In response to Alia Mustafina – Khorkina 1 on Bars, Don Eckert mentioned the Worlds best Yamawaki by Tamayo!
In recent years for Men the Yamawaki (stretched Markelov) has been included in most routines. The guys consider it an “easy D-part” and a good mount.
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Man, I wish Charlie would have competed high bar at NatQuals. I would have loved to see this in person.
There are two very visible ways in which his technique differs from most Yamawakis I’ve seen. First, the tap is more subtle than that of most who do this skill; the arch in front of the bar is very slight. Second is that he bends his arms.
I wonder, are these what cause him to get such dramatic height? Is it one more than the other? Or is there some other factor that I can’t see here?
Holy crap.
The guy could probably add another full twist… or TWO!
I don’t think the bent arms will help all that much. The swing is clearly mostly generating the power from experience even with pushing you’re not gonna be generating lots of extra height on top. For example, if on pbars and you do a dip as explosive as you can you’re not gonna get more than about 6 inches of height at most.
His tap is interesting though… he gets a double arch in there on the downswing and upswing.
I think the arm bend will help a lot (however its a .3 to maybe even .5 in deduction). What the dude at the start did is what the girls do, they pull themselves over the bar, hence why he got owned. You really want to tap over! and than press down to stand up..pretty much what Charlie Tomayo did. If you watch first guy his feet don’t get much above the bar before he lets go, where as Charlies get close to 45 above. Notice how he presses down and lifts the shoulders up. Its like doing a Hetch dismount like in the good old Compulsories. however instead of placing the emphasis on getting over go up (and hope you don’t come back straight down haha.)
Very cool.. definitely the best i have ever seen
Was the 1st guy even going for a yamawaki?
Thanks Rick… Cool stuff!
Actually I think you will find that most guys bend their arms on this skill, it just happens so fast that you don’t notice it. Most people probably wouldn’t even notice that Charlie bends his arms if it wasn’t for the slo-mo. So it probably wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be a deduction. In fact it would be quite awkward to do a hecht or yamawaki without any arm bend.
I’m sorry if I’m being dumb, but what is the difference between the Yamawaki and a Voronin Hop?
Voronin must show hip flexion. Yamawaki must be layed out.
Charlie is just a GOD. He can do all sorts of things that anyone else with his strength and body configuration could not.
Handspring double front vault, for example. His is different and better than anyone else I’ve seen.
I’m with Rocky. It’s possible to throw that thing with straight arms. But extending the elbows on release will add power. To me (a former FIG judge) I’d call it a technique, not a “form deduction”.
Thanks for asking Mostepanova fan. I was wondering that myself.
I believe that the markelov and the yamawaki are both supposed to go over the bar back first, so the turn is supposed to happen before the bar. the veronin and vault catch the turn happens as you go over the bar.
Good distinction, Shawn. … Of course some gymnasts turn earlier or later, and still get credit.
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