The Human Snake

[shanmonster]

If I can use my abs to do a wave-like motion, why can't I do the same thing with other muscles in my body? Is it possible to get a wave-like motion happening through the erector muscles? The quads? The biceps?

Now that I've started thinking about it, I don't think it's at all possible with the arms or legs, but with utmost concentration, I am getting a very little bit happening through my back muscles. Now, wouldn't it be absolutely freaktastic if I could get a large, noticeable wave happening there? And layered with a belly roll? Hmmmm......

Comments

[crasch.livejournal.com]

I thought I saw Viktor Kee (http://www.viktorkee.com) do some muscle waves as you describe, but, although he's extraordinarily flexible, he doesn't quite do what you suggest. Worth checking out (http://www.viktorkee.com/dralionweb.mov) though.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Wow. Now that's what I call juggling! He has the kind of physical perfection and grace I aspire toward, but may never master.

However, despite plenty of body waves, I really didn't see any sign of muscle waves. Everything he did involved skeletal movement, as well.

But what a beautiful man. Wow....

[miraba.livejournal.com]

Eh. I wasn't that impressed with him when I saw that show.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I have never seen him in person. But I was impressed by his fluidity, and with his contact juggling. I thought it was pretty incredible how he used his spine to line up the balls.

[swirlingchaos.livejournal.com]

wow. That was phenomenal. That stuff is much harder than it looks, and it looks hard. For every ball you add past three, you could probably double the difficulty. There's a reason his grand finale was 7 balls, and he stuck to the simple cascade.

At 7 balls, high ranking jugglers start counting the number of catches they can do, rather than just being able to "do" it. And to do it on demand, consistantly, and for a crowd, is damn impressive. Im sure he can do a few more balls, but not consistantly enough to be able to add it to the show.

Thats the thing about juggling; if you drop a ball everyone goes "oh he sucks", without even realizing the difficulty of the trick, so for cirque du soleil he'd have to be as consistant as possible.

The world record is apparently 12 balls for 12 catches. so this guy is likely pretty far up there.

this place has some great info on juggling, and some awesome lessons too. I dont know if its the place i recommended before or not, but its got some pretty stellar tutorials.

http://www.jugglingdb.com/

[metasilk.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that require combinations of muscles, uninterrupted by bony structures? Maybe along your back, or face, or bum, or around the forearm...? Hm.