Help with playing 'Chinese Jump Rope'

Subject: RE: Chinese Jump Rope
From: GUEST,sara
Date: 23 Dec 03 - 11:14 PM

we always played that as kids, and would say...
inside, outside, side by side, on it, off it, chizzle

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From: GUEST,Souter
Date: 27 Jun 01 - 02:31 PM

I just managed to get back on today. Thanks, especially for the website, which I'm checking out now.

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From: GUEST,cleod
Date: 27 Jun 01 - 07:11 AM

Hey, I'm Asian and yes, I did play Chinese jumprope (called Chinese garter, since that was what we used instead of rubber bands) in my grade school years... I remember pestering my mom for shoes without buckles so I could get past the tricky bits...

Chinese jumprope - in, out, step on, in out, twist, out, twist, out, diamond, out, diamond, out.

Japanese jumprope - i know we called it japanese, but i have no idea what made it so japanese...all we did was jump over a rope (going progressively higher as the game goes one...the really good players were the ones who could cartwheel over the highest part)

There was another variation called 'triangle', but i can't remember the rules anymore.

Hope this helps! cleod

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 06:01 PM

I was surprised when I recently watched a movie made in China and saw girls playing with that long "rope" made from lots of rubber bands and stretched between their ankles. I had always assumed that "Chinese jump rope" was as authentic as "Chinese" checkers or "French" fries...but it turns out it really is Chinese! We never stop learning...

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From: GUEST,Karen
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 04:05 PM

Yes, mgarvey, that's it! At least that what we played growing up in southern California. Funny, I never really thought actual Asian would play the same game. I thought it was just a made-up name.

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From:
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 12:11 AM

is Chinese jump rope what the Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian children would play? I worked with a lot of them in the schools. They would string rubber bands together and have this big stretchy rope and do quite intricate jumps with it.

mg

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Jun 01 - 06:08 PM

I have no clue, but you might ask here, USA Jump RopeHome page. They have a chat board.

Subject: RE: BS: Chinese Jump Rope
From: JenEllen
Date: 25 Jun 01 - 06:03 PM

Well, no help on the patterns. I'm terminally grace-less, and would probably end up in traction if I tried. But, there is a great collection of skipping rhymes in a book called "I Saw Esau", edited by Iona and Peter Opie, and available through the CandleWick Press in Cambridge Ma.

Best of Luck,
~Jen

Subject: Chinese and regular Jump Rope
From: GUEST,Souter
Date: 25 Jun 01 - 05:48 PM

I know this has very little to do with music, but it kind of has to do with folk. I need/want to know more chinese jump rope patterns. The only one I can remember is the one that goes in, out, in, on, over, out but I remember doing others. I also want to learn more plain jump rope rhymes. If anyone can help me, thank you!