tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Slang for a 1-footed front somersault in parkour and tricking.
Some say the name is (somehow) vaguely associated with chiropractor Dr. Larry Webster, who developed something called the Webster Technique for pregnancy. His thinking was that some kind of acrobatics could help assist in rotating a breech baby.
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I coached at Woodward West several times over the years. Loved it.
And was disappointed when they dropped Artistic Gymnastics as one of their activities.
That fantastic facility close to Los Angeles is still busy, busy.
For example, there’s a Freestyle Trampoline Camp July 6-11, 2025 (week 4).
Not inexpensive at $1599 for the week. But you could get a $150 discount through the FTA.
If you don’t know Woodward West, definitely check their video.
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Elis Torhall is the 2024 Freestyle World Champion.
HOW do you train triple back from an inflexible Bar without grips? Landing on hard surfaces?
Here he is training right before Worlds.
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Here’s some training footage from earlier in 2024.
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Fan favourite, Shang Chunsong, was captain of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Additionally she represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships where she won silver with the team at the latter two.
Domestically she is the 2015 and 2016 Chinese national all-around champion.
In Parkour she is the 2024 World freestyle champion.
Today she’s a Gymnastics coach training Parkour independently.
… the 28-year-old said via her personal Weibo account that the world title has helped make up for the regrets she had in gymnastics and her next goal is the World Games in 2025.
The gold medal finish ensured her automatic qualification for the World Games 2025 Chengdu, scheduled to take place in August in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Former Chinese gymnastics captain makes history in parkour
She competes a LOT of difficulty.
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Wassim Naqqar, 11, snagged first place in gymnastics in the Palestinian territories before the war began.
But after being forced to flee northern Gaza in April as fighting escalated in the area, he left Palestine Club in Sheikh Redwan, where he would train in gymnastics, yoga and parkour, a sport that involves running, swinging and vaulting in urban spaces.
His favourite sport of the three? Gymnastics. But because the region is war-torn, he says he often winds up practising it on the rubble. …
WaPo (paywall) – This 11-year-old does gymnastics atop the rubble of Gaza as the war rages on
Father-son duo helping train around 60 kids in war-torn region, teaching them gymnastics and parkour
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