What is Diabolo?????????????????????????

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Do you know what is diabolo???
Let me introduce for you here ~^^
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History of Diabolo
Diabolos evolved from the Chinese yo-yo, which was originally standardized in the 12th century. Chinese yo-yos have a long thin axle, with disc-shaped wheels, while the western diabolo is more cone-shaped. The diabolo also comes in different colors, sizes, and weights.

The diabolo was a favorite toy of physicist James Clerk Maxwell, who was said to be quite good at performing with it. This toy is not to be confused with Maxwell's demon, which is a thought experiment.

The term "diabolo" was not taken from the Italian word for "devil" — "diavolo" — but was coined by French engineer Gustave Phillipart, who developed the modern diabolo in the early twentieth century, and derived the name from the Greek dia bolo, roughly meaning 'across throw'. Confusion about the provenance of the name may have arisen from the earlier name "the devil on two sticks", although nowadays this often also refers to another circus-based skill toy, the devil stick.
Basic principles of Diabolo
The most basic act of diabolo manipulation is to cause the spool to spin whilst suspended from the string. This is commonly achieved by dragging the string across the axle in such a way that the friction causes the spool to roll. By repeatedly lifting one of the handsticks (for right-handed people, the driving hand is typically the right), the speed can be increased. This method is known as acceleration.
Further increases in speed are obtained by a variety of techniques, including power whips; accelerations, such as Chinese acceleration and loop acceleration; power burners, and orbit tricks.
Once speed is built up, the diaboloist then typically performs a routine based on the tricks outlined below. The best diaboloists can work these tricks smoothly into one another and keep the diabolo in a constant motion without having to pause to speed up the spin again. The diabolo will stay balanced as long there is speed.
Fundamental tricks of Diabolo
~Grind - To balance the diabolo on a stick
~Toss - the first trick everybody learns is to throw the diabolo up and catch it.
~Sun - The diabolo is swung round in a large circle, and will finish with a twist of string above the axle. An anti sun is done in the opposite direction to undo this twist. There are many different types of sun. This is the most basic kind.





Some kinds of Diabolo~


















Some group are being performing Diabolo Show~


There is a video of world diabolo champion's competition in BJC 2007~

He is so handsome & good in trick and perform ~
one of my idol o ~^^