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Fans of Beatles music should check out this documentary. It uses footage from creation and performance of the Cirque du Soleil show LOVE.

Click PLAY or watch Imagine…The Beatles in Love (part 1) on YouTube.

Part 2 – YouTube includes a glimpse of Head Coach Dan Niehaus and the amazing roller skating act in creation.

Part 3 – YouTube
Part 4 – YouTube
Part 5 – YouTube

LOVE – Cirque du Soleil

Caversham Gymnastic Club’s Team 1909, Hocken Library Photographic Collection

Historian Professor Erik Olssen, FRSNZ – University of Otago, new Zealand

Photoshop whiz Amber posted tributes of two of her favourite gymnasts to Flickr.

She put them under a Creative Commons licence so you can use them for non-commercial projects with attribution to the author.

Here are screenshots of parts of the “wallpaper” photos.

Shawn Johnson – larger photo

Carly Patterson – larger photo

Thanks Amber.

Somehow I missed this.

My favourite to win the World Gymnastics Championships 2007 was Vanessa Ferrari from Italy.

She had problems.

You won’t believe this video. During the TEAM COMPETITION, the Velcro on one of Vanessa’s hand guards tape grips began to unravel mid-routine.

Instead of jumping off the bars — she finishes the set, dropping the hand guard tape grip. Dismounting with one grip on, one grip off.

What a fighter!

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Jeremy Mosier.

This reminds me of the psychological toughness of another great World Champion, Ludmilla Tourischeva at 1975 Worlds.

That said … Vanessa and her coaches should be reprimanded for not putting athletic tape (or an elastic) over top the Velcro for the competition routine.

Perhaps she should switch to buckle-on grips rather than Velcro.

UPDATE – Kat on the Gym Chat forum has more on this incident.

Canadian coach Sheena Steacy is recently back from a stint with my former club in New Zealand. Just today we were wondering how CSG fared at Nationals.

It went well …

… The honours board of overall individual champions included Kathryn Lewis (women’s level 10), Karla Singh (level 9), Holly Moon level 8, Maddison Lafutianai (level 6), Justine Shawcross (level 5), Aaron Clutterbluck (level 7) and Jorden O’Connell-Inns (level 5) and Logan McKenzie (level 4), all from the Christchurch School of Gymnastics …

Canty gymnasts clean up – Sport – The Press

CSG has been the biggest and overall most successful Artistic Gymnastics club in New Zealand over the past 2 years. Congratulations to Avril Enslow and her team at Christchurch School of Gymnastics.

Photo – Kathryn Lewis, Level 10 Champion

Good news.

Coach, personal fitness trainer, and fitness competitor Tanis Hill is coaching a new Adult Gymnastics program in my town, Calgary.

(Stampede City Gymnastics – directions)

More and more gyms seem to be dropping their Adult recreational program. Almost always due to liability insurance worries.

It’s nice to see another opportunity for Adults open up in my area.

Thanks Tanis.

Note. I learned of the new club on Facebook when Tanis posted a new group – Wednesday Night Adult Gymnastics. (free membership required)

Look who’s doing his first performance for Cirque du Soleil tonight:

Congratulations Bobby. And break a leg.

Eliza (malimalimali123) condensed the women’s Artistic competition — highlights and key errors. A great overview.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Eliza has posted a number of other great montage videos. Check her YouTube page.

(via Gymblog)

Ronny Ziesmer is a German gymnast who was paralyzed just before the 2004 Olympics, under-rotating a Tsukahara double back vault.

But Ronny’s still very involved in the sport.

As a fund-raiser for nerve cell regeneration research, he’s produced a gymnastics calendar that could be used as a prize in gym clubs. If ordering more than 100 calendars your club logo will be added.

WORLD GYM CALENDAR “2007 STUTTGART – BEIJING 2008”
issued by
Ronny ZIESMER, “ALLIANCE of HOPE” FOUNDATION
DEUTSCHE STIFTUNG QUERSCHNITTLÄHMUNG

‘Since my accident just before the Olympic Games in July 2004 my life has changed totally. As a gymnasts, fighting for technical perfection in all dimensions, you tend not to think about risks. But now I live in a completely different world. The first thing that impressed me when I became paraplegic was the solidarity shown by many people, who give up a lot to help handicapped people.

Please support the project!”

Ronny Ziesmer, Germany
Former member of German 2004 Olympic and National Team
Diversity Ambassador “European Year of Equal Opportunities for All” – 2007

International Version cover

Order-Bestellung Calendar

I must be ancient.

Altadore Gymnastics in Calgary, Canada is celebrating it’s 40th anniversary since being founded by Jim McLuskey so long ago.

Nov. 3rd – OPEN HOUSE 3-5PM. Request silent auction item in lieu of entry charge.

Nov. 10th – 40th ANNIVERSARY PARTY & Silent Auction.

Altadore – official website