Year: 2011

Another cool edit from the “professional” gymnastics show this past summer hosted by IGC.

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Evolution is… from IGC.

related – Nick Blanton from IGC is scheduled for a clinic up in Fundy Gymnastics, New Brunswick. Welcome to Canadia.

Here’s the sister of the MAG World Champion, Haruhi Uchimura, competing Beam this weekend at the All Japan Senior Championships prelims.

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Mom looked a little nervous for Haruhi. But accepted a phone call during Kohei’s Horizontal Bar. … Yep — he nailed it. Stuck the landing.

Mother Uchimura is very lean and muscled, by the way. A former gymnast, it looks like she could still rip through a Bar routine. Good genetics in this family.

Just opened.

2012 Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival

March 22-25 at U of Calgary, Canada

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For Gymnastics or Break Dance.

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Details on how to build that one on Breakdancing Ninja.

Robbie sends us that link and another. (Dutch but with photos & videos)

I’ve tried a few over the years, always finding one problem or another with them. Certainly it’s a good “introduction” for beginners still learning to keep as much split as possible throughout the circle.

Easily the most detailed, funny and profane side-by-side breakdown of who really won the World Championships.

Spoiler …

Big Fake Smile – allow me to ladle you a piping hot bowl of this is how it is.

You might want to fan the flames in the comments of that post. 🙂

… the training halls in Tokyo at the 2011 World Championships. Watch how the defending Olympic Champions prepare for a competition.

This workout was filmed on October 10, the day before the 2011 women’s World Team Final. The Chinese team made a few errors and settled for the team bronze medal for the second year in a row. Later in the week, Yao Jinnan won the all around bronze medal, and Sui Lu was crowned 2011 Balance beam World Champion.

Gymnasts in this video: He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, Tan Sixin, Yao Jinnan, Huang Qiushuang, and Sui Lu.

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http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MzM5NTEzMTQ1?related=1

Watch more video of Workout Wednesday, Season 5 on gymnastike.org

It’s amazing that such slight built and flexible girls can do that much difficulty. The Russians, too, do such “pretty” gymnastics (PHOTOS).

Too bad we live in an era where “start value” and consistency are what WINS. I’d love to see the best gymnasts in 2011 do compulsory routines again in a separate competition from Worlds.

Obstacle course military training has been around for thousands of years.

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But if we call it “Parkour” or “Free Running”, many kids are quick to sign up for the class. Those are some of the hottest classes in many gyms, right now.

Unfortunately some Insurance companies are starting to list “Parkour” as an “extreme sport”, too dangerous to cover. Check your policy.

Aja Monet Sims Level 10, class of 2014, gymnast from Brandy Johnson’s Global Gymnastics Academy of Clermont FL performs her 2011 competitive bar routine which includes her signature skill the Sims (Weiler + Comaneci E Single skill).

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She did compete it successfully (VIDEO) at JO Nationals 2011. And also competed it this season (VIDEO) from kip cast.

Gymnastike Mar. 2011 interview with Aja.

I saw Aja’s skill mentioned on a new blog called Bekah’s “Get a Grip”, an amusing post titled – The 11 Most Awkward Gymnastics Moments of 2011

Motto of Paralympian motivational speaker Josh Sundquist.

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His book – Just Don’t Fall: A Hilariously True Story of Childhood, Cancer, Amputation, Romantic Yearning, Truth, and Olympic Greatness

(via The Gymnast Life)

We’ve not yet seen anyone compete the Jaeger with an extra salto. A recent article linked from Science of Gymnastics Journal analyzed the skill.

… From the data it can be concluded, that the double Jaeger is possible in either tucked or piked body posture …

Despite its feasibility, there may be … arguments why the Jaeger Salto on the high bar is not performed that often in international competitions, and potentially, why the double Jaeger may not be attractive for gymnasts to learn as compared to other release-regrasp skills.

… the Jaeger salto is a forward salto during which the athlete “sees” the high bar relatively late prior to regrasp, and therefore has less time to adjust the regrasp based on visual information, as compared to other flight elements, like the Tkatschev (Gervais & Tally, 1993; Raab, de Oliveira & Heinen, 2009).

… the athlete has to reverse the direction of his rotation when regrasping the bar, as compared to other flight elements, like the Kovacs Salto if he intends to perform a subsequent giant swing. …

Download the full research article – WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THE DOUBLE JAEGER ON THE HIGH BAR (PDF)

by Thomas Heinen, Damian Jeraj, Pia M. Vinken, Katharina Knieps,
Konstantinos Velentzas & Hedi Richter