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Acrobats’ Workout and Acrobatic TumblingTotal Contributors For This Series (Coaches):Tom Kurz and Dariusz Obrebski and Pawel Grzybczyk and Marcin FigatGymnastics are fantastic for fitness in many ways. To add in that style of training can enhance ability and performance in many sports as well as improve Marital Arts proficiency. There is a problem however… Most gymnasts began when they were just out of diapers. So to realistically try and take it up and learn safely and correctly HOW to have gymnastics skill and then go out and develop that skill seems like a mere pipedream. Not any more!  Dariusz Obrebski, a veteran coach, trains many ppl in  gymnastics skills successfully. That is not all that unique to hear of however. The point of interest here is that almost all of his students are in their 20s or 30s when they start! You too can at long last learn to do back flips, round offs, hand stands and hand stand push ups,  front flips, hands free cartwheels (like Gung Fu Monks!) and so much more! No prior  gymnastics training is called for. No fancy gear is needed either, just mats, space, a partner and a wall. So if you don’t have a friend- make one! Mats are not hard to get and if you don’t have a wall or space then how the hell do you have a computer and internet connection? These DVDs are great for fitness and for increasing acrobatic ability in sensible periods of time.Many of you here on the site are in shape by your fitness and or marital arts training. Adding this in is a great boost in many ways to overall capability. If you are a total out of shape lard ass: Get in fair shape first and then come back to these DVDs. For me I was stuck with a broken frame of mind about acrobatics. I am in good shape, but do to my size I thought I would never do a back or a front flip. A back hand spring was not to be so I thought. I had it in my head that small Asian men and supple light bodied fellows could pull off those feats. Not me however… I am just over six foot five inches and weight over 230 lbs. After training for about five months (not all the time due to my job) I am now able to do front and back flips! Big old me! Doing a back flip! No, I won’t do that on an asphalt parking lot but I do them on mats on a grass. Its a great feeling to get to be able to pull off something I dreamed of doing for a number of years but was not able to figure out how to learn to do. Until I got the DVDs that is…I love to do one handed cartwheels now- that is a good work out too when paired with other in the gym or body weight exercises.  View it and see for yourself that you too can do acrobatic moves!Here are the webpages where u can see preview video clips:http://www.stadion.com/acrobatics_for_everybody.htmlandhttp://www.stadion.com/acrobatic_tumbling.htmlSome info from the site:Quote: Below you can see sample teaching sequences featured on the DVD Acrobatics for Everybody.Keep in mind that these clips are only excerpts from a typical workout, so do not expect them to show all the learning steps for the presented skills. To see all the learning steps, view the DVD Acrobatic Tumbling: From Rolls to Handsprings and Somersaults.The video on this DVD was shot during a typical workout for the general public (not for acrobats!), run by coach Obrebski and his assistant coach Pawel Grzybczyk—expert instructors of acrobatics. Anyone can come to such a workout and for a small fee have the use of the gym and the coaches’ instruction and help.Coaches Obrebski and Grzybczyk teach at the acrobatic club DKS Targówek in Warsaw, Poland. This club has won national championships 24 times, and its members bring medals from European and World Championships. The club has about 150 members who compete but it also offers classes for the general public, both youth and adults.We decided to release this video because it features average young people, not especially talented, from late teens to twenties or thirties, learning tumbling skills. You can see how those people learn front and back somersaults, back handsprings, flying cartwheels, etc., quickly and with no fear.This DVD is especially important for coaches and instructors as it shows how to run a tumbling workout for athletes who are not acrobats or gymnasts.It is an after-hours workout for regular people, who want to learn tumbling and other acrobatic skills. These are people who work or study full time, or do both–study and work. Some have been to such workouts for a few months, for others it was their first workout. Some of them come three times a week, some just once a week–whatever their work or study schedule permits.I like this workout. To ignorants it looks like after the warm-up no one is in charge. Actually everything is under firm control of two instructors. Everybody gets as much help as they need, no one is pushed to do skills beyond what they are ready for.Instructors watching this workout will pick up some tricks of the trade, some ideas for use in their workouts. Athletes who want to learn tumbling will benefit too: Just watching others practice is a proven method of improving one’s technique. During this workout every technique is done by people of different build, ability, and experience, so the viewer can learn from their errors and how they are corrected. (To learn each of the basic tumbling techniques step-by-step watch the DVD Acrobatic Tumbling: From Rolls to Somersaults.) There is an extra attraction shown during this workout: A full teaching sequence for the butterfly and for the back somersault off the wall.CONTENT OF THE WORKOUTGeneral Warm-up and StretchingSpecific Warm-up:    * Headstands    * Handstands    * Kips    * RollsMain Part (Tumbling)—here you will see how expert instructors teach and correct people of disparate ability the following skills:    * Cartwheel    * Roundoff    * Butterfly    * Front Headspring and Front Handspring    * Back Handspring on mini trampoline    * Back Handspring on the floor    * Aerial Cartwheel    * Front Tucked Somersault (Front Flip)    * Back Tucked Somersault (Back Flip)    * Back Tucked Somersault off the wall    * Tumbling RunsPLUS A BONUS:A p.e. lesson showing how to teach a handstand. The handstand is the prerequisite skill for learning tumbling moves such as cartwheel, roundoff, front handspring, and back handspring.We decided to add this lesson to the DVD because the teaching method and exercises used in it are different than those shown on Acrobatic Tumbling DVD.This is a well-run lesson conducted by a competent teacher. The lesson flows well, keeps children’s interest, with practically no time wasted. Exercises are well selected for the task and children’s ability. Seeing those different exercises from the lesson may give more choices to instructors and students.Learn (or teach) flips, flic flacs, and more—safely and quickly!You can learn flips and tumbling at ANY AGE if:    * You can jump up a few inches and land in the same spot, facing      the same direction, without twisting uncontrollably to either side      or loosing balance;    * You can repeatedly jump up and down (just a few inches) without      pain—especially in your legs, back, and shoulders;    * You can follow the step-by-step instructions on Acrobatic      Tumbling DVD.You don’t need to be very powerful to learn flips and tumbling. To do a back flip (back somersault) on the floor you don’t even have to jump high—a standing vertical jump of more than 3 inches will do (the higher, the easier it is). And no, you do not need to be very flexible—see my column titled “Can You Have Too Much Flexibility?” at http://www.stadion.com/column.html.This DVD shows all you need to know to learn tumbling skills or to teach them to your athletes.Did you know?Intelligent instructors of many sports, such as ball games, combat sports, martial arts, and track and field, include teaching tumbling in their training programs because it builds confidence, decisiveness, and coordination, of course. It is a great form of active rest and is just plain fun. Also, as good coaches of team sports know, tumbling practice builds team cohesion, when athletes work in groups, assisting each other in turns.No acrobatic or gymnastic background required!Gymnastic or acrobatic skills such as tumbling are an important part of athletic skills in many sports. In track and field, top pole-vaulters and jumpers practice tumbling as a part of their workouts. Well-trained combat sports athletes can do somersaults and handsprings, too. Having a precise sense of one’s position in space and knowing how to turn in the air comes in handy when defending against an opponent’s grappling throws and armlocks. In striking martial arts, such as kung-fu, fighters demonstrate spectacular evasions based on gymnastic or acrobatic skills.Acrobatic Tumbling offers step-by-step instruction, explanations for typical errors, and spotting methods for the following acrobatic tumbling techniques:    * Cartwheel on two hands and on one hand    * Round-off    * Front handspring    * Back handspring, also called a flic flac (both the gymnastic version and the breakdancing version, with two different ways of learning each)    * Aerial cartwheel (a cartwheel without putting the hands on the floor)    * Front somersault, also called a front flip    * Back somersault, also called a back flipLearn every building block and all lead-up exercises for the featured tumbling skills, as well as how to properly teach and spot each skill for injury prevention.No acrobatic or gymnastic background required!This easy-to-follow, proven method of instruction teaches tumbling skills without fear. All you need is a few landing pads, a helper (if it is you who wants to learn tumbling), and for some exercises a small rebounder. No harnesses, ropes, or other gizmos. Just follow the gradual progression of exercises and drills on this DVD.“People who want to learn acrobatics are afraid of bad falls, especially in moves such as jumping back and turning in the air. Well-conducted workouts, with correctly selected exercises, competent instruction, and spotting, dispel those fears and let students learn quickly.”–Coach ObrebskiPersonal comment from Thomas Kurz (president of Stadion Publishing Company, Inc.):Do not be alarmed when you see coach Obrebski talk after the English narration ends. You are not missing anything—we translated coach Obrebski’s explanations to best convey their meaning into English and not word for word. The english language usually has shorter words than the Polish language, therefore the English narration ends before the original Polish speach. Nevertheless, during demonstration of skills, the English narration is synchronized with the action perfectly.The more you know about tumbling the more you will appreciate coach Obrebski’s method and depth of instruction. If you are a beginner then you really must pay utmost attention to every smallest thing he says and shows. Some examples:—The correct distances between spots for feet and for hands in the cartwheel, which make it more dynamic;—The seemingly minor tip on where to look and what to see in a half-squat at the beginning of the back handspring to get consistently clean landings;—Pointing out the importance of position of feet versus buttocks in the breakdancers’ back handspring (“getting the air” depends on it);—The explanation of what to feel at the moment of turning in the air, in the back flip, which makes back flips more steady and safe.By the way: The above examples were even pointed out by freezing frames so viewers can notice the correct position for the crucial phase of shown movement. This is especially helpful with those details, which happen too quickly for untrained people to notice in motion.Here is the Acrobatic Set (2 DVDs) ripped in full and put in one product. Tom Kurz is noted for his DVDs and books on stretching. He puts out other high quality media such as this DVD set.All trusted can DL now!Enjoy!