{"id":653504,"date":"2013-04-19T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T15:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=74912"},"modified":"2013-04-19T14:08:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T18:08:45","slug":"6-great-videos-of-yo-yo-performer-black-perfect-for-friday-afternoon-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/653504","title":{"rendered":"6 great videos of yo-yo performer BLACK, perfect for Friday afternoon procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"BLACK<\/p>\n

BLACK now travels the world as a yo-yo champion. But when he was 14, he had low self-esteem. Photo: James Duncan Davidson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Yo-yo world champion BLACK admits that the first time he picked up his instrument of choice, at age 14, he couldn\u2019t figure out the simplest of tricks. But after a week of practice, he started to understand its movement and dynamics.<\/p>\n

\"BLACK:BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery<\/span><\/a>In today\u2019s talk<\/a>, given at TED2013, BLACK remembers, \u201cI thought, \u2018The yo-yo is something for me to be good at. For the first time in my life, I found my passion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

BLACK practiced for hours a day and, four years later, won the World Yo-Yo Contest<\/a>. But when fame and fortune failed to follow, he put the yo-yo aside and studied to be a systems engineer.<\/p>\n

In the end, though, he says couldn\u2019t stay away. He won the World Yo-Yo Contest for a second time in 2007 and, from there, he hasn\u2019t looked back, taking his unusual performance art all around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to show on stage how spectacular the yo-yo could be, to change the public image of the yo-yo,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned with the yo-yo is that if I make enough efforts with huge passion, there\u2019s no impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

After you\u2019ve watched today\u2019s talk — yo-yos swirling masterfully along to dramatic music<\/a> — watch more videos of this yo-yo superstar in action. Starting with an incredible six-minute act.<\/p>\n