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Stephan Ehlers, Author

Stephan Ehlers (born 1961) studied

banking and advertising before acquiring
the craft of communicating information
as a “commodity” at a variety of
agencies and specialist publishers. As chairman of Online-
Anbietervereinigung e. V. (German Online Service Provider
Association) and project leader at the Institut für Btx und Telematik
(Teletext and Telematics Institute), he focused on the growing
importance of telecommunications and the Internet for the
“commodity” of information. As sales director at Hohenstein
Management Seminar Institute and motivation and communication
trainer, he started to concentrate more on interpersonal
communication of information and its wide-ranging impacts on
behaviour. In 1995 Stephan Ehlers founded the company FQL -
Fröhlich Qualität Liefern (Deliver Quality Joyfully), and since then
has been a trainer, consultant, instructor and facilitator for
prestigious companies (Deutsche Telekom, Commerzbank,
McKinsey, Siemens, Nestle, Sport 2000, Fujitsu, British Telecom,
T-Mobile, Ernst & Young). Awards he has won include the
Management Business Award and the Rhetoric Competition of the
German daily newspaper TAGESSPIEGEL.
The REHORULI juggling system was developed by Stephan
Ehlers in 1995 and first presented in 1999 on the Internet
(www.rehoruli.eu) and elsewhere. Since then, REHORULI has
enjoyed increasing popularity. Its numerous awards have made
REHORULI the most successful juggling method. Stephan Ehlers
achieved his first world record in Berlin in July 2003, where 54
beginners used REHORULI to learn to juggle simultaneously in
just 60 minutes. Two years later he improved on this world record
in Weimar: 64 Thuringians succeeded in learning to juggle with
three balls in a mere 55 minutes (www.rehoruli.eu).
Many celebrities, politicians and top sports personalities have
learnt to juggle with Stephan Ehlers. His students of juggling have
included BDI (German Industry Association) President Dr. Michael
Rogowski, ex-Telekom chairman Dr. Ron Sommer, music guru
Justus Franz, German Minister of Consumer Protection Renate
Künast, film producer Bernd Eichinger and Grimme Award winner
and actor Armin Rohde. Germany’s most successful Olympic
athlete, the outstanding sportswoman Birgit Fischer (9 gold
medals), learnt rapidly and confidently to juggle with three balls
using the REHORULI system.

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Illustrator Marvin Clifford

Marvin Clifford (born 1983) discovered

his passion for drawing at an early age
and set his sights on becoming a
cartoonist, achieving top marks for his
high school diploma year in “Fine Arts”. French illustrator and
comic artist Emmanuel “Manu” Murzeau heard of him and became
his mentor. Later Marvin held his own comic workshops in the
Wannsee Forum and soon followed in the footsteps of his mentor
Murzeau as a lecturer in comic studies. In September 2005 Marvin
Clifford finished his studies at the BTK – Berlin Technical Art
School – gaining top marks. The comics and the film “Molps &
Murphy” he completed as part of his degree won many fans on the
Internet (www.molps.de). Alongside smaller illustration
commissions for companies including Opel and Deutsche Bank,
Marvin is a member of “Stenarts” – The Creative Team”
(www.stenarts.com), a group of freelance comic illustrators and
artists who work on a broad range of projects. He drew a 20-part
comic strip series for Germany’s largest Internet community for the
online roleplay “World of Warcraft”. There followed various short
films, the JONGLORO design for this book and initial contact with
the editor-in-chief of the German MAD magazine. Marvin has been
head illustrator at FQL – Agency for Communication Management
(www.fql.de) since September 2005.

JONGLORO presents the REHORULI exercises

JONGLORO is a character from the pen of Marvin Clifford.

JONGLORO will accompany you every step of the way, supplying
an entertaining step-by-step presentation of each throw and catch
exercise in the REHORULI juggling method.
In these days of digitalisation and PCs, it is worth emphasising that
all the illustrations in this book, without exception, were done on
paper by hand!

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REHORULI -
Learn to Juggle - Success Guaranteed !

Author: Stephan Ehlers, Munich

www.rehoruli.eu - eMail: [email protected]

Illustrations: Marvin Clifford, Berlin

www.rehoruli.eu - eMail: [email protected]

REHORULI® is a registered trade mark

German Patent and Trademark Office – Ref. 301 13 1023

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Publisher and Author: Stephan Ehlers, Munich

Illustrations: Marvin Clifford, Berlin

© Copyright by Stephan Ehlers, REHORULI® - www.rehoruli.eu

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Contents

A word before we start 10

MPD - Making the Possible Doable 15
Requirements for learning to juggle 18
Before you start – Important preliminary
Considerations 20
REHORULI Exercise 1 – Reli Right-Left 23
REHORUL Exercise I- 2 – ShowThe8 26
REHORULI- Exercise 3 – TakeThe8-overhead 30
REHORULI- Exercise 4 – TakeThe8-downunder 32
REHORULI- Exercise 5 - FallingDown_MoveUp 34
REHORULI- Exercise 6 - FallingDown_MoveUp 36
REHORULI- Exercise 7 – JumpMoveTouch 38
REHORULI- Exercise 8 – Reli Right-Left 40
REHORULI- Exercise 9 – TwinChange 42
REHORULI Exercise 10 - TwinChange'n'Jump 44
REHORULI- Exercise 11 - Twin'Jump 46
REHORULI- Exercise 12 - Jump'Touch'Back –Left 48
REHORULI- Exerc. 13 - Jump'Touch'Back – Right 50
REHORULI- Exercise 14 - Jump'n'Cross – Left 52
REHORULI- Exercise 15 - Jump'n'Cross – Right 54
REHORULI- Exercise 16 - TwinJump'n'Change 57

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Contents

REHORULI- Exercise 17 - FallDown'Move 60

REHORULI- Exercise 18 - FollowTheBall 1 - Left 62
REHORULI- Exercise 19 - FollowTheBall 1 – Right 64
REHORULI- Exercise 20 - FollowTheBall 2 - Left 66
REHORULI- Exercise 21 - FollowTheBall 2 – Right 68
Interim Test
REHORULI- Exercise 20-21 Left / right in succession 70
REHORULI- Exercise 22 - Jump'n'TakeOver – Right 72
REHORULI- Exercise 23 - Jump'n'TakeOver – Left 74
REHORULI- Exercise 24 - Jump'n'TakeOver –
Left / right changeover 76
REHORULI- Exercise 25 - Jump'n'TakeOver
- Upwards 78
REHORULI- Exercise 26 - Jump'n'TakeOver
- Downwards 80
REHORULI Exercise 27 - Jump'n'ChangeTheSide
- Left 82
REHORULI- Exercise 28 - Jump'n'ChangeTheSide
- Right 83

REHORULI- Exercise 29 - MoonJumper – Left 84

REHORULI Exercise - 30 - MoonJumper – Right 86

REHORULI- Exercise 31 – ChangeToChange 88

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Contents

REHORULI- Exercise 32 - ChangeToChange - 92

Right / left changeover
REHORULI- Exercise 33 – FirstStepsOfThree 94
REHORULI- Exercise 34 - KingOfThree 98
System error!? 99
Tips & tricks on how to juggle “cleanly”
Rules for “clean” juggling? 103
Why juggling also affects the inner you 105
REHORULI: already proven in practice 107
Are you right-handed or left-handed? 113
Aspects of juggling which improve health 118
Juggling training promotes brain growth 121
101 good reasons for learning how to juggle 124
REHORULI Speed Juggling Courses 128
Internet links 129
Bibliography 131
Money back guarantee 133
You did succeed!? (Postscript) 135

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MPD – Make the Possible Doableen
Many people only look where the light is good. Saying, Wales

It certainly counts as success when you finally learn

how to juggle with three balls. The beauty of learning
to juggle is that during the learning process you will
encounter all the phases, and the virtues, you need
for success.

1. You have set yourself a target:

“I want to learn how to juggle with three balls."
2. You have to invest the time
and plan your training sessions
3. You will need perseverance.
4. You will have to concentrate…
on the balls, the throwing and catching…
5. You must take care not to be distracted.
6. You will experience setbacks.
7. You will have to motivate yourself to keep at it.
8. You must not flap or become anxious.
9. You will have to try completely new things with
an uncertain outcome.
And much more…

Your inner attitude will take on more significance than you

might have expected.

Success does not come of itself, is never a coincidence.

Success is always a “personal story” of making the possible
doable. No success is possible without effort. That is no
different with juggling than any other private or business
success.

Action Success

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Success is always a result. Success is something that
“follows". Every success is preceded by taking some action.
Otherwise no success is possible. “Action” is the
requirement. Success is always an individual matter. Everyone
wants to achieve different aims: some people may be aware of
their aims, others are not, but all have a “yardstick” for
success. We all evaluate “our own” success or have our own
measure for failure.

Action Success

Evaluation
This evaluation has an accordingly powerful effect on our
attitude. If we evaluate something “negatively”, then our
attitude is accordingly “negative” … this of course will also
have an effect on our actions.

Action Success

ATTIDUDE Evaluation
In a nutshell, our “actions” and our “evaluations” have
enormous influence over our success. Our attitude to things
is much more important. This means you should
concentrate less on the external (dropping balls, etc.) and
“go into yourself”, thinking of your (positive?) attitude to
juggling. This is, of course, a little more difficult, as you need
to be active yourself. For example, dropping the balls is
something you notice “automatically”, and as such enters
your consciousness more rapidly and directly. You quickly
“evaluate” this situation … probably negatively … and straight
away your attitude is affected.

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The aim is to break this pattern … by occasionally recalling
your (positive!) attitude. Imagine yourself mastering the
REHORULI exercise you are currently doing; that alone can
be a help for the next, improved attempt.

The REHORULI Philosophy

1. REHORULI is an idea, a concept, a system. If you use
REHORULI or learn to juggle with the REHORULI
exercises, you will learn not only how to juggle, but also a
great deal about yourself, your own perception and
general rules for success. Successfully completing the
REHORULI exercises guarantees you the personal,
individual experience of those feelings of success. It also
improves your physical and mental coordination and
enhances self-confidence. In short: REHORULI and the
juggling skills it teaches you provide you with more energy
and zest for life.
1. REHORULI is demanding. Anyone between the ages of 8
and 88 should be able to learn how to juggle confidently and
successfully with REHORULI. Juggling three balls
confidently and successfully is the main aim and concern
of REHORULI.
3. As a kind of “side effect”, REHORULI also generates
feelings of success and happiness. REHORULI’s aim is to
make it easy and possible for EVERYONE to learn how to
juggle. If you can ride a bicycle, you have the ability to learn
to juggle. In the same way that everyone is born to be
successful. All you need is the courage to learn
something new, and to overcome and accept
something “strange and unfamiliar”.
4. REHORULI is an open system, not a closed system, and
is always open to further development, improvements
and/or additions. Any ideas or suggestions on how to
improve REHORULI in any way are more than welcome.
Please don’t hesitate to send me your tips, ideas and
criticisms ([email protected]).

Stephan Ehlers - July 2001

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Requirements for Learning to Juggle
You are either a part of the problem or a part of the solution. I decided
on the latter. Michael Gorbatschov

Though many might not believe it, you don’t need any
special abilities to learn how to juggle. Honestly! But a few
basic points will make it easier for you to make progress:

1. If you really enjoy learning new things or learning to juggle,

then the foundation stone of your success has already more
or less been laid.
2. Follow the instructions in the book step by step as best you
can.
3. Keep your patience even when things don’t go right straight
away.
4. You need to have three balls of the same size and weight.
Each ball should weigh at least 90g. If you can’t get balls
which are suitable, you can also buy beanbags in a juggler’s
shop or order them online at www.rehoruli.eu.

If you have an Internet connection, you can take advantage of

further options for using REHORULI. All the exercises
described here are also available as a video file, which
you can download free (www.rehoruli.eu). It enables you to
see and check the exact sequence of movements in each
juggling exercise. Before you start juggling: try NOT to skip any
of the REHORULI exercises! Especially not if you are a
juggling novice and want to juggle really “cleanly” … i.e.
relaxed, carefree and without effort.

Keeping to the sequence is not an absolute must, but for

beginners and those new to juggling it is very helpful to go
through ALL the REHORULI exercises. Even if one of the
exercises simply doesn’t work, it is better to go back and perfect
the previous REHORULI exercises before you go on to the next
exercise or leave one out.

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Here are a few basic rules which will help you on your way to
learning how to juggle and keeping to the sequence:

• Think positive
• Be patient, don’t force things
• Each “mistake” is an opportunity to learn
• Have the courage to face the challenge of learning
something new
• Don’t think too much, “doing” is better and more
successful than “thinking”

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Before you start –
Important Preliminary considerations

We think too much! Yes, I really

mean that. The most important
thing in learning to juggle, and in
juggling itself, is to keep your mind
“free” … and that’s something
people find hard. And the older we
get, the more difficult it becomes to
“switch off our minds”. Very
difficult indeed. But that is
normal and should not worry us.
By “mind” I mean our attitudes,
judgements, prejudices and everything which is “comfortable”.
You need a good helping of self-motivation to learn how to
juggle with three balls. It isn’t comfortable … particularly for
our minds. Buying a book that teaches us how to juggle
is one thing; actually starting with the first throw-and-
catch exercises is quite another. It feels different, and it
takes effort. Being interested in juggling is quite different
from trying it out for yourself! Totally different! Before you
start with the first REHORULI exercise you should …

¾ ...be totally determined to learn how to juggle.

¾ ...also believe firmly in yourself that you will manage it.
¾ ...accept setbacks in the learning process as a
challenge or opportunity.
¾ ...develop less of a burning determination and more
of a relaxed approach.
¾ ...say to yourself over and over again before you start:
“I will do it”, “I can do it”.
And above all, you must motivate yourself when things don’t feel
right or when your throwing and catching is not (yet) going the
way it should! I mean that absolutely seriously!

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Self-confidence only comes from within – never from
outside. Juggling is a good example of how you can slowly
build up your self-confidence and self-awareness by stepping
gradually outside your limits. It is a personal thing – nothing
and no-one can help from outside.

Learning speed and sequence is NOT predetermined!

Even though the REHORULI throw-and-catch exercises are

numbered, it is not absolutely compulsory to do the
exercises in this sequence! That should not make you
uneasy – on the contrary: - it should and will give you strength!
Find out for yourself which REHORULI exercises are helpful
for you as you learn to juggle with three balls. It would
certainly make sense to start with the exercises with one ball
before you go on to throwing and catching two balls – but the
sequence is not the decisive thing. Honestly.
Many people who have learned to juggle quickly and
successfully with three balls have used the following
sequence of exercises: REHORULI exercises 9, 10, 11, 5,
6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 17, 31, 32, and 33. All the
exercises help to prepare you for juggling with three balls.
You can decide the learning speed for yourself. In practice we
have found that the best time is at least ten minutes, but never
longer than one hour.

Why "active" self-motivation is

helpful

Belief in yourself, “positive thinking” or

whatever you want to call it is
extremely important if you are learning
how to juggle. Positive self-motivation
is no guarantee that everything will be
perfect straight away, but on the other
hand I can guarantee that you will not
make any progress at all if you
constantly say to yourself “I can’t do it”
or just curse.

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Sometimes things simply need more time and take longer
than you might hope or wish. You know that already from
everyday life…!
Learning to juggle is a whole body experience or process
which you must constantly pass through in each phase. I
always like to compare learning to juggle with learning to ride a
bicycle. Exactly the same thing happens. The body learns!
You cannot learn to ride a bike by picturing it or having it
explained to you – you have to DO it! It calls on your sense
of balance and the simultaneous activities of the left and
right hemispheres of the brain. And that’s a lot of effort. When
you ride a bike you fall off, when you juggle you drop the balls …
before things start to work properly.
Regardless of whether you think positively or not. Many people
believe that as children they had no idea about “positive
thinking” and that this was the very reason that they were able
to master new challenges (such as riding a bicycle).

Even if it was an unconscious process when we were children,

learning to cycle released our irrepressible (positive) willpower
and determination to push our limits. This will or desire to be
able to do it one day, plus the “keep-on-trying” effect, were
the success factors. And juggling is exactly the same! Get
yourself into a positive frame of mind, or better still: say
aloud to yourself “I can juggle”, “I can do it” or
something similar. Avoid phrases like “I might be able to do it”!
Form your sentence consciously as if you already knew how to
juggle.

We finally get started

on the next page!

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Exercise 1: Reli – Right - Left
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simple.
Albert Einstein

The first exercise is relatively easy and

more importantly looks easy too. A ball
is thrown from the right hand to the left
hand and vice versa. Back and forth.
Throw up with the right, catch with the
left – throw up with the left and catch
with the right. However, before you
start make sure of the following:

The ball should only reach forehead

level at most – make sure that you
don’t throw the ball above your eye
level. By the way, this applies to all
REHORULI exercises.

Eye level is ideal!

There is a good reason why it is not
useful to throw the ball above your eye
level. Beginners especially have a
tendency to throw higher, believing that
“the higher I throw, the more time I have
to concentrate on catching”. That is
mathematically correct. The higher you throw, the longer it
takes for the ball to return to your hand. As convincing as this
argument may sound, the result is fatal. The higher you
throw, the faster the ball returns, making it more difficult to
catch. Even worse, your field of vision deteriorates. When
you throw above eye level you lose sight of your hands,
which causes (inner) stress or uneasiness. Throwing to eye,
or at most forehead, level leaves you in total control.

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If you have to raise your head because your throw is too high,
you lose sight of your hands, ,which creates more insecurity,
and therefore more inaccuracy. So remember, NEVER throw
above eye level. If you do that right from the beginning, you’ll
make progress faster – guaranteed! Simply because you can
see more (everything!).

Keep the arms loose when throwing – never extended.

Make sure that your elbows do not move forward from
your body when throwing. Your elbows should not touch
your body or press against your ribs. Throw and catch
loosely and jauntily.

The arms stay down while throwing and catching

Check whether your “catching hand” has a tendency to move
towards the ball when catching, or whether you are calm
enough to wait for the ball to fall into your open hand.

Catching correctly involves a little “cushioning”

When “receiving” the ball, - i.e. when it is still in the air - your
catching hand is open (forearm and upper arm at
approximately right angles) – but just before the ball touches
your hand, lower your hand a little to cushion the impact and
throw the ball fluidly from there to the centre again. Only
release the ball when your forearm is horizontal.

TIP: Try to catch the ball silently (!)

Try to catch the ball in such a way that there is no sound.
Normally the ball hits your hand with a “slap”, creating a noise.
Quiet or silent catching is only possible when the momentum
of the ball is “cushioned” by the catching hand. Therefore your
hand must go down a little when catching, otherwise there will
be a noise. Just try it – it’s a good, effective exercise!

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Video files fort his exercise can be accessed free under:
www.rehoruli.eu > REHORULI-Video < REHORULI-Exercise01

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Exercise 2: ShowThe8
If you cannot accept small obstacles, you will ruin your great plans
Confucius

As an exception this
simple exer-cise is
done with-out a ball.
You have to create a
“figure of eight” in the
air using both the
right and left fore-
fingers. This is
a preliminary to
REHORULI Exercise3 and is of great importance – also
for all of the following exercises. But more about that later.

• Stand with your feet apart. Then draw a horizontal figure

of eight – in mathematics, the symbol of infinity – in the air,
first with your left hand and then with your right hand.

• Keep your head steady and follow your forefinger with your
eyes. Try to make the eight as big as possible so that your
eyes are forced to move as much as possible.

• Then place your hands together as in the illustration. With

both your thumbs and forefingers make a hole and draw
figures of eight with both hands in the air while looking through
the hole. Make the eight as big as you possibly can by using
your whole body to shift your weight from one side to the
other. Move your eyes as far as possible to the outer edges
of your field of vision.

• Listen to some music if you want to, ideally in 3/4 or

waltz time. You can sing or hum along.

• Gradually make your movements and the figure of

eight gradually smaller and smaller, so that at the end

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your body is still and only your eyes are following your
hand movements.

• Finish up by standing still with your eyes closed and

think about what you have just done. Draw another two or
three figures of eight in your thoughts with your eyes
closed. This imaginary mental anchoring is just as
important as the exercise itself.

This exercise is always good when you have the feeling that
“I can’t go on”. When there are blockages or setbacks and
catching and throwing suddenly does not work as well as it
should.

The reason why Exercise 2

is so very important

This exercise is indeed without a ball but it nevertheless

belongs to the three most important REHORULI Exercises!
Drawing the figure of eight has a practical as well as a
symbolic meaning. Every time you do this exercise, where
you set your eyes and your whole body in motion, both
halves of your brain are actively incorporated.

Both eyes and both sides of your body are active, and you
are crossing the central axis of the body. The corpus callosum,
that part of the brain which connects the left and right sides of
your brain with 200 million nerve cords, is activated.

By using the corpus callosum to move, describe what you

are feeling and acting, you are promoting the development
of your brain.

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This exercise supports what is known as myelinisation of the
many nerve cords in the corpus callosum. This functions so
well because the nerve cords produce a substance called
myelin, which acts as an insulating coat around the nerve
cords and allows signals to be sent more smoothly from one
half of the brain to the other, thus improving cooperation
between the brain halves in the process.

Scientists have shown that our “brain performance” is up to

two hundred times faster when myelinisation has taken
place. In other words, one side of the body has a better idea
of what the other side is doing. This is true for both halves of
the body as well as both halves of the brain, and is an
invaluable support when juggling.

So, when one exercise or another just does not seem to be

working well or there are other reasons for physical or mental
uneasiness, the “figure of eight” is an excellent exercise to
activate or recharge both sides of the body and brain.

The “figure of eight” has been used as an eye exercise for

decades. The eye movement powerfully activates the
fields of vision of the left and right eyes, so that we can
arrange and coordinate optical impressions more easily -
exactly what we urgently need in juggling.

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First of all, draw a horizontal figure of eight through the air on
an imaginary blackboard with your finger. First with one hand
and then with the other.

Now draw a horizontal figure of eight, but with both hands

together. Do it exactly the way JONGLORO demonstrates in
the pictures with your thumb and forefinger together … and
look through this hole during the exercise. The figure of eight
(see illustration) is big at the start but gradually gets smaller. It
is important to do this at least ten times. This exercise
activates the nerve tracts between the left and right halves of
the brain.
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Exercise 3: TakeThe8-overhead
Comfort enervates the spirit, difficulties train and strengthen it.
Francesco Petrarch

REHORULI Exercise 3 functions in the same way as exercise

2…but with the ball. The ball describes a figure of eight in the
air. It is important here that the ball be thrown high and far
outwards, so that the arms are held high and extended
outwards when catching in order to bring the ball into the
centre and from there throw it in the other direction.
The ball should only reach forehead level at the highest -
make sure that you never throw the ball above your own eye
level. As already mentioned in exercise 1, this applies to all
REHORULI Exercises.
Throwing the ball to eye level is very important!
There is a good reason for not throwing the ball above head
level. Read the note on eye level on page 23.
The ball is only touched/caught when it is up in the air
Make sure that you catch the ball from above. First throw the
ball up (max. eye level) and outwards. Then the other hand
follows the ball but only catches/grasps when the ball is high.
Throwing and catching fluidly – flowing movements
The aim is not to “somehow” produce a figure of eight. When
you try it for the first time it may still be somewhat jerky or
uneven. But that is the important thing; the decisive factor
when throwing and catching is to produce a flowing
movement. Throwing and catching should, if at all possible be
done through fluid, flowing movements. By the way, the figure
of eight pattern is the juggling pattern for three balls as well.
So, the better things flow now, the better it will function later
with 2 or 3 balls. Ball speed and arm movement speed are the
same.

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Video Files fort his REHORULI Exercise can be accessed free under:
www.rehoruli.eu > REHORULI-Video < REHORULI-Exercise03

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Exercise 4: TakeThe8-downunder
The greatest difficulties lie where we do not seek them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

REHORULI Exercise 4 looks almost the same as exercise 3.

But only just! When you look carefully you will see that the ball
is not touched when it is high in the air, but only when it is
caught when low down. Altogether different from REHORULI
Exercise3.
The ball is not thrown above the head.
Eye level is ideal.

The catching hand follows the moving ball upwards

... but does not touch it! The hand is above the ball, and as
the ball falls the hand follows at the same speed and only
catches it when the hand is once again under the ball. First
the throw – then the other hand follows.

At first you will have the feeling that you do not have enough
time to slowly and casually bring your hand around the ball
without first touching or catching it. This is normal. The eyes
and body have to get used to it first.
This exercise only seems easy; in fact it is not. You may
need 20 or 30 attempts before the throwing speed of the ball
and the catching movements of the arm are smooth and
even to both left and right.

Pay attention to fluid throwing and catching

and flowing movements
...flowing movements are especially important to this exercise
too.

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Don’t touch
the ball!!

Don’t touch
the ball!!

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Exercise 5: FallingDown_MoveUp
Human love begins beyond desperation.
Jean-Paul Sartre

REHORULI Exercise 5 is as demanding as the exercise with

the horizontal figure of eight. Appearances can be deceptive
here as well. It will take a few minutes to perfect this throw-
and-catch exercise.

Tip: Start throwing with your weaker hand

Right-handed people should start with the right hand as their
catch hand (above) and the left hand as throw hand (below).

Position of the arms and hands

The ball is in the “weaker” hand to start with and is held
level with the navel. The other hand brings the ball from the
left hand up to eye level and then drops it back into the left
hand again. Your right hand stays up – only the ball falls.

The “weaker” (e.g. left) hand always stays down during

the exercise
... at about navel level. The hand drops while catching, to
reduce the ball’s momentum slightly in order to throw it
vertically up to the right hand. The throw can, or must, be
fairly fast, directly into the right hand.

The “stronger” (e.g. right) hand always stays at forehead

level during the exercise
When catching, you must ensure that the right hand does
not approach the ball. Hence the quick throw into the right
hand. Ideally the right hand is only opened or closed, not
moved, and remains at forehead level.

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Try to avoid watching the ball as you catch it
When you are able to do the exercise well, try to look only at
your right hand (above), and catch and throw “blindly” with the
left hand.

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Exercise 6: FallingDown_MoveUp
The word difficulty need not be considered as existing by a spiritual
person. Away with it!
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

REHORULI Exercise 6 is exactly the same as REHORULI

Exercise 5 but in reverse! This means the order of the hands
is reversed – the hand that was down is now up and vice
versa. Do not be surprised if it does not work as well as
exercise 5 straight away. Your body has to rethink… you are
actually starting from scratch, just like the other exercise. Do
not underestimate this – both exercises have to be equally
mastered. When juggling with three balls you need both arms
and hands, therefore the exercise with two balls must be
practised in reverse, otherwise your body and eyes lack 50%
of the information needed.

Position of the arms and hands

The ball is now in the right hand to start with, and is positioned
at the level of navel and hips. The left hand takes the ball out of
the right hand up to eye level and again drops the ball into the
right hand. Your left hand stays up – only the ball falls.

The right hand always stays down during the exercise

... at about navel level. The hand drops while catching to
reduce the ball’s momentum slightly, in order to throw it
vertically again – directly into the left hand. The throw into the
left hand can, or must, be fairly fast.

The left hand always stays at forehead level

during the exercise
When catching, you must ensure that the right hand does
not approach the ball. Hence the quick throw into the left
hand. Ideally the left hand is only opened or closed and
does not move.

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Try to avoid watching the ball as you catch it
When you can do the exercise well try to look straight ahead at
your raised left hand and attempt to catch and throw semi-
blindly with the right hand. This should actually work with a
little practice. This is a good exercise in juggling from the
subconscious. Later on it will be important with 3 balls.
One side (right or left) will always feel different. This is
normal and you will always have to deal with this.

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Exercise 7: JumpMoveTouch
The greatest difficulties lie where we do not seek them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In this exercise we need only one ball and we work with one
hand. However, at the beginning you will feel as if you “have
your hands full”. The exercise prepares the hand for the
throwing speed of the ball.

Start this exercise with your “weak” hand as well. If you are
left-handed, start with your right hand. If you are right-handed
start with the ball in your left hand.

Your arm is almost fully extended before you throw the ball up
and to the side. Height is important. Eye level is ideal! As soon
as you have thrown the ball, move your hand very quickly
sideways up and over the ball (see JONGLORO illustration 3
right) then bring your hand down the same way quickly to
catch the ball.

You will have to try this a few times before you develop the
feeling for it. The first few times will seem extremely hectic.
That is normal since your hand must be faster than the ball!

The same exercise is now done with the other hand, of course.
Both hands – right and left – have to develop a feeling for the
speed of the ball. The faster and more secure you are with
this, the easier the rest of the REHORULI Exercises will be.

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Exercise 8: Reli – Right - Left
It is not because something is difficult that we do not dare to do, it is
rather that something is difficult because we do not dare to do it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You already know REHORULI Exercise 8. It is the same

exercise as REHORULI Exercise 1. However, try the
exercise again. It will feel different, easier than during the
first attempts. Before you begin, please follow these
points absolutely:

The ball must only reach eye level…

for each throw now!

While throwing, the arms are loose and bent – never

extended.
Make sure that your elbows stay at your body and do not
move forward. The elbows should neither touch the body nor
be “stuck” to it. Throw loosely and easily.

When catching, the arm stays down and never

approaches the ball.
Check whether you have a tendency to move towards the ball
with your hand when catching, or whether you are calm
enough to wait for the ball to fall into your hand.

Catching silently is ideal!

Your best tester is your ear! The less you hear the catch, the
better it really is. You hear nothing from a professional
juggler. Follow your ear, and when you can hear nothing
when throwing and catching you are almost beyond
improvement.

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Exercise 9: TwinChange
Let’s admit it: we are prepared for any surprise, only the daily
occurrences break over us like catastrophes.
Stanislav Jerzy Lee

Hold the hands crossed

Make sure that the pulse points of the hands lightly touch.
Your arms are only correctly crossed when the right and
the left pulse points are in contact.

Rotating the hands…….back and forth

Each hand is rotated simultaneously in a half turn. It is of
enormous help to note that the pulse point of each hand
always lies opposite that of the other hand. Always – that
means that “pulse on pulse“ is NEVER changed. When
you have done the pulse point contact exercise, try it
leaving a little space between the pulse points of the right
and left hands

Tip:
Try this exercise with friends or relatives. You will be
amazed at the results. Almost one in two people who try
this exercise for the first time find it difficult, at least at
the beginning. Simply demonstrate the exercise and ask
them to imitate you. Without any further explanation.
Just demonstrate! Do not mention anything about pulse
points or the like! Even at the beginning, when the
hands are being brought into position mistakes are
often made. It is difficult because this exercise engages
the right and left sides of the brain simultaneously.
Many people have problems activating both halves of
the brain simultaneously.

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By the way, the horizontal figure of eight (see REHORULI
Exercise 2) helps here too. If REHORULI Exercise 8 still
causes problems, then you should take a break. After the
break, start with REHORULI Exercise 2 and then go on to
REHORULI Exercise 9.

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Exercise 10: TwinChange’n’Jump
Even with stones which lie in your path, you can build beautiful things.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

REHORULI Exercise10 goes one step further. As in

REHORULI Exercise 9, the hands are crossed and the ball is
alternately thrown up left and right.

The hands are kept crossed – during all phases now

“Pulse on pulse“ is a useful guideline here too.

Movements as flowing as possible

Crossing the hands back and forth should be done as
loosely as possible. The arms are not extended, but angled
loosely and lightly.

The height of the ball when throwing

... is not important. Tipping it up approx. 10-15 cm high is
enough. It is only important that the ball leaves the hand and is
then cleanly caught in order to start the reverse crossing. In
other words, cushion the momentum of the ball when catching.

If you concentrate on throwing, crossing your hands will

become automatic. You will (hopefully) cease to think
about it any more. “Don’t think, just act” is the motto
when juggling, and the same applies to these exercises.

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Perception Test

Our eyes deceive us…..

The grey shades at the intersections

of the white lines are an illusion!

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Exercise 11: TwinJump
Maintaining equilibrium is the most successful movement of your life.
Friedl Beutelrock

Now we have progressed so far that you can let go of both

balls. This time it really is easy. Both balls are thrown up as
parallel as possible and caught again.

Check the height of the ball – max. eye level!

Cushion the momentum of the balls when catching….

And move your hands down a little when you feel the ball.
Under no circumstances should you move your hand towards
the ball.

The hands stay down

... and are at (max.) navel level when throwing. Only
release the ball when the arms are horizontal. Hands are
down… arms are max. horizontal!

The closer the balls are together, the easier it is to catch

Ideally try to throw the balls up as closely parallel as possible,
so that both balls reach maximum height at your eye level.
JONGLORO (right) demonstrates the “advanced version”….
Hands and arm are a little farther apart.

“Space” between hands and balls

Since everybody normally has a “weak” and a “strong” hand, it
is not so easy to throw both balls up to the same height at the
start. However, it is vital for this exercise that both balls move
parallel. This is only possible when the balls leave the hands
early (at the latest at navel level) and stay down.

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Tip:
Make sure that the arms and hands are not moved above
navel level when throwing and catching.

When everything is running well…

1. Hands stay down when catching and throwing, and...

2. ...the balls are visibly parallel.
3. The balls are almost exactly at eye level prior to falling.
4. Now try to catch silently as well. It really is possible to
catch silently!

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Exercise 12: Jump’Touch’Back
The best time to deal with a problem is before it occurs.
Ray Winston Freemann

In this exercise one ball is thrown up and the other is held

and moved with the arm. This looks easy but it must be
practised until it feels “easy”.

Throw the ball with the left hand and move the right arm
simultaneously
... is the “secret” of this exercise. These movements must take
place simultaneously. The left hand throws the ball vertically,
while the right hand simultaneously moves horizontally over to
the left palm. Just when the ball has reached maximum height
and starts to fall, move the right hand with its ball back to the
starting position.

The ball only reaches eye level.

The left hand throws and catches the thrown ball.

The ball in the right hand is moved to and from the

left palm.
Make sure that the ball actually touches the left palm.

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Perception Test

What do you see?

An endless spiral?

Was siehst Du It is actually a sequence of circles!

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Exercise 13: Jump’Touch’Back
Don’t spend your time looking for an obstacle, perhaps there is none.
Franz Kafka

Exactly the same as REHORULI Exercise 12 – but in reverse!

Throw the ball with the left hand and move the right arm
simultaneously
It must be simultaneous. The right hand throws the ball vertically
while the left hand simultaneously moves horizontally over to the
right palm. Just when the ball has reached maximum height and
starts to fall, move the left hand with its ball back to the starting
position.

The ball only reaches eye level.

The right hand throws and catches the thrown ball.
The ball in the left hand is moved to and from the right
palm.
Make sure that the ball really touches the right palm.

Perception Test

What do you see first?

A duck or a rabbit?

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Exercise 14: Jump’n’Cross
Life can complicate itself to such an extent that in the end everything
seems simple.
Wieslaw Brudzinski

This REHORULI Exercise is similar to REHORULI Exercise 12

and 13. Here the ball is thrown up vertically and the other ball is
held and moved. However, this exercise is much more difficult
since it is a “crossover” movement for body and eye.

The left hand throws the ball up vertically and also

catches

While the ball is up in the air, the right hand….

…..moves between the ball and the left hand across the
central body axis (navel height) and stays there.(3 & 4)

The left hand throws again and the right hand

returns to position
Again above the palm that has already thrown and under the
ball which is in the air.

During this exercise it will be noticeable how helpful it is to keep

the throwing hand down while throwing AND catching.

Tips:
Your body may try one possible avoidance strategy – the
right arm is passed under the left arm. This happens very
often. The body wants to work at the lowest level of effort.
Very often you do not notice this and you believe that you
are doing the REHORULI Exercise correctly. So watch
carefully. The arm is moved under the ball and over the
throwing arm.

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Do NOT try to throw and move simultaneously. This is very
difficult. It is much easier to first throw and afterwards move the
other arm through horizontally
Counting helps: 1=throw and 2=move the other arm.

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Exercise 15: Jump’n’Cross
Every crisis conceals the opportunity to learn from it.
Anneliese Fuch

This exercise is exactly the same as REHORULI Exercise

14- but in reverse.
The right hand throws the ball up and also catches
When the ball has reached its highest point,
the left hand moves between the ball and the right hand
across the central body axis and stays there. (3 & 4)
The right hand throws again – and the left hand returns
to position
Again above the palm which has already thrown and under
the ball which is in the air.

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Perception Test

We need individual letters, but we always read

the word as a whole!
In this little experiment you’ll be astounded to find out how
we actually read. The following is a text which at first
glance appears to be just a jumble of letters. When you
look carefully, however, you’ll see that you can read the
text reasonably fluidly and well.

Jmubeled Ltteres!!

Acnicrodcg ot a sduty crradeid out at an Esilgnh Uvniserity,

it deos not mttaer how the ltteres are odreerd in a wrod.
The olny
ipmroatnt tnhig is that the frsit and lsat ltteres of the wrod
are in the crrocet psoition . The rset of the ltteres can be
cmolpeetly jmuelbd and you can siitl raed whtiuot porbelms.
This is bceuase we do not raed ecah ltteer idnidivlluay but
in cmopelte wrods.

A translation of the above “Jumble of Letters”

According to a study carried out at an English University, it
does not matter how the letters are ordered in a word. The
only important thing is that the first and last letters of the
word are in the correct position. The rest of the letters can
be completely jumbled and you can still read without
problems. This is because we do not read each letter
individually but in complete words.

Try it! Write a short text (3-4) sentences and jumble the
letters of each word, leaving the first and last letters in
place. Then give the text to your partner or a colleague at
work to read. They’ll be able to read the text. It’s also a
very original idea for invitations or other events.

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Exercise 16: TwinJump’n’Change
To toil and battle resistance is as necessary to man as burrowing is to a
mole.
Arthur Schopenhauer

This exercise is similar to REHORULI Exercise 11, in which

both balls are thrown and caught parallel. Both balls are
thrown parallel here too; however, you have to catch the balls
with your arms crossed!

Only your hands are crossed, NOT the balls!

Check the height of the balls: max. eye level.

Cushion the momentum of the balls when catching…

and lower your hands a little when you feel the ball. Under no
circumstances should your hands move towards the ball when
catching.

Hands stay down

... and are held horizontally when throwing. Only release the
balls when your arms are horizontal.
The nearer the balls, the easier they are to catch
Ideally you should throw the balls up as close together as
possible .. so that each ball is in front of your eyes when at
maximum height.

Leave as much “air” as possible between your hands and

the balls. Only cross or move your hands when the balls
are in the air.
Crossing your hands appears to be difficult because your
eyes see the balls flying parallel. This requires both brain
halves to be calm, and must be trained. Very often the balls
are thrown crossed over – be careful. Both balls must travel
parallel and as close together as possible.

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Flurrying has no place here. Start by throwing the balls cleanly
and in parallel. Only when you see both balls up in the air
should you cross your arms and allow the balls to fall
automatically into each hand.

JONGLORO shows how this is done in illustrations 1-3 on

page 59. You can see from picture 2 that the arms are still
parallel when the balls have reached eye level. Only then are
the arms crossed!

JONGLORO shows you yet ANOTHER position for the arms

in 4 and 5. Here the balls are thrown with crossed arms (4).
After the throw, the arms separate in order to catch the balls
in parallel.

Perception Test

Can you see the circular shadows?

The arrangement of the rays cause

our eyes to see circular shadows
which do not exist in reality.

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Exercise 17: FallDown’Move
I am not sure if things would be better if they were different. But things
have to change if they are to get better.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Preparing for REHORULI Exercise 17, we have one ball in

each hand. One hand goes to forehead level and drops the
ball (in the picture it’s the left hand) in order to catch it with
the same hand. As you can see with JONGLORO (below),
the right hand does nothing. Try this with both sides now.
Raise the ball with your left arm to forehead level and drop it
to catch it with the same hand. The arm passes the ball on
the outside as the ball falls into the open hand below. Try
this a couple of times with your left and right hands. This is
how your hand learns to judge the speed of the ball.

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Now you can upgrade this by moving the other hand with
the ball upwards at the same time as the ball is falling! Now
both arms are moving. Make sure that both arms move in
semi-circles. The exercise is much easier to describe and
show with JONGLORO that it is to actually perform. If you
keep your eye on the ball at all times and let it drop straight
down, the exercise will be much easier. The exercise can
be made more difficult by increasing the speed. It takes the
body a little time to get used to this exercise.

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Exercise 18: FollowTheBall
The simpler the problem, the deeper we must search for a solution.
Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach

Here is a similar exercise for a little relaxation and relief.

One ball is held with your right hand and the other ball is
thrown “straight” with your left hand.

The ball you are holding follows the ball which is thrown.

The ball in the right hand is always above the other ball which
is thrown and caught by the left hand.

If possible, the distance between the two balls should

always be he same. It should look as if the bottom ball is
being attracted “magnetically” by the top ball.

Tip:
First throw the ball up and down between navel and eye
level, using the same hand to throw and catch - a
simple, ordinary throw/catch movement. While you
throw and catch with one hand, move the other hand
(holding the ball) above the ball being thrown, and
follow the throws – up and down. The balls never touch
each other. The arm / hand which is above does no
more than move up and down parallel to the ball being
thrown.

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Exercise 19: FollowTheBall
Greatness is so rare because simplicity is so difficult.
Elfriede Hable

This exercise works in the same way as REHORULI Exercise

18 – but in reverse!

One ball is held in your left hand, and the other ball is thrown
with your right.

The ball which is being held follows the ball being thrown .

The ball in the left hand is always above the ball which has
been thrown and caught with the right hand.

The distance between the balls should be preferably be

the same…. It should look as if the bottom ball is being
“magnetically“ attracted by the top ball.

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Exercise 20: FollowTheBall
The greatest risk of our time is the fear of risk.
Helmut Schoek

This exercise is similar to the previous two REHORULI

Exercises 18 and 19. The hands start out not one above the
other, but at the same level.

One ball is held in the right hand and the other is thrown with
the left hand.

The ball which is being held follows the ball being thrown.

The ball in the right hand is always at the same level as the
ball being thrown and caught by the left hand.

The distance between the balls should preferably be the

same… it should appear as if the thrown ball is being
“magnetically” controlled by the “moving” hand.

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Exercise 21: FollowTheBall
Worse than difficulties is the tendency to avoid them.
Emil Oesch

This exercise works the same way as REHORULI Exercise

19, but in reverse!
One ball is held in the left hand and the other is thrown with
the right hand. The ball which is being held follows the ball
being thrown.
The ball in the left hand is always at the same level as the
ball being thrown and caught by the right hand. It is
extremely important that you master this exercise from the
left and the right.

Perception Test

What do you see first? The young lady or the old crone?

It doesn’t matter whether you first see

the young lady or the old crone in this
picture…the other lady in each case is
really in the picture… It only takes a
little more time until we see her! It’s
also not a problem if you can only see
one lady. I’ll be happy to send you the
“solution “by e-mail. Simply write to
[email protected].

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Interim Test: Exercises 20+21 in succession!

Now try the two exercises, 20 & 21 in succession. One ball is

held with your left hand and the other is thrown with your
right. The ball to be thrown follows the ball you have just
thrown. Now your right hand throws and the left follows. This
is extremely demanding, since both hands have to be
“turned” before the throw. Start slowly and calmly. You have
plenty of time! If you find the changeover from one hand to
the other is difficult, here is a

Tip:
Before you start, make sure that both hands are low down,
with the throwing hand open (ball presented upwards) and the
other hand closed (ball presented downwards). The open hand
throws and the other hand follows… up and down. Stop!
Before the next throw, turn your hands. The hand which has
just thrown turns downwards, and the other hand, which has
followed the throw, turns upwards (ball presented upwards).
The open hand now throws the ball and the closed hand
follows. Slowly, one step after the other. First throw right, then
left, then right, then left and so on. Make sure that the hands
are turned over when down – before the throw.

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First throw
from the left …

... after catching – turn your hands once while down and
then throw from the right. Left throw – turn hands, right
throw and so on …

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Exercise 22: Jump’n’TakeOver
We have always believed that we must attack the greatest problems
directly; we have never thought about the fact that we could re-shape the
problems by re-shaping ourselves.
Anais Nin

In REHORULI Exercise 2 one ball is held in the “home”

position, and the other ball is thrown under the arm which is
holding the ball and caught again over the arm.

The left arm is extended forward and moved as little as

possible
The arm is not extended fully; it’s enough if the lower arm
is turned to the middle and the elbow is just in front of the
upper part of the body.

The right hand throws the ball up from UNDER the left
arm.
The ball should travel vertically to a maximum of eye or
shoulder level (the ball rises vertically and remains on the
outside, does NOT cross the left arm or drop inwards
towards the body’s centre.

The left hand catches the ball which is thrown ABOVE the
left arm
So, you have to be fast when throwing and finally catching
above the arm. Nevertheless, there is no need to rush.
Watch the video on the Internet and you can see that
there is enough time to move one arm over the other.

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Exercise 23: Jump’n’TakeOver
A hero is someone who believes that he can overcome anything But today
we seem no longer to believe that we can overcome our difficulties. We
have discarded the ideal of the hero.
Anais Nin

This exercise works the same way as REHORULI Exercise 22

but in reverse!

The right arm is extended forward and moved as little as

possible
Don’t stretch out the arm fully. It’s enough to have the
forearm forward with the elbow just in front of the upper
part of the body.

The left hand now throws the ball upwards from under the
right arm.
The ball should travel vertically, to a maximum of eye or
shoulder level (the ball travels vertically and stays on the
outside and does NOT cross the left arm or drop inwards
towards the body’s centre).

The left hand catches the thrown ball above the right arm
You have to be fast when throwing and finally
moving one arm over the other.
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Exercise 24: Jump’n’TakeOver
No problem will be solved if we wait indolently for others to do
something about it.
Martin Luther King Jr.

This exercise combines REHORULI Exercises 22 and 23.

When you have mastered exercises 22 and 23 you will be
able to manage this exercise easily. Even though much of this
exercise involves crossing over, it will feel harmonious and
rhythmic to you.
Cross your arms - the balls are facing upwards

The arm which is lower throws the ball first – the ball is
caught above the other arm
Just as you learned in exercises 22 and 23.

The arms stay in position after throwing and catching

Now the other arm is below, so this hand throws the

ball
... which is again caught over the other arm.

Alternate throwing and catching now.

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Exercise 25: Jump’n’TakeOver
Anyone who takes everything lightly will have many difficulties.
Laotse

Now you can put a little more dynamism into what you’ve just
learned. Do exactly the same as before, but make sure you
start by squatting down and doing the exercise at the same
ball height as you catch the ball. The arm stops moving as
soon as you catch the ball and remains at the same height.
The exercise gives the impression of going upstairs, step by
step.

Perception Test

The diagonals are actually perfectly

straight and precisely parallel, even
though our eyes try to tell us
something different at first glance.

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Exercise 26: Jump’n’TakeOver
Talent finds solutions, genius discovers problems.
Hans Krailsheimer

Now we do the same as we did in REHORULI Exercise 23 –

but downwards. So we have to start with the arm which is
above.

We cross our arms and start to throw the ball up a little with
the top arm (a few centimeters) in order to catch it with the
same arm again from under the other arm. So, “throw above
the arm and catch under the arm”. Exactly the reverse.

The same procedure applies downwards – when you

continue the exercise at the same height as you have
caught the balls.

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Exercise 27: Jump’n’ChangeTheSide
If you cannot accept small obstacles, you will ruin great plans.
Confucius

Here you have to first “draw” a U shape in the air with your right
hand, while the other arm/ball stays down at navel height. Then
throw the ball vertically with your left hand from navel height to
a maximum of eye level. While the ball is travelling upwards,
move your right arm/ball in a U shape again, through and
between the left hand and the upper ball. The U shape remains
unchanged. Both arms remain unchanged. The right arm
moves downwards again and the left hand throws the ball
vertically upwards. The right arm/ball can be moved upwards
again between the ball and the left hand. The whole exercise
takes place in a flowing back and forth, in and out movement.
The vertical throw and catch as well as the U shape remain
constant throughout.

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Exercise 28: Jump’n’ChangeTheSide
Exactly the same exercise only in reverse. The left hand
“draws” the U shape, and the right hand throws and catches.
.

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Exercise 29: MoonJumper
The heaviest things we have to bear are those we have taken too lightly.
O.W. (Otto Wilhelm) Fischer

Here again, there are two movements hidden in this

REHORULI Exercise. You do something similar to exercises 25
and 26; however, this time you draw a circle and not a U in the
air.

The right arm moves in an anti-clockwise circle.

The left arm throws the ball up

... when the right arm is down.

While the ball is rising, the arm travels between the ball
and the throwing hand.

Pay attention to creating flowing left and right hand

movements.

In the middle, you stop with your right arm up

and move this arm and the ball in the opposite direction –
clockwise!

As before, only the left hand throws and catches.

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Exercise 30: MoonJumper
There is nothing on the earth without arduousness.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Here you do the same exercise – but in reverse. The left

hand “draws” the circle. The right hand throws the ball
vertically from navel to eye level and catches it again.

The left arm moves in an anti-clockwise circle

The right arm throws the ball up

... when the left arm is down.

While the ball is rising, the arm travels between the ball
and the throwing hand.

Pay attention to creating flowing left and right

hand movements.

In the middle you stop with your left arm up

…and move this arm and the ball in the opposite direction –
clockwise!

As before, only the right hand throws and catches.

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Exercise 31: ChangeToChange
Anyone who waits for problems to come to them will have even more.
Günter Bauer

When you have mastered this exercise as well as all the

others(!), you are nearly at your goal, and can start working
with three balls. Beforehand, however, you must master this
exercise for left and right. This exercise is an absolute
must for juggling with three balls. If you have not mastered
it, throwing and catching three balls will not work. So, once
again check that you have not only tried out all REHORULI
Exercises (01-30), but have also mastered each one. The
order is unimportant, but your body must have gone through
and experienced each exercise a number of times. Attention:
in this exercise, for the first time you have to throw both balls
consecutively and also cross them over. Eyes and brain
have lots to do!

Both lower arms are extended slightly forward –

elbows stay at body level.

The right hand throws the ball up towards the centre

(maximum eye level)

When the ball has reached the highest point the left hand
now throws the ball under the other ball up to the centre.

The ball which was thrown with the right hand is now
caught with the left.

The ball which was thrown with the left hand is now caught
with the right.

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Both balls are thrown up – one after the other (not
together)
If you find yourself passing the second ball over to the other
hand when you have thrown the first ball, then this is fairly
normal first time around. Bewildering things are happening for
your eyes and body, so a chance is sought to do things the
short way in order to reduce internal stress. Remember! Both
balls must be thrown up directly from your hand, and both balls
should reach eye level. One after the other!

The second ball is NOT thrown (or handed) horizontally

across to the other side, but thrown up through the centre
and under the other ball.
Even though it is enticing and seems to offer more security –
the balls are thrown up to the centre in the direction of your
nose and always under the other ball.

!!! REHORULI Exercise 31 rarely succeeds on the first

go!!!
This exercise is the most difficult for beginners. It is therefore
completely normal for you to have difficulty acquainting
yourself with this REHORULI Exercise. So, here’s a tip as to
how you can mentally prepare yourself for this exercise.

Tip: Start with the arm movements – without throwing

the balls!

1) Allow both arms to fall – both arms hang downwards

with a ball in each hand.
2) Move one hand holding a ball (your weakest hand) to
your navel. The hand is open with the ball facing
upwards.
3) From there, move your hand to your nose.
4) Before you stretch out this arm, (right hand = outside
right / left hand = outside left), …

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5) ...move the other hand towards your navel.
6) While you stretch the upper hand out and downwards,
the hand in front of your navel moves up towards your
nose…
7) And is extended outwards, on towards the body’s
central axis, and so on.

Imagine you are starting to throw the ball from the bottom
left upwards (instead of throwing, you move the ball from
your navel to your nose!). When the ball from your hand
has reached its highest point, the other hand begins the
“imagined” throw from below (you move the ball from navel
to nose).

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Exercise 32: ChangeToChange

Even with stones which lie in your path, you can build beautiful things.
Erich Kästner

Now try REHORULI Exercise 31 more fluidly and from left to

right. It is very helpful to use different coloured balls for this
exercise.

Throwing the ball with your left hand is the first throw. Throwing
the other ball with your right hand is the second throw. Now try
it precisely the other way round - the first throw with your right
hand and the second throw with your left hand.

It helps to count along out loud, “1” and “2”. “1”, “2”, “1”, “2”
and so on. At “1” you always have the same ball in your hand
and the same goes for “2”.
“1" stands for the first throw and “2“ stands for the second
throw. At every throw, count “1“ and “2“ out loud. Different
coloured balls are really helpful for this exercise! Each
colour has the same throw number. So to start off, your left
hand throws first, and then the right hand carries out the first
throw. Alternately.

If you don’t have different coloured balls, then count or say

loudly just before the throw:

Left (1st throw) – Right (2nd throw)

Right (1st throw) - Left (2nd throw)
and so on.
Left (1st throw) - Right (2nd throw)
Right (1st throw) - Left (2nd throw)
Left (1st throw) - Right (2nd throw)
Right (1st throw) - Left (2nd throw)

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Both arms are extended slightly outwards – elbows
rest lightly against the body.

The left hand throws the ball up through the centre.

When the ball has reached its highest point (eye level!), the
right hand now throws the other ball under the upper ball
into the centre.
The ball which is thrown with the left hand is now caught
with the right hand. The ball which is thrown with the right
hand is now caught with the left hand.
Please note that both balls are thrown up directly from your
hand in the direction of your nose, and both balls should reach
a maximum height of eye level. Consecutively!
Do NOT throw to the other side – throw up through the
middle! The more fluidly and simply you do this exercise,
the easier and better it is to learn the following exercise.

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Exercise 33: FirstStepsOfThree
Problems are the poles between which the tension love needs is created.
Max Mell

So, here we are – now you can add the third ball. But before
you start it might be a good idea to repeat some of the
exercises between 1 and 30 – just to check and feel how
confident you are over the individual exercises.

Take two balls in your left hand and one in your right
hand. Or you can do it with two balls in your right hand and
one ball in your left hand too. You have to decide what is
best for yourself. Sooner or later you can start with either
your left or right. The most important thing is that the first
throw is from the hand containing two balls!

The legs are spread a little apart - in line with your

shoulders. You are standing at ease and breathing
calmly.

The first two throws and catching are done exactly

as in REHORULI Exercises 31 and 32. Now we are
going to try three throws and three catches…

The first throw is always from the hand which holds the
two balls.
When the thrown ball has reached its maximum height,
then throw the second ball up through the middle and
catch the other ball.

If this does not work at first go – that is more or less

normal.…..
….and nothing to be worried about! In certain cases it could
help to throw all three balls at the right time but not to catch.

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Let’s be serious – joking aside: if this final exercise poses
problems for you, then try to throw the balls at the right time
and using the right “system“ = each ball is thrown on the inside
and up in the direction of your nose – without attempting to
catch them! This helps you at least to grasp the idea of the
system (always throw a ball when the ball previously thrown
has reached its highest point and is starting to descend). Most
importantly, all the balls are thrown during this intermediate
exercise. Many people have great difficulty releasing the third
ball during this exercise.

When you have successfully thrown and caught three

times… then try throwing and catching four times....
That is the next and final step towards lasting success.
When you can throw and catch the balls four times you have
the “worst” behind you. And the best thing is that you will
never forget how to do this once you have repeatedly done it
four times successfully. It’s like learning to ride a bicycle.
You never forget how to do this, because this is also an
intensive physical experience that can never be forgotten.

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Practice Tip!

If this does not work at first go – which is more or less normal!

– write down here what actually does not work. It is important
that you note down the results or what does not work exactly
here immediately after it didn’t work:

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

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If it does not work at all, then try another few REHORULI

Exercises just to settle down and build up your confidence.
Concentrate on throwing, NOT catching. Clean, timely
throwing is much more important than catching. Catching
comes later “automatically”. You don’t have to believe it –
just do it! Even when that doesn’t work, then throw
consciously – WITHOUT catching. Just throw – the balls
fall to the ground one after the other. If all that doesn’t
work, you can write me an eMail stating exactly what
“doesn’t work”. Your notes will be helpful here. First of all I
have to know what didn’t work! [email protected]

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Exercise 34: KingOfThree

You will gradually learn to throw the balls smoothly and

consistently. Pay attention to a fluid, rounded series of
movements.

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System Errors!?
Tips & Tricks on How to Juggle „cleanly“

How do you tell the difference between “clean” and

“unclean” juggling? Test yourself and find out how “cleanly”
you juggle!

1. Arms or hands too high

This happens very often. The
issue of security is firmly rooted
in all of us, and as a result it can
easily happen that your arms or
hands move up to catch the balls
without your even noticing. Try to
make sure that your arms/ hands
stay DOWN when you throw AND
when you catch. If that is difficult, try
catching quietly or silently! Regarding
this, read the tip on page 24 again!

2. Try throwing 11 times and catching 11 times one

after the other … when you have managed that 11
consecutive times with no mistakes, you have achieved a
certain amount of “security” in your juggling. Then
afterwards try it again and catch each ball quietly … ideally
with no sound at all.

3. Try to look away from the balls you are throwing or

stare at a fixed point in the room while you throw the balls.
In other words do not pay direct attention to the balls any
more when you are throwing/catching.

4. Make sure that none of the balls you throw goes higher
than eye-level. All the throws should reach the level of the
eyes or forehead at most – never higher.

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5. When throwing, you should make sure that the
ball is thrown from below (arm/hand is low down). The
ideal situation is that the ball is thrown (i.e. leaves the surface
of the hand) from below navel level.

6. If the ball goes too high

The main problem with “throwing too high” is that only a very
few people notice that they are throwing the balls “too high”.

Tip:
Try juggling in front of a mirror or let a second person
“check” that your throws only go as high as your eye level. If
the balls are still going too high, then stare fixedly straight
ahead and imagine – in your mind’s eye – that the balls
“stand still” in front in front of your eyes, i.e. they reach
exactly that height. Keep staring fixedly straight ahead even
when the balls ascend beyond your eye-level.

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7. I can’t “let go” of the third ball
If you have successfully completed all the two-ball exercises
but now are having problems with three balls – this is normal.
It happens very often that it just simply will not work when
you have to throw the third ball.
Tip: Try consciously NOT to catch it! You throw all the balls
up - in the correct speed – and, after throwing them, let
them all drop. Throwing is more important than catching.
Much more important! Your body will learn/store this
throwing movement process.
When you are throwing, make
absolutely sure that each
throw goes from the outside
to the inside (towards your
nose!)
Four or five tries without
catching – and then
immediately afterwards, bring
in catching again. At least
three cycles should now be
possible.

8. When I am juggling I can’t stay on one spot

Here too, throwing earlier can help. Throw the balls
earlier than you are used to. With each throw try to hit
your nose, i.e. throw from below up to the middle. And
another tip: stand in front of a wall, a sofa or a bed –
that is sure to stop you from walking around.

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9. At least one ball always goes too far away or too far
forward
The problem of throwing too far forward is relatively common
and also is connected to the strongly rooted “need for
security” which is in everyone. In most cases of the problem
of throwing too far forward, the
ball is being thrown too late!
The first thing is to make sure
the balls get thrown at the right
moment. Simply throw the
balls a fraction earlier than you
usually do. You should also
make sure that your hands
never go any higher than the
level of your navel, both
when you throw the balls and,
above all, when you catch
them. If throwing “earlier” and
keeping your “hands down”
doesn’t seem to work, the
next thing to try is to keep your elbows against your body.
No matter how the balls get thrown, your elbows should not
make any kind of forward movement (!) when you catch, but
should stay relaxed next to your body. You shouldn’t have
your elbows dug into your ribs when you are doing this.

10. Quiet catching! The less that can be heard when you
catch the balls, the safer and cleaner your juggling is.

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Juggling promotes

Concentration & Relaxation

Flexibility & Endurance

Coordination & Perception

Self-Confidence & Interaction

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