tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Another comprehensive general fitness tutorial from Jim Bathurst on his beast skills site.
Jim includes variations from EASY …
… to BEAST SKILL
John Gill – One arm front lever
Front Lever – Beast Skills
(via Straight to the Bar)
Related Beast Skills tutorials:
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Chicago is such a hot favourite to win the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics that only they can mess it up, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member told AFP.
The Windy City is bidding to succeed where New York failed in the 2012 race won by London …
The IOC narrowed the field to Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid. Prague, Doha and Baku in Azerbaijan failed to make the cut.
=== UPDATE
Chicago 2016: Sure Thing, Say Oddsmakers; Long Shot, Says I.O.C. Report – NY Times
Championships begins Thursday with Jr women at 1:00 p.m. ET and Sr women at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Competition will finish on Saturday.
Marta Karolyi will be intently focused on selection of gymnasts to advance to Olympic Trials.
more photos – USAG
Commentaries on podium training:
The big news is that Ashley Priess will not be competing.
photo – Kristina – Leslie Foster – Gymn.ca
The first competition ran Tuesday night: Jr and Sr FIG High Performance Women.
Most of the talk on the floor was about achieving qualifying “points” towards Olympic Selection. Unlike most other nations, Canada will select 2 Olympians and alternates this weekend. Quite early.
Likely the two assigned to Beijing will come from this trio: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Nansy Damianova and Kristina Vaculik.
All three look great. All three would be very strong competitors on individual apparatus in the Olympics.
It’s a shame all 3 cannot compete. In fact, Canada should have qualified a full team to Beijing. Right now they are easily one of the 12 strongest teams in the world. Beam is the most impressive apparatus, overall.
Senior High Performance AA – day 1
Sarah Flett was the biggest happy surprise to me, a name I didn’t recognize. On Floor she competed double layout, piked full-in, 2 1/2, double pike. Very powerful tumbler.
Note that some Juniors — Peng Peng and Charlotte — opted to compete Senior in preparation for the next Olympic cycle.
Junior High Performance AA – day 1
day 2 – Thursday. Apparatus finals Saturday.
full results – Gym Score Depot. Thanks Stu.
Yet another Cirque du Soleil show confirmed. Just learned the name today.
Preview performances start Friday, August 15, 2008. That makes 3 new shows opening this summer.
Zed – official home page
related post: Cirque du Soleil opens in Macau – ZAIA
Lest we forget.
About 600 people marched silently from a Hong Kong park to government headquarters to mark the 19th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
But organisers faced the delicate task of not appearing insensitive at a time when China is mourning the deaths of more than 69,000 people from last month’s earthquake in Sichuan province.
The marchers carried banners that honoured the quake victims, as well as the victims of the 1989 military crackdown, in which hundreds were killed. …
By now every coach knows about GymSmarts videos. They are by far the biggest and best distributor of DVDs in the world with an impressive library of titles. We link to them from the top right navigation on every page.
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Notes from podium training are being posted on the Live.Breath.Love.Gymnastics blog.
“Nastia, Shawn, Alicia, and even Chellsie” look good.
Bridget Sloan
I think it was December 1999 when I showed a very young Kyle Shewfelt the first draft of his “website”. He had just qualified for the 2000 Olympics, the youngest male competitor.
Kyle did not know much about the internet then. I didn’t know much more. It was the first web page I’d ever made.
Over the years leading up to Kyle’s win in Athens, the site got a LOT of traffic. (There were not many good athlete sites in those years.)
One of my worst moments was during the week of the 2004 Olympics. A computer malfunction — and me being away hiking — made it impossible for to update. CRAP.
The original site was very difficult to update. Happily, Kyle started his own blog in 2007. The best on the internet, I think. Very personal. Plenty of photo and video updates.
NOW … I’m happy to announce that his blog has been integrated into the all new — and fantastic — KyleShewfelt.com
Once again, Kyle is on the cutting edge of the internet. I challenge you to find any other international gymnast with a site anything like this. It’s edited by Comrade Agency.
Congratulations Kyle. And Agenda Sport Marketing.
You rule.
Olympic Champion Kyle Shewfelt, who broke both legs during a training session in August 2007 at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, withdrew from the event in order to focus on his Beijing comeback.
“I made this decision with the intention of being at my best in Beijing. I have believed all along that this comeback is going to come down to the wire and I’m confident that my persistence and desire are going to get me to where I want to be. Right now is a critical time to make smart decisions and I feel that it will be more beneficial for me to spend the week working in the gym rather than competing,†said Shewfelt of his decision.
I spoke with Kyle. He was completely certain the decision was the correct one. But concerned that fans would be disappointed not to see his “comeback” this weekend.
Will Kyle be ready for Beijing?
From his personal blog:
… Yesterday (Monday), at training, Edouard came in and checked out my progress. He was very impressed! I showed him a routine on floor with full difficulty middle passes and basic first and last lines. Then I did a couple sky high Arabian double pikes and full in dismounts. I vaulted 5 great Yurchenko 2.5’s. I hit highbar and ring routines too…
Edouard Iarov is the Canadian National Team Coach.
Expect to see Kyle in Beijing. He’ll be ready.
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