***(in the most sarcastic tone possible) Thank you so much Youtubers for your unsolicited advice. What would I possibly do without you?*** Just recently I received comments regarding my technique on two of my older kettlebell videos, along the same lines, but from different people. I call these people fools …
Damien Walters
Meet Damien Walters, one of the very best acrobats in the world. Combining tricking, parkour, trampolining, free running, and all manner of acrobatics along with a big dose of creativity. This guy knows how to practice and get good. If you want to get started tumbling like Damien Walters can …
Improving Stability in Handstands
I receive tons of questions and today I’ll get to a couple of them. You can always submit your question here. Just know that I can’t respond to everyone individually but I’ll try to tackle them in these emails. “I’ve got my position for my handstand right but I just …
Freestanding Handstand Pushups
One of the moves that got me into hand balancing in the first place was the freestanding handstand pushup. I had built up to doing handstand pushups against the wall and I always wanted to do them balancing on my own. Well, having the strength to press yourself up and …
How to Hold a Handstand
A few things to cover today. First a questions from Brian. “my handstand stays in air for less than 3 seconds. at times i do better and most times i do worse. i tried the wall to gain back strength but i never seem to get better. Its been 3 …
Can Hand Balancing Help Doing Backflips?
It looks like the last email unleashed a fury of new questions. Because of the volume of them I might not get back to you personally, but I’ll try to answer the good one’s here. Hi Logan, I’ve been making tremendous progress with my handstands. I can also do a …
Frog Stand
The frog stand makes it easier to learn the handstand by training your hand balancing skills in an easier manner. They call it hand balancing for a reason after all. The frogstand lowers your center of gravity and makes this learning the skills of manipulating your balance with your hands …
Current Attempt at a Backflip
[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uja4_X-eoQQ] Just thought I would put up a short video for fun. Anyway, this is a backflip I did last night at my gymnastics class. I am doing it on level ground and getting to my feet so it is not too bad. But it still has a couple spots …