There’s just something about old hand balancing pictures that I really enjoy. Maybe its hearkening back to a time when physical culture was simpler (…when everything was simpler.) When you see a group of guys and gals doing some hand to hand balancing you know that they were having a …
Head Balancing
I still kick myself to this day. Back when I first purchased my original copy of The True Art and Science of Hand Balancing by Paulinetti and Jones they had another course on head balancing. At the time I was only interested in doing handstands so I only got the …
One Arm Half Planche Picture
Here’s another picture of Rafael Guerrero doing a one arm half planche or lever at Club Aponte. There’s a few things I’d like to point out about this picture. First off, on the move itself. I’ll be having more on the one arm half planche soon, even a full article …
Block Building Handstand
One very impressive handstand stunt is to raise yourself off the ground by block building. Start in a handstand with a stack of bricks or similar objects nearby. Shift over to one hand and grab a block with the other. Set that block down, shift your weight onto that arm …
Planche and Hand Position
A few comments were raised about the hand position in Rafael Guerrero’s planche in a previous post. Why was he up on the fingertips? Is this necessary to do a planche in good form? Unless you have hyper-flexible wrists you won’t be able to do a planche with the fingers …
The True Planche
An older hand balancer recently sent me a CD full of pictures of himself and others hand balancing. There are some amazing pictures and I thought I’d start off with one of the best. And there will be many more coming posted up here. Without further adieu meet Rafael Guerrero. …