ABOUT THE SPEAKER
BLACK - Yo-yo champion
Twice the world yo-yo champion, BLACK mixes dance, sport and performance to create unforgettable yo-yo moments.

Why you should listen

At 14, BLACK picked up his first yo-yo. Initially he couldn't do even the easiest trick -- but after one week of practicing, he realized: I could be good at this. Very good. Four years later (and 10,000 hours of practicing), he took the title of 2001 world champion. And then ... he gave it up. Went to school, got a job. But he missed the passion of performing. He realized: "I want to do this: Entertain, and bring excitement and joy to people with the yo-yo."

Returning to competition after six years, he won the 2007 World Yo-Yo Contest in the artistic performance category. After that, he started dance and acrobatic training to create a new form of performing and art. Imagine a yo-yo performance graceful and thrilling enough to pass the audition for Cirque du Soleil ... while being fast and precise enough to pull a tablecloth out from under a stack of champagne glasses!

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BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

BLACK: Min rejse til yo-yo beherskelse

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Kan du huske de dage, hvor du kæmpede med at få en yo-yo til at spinde, og hvis du virkelig var god, kunne du "gå tur med hunden"? Du har ikke set det endnu. Den japanske yo-yo verdens mester BLACK, fortæller en inspirerende historie om at finde lidenskab i hans liv og giver en fantastisk optræden der vil få dig til at lede efter den gamle yo-yo i skabet.
- Yo-yo champion
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When I was 14 yearsflere år oldgammel,
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Da jeg var 14 år gammel,
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I had lowlav self-esteemselvværd.
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havde jeg lavt selvværd.
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I feltfølte I was not talentedtalentfuld at anything.
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Jeg følte mig ikke talentfuld overhovedet.
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One day, I boughtkøbt a yo-yoyo-yo.
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En dag købte jeg en yo-yo.
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When I triedforsøgt my first tricktrick, it lookedkigget like this.
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Da jeg forsøgte mit første trick,
så det nogenlunde sådan ud.
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I couldn'tkunne ikke even do the simplestenkleste tricktrick,
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Jeg kunne ikke lave det mest simple trick
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but it was very naturalnaturlig for me,
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men det var meget naturligt for mig,
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because I was not dextrousdextrous, and hatedhadet all sportssport.
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fordi jeg er ikke behændig
og hader alt sport.
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But after one weekuge of practicingøver sig,
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Men efter en uges træning,
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my throwskaster becameblev til more like this.
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blev mine kast mere som dette.
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A bitbit better.
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En smule bedre.
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I thought, the yo-yoyo-yo is something for me to be good at,
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Jeg tænkte, yo-yo er en ting som jeg
kan blive god til,
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for the first time in my life.
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for første gang i mit liv.
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I foundfundet my passionpassion.
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Jeg fandt min lidenskab.
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I was spendingudgifter all my time practicingøver sig.
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Jeg brugte al min tid på at øve.
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It tooktog me hourstimer and hourstimer a day
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Det tog mig flere timer om dagen, at
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to buildbygge my skillsfærdigheder up to the nextNæste levelniveau.
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opbygge mine færdigheder til næste niveau.
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And then, fourfire yearsflere år latersenere, when I was 18 yearsflere år oldgammel,
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Og så, fire år senere, da jeg var 18 år,
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I was standingstående onstagepå scenen at the WorldVerden Yo-YoYo-Yo ContestContest.
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stod jeg på scenen ved
"Verdens Yo-Yo konkurrence."
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And I wonvandt.
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Og jeg vandt.
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I was so excitedbegejstret. "Yes, I did it! I becameblev til a herohelt.
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Jeg var begejstret. "Ja, jeg gjorde det!
Jeg blev en helt.
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I maykan get manymange sponsorssponsorer, a lot of moneypenge,
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Jeg kunne få sponsore, en masse penge,
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tonstons of interviewsinterviews, and be on TVTV!" I thought. (LaughterLatter)
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dyngevis af interviews, komme i TV!"
tænkte jeg. (Latter)
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But after comingkommer back to JapanJapan,
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Men da jeg kom tilbage til Japan,
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totallyhelt nothing changedændret in my life.
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var intet ændret i mit liv.
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I realizedgik op for societysamfund didn't valueværdi my passionpassion.
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Jeg opdagede, at samfundet
ikke satte pris på min lidenskab.
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So I wentgik back to my collegekollegium
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Så jeg tog tilbage til mit universitet
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and becameblev til a typicaltypisk Japanesejapansk workerarbejder
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og blev en typisk japansk arbejder
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as a systemssystemer engineeringeniør.
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som systemingeniør.
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I feltfølte my passionpassion, hearthjerte and soulsjæl, had left my bodylegeme.
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Jeg følte min lidenskab, hjerte og sjæl,
havde forladt min krop.
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I feltfølte I was not alivei live anymorelængere.
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Jeg følte mig ikke i live mere.
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So I startedstartede to consideroverveje what I should do,
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Så jeg overvejede hvad jeg skulle gøre,
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and I thought, I wanted to make my performanceydeevne better,
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og jeg tænkte,
jeg ville lave min optræden bedre,
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and to showat vise onstagepå scenen how spectacularspektakulære the yo-yoyo-yo could be
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og vise på scenen, hvor spetakulær
en yo-yo kan være
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to changelave om the public'soffentlighedens imagebillede of the yo-yoyo-yo.
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til at ændre folks billede af en yo-yo.
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So I quitAfslut my companySelskab
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Så jeg sagde op i mit firma
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and startedstartede a careerkarriere as a professionalprofessionel performerperformer.
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og startede en karriere
som professionel performer.
02:39
I startedstartede to learnlære classicklassisk balletballet, jazzjazz dancedans,
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Jeg lærte klassisk ballet, jazzdans,
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acrobaticsakrobatik and other things
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akrobatik og andre ting
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to make my performanceydeevne better.
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for at gøre min optræden bedre.
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As a resultresultat of these effortsindsats, and the help of manymange othersandre,
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Som et resultat af de indsatser,
og hjælp fra mange andre,
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it happenedskete.
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skete det.
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I wonvandt the WorldVerden Yo-YoYo-Yo ContestContest again
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Jeg vandt "Verdens Yo-Yo konkurrence" igen
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in the artistickunstnerisk performanceydeevne divisiondivision.
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i den kunstneriske afdeling.
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I passedbestået an auditionaudition for CirqueCirque dudu SoleilSoleil.
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Jeg bestog en prøve til Cirque du Soleil.
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TodayI dag, I am standingstående on the TEDTED stagescene
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Idag, står jeg på en TED scene
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with the yo-yoyo-yo in frontforan of you.
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med yo-yo'en foran jer.
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What I learnedlærte from the yo-yoyo-yo is,
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Det jeg har lært fra yo-yo'en er,
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if I make enoughnok effortindsats with hugekæmpe stor passionpassion,
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at hvis jeg gør en stor lidenskabelig
indsats,
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there is no impossibleumulig.
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så er der intet som er umuligt.
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Could you let me sharedel my passionpassion with you
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Vil I lade mig dele min lidenskab med jer
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throughigennem my performanceydeevne?
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igennem min optræden?
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Translated by Simon Djernæs
Reviewed by Anders Finn Jørgensen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
BLACK - Yo-yo champion
Twice the world yo-yo champion, BLACK mixes dance, sport and performance to create unforgettable yo-yo moments.

Why you should listen

At 14, BLACK picked up his first yo-yo. Initially he couldn't do even the easiest trick -- but after one week of practicing, he realized: I could be good at this. Very good. Four years later (and 10,000 hours of practicing), he took the title of 2001 world champion. And then ... he gave it up. Went to school, got a job. But he missed the passion of performing. He realized: "I want to do this: Entertain, and bring excitement and joy to people with the yo-yo."

Returning to competition after six years, he won the 2007 World Yo-Yo Contest in the artistic performance category. After that, he started dance and acrobatic training to create a new form of performing and art. Imagine a yo-yo performance graceful and thrilling enough to pass the audition for Cirque du Soleil ... while being fast and precise enough to pull a tablecloth out from under a stack of champagne glasses!

More profile about the speaker
BLACK | Speaker | TED.com

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