The origin location of yoyo is not certain. It could be China, the Philippines and even Greece. However, the oldest mention of something like this toy has been found in a painting in Greece that dates back to 440 BC. It depicts a boy playing with disks made from wood, terra cotta and metal.
The first historical mention of the yo-yo, however, was from Greece in the year 500 B.C. These ancient toys were made out of wood, metal, or painted terra cotta disks and called just that, a disc. It was customary, when a child turned of age, to offer toys of their youth to certain gods.
The first U.S. patent for a yo-yo like toy was issued in 1866, but it was not until 1928, that a Filipino immigrant named Pedro Flores popularized the toy. While working as a porter in a Santa Monica, California hotel, he demonstrated various yo-yo tricks to the guests. Flores made a key innovation in the yo-yo.
Cold Fusion and Cold Fusion GT yo-yos, manufactured by Playmaxx Inc, retail between $150–250 (£;90–£;150) and are the most expensive mass-produced yo-yos in the world.
Versions of the yo-yo are said to have originated in ancient Greece or even earlier in China, but the first yo-yo craze seized Americans in the mid-19th century when several manufacturers patented improvements to the toy.
There is still much debate regarding the origins of the yo-yo. However, the general consensus is that a toy similar to a yo-yo and known as a diabolo originated in China around 1000 B.C. Further evidence of early yo-yo history comes from Ancient Greece.
There is no sound historical evidence that yo-yos were ever used as weapons; the notion is believed to have been a marketing gimmick disseminated by Duncan yo-yo demonstrators in the early years of the company.
World's Largest Yo-Yo and National Yo-Yo Museum
"Eighty years of Yo-Yo artifacts are on display, with photos, competition awards, and Yo-Yo's from the 1920s through today, as well as the world's largest Yo-Yo at 50 inches in height and weighing 256 pounds.
Shu Takada - YoYo World Champion.
It was being used by Pedro Flores, a Philippine immigrant who began selling a toy labeled with the name, “yo-yo,” meaning “come-come” in the native language of the Philippines.
Yo-yo being invented in the Philippines and was used as a weapon is a myth. However, a Filipino businessman in the US made yo-yo a popular toy. However, it is a Tagalog word, the native language of the Philippines, and means "come back." In the Philippines, the yo-yo was used as a weapon for over 400 hundred years.
Still popular around the globe, yo-yos have been with humankind for thousands of years.
A toy that has been dated back as far as 440 BC. It is believed that the yo-yo originated from one of three countries: China, the Philippines and Greece. However, the oldest historical mentions and artifacts that have been found are from Greece.
Brandon Vu, from Hunters Hill High, is the Australian yoyo champion.
4A Style Yoyoing, or Offstring Yoyoing, is performed with a yoyo that is not attached to the string. This allows the player to bounce the yoyo off the string, orbit the yoyo around their body, and even whip it out of the air. Surprisingly, 4A style yoyoing can be one of the easiest styles to learn.
YO-YO BANNED IN SYRIA Blamed For Drought By Moslems BEIRUT (Syria), January 21. Drought and severe cold is disastrously affecting the cattle in Syria, and the Moslem chiefs at Damascus have attributed the wrath of the ...
It was on January 21st, 1933 that yo-yos were banned in Syria by then-Prime Minister Haqqi al-Azm. At the time, there was a drought and severe cold disastrously affecting the local cattle. Superstitious Muslims believe this to be a divine punishment for the introduction of the yo-yo.
As well as their use as a toy, yoyos have been used as weapons. Five hundred years ago, hunters in some countries would hide up trees with a rock tied to a long piece of rope. They would wait until a wild animal walked beneath the trees and throw the rock down to try and hit them.