Category Archives: Jumprope
Anyone looking for rules…
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Anyone looking for rules to Chinese Jump Rope could consult a book which gives all kinds of diagrams and all kinds of rules and variations. It’s called “Chinese Jump Rope” by Sheree S. Marty. The publisher is Sterling Publishing Company (New York); publication date was 1994. I found it at the library. By the way, thanks to Jacqui for remembering the name `Yogi’ and “trials… just in case I don’t make it…” — I had completely forgotten about that. The hours we spent playing that game. What a great memory.
My 6 yr old daughter has…
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My 6 yr old daughter has recently learned string hand games; jacob’s ladder,cat’s whiskers etc… I believe these games are traditional played w/a chinese jumprope. I’ve searched on line and in local toy stores and have come up empty handed. Does anyone know where I may locate a chinese jumprope?
I was just looking for jump…
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I was just looking for jump rope rhymes on the internet and found the Rich man , poor man one. It goes like this… Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Her shoes will be wood,leather,highheel,low heel,sandals, wooden. Her dress will be made of silk,satin, cotton, batten, rags. Her house will be Big house, little house, pigpan, barn. Her rings will be made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, glass. How many children will she get? 1,2,3… By the way there are hundreds of trick to do with a jump rope. My daughter is on a jump rope team called the Indy Air Bears. They do shows and also compete against other jump rrope teams. They use single ropes and double dutch as well as long ropes. They have jumped at NBA games halftimes, festivals, and many more places. Their national competition in this weekend at Disney World. There will be teams there from all over the country. You would be amazed at what these kids can do with a jump rope…. it sure isn’t like we used to do on the playground!! If you want more information about jump rope or our team, email me at jagfa [at] msn [dot] com. We would love to share more with you
Chinese jump rope sound…
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Chinese jump rope sound vagely familiar, but we played a game with a string made out of elastics called “Yogi”. Two enders would hold the rope first at “groundsies”, ankle, knee, hip, waist, underarm, shoulder, chin, ear, head, and finally, “Skyhigh” Jumpers would attempt to jump over at each level, and beginning at (I believe) shoulder, you were allowed two attempts – but first had to indicate “Trials…just in case I don’t make it….”
I’m a writer… But this…
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I’m a writer… But this is for a writer friend of mine. She is doing a book and wants to incorporate the jump rope rhyme..”Rich man poor man beggar man thief, doctor, lawyer, Indian Chief…..” Does anyone know the full rhyme and how the game is played? Thanks… any help is appreciated. rodkey [at] wpa [dot] net
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When I was a kid in France…
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When I was a kid in France we used to play “elastique” which is the same as Chinese Jump Rope, but there weren’t any set patterns to jump. Part of the game was that you made up your own pattern, after agreeing on a certain level of difficulty, like there had to be some point in it where you jumped on the line. So you couldn’t really get out on ankles, but then you had to repeat the pattern at knees etc. If you changed anything, you lost your turn. So it was partly a memory thing.
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I have totally different versions of two rhymes that my daughter has come home singing and they sound like they are either racial or from slave days. Has anyone heard these versions (she goes to an almost all black school so that could be the reason): Ottamacachina nigawacha, nigawacha. Saw my boyfriend last night, how do ya know, how do ya know. Looked out the pea hole, crazy. Washed the dishes, lazy. Jumped out the window, crazy, nigawacha, nigawacha. Down down baby, down down the rollercoaster. Sweet sweet baby, I’ll never let you go. Shimmy shimmy coco pop, shimmy shimmy eye. Shimmy shimmy coco pop, shimmy shimmy eye. I like coffee, I like tea, I like the colored boy and he likes me so step back white boy you don’t shine. I like the colored boy and he’s all mine. Where is she getting these versions from?? Does anyone know of a way to look up where the different versions derive from? It’s fine with me if it’s because it’s been past down but if some child made it up I would rather she didn’t say it like that!! Thanks, KimH