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advanced handstands

Brandi Lewis from WOGA … Acrobatic Gymnastics coach.

Hey, she’s not Russian. :)

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Check the Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel for more. And GymSmarts for DVDs.

handstand – nose and toes

My favourite handstand drill. Be alert to wrist pain, however.

January 4, 2011 by Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center on Facebook.

breakdance 1-arm handstands

The top breakdance guys today are far, far beyond the best Artistic gymnasts. And beyond some of the best Acrobatic gymnasts.

Amazing.

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handstand on skateboard

Dang straight.

Click PLAY or watch Rokardy on YouTube.

Georgia Gymdog alumni reunion

Former Head Coach Suzanne Yoculan hosted a reunion with what looks like dozens of her former College gymnasts.

Here’s Stacey Galloway at Sea Island. She was on two of their 10 National Championships winning teams.

From the Facebook album: Mobile Uploads by Suzanne Yoculan

handstands on Rockaway Beach

Summer is ending …

Thanks Ruth.

Prime Gymnastics Club, Singapore

Crystal, a Canadian coach, visited Prime (est. 1987), posting some photos on Facebook.

It looks great. And big.

Rec Gyms - upper and lower

competitive gym

whole wall dedicated to space for handstands

Aside from this very bad bar rail:

From the Facebook album: Visiting Prime Gymnastics – Singapore by Crystal Elizabeth

1-arm handstand

Ariel Crawford is a pro. … But can only do it on 1-arm, not the other.

more Chinese gymnastics torture

Mainstream media love to do these stories. This one is more balanced than usual.

Mail Online:

It’s enough to make any parents grimace as these Chinese children are contorted into the most uncomfortable positions.

Aged between four and seven, the young gymnasts are put through a rigorous stretching routine by their coaches during a training session. …

Read more: Hang in there: How children as young as four are stretched in training to be China’s future gymnasts

I was happy to see coaches doing handstand on a floor bar, rather than flat-handed. This will help prevent overuse injury to the wrists later in the career.

Thanks Jeni.

Mas Watanabe on Handstand

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handstands on holidays

Sara Eckert and Mike Jojola at McArthur Burney Falls State Park in northern CA.

acrobat performance artist Eskil Ronningsbakken

Describing himself as an ‘educated balancing performer’, he has been sculpting his abilities since the age of five. The skills have taken him through circus troupes and across the globe.

Describing his performances as ‘expressions of art’, Eskil is currently touring with a team of 10 people as part of a documentary about his incredible achievements. …

Trollstigen, Norway

see more photos – Don’t let go of me! The incredible extreme artists balanced precariously over a cliff

Thank Stacey for the link.

handstands on holiday

St. Mary’s Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Thanks Nick Blanton.