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Bouncing in hoppy little circles like a demented Goth bunny.
I experimented with all possible maneuvers-loops, somersaults and barrel rolls. I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing, a shrill, distorted laugh. Nothing I did altered the automatic rhythm of the air. Delivered from gravity and buoyancy, I flew around in space.
Right now I'm working on the back handspring.
I used to try and do backflips a lot, but I used to bang my head more often than not, so I gave it up.
VIOLENT HOOLA-HOOPING!!!!!!
I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next.
I'm in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them.
My friend and coach reminded me this week that there is a moment when the acrobat lets go of one trapeze and is completely suspended in mid-air before she catches the incoming rung. You have to let go to get there.
When you're unsure, jump with your eyes closed and legs wide open
There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
So basically your plan is to flail about helplessly.
Put your hands on your hip, let your back bone slip. Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy.
Jump, then grow wings on the way down.
They do tricks even I can't figure out.
I like underwater pole vaulting, because you can have perfect form without the risk.
Use the practice of mind and body; in order to make those moves perfectly, you have to pull your mind out of its mundane thoughts and awarenesses and bring it into the body movement.
Fall ten times, stand up eleven.
For friends that always pick you up when you fall
And catapult you when you want to fly.
Precarious, life is. A flying leap. A sweep of hand. A star flung across the night. A lucky catch in this whirling juggling circus act.
From Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars
Jump and let's build our wings on the way down
My goal is to do cartwheels for the rest of my life.
Sometimes I feel like tap-dancing, screeching, unscrewing light bulbs, pulling curtains, combing hair, doing knee bends, handstands and turning somersaults out there.
I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.
Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.
Reach for the sky but keep your feet on the ground
A pair of legs engineered to defy the laws of physics and a mindset to master the most epic of splits.
Contrails. Also helicopters. Skydivers. Basically everything
Dancing cheek to cheek.
The idea is to get as fit as you can and simulate things as closely as you can without getting so knocked around you can't compete.
Because I did gymnastics for such a long time, it's allowed me to stay really physical, and with the krav maga and all that, I can actually do a lot of my own stunts.
Dance and fall.
Like a puppet. All those years of dancing.
I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes.
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
To snap head shots while he throws one hand back
Daddy, What's the horizontal tango?
I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
You know what's really hot? Pop-and-locking, ticking. The moonwalk. Tricks like that.
You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.
Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought ...
Dance until you shatter yourself.
Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
shifted his weight from one foot to the
When I left the U.S. for the first time, I spent my first year abroad in Japan. That culture shock and abundance of new stimuli combined with a lack of guidance forced me to develop my own approaches to learning and juggling.
Switchin' speeds like Bruce Lee ridin' up Fuji in a movie.
I don't do stunts - I do running, jumping and falling down. After 25 years I know exactly what I'm doing.
Steep fall to the ground
shattering
like clay pigeons
missed
by bad shots
and unsteady hands.
If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
Why do you need to gallop while you fly?"
"Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.
I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.
Hurrying, dragging, falling, crying, calling out names hopefully and hopelessly.
Leap and grow your wings on the way down
All I had to do was go out and perform. One of the hardest things was doing those back flips, where you had to jump up and land on the top rope. It's precision movement.
As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
Success need more than jumping,You must leap and hop
Resiliency, like a cartwheel, requires core strength and a disregard for gravity. Only one of which can be willed.
Inej had once offered to teach him how to fall. "The trick is not getting knocked down," he'd told her with a laugh. "No, Kaz," she'd said, "the trick is in getting back up.
So what can I really do? If you can jump through a two-story window, then what can I do?"
"You can do that too. You don't need wings to do it,either.
I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is ... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!
When you have to jump, you jump.Jump-- Brandon Mull
When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.
I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.
transcendental volleyball
Wiggle like a stick, wobble like a duck, that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck.
I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted. I've broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It's my thing - there's no high on earth like it. It's my hobby and I really enjoy it.
I'm glad you turned cartwheels here."
Samantha heard the note of loneliness in his voice. "You did hear me say back tuck? Because that was my coolest move."
His arm came around her shoulders, and they started across the space again. "Back tuck. Coolest move. Got it.
Keep all your balls in the air.
I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.
Ride the air In whirlwind.
Just stand. Bend. Balance.
Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
How do they do it?" He stopped at her side, his eyes on the jugglers. It seemed impossible that not one ball fell to the ground.
"Determination." She elbowed him playfully. "And being willing to make a few mistakes.
The most acrobatic thing that goes on here is a synchronized hair flip.
Parkour teaches you to be sure of what you are able to do.
Exercise, not philosophically and with religious gravity undertaken, but with the wild and romping activities of a spirited girl who runs up and down as if her veins were full of wine.
Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.
Could that technique, she wondered, be legitimately referred to as a "parassault"?
What on earth can you do on this earth but catch at whatever comes near you, with both your fingers, until your fingers are broken?
I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.
It had been a boy's trick, Jerott remembered. Standing bareback on your father's horses; somersaulting, chariot-riding. Francis, buried in books, had never publicly attempted it. What private practice, Jerott wondered fleetingly, had gone into that?
Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.
I just adore jumping. I do the rest as it is supposed to be done.
Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows.
The art of stunt-making is not about falling down; it's about getting the shot. Creating stunts is creating heroes.
I'm very acrobatic. I can do backflips and all that crazy stuff.
On one foot you limp;
on two feet you sprint.
Teenage Fanclub dive impressively into the water headfirst, like a synchronised five-man Olympic swimming team. Joe McAlinden
Sometimes my skating allows me to do things I never dreamed possible.
Wake up for your call no matter how many times you fall; Stand tall and stretch yourself once more. Rise up from the ground, roll the ball and be hopeful you will score!
The upper echelon of adventure sport athletes are grappling with the fundamental properties of the universe: gravity, velocity and sanity. They're toying with them, cheating death, refusing to accept there might be limits to what they can accomplish.
A lot of people think jugglers defy gravity or do stuff. Well, I kind of, from my childhood and golf and all that, it's a process of joining with forces.
The first thing a hurdler learns is how to fall.
This method can be used to get around the ring, to escape the ropes, or to test the opponent's reactions and turning speed.
Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying
'Off you go! That's fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you.'
It's all about falling
you land and get up so you can fall again
it's all about falling
i won't be afraid to hit that wall again
You can play jacks, and girls do that with a soft ball and do tricks with it. Oh, Oh, dog Biscuit, and when he is happy he doesn't get snappy.
Concentrate. Level the sight. Breathe in.
Ease the trigger. And relax?
BLAP! The can somersaulted across the sand.
Pride swelled till I thought I'd burst.
But my pride slipped at Dad's reality check.
Not bad. Pretty good, in fact. For a girl.
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles. The mask falls. The real self becomes visible. One only has to snap it with the camera.
You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward.
Skydiving - I love to do that.
The rig work can be rewarding to pull off, a really good rig in a set of wires where you're throwing yourself up walls and doing moves mid-air. That's just fun.