how did they apply such good cgi on the crystals?the magic of Bowie?
It was done by a contact juggler – not Bowie. Pretty sure they show it in the making of doco/video thing.
It was done by the simple trick of Bowie putting his arms behind his back and the juggler putting his arms through Bowie’s from behind, which meant the juggler was performing blind.
‘Through Bowie’, that must have hurt! I bet they filmed out of sequence and shot this scene last…
So the movie Labrynth used CGI before CGI was wide spread?
Nope, David Bowie does the same thing in Labyrinth. It’s called Contact Juggling and it is hard to do if you don’t have steady hands
You plank, it’s called contact juggling. Look it up or shut your face.
the magic of FUSHIGI
That’s what it’s called, Fushigi. I was trying to remember the name hahaha thanks.
It’s called contact juggling. “Fushigi” is one of those made for TV brands trying to cash in on the “next big thing”. It’s all hand manipulations and balance.
For the curious, try checking out http://www.contactjuggling.org
Fushigi isn’t magic, its just a normal ball. the real magic is contact juggling, which is what he’s doing here. you can do it with any ball about that size, but smooth balls are eaiser.
Pizza Fushigi?
mmm pizzzzaaaa
Obvious cgi that reflects the crowd perfectly? It’s science, not conspiracy, you can make these yourself thanks to youtube.
It’s not CGI, he’s using a Fushigi Ball. Google it.
durrr… it’s a cgi fushigi ball… conspiracies… google it
Despite your best efforts, you can’t infect anyone else with the kind of stupidity you suffer from. It’s just not contagious.
Just sayin.
LOL! I don’t think anyone is getting it. This “fake?” guy(?) is all over the failblogs disputing all of the posts as “conspiracy”. Stupid – yes – funny – hell ya! He/she got you all riled up!
fake – 1
zombie – 0
no – i am serious about these conspiracies! i do not believe anything on the internets! okay – j/k… not keeping score though…
I bet you don’t believe that you are lovehate too, despite having an identical avatar.
ROFLs!!
That is one dumb troll if I’ve ever seen one.
You can tell by looking at the pixels and having seen a lot of trolls in our days.
What do you expect from a moron that uses that irritating nonword “methinks” on every other post?
doesn’t change the fact that you got punk’d! LOLZ!
My dear Fake lovehate, If one man says to thee, ”Thou art a donkey’,’ pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
…and a BMW symbol for your head.
*SNORK!*
Which hea…
. Never mind.
*Snickers*
@Marius, you’re a donkey
I’ll say you’re a donkey too… methinks you should go get a saddle now
Now now, Kuroro and Sumguy. I know you’re both angry, but I don’t care what your moms say, I will not pay one dime until you both get a paternity test.
They are angry cuz their balls have yet to drop.
*Withdraws previous comment*
*Puts on a saddle*
*Sighs*
*Waits for the inevitable*
*Squeezes Leila*
No, no, no.
*takes saddle off Marius*
The wise person knows whose words carry weight and whose words are weights to carry.
Besides, Marius, you’re a steed!
I am the mare of your town.
Leila, are there any movies you have seen?
@ AA: *Snork*
I appreciate your support and I won’t buck your posts.
However, comments like that cheapen the community. I deserve the saddle. My apology stands.
Besides, I would like to give rides to those who would kindly donate some internets to the, “Hair Extensions for Accidenty Lighted Failpeeps Or Other Mishaps” also known as HEALFOOM.
*SNORK*
Does that mean I get a free ride?
That’s a good promotional idea Ms B. We can get someone to take pictures and you can be our poster peep.
*Takes Ms B for a lap*
*poses*
What are movies Admiral?
*flees*
*gives extensively to the HEALFOOM fund*
*glances guiltily at Ms B*
Thanks for explaining. Most people on Failblog are stupid anyways. You need to move to Digg for some thoughtful comments. Failblog comments are always lame.
I love the self-insulting trolls!
..doesn’t seem to stop them trying though!
What is the major malfunction infiltrating the so called ‘minds’ of these web-dweebs who couldn’t be arsed to accomplish anything more substantial than crafting their half-assed attempts at irony?! What do you call irony without the substance requisite to support itself? ‘plasticny’?
Geez.. Give props where due!! This performer’s obvious skill and facility is the direct result of that common trick employed by many of his ilk.. It’s called ‘balls-out talent and hard, disciplined work’!! Kudos! (The rest of you can Fushigi yourselves)
(t_moteo)
It’s not a fushigi ball, it’s just a resin or glass contact juggling ball.
ooh, I thought this was failblog. I wasted way too much time (like half the video) waiting for a fail, then realizing it said “Win” WTF?
Well, then it was a failblog… for you.
FAIL
lol
Well he does actually (after some wicked contact juggling at the start) actually fail to put one of the balls in the bag haha.
Occam Razor, the simplest solution is most likely the right one.
CGI = not the simplest solution
even if it is some sort of cgi, it’s still a win for me.
consider he’s playing outdoor, with a lot of crowd, and -I think- flawless cgi for the ball.
but I think it’s not cgi. that’s tricky, but you can do it with a lot of practice. a whole lot.
uhhh… what is “cgi”? hmmmm????
cgi: computah generated images
They’re just fushigi balls. No CGI. They sell them on TV for $20.
It’s not a fushigi ball at all. Fushigi balls are cheap and have chrome centers. This is a standard acrylic 4″ contact juggling ball.
already done in times when there was no cgi, remember the movie Labyrinth? w/ David Bowie and a very young Jennifer Connelly? david’s character did the same juggling (obviously with a hand double).
So no cgi needed here, just talent and lot of practice, WIN!!
Thank you for making that point timemaker. Was about to do that arguement.
Actually CGI was available then: remember the owl at the beginning and end?
It was not very common and was very noticeable by today’s standards though; and yes, the juggling in the movie was completely real, by a professional.
In Labyrinth, the crystal ball act is actually performed by a man named Moschen. He is behind David Bowie and juggling without even being able to see his own hands. Talent. My friend is a street performer and does a skit with a crystal ball, but I don’t think it’s near as good as this guy.
Obvious cgi? Seriously?
Haven’t you ever watched Labyrinth? Jared the Goblin King does this when he’s talking to Sarah. This was the early ’80s when present-day CGI was not available.
i assume this video was made a lot later than the ’80′s… hmmm???
You are retarded. He is saying that it was done in the 80′s without cgi. That means it can be done present day without cgi. Please do us all a favor and stop talking. You are obviously a troll or a genuine idiot.
ummm… killer? we do not feed the trolls here. i mean – it’s obvious this guy is a troll looking to get a reaction. let’s not encourage him…
Bwahahahah!!! Like I said, he is one dumb troll.
it doesn’t?
Nope!
It didn’t for me either.
Weird, same here…
Um?
its not cgi bro. they sell them. glass balls. he just has skills.
Anyone who says that was CGI is more or less pissing on Jim Henson’s grave.
Jareth. Not Jared
Jared was the name of that kid in 2nd grade who picked his nose and ate it.
No its this thing called fushigi. Theres a commercial for it on late at night, its real but theres just a little bit of illusion involved. Ive done it myself.
Not Fushigi. Google “Contact Juggling”
Is somebody trying to sell something here????
It seems like it.
No, not fake… the skill is called Contact Juggling. It’s done with a poured acrylic ball that has nothing special about it (except that it’s clear so you can’t see it rotating when it turns, which is what creates the floating illusion). It takes many months/years of practice. It’s in the same realm of circus arts as poi, firespinning, buugeng, and toss juggling.
Incidentally, this art is not called “Fushigi” as some people think. Fushigi is an attempt in the USA to rebrand the art of contact juggling for financial gain by misleading consumers into thinking the ball has something special about it that makes it easy to use.
If it makes you feel any better CJer, I am listening to you. Hahaha…
it’s not fake. the whole point of it is to make it look surreal. ur a bit paranoid talking bout conspiracy and cgi..
no its real, I’ve seen it in real life… its pretty cool
Never heard of contact juggling??? muppet… you can get the fireballs to do similar tricks, honestly research before you bark dawg
not fake its called contact juggling. look it up before you make comments
This isn’t, my buddy can actually do this in real life. It takes a lot of patience and practice.
not fake.
not cgi.
I’ve seen this live and even got to participate
I’ve seen this done at raves.. not a fake just some crazy skill
google fushigi you get this stuff
In before “omg these japs do teh weirdest things”.
third!
and we thought “FIRST” was lame ¬¬
I guess he likes juggling balls
that is some serious ball handling XD
The Great Firewall has returned (returned the other day after giving me a brief glimpse of streaming-video-goodness).
The Great Firewall is a TEASE!
This one is from Youtube, which is standard fare for the Great Firewall.
It is VERY long! I *yawned* a couple of times. I have the attention span of a circus flea today.
…and no “Powered By”. I feel cheated.
Are you sure it didn’t happen while you were yawning?
Umm… mebbe?
I didn’t yawn…I was captivated! I love that sort of thing, especially in street performance. People who bring a little wonder and beauty into total strangers’ lives absolutely rock.
I liked the part where he coaxed the puppet or whatever that was (brown pac man), to spit out the ball.
That was great! I liked the parts where he made the glass ball seem as light as a bubble and made it look as if he had to work to keep it from floating away.
I found myself staring into the ball watching the surrounding images come into focus as it moved.
I thought it was Fluffy blowin’ bubbles.
Yup! I bet that took thousands of hours of practice.
He had time on his hands.
Has! The pun doesn’t work in the past tense, ya git!
*Bukkits*
I made falafel balls the other night and had thyme on my hands.
I had Antipasto for lunch and spilled some. Now I have thyme on my side.
Dragonwriter:
>>I didn’t yawn…I was captivated! I love that sort of thing, >>especially in street performance. People who bring a little >>wonder and beauty into total strangers’ lives absolutely rock.
Well said Dragonwriter! It’s a relief to know that somebody feels so!
(t_moteo)
I thought of you this morning, Leila!
People on the radio were talking about something Star Wars related — and I thought of you immediately.
Hehe! Did you shake your fist at my general direction?
Should that be “in my general direction”?
that’s what she said?
I would but they are currently on strike. Damn unions.
Well, I did try. My keyboard is smoking now, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Of course it’s a bad thing. Smoking isn’t good for it. It may get throat or lung cancer.
*slaps chantix patch on ZA’s keyboard*
We have to support it now.
mommy! I want that ball!
Ball juggling is a delicate art. Or so I’m told.
I am bouncing around from too much caffeine today Ms B.
SHARE!!!
I guess I should have filled some tubs this morning, but I’ve been to busy trying not to be so busy.
I resemble that remark.
He just cut my string
The guy can sure handle his balls…
David Bowie’s 3rd and 4th arms are better
He really likes to play with his shiny balls in public doesn’t he?
And his movements are so fluid.
well at least you don’t discriminate by gender.
CJ… I beg you…do NOT feed the troll.
Feed me, Seymour!
*throws chocolatey treats into…um, Troll’s mouth*
*nomnomnomnom*
Feed me, Seymour!
Asks Leila if she can see more now.
♪ I can see clearly now…
*calls in coordinates*
*lays down orange smoke*
The PTB RAWK!
What Troll?
Weeeeeeee!!!!
*squeezieSmooch*
Wait… there’s another Jack around here?
They’d be quite a pair.
…and the troll is GONE!
*dances*
I haven’t got the faintest idea what troll you care talking about.
Although I do care, the c is a typo in this case.
*bukkits*
Do u?
who the f is that doosh that gets in his way? wtf woman!
*Douche.
That was retarded.
at the end, he said he’s practicing to play with giant American balls, because Japanese ones are so small
I’m sure that’s as easy as it looks.
Huh?
I’ve never heard of the tilde being used that way. Thanks!
It’s new. We invented it. Pass the word! Use them freely!
*trademarks ~~*
*works on marketing strategy*
If only LCB was here.
*places a shiny on the table*
It’s just a matter of time now, Leila.
*waits for LCB*
*hides other shinies*
Just a precaution…
*digs up a few more shinies*
*won’t say from where*
*
safety**washes them off*
*places them on table as bait*
*hides*
Ok…who’s been raiding my dragon-hoard???
*points*
Stop pointing at me I had nothing to do with it!
*stays hidden*
*suffers a 5.0*
This is why poor Ms B never has any hair. Leila starts foolin’ around and then one thing leads to another. . . .
♪ You run for cover and there’s heat! ♪
*Ducks*
I lost my hair again?!?
*feels head*
I didn’t think I was standing so close to that fake troll!
*manly voice*
What do you mean Leila starts foolin’ around?
/*manly voice*
♪ You go around showin’ gold.
You foolin’ round with some other troll.
What you tryin’ do to my hair?
You better run you better hide you better leave my side ♪
Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great…*thunder rumbles*…for my will is as strong as yours, my kingdom as great… Damn. I can never remember that line…You have no power over me.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. The performer is so talented. It takes FOREVER to perfect that skill. Love it. Love Labyrinth. LOVE ALL OVER!
Methinks that’s his totem. If it falls, he’s not in the dream world anymore.
like
Mesmerizing!
Isn’t it though. Pretty talented that man.
I accidenty my “?”.
Here’s a few extra if you need them. ?????????
*pockets ?????????*
Thank you!
Me, too, and so did the crowd. He had an impressive sphere of influence.
Word will soon circulate about his talent.
Let’s go round up some other audience members for him!
They thought it was cool that he could simulate gravitational effects from another planet.
He does have quite a draw in some circles.
I agree, some street perfomers can make the coolest act from such simple items.
*has two awes*
*has 5 awes*
One for each of his balls.
That just sounds so…wrong.
Um… I am sorry?
*ballsy squeeze*
And you are a pretty balloon-sy. *scratches head*
*squeeze*
Well, I was going to say that he has some nice balls but it might be taken the wrong way.
*snickers*
OMG!! ~That would be so bad to say.~
Hehehehe!!!
Things being taken the wrong way is what powers this site.
*squeeze*
BALLS!!
it’s a toy called fushigi. Basically a yoyo for people who love anti-gravity balls
i don’t even see how this is a win considering its just a toy -_-
This is called Contact Juggling.
Fushigi is a brand name of one type of contact juggling ball – a brand he isn’t using.
If you read the poster’s comments on Youtube, they specifically say that this young man is NOT using a Fushigi ball. They are just made of glass.
It’s not a toy, contact juggling has been around for years. The company fushigi is just trying to market it to the general audience by claiming it’s an anti-gravity ball. When really it’s just a resin ball with hallow metal center. All the “illusion” and “weightlessness” is actually achieved by practicing the art. If you look up contact juggling on youtube, or Michael Moschen who did the juggling work for David Bowie in the Labyrinth, you’ll see it’s not as easy as you claim it to be.
I did think that was kind of funny when I read about it.
Oh dear the numerous amount of old tourists that crowded around him. Funny hats, bright shirts and shorts above their knees.
@CGI claiments, Fushigi ball, I see no end of these advertisements on TV.
https://www.fushigiball.com/
Fushigi Balls FTW!!!
I just want to say, everyone making the “playing with his balls” comments are clearly the funniest people on this site. Those comments are so original. [/sarcasm]
I’ve seen ads for these juggling balls on TV. They have little to do with the performers skill and more to do with the balls properties.
It has nothing to do with the balls properties. The balls are usually just resin, or in some rare cases glass. There’s no magic, or “anti-gravity” it’s just great performance skill honed from lots of practice.
A resin or the glass used in the ball would be part of the ball’s properties…
Too long…Did not listen.
This isnt fake, i have one, and they’re so amazing! They sell them on T.V
They sell the man doing the ball trick? How much?
You’d need to also factor in the cost of how much food he’d need.
Don’t tell me I can keep him in the closet.
Are your closets comfortable. If you keep him in one you might eventually have to deal with him coming out of the closet.
*sigh*
I think I gave you one too many of these ?.
Nobody should be forced to stay in the closet.
He can come out any time he wishes though.
*squeeze*
I’ve been to Japan, and seen this guy in Yoyogi Park. It’s not fake. It’s real and awesome!
He looks like an asian Kevin Bacon
For those of you who are claiming this is fake or that the ball is doing all the work, I invite you to look up “contact juggling” some time. It’s harder than it looks.
It’s not CGI, it’s contact juggling. For those of you who are forced to watch infomercials at 3 in the morning, it’s FUSHIGI!
If I’m awake at 3am I’m usually reading and not watching infomercials. Or I’m sitting up with a pregnant dragon giving birth.
THUD!!!!
*looks down at belly*
Noop. Tisn’t me. Though having a wee dragon running around the blog would be fun, wouldn’t it?
That would be soooooo cool!!
I’ll get to work on that right away, then. I only have one technical difficulty.
…Can you guys help me find a smart, badass, single guy dragon of the masculine persuasion?
Where do you dragons hang out on weekends? Libraries? Coffee shops? Mountains? Caves?
Likewise and back atcha, sweet stuff. *squeeze*
The one in my picture. She’s an overachiever and once popped out 39 eggs. She gets a nice bath afterwards and her favourite squirmy food.
I watched a Nova episode the other night titled “Lizard Kings”.
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/lizard-kings.html
I learned a lot about large monitor lizards’ intelligence and behavio(u)rs usually attributed to mammals. My jaw was wide open when I saw a zoo keeper petting a Komodo dragon and giving it a bath.
The first time my mom visited after I got my first two she made the male (his name is Kinky) mad and for the rest of the day whenever he saw her he would turn his beard black and head bob at her (his way of telling her he’s mad).
She told me later that she hadn’t realized they were intelligent enough to hold grudges.
Holy s**t! I’ve seen this same guy last year in Ueno Park in Tokyo… no it is not cgi… get real… these street performers are all over the parks in Japan… a lot of them are really s**tty and are almost more fun to watch…
Amazing work. First saw something like that in Labyrinth.
Sitting at my computer, I actually applauded when he was done. I’d give that guy $20 if I was there.
Idk who you are….. but i wanna give you money…….
Great control and skills. Presentation was good as well….I like how he played to other sides of the crowd. And that lady who jumped in…don’t know if that was a plant, but if it was real, he did a great recovery from the interruption.
It’s like lightning!!!
BZZZZZZTTT!!!
MY HAIR!!! It’s curly!!!!
Better than the time he just went up to people and asked, “do you want to juggle my balls?”. Now THAT was bad.
Better than the time he just went up to people and asked, “do you want to see me juggle my balls?”. Now THAT was bad.
*undead squeezies*
And oh…WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! BRAVO! BRAVO!!!
*throws NS’s bra @ ZA*
You really have nothing better to do, do you?
*beats the living day lights outta hahaha*
*sweeps its remains into a gutter*
*squeezes her sweet undead once more*
Actually, I’m currently in the process of recovering roughly 3 terabytes of security footage from a failed Drobo. That means a few things:
1. This recovery is going to take a while, so I had a few minutes to spare.
2. Yeah, I got paid to do that. Jealous much?
3.
Safety.Yeah, I got nothing. I know when I’m beat.
3T from tape? Might as well go home for the night.
They have tapes that long now?
No Scotty, the Drobo is a RAID-like enclosure housing 4 hard drives. One of the drives in it failed at the exact wrong moment, so I’ve been working with Drobo support for a couple of weeks now to pinpoint which drive it was and clone it. That gave me a corrupted file system, which I’ve “repaired” using Disk Warrior (it won’t actually repair it, but DW did mount the file system in question so I can copy it).
The bad news is I did all this on my computer instead of the security machine itself, so now I have to copy all this data across the local network. I’ve been copying files for hours now and so far no one here seems to notice, but it’s going to take a week or more at this rate to get everything back to where it’s supposed to be.
A week of me babysitting a file transfer, pretending it’s making me busier than it actually is. I only first heard about the BOFH a couple of weeks ago and I already kinda feel like one.
Ah, I misunderstood, and thought you were recovering TO the Drobo.
FUSHIGI
Well, my fine friends, not to detract from ZA’s incredible synopsis of today’s video, or to draw your attention away from Leila’s headlights under that thin jersey knit top, but since I won’t be here tomorrow, does anybody want to play in the Cuddle Puddle???
OMG!! Do you have to ask?
*is frist in line to jump in*
Does that make me a CP troll? *bites nails*
Yes…but we love you anyway.
*slides into the cuddle puddle*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Woohoo!
*jumps into Cuddle Puddle*
*squeezes all the peeps*
Just what I needed on this long Thursday.
Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
*stops biting Dragon’s nails* Ptew!
*slides into CP*
CANNONBALL!!!!
*splashes into Cuddle Puddle*
As long as it’s not the same puddle as the one that currently resides in the office across the hall.
Eeep. That doesn’t sound good!
*examines hands*
Thanks, Leila!! I needed a manicure!
*brings large glass balls into cuddle puddle*
Oh, dang…where did they go?
*dives into CP to find glass balls*
*emerges with several items*
Okay, whose are these???
Um…
Those aren’t mine! They’re…they’re….LCB’S! Yeah, that’s right.
Oh, hey! I was wondering what happened to those!
What? Why is everyone looking at me like that?
*pops up from beneath puddle*
In one way I want it to be Friday already so the weekend will get here, but in another way I don’t want it to be Friday yet because that will mark one week since I’ve seen the absolutely very best and tightest Rush concert in my unlife.
Mmmm, these puddles are warm … 8)
Wheeeeeee!!!
[big splash into Cuddle Puddle]
Wait… where is everybody?
Yay!!!
*slides into Cuddle Puddle*
That hits the spot…*sigh*
*also floats*
*also squeezes*
*also sighs*
Eep! *reaches underwater*
Hey! Whose balls are these?!?!
*Slides into Cuddle Puddle*
*Gives everyone a Highball of their choice*
It’s been that kind of week, folks.
excellent representation of warp drive theory
That´s the worst glass ball fortune teller I´ve ever seen!
he can handle his balls very well
FUSHIGI or not, its still the same thing.
It wasn’t that impressive, I could have seen the same thing on a fushigi commercial.
D:
I LOVE CONTACT JUGGLING! its so fun!
if he was a woman it could give one hell of a hand job.
This gave me a smile when I truly needed it.
*peepsqueeze*
*poof*
ARTHUR!!
*pounces*
*finds only poof*
Dangit. I guess I’ll have to give him this *SKA-WEEEEZE* later.
Dang, another peepsqueezetease from Arthur!
Gotcha!
*squeeze*
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!!!!!*
*accidenties an extremely startled *FOOOM!**
Whew. It hit that fake troll guy. I’ve been wanting to do that, anyway.
*takes it now*
*leaves acouple of freshly sqouzen squeezes*
*finally poofs*
But, but, but!
*pouts*
I always miss the good stuff.
*walks away kicking small rocks*
Me too also as well.
*poutiest pout*
Welcome to my hell.
*deposits some squeezes in the squeezebox*
no one ever cheers whenever i play with my balls in public
I find it almost apalling that the woman, obviously not Asian, intrudes the performer’s personal space and handles the ball. The performer handled it with grace. However, I have a sinking feeling the rude woman was American.
I was thinking the same thing about how well he handled the lady getting in his way for a photo. He handled the situation well (after all, he most likely lives off his tips) and let her handle the orb.
Inside, he was probably thinking, “WTF? You coulda made me drop this! And I bet you’re gonna break this thing…now give it back! You’d better throw in some cash before you go!”
I wonder if he ever worked for Disney? They’re good at teaching you to keep the fake smile when things don’t go as planned….or they were good at teaching it when I worked for them. Either way, bonus points to the performer for not skipping a beat.
Of course, knowing tourists as I do, I bet she left after the photo so he’s be too busy to notice that she didn’t give. And, knowing tourists as I do, there are many countries she could be from. American is a possibility, but there are many others as well.
Rudeness is not unique to Americans.
i guess thats cool but what the hell is it doing on fail blog?
it’s a win.
I guess any video that is not a fail is a win, so we should post every video on this site. Great idea!
There are lots of videos that are neither fail nor win.
Not all fails are so obvious to grasp. In this case the fail is in the fact that we are simply not as talented as this performer is.
I was going to say something along the lines of what Smokin said, but ZA brings up a good point.
The only other fail in this is the attempted trolling that fake?/lovehate did.
In a delicious taste of irony though, lovehate was actually fake, and I did not really love or hate fake?’s comment.
very cool, nice job!
oh failblog, you make me watch everything
i think there is some kind of very thin string on the ball thats like almost invisible to the naked eye… lol thats how a lot of magic tricks are performed.
I find it funny he starts with the smaller balls and then goes to the larger one. Compensating much?
Whats song around 2:45? Thanks!
This guy’s name is okotanpe
KELVIN KALVUS
Please. This is not Win Blog. Make a Win Blog now!
I want to see this stoned. I dont think I would ever leave.
Jareth would be proud.
Me likes this very much!
And the guy’s kinda cute too! 
For some reason I think he looks a bit like drummer “Brain” Mantia.
Wow – this is a huge FAIL! Why? Because I am SO SICK of people posting any video on this site and calling it a win. I guess Failblog is now the same as Break or YouTube, or any million other video sites. Just stamping a WIN (which is totally retarded anyway) or a FAIL on every silly picture and posting it on this site is so lame. This site used to be good years ago, it is pretty lame now.
Failblog submission FAIL!
I completely agree. I was waiting for the ball to break into pieces (ultimately when the woman took it over), but nothing of it all.
This is no youtube with viral videos, this is FAILBLOG!!!!!
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He is just balancing a ball on his hand , I don`t get whats special
hate that stupid biatch at the end tho almost broke the damn ball
Why are japanesse people so god damned awsome?
STOP PUTTING WINS ON FAILBLOG. IT DOESNT MAKE ANY DAMN SENSE. THIS SITE IS NOT CALLED WINBLOG. GET YOUR S**T STRAIGHTENED OUT.
Cool video though.
I knew he was a stoner! 1:31 you can hear bong water!
3 things:
– “Those are some shiny balls” o.()
– Excellent hands coordination
– WTF?
regardless, I love the Japanese.
dude!! It’s just like David Bowie in the Labyrinth!! C:
Only on failblog would people waste so much time speculating if this was cgi. Have you looked at the guy’s youtube and website? he’s part of a physical theater group that does weird circus-y stunts like this, has about a million videos of different kinds of stunts, including dozens of him contact juggling, and has been on national geographic for it. He and his troupe are also available for hire to perform live at events in Japan.
I’m sure that’s so they can CGI themselves on the spot in theaters and at festivals.
Wait, conspiracy! A good chunk of his website is in Japanese, which is clearly a made up language to help disguise how he is bullshitting and make him look important while no one can understand him. It could never be because HE is Japanese, or anything…
Okay, its this gravity thig, it looks like the ball is standing still, but its rolling super fast, Hes uses the friction to his advantage, so just stop bangong on someone with more talent that you.
In soviet Russia, water walk on Jesus!
I have no idea what that had to do with anything, but I lol’d.
Astounded by pure human grace.
His name is Okotanpe. He’s a known contact juggler around Japan. Try looking him up on youtube
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And here I am thinking that only David Bowie was capable of doing that.
What do you expect, he’s asian he’s used to play with balls
Anyone can do this. It’s not hard and it’s not impressive. :\ People are dumb.
What the hell, failers? This is the exact opposite of what failblog is for. It’s way too long, it contains nothing accidental or unexpected, and nobody fails! What is this blog coming to?
Okay listen up guys!
This is NOT Fushigi
This is CONTACT JUGGLING, an art that was invented by Michael Moschen and has been around since the eighties, it takes a s**tload of time to learn, I’ve been doing it for 4 years and I’m still at a beginner-intermediate level. Fushigi is just a market strategy that tries to decieve people into thinking it’s easy so they buy the product.
This guy is called Okotanpe and he doesn’t use Fushigi balls, he uses standard acrylic balls which have been out for ages (I own 19 of them atm, some since I begun).
In the 80s? It’s likely been around, much longer than that.
TOKI DOKI! I want some shiny crystal bawls to play with.
Tokidoki, or doki doki? Which one were you going for?
someboby plays with balls too much….. but its awesome anyway
This guys is FREAKING AWESOME! I love how well he even deals with some random tourist getting in the way of his performance.
ive done this before. although only with two balls
seeing this makes me think of the Goblin King from Labyrinth <3
That’s Fushigi, no? How do those work, anyway?
Did you really ask that or was it a bad attempt at a rhetorical question? Google is your friend. Random people posting comments on Failblog are not.
It’s either a glass or resin ball, giving it a good deal of weight to work with, basically the performer, far as I can tell, makes use of the sphere’s weight to create the fluid movement.
they should have cast him in the labyrinth. that was brilliant
um, the guy was likely in diapers when that movie came out.
Is there anything Japanese hippies can’t do?
Wow, he’s even better than David Bowie.
Bowie didn’t do those performances himself. Someone was behind him doing the contact juggling movements.
since when did failblog become winblog … and then so many other videos should be here … failblog fail .. or win … whatever .. mindfart.
This blows. So hard.
We want fail, we want fail..
JACKIE CHAN! Oh wait! Another Jackie Chan! OOH! And another one!
Whoaa! Even more Jackie Chan’s
*sigh* at least get the nationality right. I would have opted for George Takei.
tl;dw
HAHAHAH!!! They just started advertising those majic balls on tv. I them on an infomercial. You can use them to look like you’re defying gravity. Don’t ask me how they work, but for 3 easy payments of 9.95 you can find out. Looks like you’ll make that money back too.
Insane
This cures cancer, how?
I liked the song.
I liked his mood.
really cool the only problem is that f… fat pink american that stays on his way during the show……..
Really? In my travels (all) around Asia, British people are the more rude tourists, Canadians are usually the politest, and Americans are in the middle.
He must be using Contact Juggling materia.
I think this belongs on EpicWin. He’s very talented.
this video is great.
But wtf does it have to do on failblog??? srsly??
we want fail ! we want fail ! we want fail !
and no jugglers ! facebook is made for that.
yours,
It belongs on Epic win FTW.
So this was in some college campus in the US? And the guy is from Japan?
I can just imagine the immigration interview.
“So, what is the purpose of your visit to the US?”
“I want to play with my balls in public and have everyone watch, and maybe give me some money after I finish and tuck my balls away”
It’s not CGI, people. I’ve seen a guy do stuff like this before at an anime convention a few years back and it was no less awesome.
Plus, David Bowie’s character Jareth from the Labyrinth played with these very same orbs, granted it wasn’t actually Bowie doing it but a guy behind him, but the movie predates CGI.
Not to mention it was Jim Henson, even if CGI was available as it is today it likely wouldn’t have been used.
When I play with my balls I prefer not to have an audience
yeah I discriminate against everyone equally!
It’s a normal ball– it only looks cool because there’s a mirror inside of it, so it doesn’t look like it’s moving.
I wasn’t aware a mirrored surface shows what is behind the object /sarcasm.
Seriously though, it’s either a glass or resin sphere
acrylic
Blah Blah Blah. Fake or real the guy is HOT. Call me suga!!!!
This is not winblog….
dang that guy is talented with his balls!
FAKE FAIL!!
damn, now i want one of those.
Wow! This guy is really good and graceful with his balls! *snicker* Seriously though, he makes it look easy and he even puts his facial expressions into it. He is thoroughly entertaining for me!
File this one under useless talents that will never amount to anything other than a big jar full of people spare change
Tell that to the guy who did this in a movie.
So amny things you could say…..and just shouldnt!!!
you are all gay
I believe that there are no weird items or tricks in this, and that guy is making the ball move with his mind.
Portland Oregon’s “Mr. Statue” does most of this stuff. See him at Pioneer Place mall in downtown PDX. He’s hot.
For those who think this is CGI, here’s a link to the performer’s website:
http://okotanpe.com/okotanpe/Welcome.html
In the movie section, the first movie is a bit from a tv show on the National Geographic channel. I don’t think National Geographic would CGI some guy juggling and then claim it’s real.
It took me about 30 seconds to find this. Do a little research before you start claiming things are fake.
They advertise for those balls all the time on Cartoon Network or Nick.
Jesus. I wonder how long it took him to master that performance.
check the sh*tty infomercial ://www.fushigiball.com/?MID=745435. love the hot topic girl
He’s like the guys you get in Harrods who can manipulate the toys brilliantly and get everyone to buy them. His spatial awareness is phenomenal. I bet he can do mime too. How heavy are these things, and what are they made from?
Resin or glass probably.
This guy is a perfectly good contact juggler who has a bit of a skit that goes off well. I agree that it’s not a good fit for failblog, but I still enjoyed it. The occasional win does balance things out nicely, though this really doesn’t fit as a standard win.
demon!!
Well I must say… this man really knows how to handle his balls.
I bet Chris Angel cant even do a single thing that guy is doing.
Clear ball makes it look like its not moving, and makes its look much cooler. A multi colored ball would just look easy. Thass all, no cgi
the ball hes working with is called foosheegi or something like that. Hasn’t anyone seen the info-mercial on TV? Its a toy.
he’s good, has a fantastic act, but I’ve seen better on stage working with 2 and 3 balls.
My husband can do a lot of the tricks this guy does. There’s an Argentinian guy who has a really good act that he does in Tel Aviv at Nachalat Binyamin, also fairly hard-core contact juggling.
no cgi here. not needed. just lots of practice.
chuck norris does this WITH A BOWLING ball but this guy is awesome too
He has good hands. His wife must be one happy woman.
that was sooo epic
Um, why is this on FAILblog? Not EWFTW? Last I checked this is a site for FAILS. There are two seperate sites for wins.
He spends way too much time playing with his balls!!!
Damn they should have put this on EpicWinFTW…
that’s the first guy i enjoyed watching while playing with his balls lol
So many people are calling fake/CGI on this… it seems that computer technology has killed enjoyment.
“Someone has practiced a skill and become extremely talented off their own back? SURELY NOT?!”
so he does that with an ordinary glass ball… filled with magic!
I have one of those things. The first day I got it, I played with it until my hands were cramping. I love that thing!! Sure, you can’t do the stuff he did, but you can still do some basic things that are pretty fun.
I knew it!!! Michael Jackson is still alive!!! And still playing with balls…
Why is this even on failblog, don’t they have a blog now just for “win” stuff? The cheezburger network has gone so overboard with their sites they don’t even know anymore.
I gotta ask… WHAT is this doing on failblog? This is the thesaurus antonym of fail!!!
jesus is that you?
This video is fake he is using a Fushigi* ball and I know because im always seeing the commercials and he is doing the exact same moves as the pros srry guy but…
FAKE!!!!
*I do noy know how to spell it LOL:)
He rocks that thing better than the goblin king
XD AWEOME!!!
Gravity fail
Okotanpe is one of the best CJer’s in the world, no CGI here. Nice stuff.
Great skills! +1