Unfortunately Ben Tolpin and Jack Kalvan have taken the WJF Freestyle Competition concept and are presenting it as their own competition at IJA festivals. I feel this is not only intellectual property theft, but also extremely insulting as they refuse to acknowledge it is an original WJF concept and they are competing with the WJF to get their version of our event televised. We cannot stop anyone from participating in their event, however we will no longer allow anyone to compete in WJF competitions who competes in Ben Tolpin and Jack Kalvan's Extreme Juggling Competition. I hope you can understand the reason for this decision on our part and feel good about participating in the WJF competitions without the need to support those who have stolen our intellectual property for their own agenda. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for your understanding. For the full story, please listen to episode three of the Jason Garfield Show podcast.

Jason Garfield