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Altadore Gym Club, coaches Richard Herb and Miguel Constante.
first World Championships TV ad
fantastic acrobatic dance
An act in Les 7 doigts de la Main‘s show La Vie.
This video is from (I think) the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain competition in Paris.
Hand to hand circus act by Sébastien Soldevila et Mimi Bonnavaud.
(The 7 Fingers)Numéro de main à main par Sébastien Soldevila et Mimi Bonnavaud (Les 7 doigts de la main)
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This is something like La La La Human Steps meets Acrobatic Gymnastics. Wow!
Mimi is like an acrosport version of Louise Lecavalier.
(Linked by senior Cirque coach Tom Otjes on Facebook.)
related – SFGate backgrounder (2007) on Sebastian Soldevila and Emilie (Mimi) Bonnavaud.
Dariya Zgoba – Bar transfer
Dariya Zgoba (Ukraine) won gold on Bars at the 2007 European Championships and was a finalist at the Beijing Olympics.
I’d call her unique transfer a Stoop Stalder on low, “hecht” to high. Love the Pak to Stalder, too.
Click PLAY or watch it (10sec) on YouTube.
ComeBackCathy calls it a “Zgoba”. I’ll buy that.
Dariya Zgoba UB Glasgow 2006.
There’s a discussion thread on that skill on IG forum.
related – DariyaZgoba.com (English)
more feats of strength – Cisco
Remember Cisco, the one arm rope climb guy.
Here’s another version. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
One comment suggests it’s fake.
It’s not. I’ve met Cisco. He’s the real deal. He told me he could do many feats of strength on 1-arm without much intense training.
Check this out …
Click PLAY or watch Cisco on YouTube.
See more videos on the Gibson Saltocafe YouTube page.
2000 Olympic Bronze Medal gymnasts
Congratulations.
… the 2000 U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics Team will be awarded their Olympic team bronze medals at a special ceremony on Aug. 11 in Hartford, Conn., in conjunction with the 2010 Visa Championships. …
Amy Chow, Jamie Dantzscher, Dominique Dawes, Kristen Maloney, Elise Ray and Tasha Schwikert. Morgan White was named to the team but withdrew just prior to the Games due to injury, and Alyssa Beckerman was the alternate. …
The IOC recently stripped China of its 2000 Olympic Games women’s team bronze medal because one of its athletes did not meet the age requirement.
handstand on Mt Remus
This is coach Krista Morris. She’s celebrating her brief holiday from the gym by doing gymnastics atop Mt Remus, Alberta.
besthike trip report
Nastia in the mud
gymnastics – vault in a twist belt
Great idea.
This week’s gymnastics technique video features a low impact yurchenko full vault drill used by the University of Minnesota women’s gymnastics team and Coach Jim Stephenson …
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
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They have a traveling rig connected to a twisting belt set up above their trampoline. Jim takes us through the drills they’re able to do on the station to teach all types of vaults: yurchenkos, tsukaharas, and even handspring entry vaults. The biggest advantage of a drill like this is that it’s low impact for the gymnast meaning they can do high reps of them without the pounding on their bodies.
Click PLAY or watch U Of Minnesota Traveling Rig Vault Station on Gymnastike.
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Here’s a similar twist belt concept. This is Calgary Gymnastics Centre Trampoline sports, coach Brett MacAulay.
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It slows down the skill brilliantly.
… Ultimately, however, I’d prefer not to use a belt, if possible. Or to use one as little as possible. Better the athlete do it themselves.
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