Yesterday was my second day back at gymnastics. I have to admit it’s a lot of fun. Join the class and do a series of drills across the floors. Different kinds of cartwheels. Handstands. Handstand roll out. Handstand rollout to standing. And so on. The different people there have different …
Entcho Hand Balancing
This is one of my favorite hand balancing videos by Entcho Keryazov from Bulgaria. Simply amazing. I stumbled across this awhile ago, and many people have pointed it out to me, but this is the first time I’ve featured it here. Some of my personal favorites: The back lever at …
Adam Vazquez
Thanks to George for pointing hand balancer Adam Vazquez out to me. Obviously very talented. Personally I really enjoy the move shown at the 2 minute mark, the back handspring (onto a raised platform, no less) sticking into a handstand. And I don’t know about you but this video makes …
One Arm Handstand Series Part 2
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 …
One Arm Handstand Series Part 1
My current goal in hand balancing is to do the one arm handstand. Its been a goal for a long time. On that note I’m going to start a new series of articles that detail my progress toward it. This series will be off and on as I try new …
Hand Balancing for Different People
Different groups of people practice hand balancing for different reasons. Yoga– Within the multitude of yoga asanas there are quite a few hand balancing poses. In yoga these are mostly known as inversions, as that is exactly what they are doing, inverting the body. Many of the poses are the …
High One Arm to Arm Handstand
Here is another great picture from Rafael Guerrero. It’s an interesting hand to hand balance. Similar to a one arm handstand but at still quite different. Regardless, its a balance you don’t see very often. For those of you who are experienced hand balancers give this one a try if …
Handstand Muscles
Today’s post will answer another question from the many I regularly receive. “Hey I am Stefan I am now starting out with doing the handstand, but my question is what muscles are involved in doing the handstand and what exercises can I do to improve it?” Let’s start with the …
Which Course To Get?
All I can say is WOW! The demand for the Hand Balancing Mastery Course is overwhelming. That’s entirely understandable when you see the systematic approach Prof. Orlick takes in his books and all the added bonuses you can get like the interviews and DVD’s. For all of you who ordered …
Wrist Flexibility Report
I’ve shared a couple videos with you in the past week and today’s a little different. Instead of a video I’m giving you a report that covers what is many would-be hand balancer’s biggest obstacle. And that is wrist pain and flexibility. Wrist Flexibility Report (right click and choose save-as) …
Gymnastic Handstand
The gymnastic handstand or straight handstand is a more difficult move then the natural or curved handstand. For that reason I believe a beginner should work on the curved handstand first and once they become proficient at that then they can move onto the straight handstand. Working on the straight …
Biggest Hand Balancing Tip
I was hand balancing for a long time before I realized this tip. And when I did I immediately improved my abilities. We’re talking about almost doubling the amount of time I could hold a handstand. Being able to do multiple complete pirouette turns versus falling after just turning 180 …
Recent Results
A little while back I told you I was getting back into a regular practice of hand balancing. Well, its been a couple weeks and despite holiday craziness I’m happy to report great results. I quickly did the lead-up stunts found in the Secrets of the Handstand Quick Start DVD …
A Rededication
This morning I woke up and did some Yoga. After about fifteen minutes I started my hand balancing practice as I’ve done every morning this week. But I have to be honest with you, besides this week I haven’t done all that much hand balancing recently. Life craziness plus an …
Advanced Progression
Here’s a question from Matthew on the difficulties and progression of advanced hand balancing skills. “What would say is the difficulty of a planche vs a handstand, one handed handstand, 2 man planche, how should I be progressing if I am fairly competent in all of these skills?” Each skill …