The Berkeley Juggling Club (Posts about 4-person)

Wankle Engine

Berkeley Juggling Cooperative — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:57:56 GMT

Work in progress

A 4 person takeout pattern.

3 people stand in a triangle. 4th person (M) starts next to one of the triangle persons.

Start

A: two clubs (one each)

M: two clubs (flipped) (one each)

B, C: 3 clubs, 2 in their right hand, 1 in their left

Here is what the people do during a single rotation (3 beats):

M

Just walked (was at position A before), has two club and flips them (at the start, just start with two clubs flipped already). Then:

beat 1: hand or throw your right hand club to B
do a handacross
beat 2: steal a pelf from A (right to left through) with empty left hand and replace right hand club into A's left hand
do a handacross
beat 3: steal/catch pelf/pass from C and step out (to the right side of C)

The main action is in front of A, a steal and a replace, whereas beat 1 is just a no-spin pass and beat 3 is just a catch. It is important to be out of the way for the A<->B pass on beat 3 and also the B<->C pass on beat 2. To achieve this, one doesn't need to walk all the way to B on beat 1 and just throw the club to B instead of handing it over and then already stand a bit closer to C when doing beat 2.

A

Just walked out with 2 clubs

beat 1: catches a club (left hand) from B
beat 2: throws a right pelf that M steals
gets a club replaced from M (where the pelf would have landed)
beat 3: passes a right hand to 'B'

B

Does a 2 count feed to the right/left/right

beat 1: passes to A, gets a club from M
beat 2: passes to C, receives from C
beat 3: passes to A, receives from A

C

Only one pass on beat 2

beat 1: right self
beat 2: right pass to B, receives from B
beat 3: pelf that M catches. Easier for M if thrown somewhat into the middle of the pattern.

Rotation

M -> A -> B -> C

Full cycle for one person:

Starting with M walking in and the names as arranged in the diagram above.

M walks halfway towards B with 2 clubs (flipped)
throw right hand club to B's left hand, handacross, turn towards A
steal/replace pelf from A, turn towards C
grep pelf/pass from C, step out with 2 clubs and turn facing A
catch pass to A -> 3 clubs again
right pelf and getting a club replaces from new M
pass to A (start of a 4 pass 2-count sequence)
pass to B, pass to A, pass to B
self, pass to C (now taking the place of B), through pelf towards the middle for the new M (original B) to catch
flip remaining two clubs and walk halfway towards the middle

Shooting Star

Berkeley Juggling Cooperative — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:19:53 GMT

A 4 person version of a star.

Depending on how fast you want this to be, you can do it as 2 count or 4 count and have the person with less clubs start with 0, 1, or 2 clubs.

You start in the same position as in a star, but one position of the star is left empty. The passing pattern is still the same as in the basic star pattern. That is, you always pass to the person two to your right and catch from the person two to your left (counting the empty position). The person who would pass to the empty spot is the one starting with less clubs. The person who would receive from the missing person walks to that spot when they are down to 0 (1 or 2) clubs.

Showing the version below where you walk with 2 clubs in your hand.

Pattern Diagram

Position Diagram

Similar patterns:

Havana

Berkeley Juggling Cooperative — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:35:57 GMT

A walking pattern where you always turn left in Havana;) 5 beat pattern with changing feeder. The person feeding is doing a 2 count, all other three positions a 6 count.

The Berkeley Juggling Club (Posts about 4-person)

Wankle Engine

Work in progress

Start

Here is what the people do during a single rotation (3 beats):

M

A

B

C

Rotation

Full cycle for one person:

Shooting Star

Pattern Diagram

Position Diagram

Similar patterns:

Havana

Pattern Diagram

Position Diagram

Y (walking)

Slow 6 count variation

Pattern Diagram

Position Diagram