sick pommel horse routine

i liked this routine.  i want to be able to do this one day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_bbW1C2Zs

Wow. Insane swing to handstand. Awesome routine.

That was simply amazing...

Nice choice.  'Sasha', Russian nickname for Alexander, has beautiful swing.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Wow, those straddle rotations (I don't know the name, sorry, don't execute me ) are awesome! I'd like to be able to do them on floor one day.

Spinniiing!~

matteo.Za, i think you're referring to the move at 0:29.  those are called thomas flairs or flairs.  bboys (breakdancers) spell it differently.  bboys call it "flares."

learning to do flairs on the ground is my goal as well, although it will probably take me a few years.

I was messing around on my homemade mushroom today, the session looked almost exactly like that. 

Actually...second session today ever, can almost get one swing but just fail to get my hand back on for the full rotation. 

Ronin168 said:

matteo.Za, i think you're referring to the move at 0:29.  those are called thomas flairs or flairs.  bboys (breakdancers) spell it differently.  bboys call it "flares."

 

learning to do flairs on the ground is my goal as well, although it will probably take me a few years.

I always thought it was 'flares' because the legs are flared out. But I noticed that Coach spells it 'flairs,' and I lean towards his knowing gymnastics a touch or two better than me.

Nah, it's "flair" as in "he does his pommel horse routine with flair".

Joshua Slocum said:

Nah, it's "flair" as in "he does his pommel horse routine with flair".

I see. Like how a Russian is like a planche walk, if you were in a real hurry.

Heh.

Jon Douglas said:

I see. Like how a Russian is like a planche walk, if you were in a real hurry.

At times I cannot tell if they are break dancing or doing gymnastics with those leg swings. One moment they are slightly flailing then another it's completely controlled and almost windmill like..

It looked to me like he did two types of flairs towards the end there.  Is that the case?