Bert Assirati

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Bartolomeo “Bert” Assirati was a British Heavyweight Champion in wrestling born in 1908 in England. Aside from his impressive professional wrestling career, Assirati very much enjoyed various feats of strength. He set a British record in 1938 when he pulled over a 200 pound barbell at arms length while lying …

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One Hand Stand with Blocks

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This is a cool and fun video showing one hand stand skills with blocks. Go ahead and watch it below. You’ll notice a very straight line in Yuval Ayalon, and the shifting of the legs and weight from hand to hand as each block is removed or stacked up. In …

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Excellent Old School Balancing

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My friend Tyler sent me this video the other day and I had to share it with you. It showcases some excellent old-school hand balancing. All you have to do is watch this video, and those the say you can’t do advanced stuff like a one arm handstand, with a …

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Handstand on a Guitar

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Rudi Macaggi a performing acrobat and comedian demonstrates his hand balancing ability by doing a one arm handstand on a guitar. Don’t try this at home without many years of practice. You could hurt yourself and the guitar!

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One Arm Handstand Series Part 2

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This is the second in the series on progress towards the one arm handstand series. In the Secrets of the Handstand Quick Start Video I show four lead-up stunts that work the skills necessary to do a handstand. The one arm handstand has lead-up stunts too. As was discussed previously …

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Chinese One Hand Stand Master

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Just the other day I received this amazing story from a professional hand balancer by the name of Jonathan Ferland-Valois. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the story but that doesn’t make it any less of a good story. And I do hope its true. Hi! I heard a …

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One Arm Handstand Shrug

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When talking to Jim Bathurst the other night we we’re discussing the one arm handstand. Several points came up but I want to focus on one of them right now. And this actually applies to any hand balancing you do. That point is shrugging up your shoulders. When you go …