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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BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

BLACK: Perjalanan saya menguasai permainan yo-yo

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Ingatlah hari-hari ketika anda berjuang membuat sebuah yo-yo berputar, dan bila Anda cukup tertarik, untuk melakukan trik yang unik? Anda belum melihat apa-apa. Juara dunia dari Jepang, BLACK, menceritakan kisah yang menginspirasi dalam menemukan gairah hidupnya. Dia lalu memberikan penampilan yang luar biasa yang membuat Anda ingin mengeluarkan yo-yo Anda dari lemari.
- Yo-yo champion
Twice the world yo-yo champion, BLACK mixes dance, sport and performance to create unforgettable yo-yo moments. Full bio

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When I was 14 yearstahun oldtua,
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Ketika berumur 14 tahun,
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I had lowrendah self-esteemharga diri.
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saya merasa rendah diri.
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I feltmerasa I was not talentedberbakat at anything.
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Saya merasa tidak memiliki bakat apapun.
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One day, I boughtmembeli a yo-yoyo-yo.
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Suatu hari, saya membeli sebuah yo-yo.
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When I triedmencoba my first trickmenipu, it lookedtampak like this.
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Ketika saya mencoba gerakan pertama, saya terlihat seperti ini.
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I couldn'ttidak bisa even do the simplestpaling sederhana trickmenipu,
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Saya bahkan tak dapat melakukan trik paling sederhana,
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but it was very naturalalam for me,
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tapi rasanya sangat nyaman untuk saya,
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because I was not dextrousdextrous, and hateddibenci all sportsolahraga.
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sebab saya kidal, dan tidak suka semua olahraga.
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But after one weekminggu of practicingberlatih,
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Tapi setelah satu minggu berlatih,
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my throwsmelempar becamemenjadi more like this.
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lemparan saya jadi mirip seperti ini.
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A bitsedikit better.
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Sedikit lebih baik.
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I thought, the yo-yoyo-yo is something for me to be good at,
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Saya pikir, yo-yo adalah peluang saya untuk bisa mahir dalam sesuatu
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for the first time in my life.
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untuk pertama kalinya dalam hidup saya.
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I foundditemukan my passiongairah.
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Saya menemukan gairah saya.
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I was spendingpengeluaran all my time practicingberlatih.
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Saya menghabiskan hari-hari saya berlatih.
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It tookmengambil me hoursjam and hoursjam a day
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Tiap hari saya berlatih berjam-jam
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to buildmembangun my skillsketerampilan up to the nextberikutnya leveltingkat.
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untuk meningkatkan kemampuan saya ke tahap selanjutnya.
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And then, fourempat yearstahun laterkemudian, when I was 18 yearstahun oldtua,
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Lalu, empat tahun kemudian, ketika berumur 18 tahun,
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I was standingkedudukan onstagepanggung at the WorldDunia Yo-YoYo-Yo ContestKontes.
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saya berdiri di panggung Kontes Yo-Yo Dunia.
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And I wonwon.
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Dan saya menang.
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I was so excitedgembira. "Yes, I did it! I becamemenjadi a heropahlawan.
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Saya sangat bahagia. "Ya, saya berhasil! Saya jadi seorang pahlawan.
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I maymungkin get manybanyak sponsorssponsor, a lot of moneyuang,
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Saya bisa mendapatkan banyak sponsor, banyak uang,
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tonston of interviewswawancara, and be on TVTV!" I thought. (LaughterTawa)
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banyak wawancara, dan masuk TV!" pikir saya. (Tawa)
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But after comingkedatangan back to JapanJepang,
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Tapi setelah kembali ke Jepang,
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totallysama sekali nothing changedberubah in my life.
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tak ada perubahan apapun dalam hidup saya.
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I realizedmenyadari societymasyarakat didn't valuenilai my passiongairah.
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Saya menyadari bahwa masyarakat tidak menghargai gairah saya.
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So I wentpergi back to my collegeperguruan tinggi
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Lalu saya kembali ke kampus
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and becamemenjadi a typicalkhas JapaneseJepang workerpekerja
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dan menjadi karyawan Jepang pada umumnya
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as a systemssistem engineerinsinyur.
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sebagai seorang insinyur sistem.
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I feltmerasa my passiongairah, heartjantung and souljiwa, had left my bodytubuh.
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Saya meninggalkan gairah saya, hati dan jiwa, juga tubuh saya.
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I feltmerasa I was not alivehidup anymorelagi.
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Saya merasa tak punya kehidupan lagi.
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So I starteddimulai to considermempertimbangkan what I should do,
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Lalu saya mulai memikirkan apa yang harus saya lakukan,
02:20
and I thought, I wanted to make my performancekinerja better,
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dan saya pikir saya ingin membuat penampilan saya lebih baik,
02:24
and to showmenunjukkan onstagepanggung how spectacularspektakuler the yo-yoyo-yo could be
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dan menunjukkan di atas panggung bagaimana yo-yo dapat menjadi begitu spektakuler
02:29
to changeperubahan the public'spublik imagegambar of the yo-yoyo-yo.
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untuk mengubah pandangan masyarakat terhadap yo-yo.
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So I quitberhenti my companyperusahaan
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Maka saya keluar dari perusahaan
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and starteddimulai a careerkarier as a professionalprofesional performerpemain.
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dan memulai karir sebagai penampil profesional.
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I starteddimulai to learnbelajar classicklasik balletbalet, jazzjazz dancemenari,
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Saya mulai belajar balet klasik, tarian jazz,
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acrobaticsakrobat and other things
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akrobat, dan hal-hal lainnya
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to make my performancekinerja better.
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untuk membuat penampilan saya lebih baik.
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As a resulthasil of these effortsupaya, and the help of manybanyak otherslainnya,
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Hasil dari usaha itu, dan bantuan dari banyak orang lain,
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it happenedterjadi.
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saya berhasil.
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I wonwon the WorldDunia Yo-YoYo-Yo ContestKontes again
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Saya memenangkan Kontes Yo-Yo Dunia lagi
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in the artisticartistik performancekinerja divisiondivisi.
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di divisi penampilan artistik.
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I passedberlalu an auditionaudisi for CirqueCirque dudu SoleilSoleil.
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Saya lolos sebuah audisi untuk Cirque du Soleil.
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TodayHari ini, I am standingkedudukan on the TEDTED stagetahap
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Sekarang, saya berdiri di panggung TED
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with the yo-yoyo-yo in frontdepan of you.
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dengan yo-yo di hadapan Anda.
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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What I learnedterpelajar from the yo-yoyo-yo is,
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Apa yang saya pelajari dari yo-yo adalah,
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if I make enoughcukup effortupaya with hugebesar passiongairah,
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bila saya melakukan cukup usaha dengan gairah yang besar,
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there is no impossiblemustahil.
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tidak ada yang mustahil.
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Could you let me shareBagikan my passiongairah with you
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Bisakah Anda mengizinkan saya berbagi gairah saya di sini
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throughmelalui my performancekinerja?
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melalui penampilan saya?
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Translated by Abdi Christia
Reviewed by Antonius Yudi Sendjaja

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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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