DIABOLO RESEARCH SERIAL (2)-MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS(多媒體應用)

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分類：扯鈴發展史

建立於 2025-04-14, 週一 19:36

作者 余俗慧

點擊數：130

DIABOLO RESEARCH SERIAL (2)-MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS(多媒體應用) 

July 25, 2023

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DIABOLO PROMOTER AT SOUTHERN TAIWAN – DIABOLO ASSOCIATION KAOHSIUNG (高雄市扯鈴協會)

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分類：扯鈴發展史

建立於 2023-06-16, 週五 06:53

作者 余俗慧

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Established in 2007, the non-profit organization was launched at the charming harbour city of southern Taiwan – Kaohsiung. Aims of the Association are to promote the culture and significance of diabolo by way of training, tutorials, workshops, grading tests, competitions, performances as well as research. The members participated and performed in numerous festivals and carnivals of celebrations, arts and religions. Not only acquiring the opportunity to demonstrate their excellent skills, but they also learned experience from the live performances on stages. “Learning by doing” is one of the major concepts and belief for tutoring and learning in the Association.

Unique Features of the Association

1. Progressive grading system:                                                                        Each grade requires different tricks to be completed and scores to be reached. Tricks are classified into 8 categories including toss, wrap, speed-up, grind, flip, hook, orbit and auxiliary. It ranges from the basic ones such as “elevator” to the advanced ones such like “bilateral around-the-leg with jumping”. Through this system, learners are more aware of what they need to improve for progressing to the next grade/level.

2. Interactive tutorials and workshops:
Relevant events are held by the Association from time to time to assist learners, instructors and school teachers for refreshing or updating their skills, knowledge and qualifications. Learners are encouraged to ask questions or express different views in the events. Surveys are always conducted either online or by questionnaires afterwards to “have your say”~ Different opinions or feedback are highly respected and valued by the Association for improvement. The digital platforms including website and Facebook are also available for the public to exchange and share experiences.

3. Significant publications:
The comic book named “Diabolo 123” was published to illustrate the main diabolo tricks for beginners and advanced players. Academically, the members of Association published articles including “Challenges towards the internationalisation of Taiwan’s diabolo” which compared and contrasted the diabolo developments among Australia, China and Taiwan. It explored the challenges and difficulties about promoting Taiwan’s diabolo to the world as well as provided possible solutions for that. Also, the other journal paper named “Reporting of the diabolo news in Taiwan’s mainstream newspapers” employed the qualitative news framing analysis to examine the diabolo-related news in the four mainstream newspapers of Taiwan. The findings might contribute to the press policy and writing styles while reporting the issues of relevant folk sports. Further, a master’s thesis titled “A study of diabolo sport industry – business model”
took the Association as a case study and recommended the potential ways for the better operation. Another master’s thesis titled “Relationships among competitive state anxiety, flow experience and sport performance of diabolo contestants” investigated the correlation in terms of demographic variables. Questionnaires were utilised as a study tool to exam the interrelation among the above variables. The findings suggested that self-confidence, supports from parents and coaches were significantly important to the overall performance of contestants.

Currently the ongoing event holding by the Association is the 2023 “Diabolo on Video” Competition. It’s totally FREE of charge (no registration fee or hidden cost)~ Please refer to the following website for further details: http://www.diabolokh.tw/index.php/2012/13-2012-07-19-09-11-01/900-2023415

About the author:
Mark Tsai/ PhD in Communication, University of Canberra, Australia. He won the championship title from Australian Diabolo Tournament and is currently working at Medicare Australia.

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EARLIEST RECORD OF DIABOLO IN THE CHINESE CLASSIC – 帝京景物略

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分類：扯鈴發展史

建立於 2025-04-14, 週一 15:13

作者 余俗慧

點擊數：161

RECORD OF DIABOLO IN THE CHINESE CLASSIC – 帝京景物略

April 26, 2023

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楊柳兒活，抽陀螺。楊柳兒青，放空鐘。楊柳兒死，踢毽子。… 空鐘者，刳木中空，旁口，蕩以瀝青，卓地如仰鐘，而柄其上之平。別一繩繞其柄，別一竹尺有孔，度其繩而抵格空鐘，繩勒右卻，竹勒左卻。一勒，空鐘轟而疾轉，大者聲鐘，小亦蛣蜣飛聲，一鐘聲歇時乃已。制徑寸至八九寸。其放之，一人至三人。

-《帝京景物略．卷二．春場》/ 劉侗、于奕正合著 (1635年/明朝崇禎八年)

“Whipping the top in the time willows revive; Playing the diabolo in the time willows green; Kicking the shuttlecock in the time willows wither.” – Imperial Capital Guidebook (1635 A.D.), Volume 2/ (all quotations were translated by Mark Tsai)

The outset of diabolo initially came up in the officially acknowledged Chinese Classic named “Imperial Capital Guidebook” (1635 A.D.) co-authored by Liu Tong & Yu Yi-Zheng in Chong-Zhen 8th Year, Ming Dynasty, China. However, it is extensively believed that the outset of diabolo was even much earlier than that as the folk song had actually appeared prior to the Guidebook.

“Hollowing the wood out with holes aside, and glued it with asphalt. Facing the axle up on the ground, and prepared to loop the string around its centre. Drilling holes to the bamboo sticks, and measured string length to match it. Pulling string to the right and left bamboo stick followed accordingly. The “hollow bell” (kong-zhong/空鐘) would then burst to spin loudly. The humming sound could be as huge as a bronze bell or as tiny as a flying insect, it depended on the size of diabolo. Its diameter ranged from the regular up to 8 or 9 Chinese inches and could be played by 1 to 3 people.”

According to the above description, it might be discovered and summarised as the following points:

1. 1.The most popular and conventional pattern of diabolo at that time       was the single-sided diabolo (also known as “top diabolo”).
2. 2.Diabolo was made of wood while the sticks were made of bamboos.
3. 3.Most of the players were right-handed.
4. 4.The size ranged from the regular up to 30.6 cm (1 Chinese inch at       Ming Dynasty = 3.4 cm).
5. 5.The group performance or team play had already come up.                                        

Nowadays, the material, patterns, tricks and performing styles of diabolo are varying dramatically from the conventional ones. In Taiwan, it is officially acknowledged as a folk sport and particularly promoted in schools as part of the curriculum for physical education.

Photo Sources:                                                                1. https://kknews.cc/history/r95b68v.html                                        2. https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&file=24434&page=70                3. Provided by author (performer: Mark Tsai)

About the author:
Mark Tsai/ PhD in Communication, University of Canberra, Australia. He won the championship title from Australian Diabolo Tournament and is currently working at Medicare Australia.

DIABOLO RESEARCH SERIAL (1)-MOTIVATION FOR ENGAGEMENT(參與動機)

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分類：扯鈴發展史

建立於 2023-06-16, 週五 06:46

作者 余俗慧

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https://www.juggle.org/diabolo-research-serial-1-motivation-for-engagement%E5%8F%83%E8%88%87%E5%8B%95%E6%A9%9F/

This research serial aims to introduce, compare and analyse the master’s theses relevant to diabolo research in Taiwan. Some of the significant theses from respective disciplines are cited here as examples for cross- comparison and analysis. All the participants, interviewees and testees were volunteers and their names remained anonymous in theses for the purposes of privacy and research ethics. Most of the online theses here contain Mandarin full-texts. They’re open to public access and available to be downloaded for free from the theses database of National Central Library, Taiwan. https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/ccd=LwTfO./webmge?mode=basic

The first topic is about the motivation for engagement in diabolo learning, classes, teams, or activities. Various demographic variables are often examined to investigate the interrelation among one another. For example, Tu (2011) conducted a quantitative research on the impacts of learning motivation and training
satisfaction on learning efficiency toward diabolo learners of primary schools in Tainan county by the typical Likert’s 5-point scale (rating scale for the level of agreement or disagreement). The variables of gender, age, length of training, educational level and career of parents were utilised in questionnaires for finding out the interrelation.

On the contrary, Chen (2013) adopted qualitative methods including semi-structured in-depth interviews, participant observation and document analysis to investigate the process of students’ engagement in diabolo clubs and managing strategies by coaches in a primary school. Questions such as the motivation to join school diabolo clubs, difficulties or obstacles for carrying on, and influences on academic performance or life were enquired to the club students while questions such like the management of clubs, concerns or difficulties about instructing students, financial sponsorship and supports as well as progressive plan for the future were requested to the coaches.

Similarly, Wu (2016) utilised the semi-structured in-depth interviews to explore how the 6 agents of socialization in sports influenced students’ engagement in diabolo team of a primary school. The agents included family members, coaches, teachers, peer groups, schools and social media. Questions such as the favourable and unfavourable reasons for joining diabolo team from family members, expectations to coaches as well as influences from peer groups and social media for joining the team were enquired to student team members while questions such as the pro and con factors toward students’ participation to the diabolo team were requested to coaches, family members of the students, school administrators and teachers.

In summary
Findings from the above 3 theses revealed the following points:

1. Diabolo has been officially acknowledged as one of the major folk sports and partially subsidised by Taiwan’s government, but the grants are still relatively insufficient comparing to the ones for other sports.
2. A majority of diabolo coaches aren’t certified school teachers and it makes the promotion to schools harder. The current certified school teachers should be encouraged and subsidised to attend diabolo tutorials or workshops for being the promoters in schools.
3. Assistances from school administrators should be categorised as part of the administrative tasks instead of volunteer work.
4. Schools should improve their sport courts, gyms or facilities to fit the diabolo training in rainy days and cold winters. Also, the ceiling height of indoor courts or gyms needs to be high enough for the diabolo tossing tricks.
5. More inter-school competitions or performances should be held for students to acquire and exchange experiences.
6. Online platforms are helpful to students, coaches and school teachers for sharing different experiences. Social media also play an important role for escalating students’ engagement in diabolo in the digital age in terms of the accessibility and timeliness.

Reference:
1. Tu, C.P. (2011). Impacts of learning motivation and training satisfaction on learning efficiency – a study on diabolo learners of primary schools in Tainan county, unpublished master’s thesis, National Taiwan University of Sport, Taiwan
2. Chen, F.C. (2013). Dance with diabolo: process of students’ engagement in diabolo clubs and managing strategies by coaches in a primary school, unpublished master’s thesis, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
3. Wu, S.L. (2016). Effects from agents of socialization in sports on students’ engagement in diabolo team of Dong-ping primary school, unpublished master’s thesis, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan

About the author:
Mark Tsai/ PhD in Communication, University of Canberra, Australia. He won the championship title from Australian Diabolo Tournament and is currently working at Medicare Australia.