Wow... I did not know that male gymnasts take part in such competitions (e.g. hula-hoops, clubs). Just read in the wiki:
Quote:Rhythmic gymnastics is largely performed by women and girls, but a growing number of men participate in a few countries. Athletes are judged on some of the same physical abilities and skills as their female counterparts. . .The technical rules for the Japanese version of men's rhythmic gymnastics came around 1970s. For individuals, only four types of apparatus are used: the double rings, the stick, the rope, and the clubs.
Thanks, Culmor. Beautiful pics!
Quote:The technical rules for the Japanese version of men's rhythmic gymnastics...
At the risk of sounding racist, you just knew it would be Japanese didn't you?
And 'Walrus,' thanks for taking the trouble to reply 😊 if a few more did so the forum would be a much better place...
Yes, I love Japan more and more. Never been there, but I going to learn Japanese in 2012 (busy with other langs ATM 😉 Even their absurd ideas are rational and minimalistic. Probably not absurd, after all, but utterly perfect? 😉
For the sake of completeness. The full chapter:
Men's rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is largely performed by women and girls, but a growing number of men participate in a few countries. Athletes are judged on some of the same physical abilities and skills as their female counterparts, such as hand/body-eye co-ordination, but tumbling, strength, power, and martial arts skills are the main focus, as opposed to flexibility and dance in women's rhythmic gymnastics. There are a growing number of participants, competing solo and on a team; it is most popular in Asia, especially in Japan where high school and university teams compete fiercely. As of 2002, there were 1000 men's rhythmic gymnasts in Japan.
Men's rhythmic gymnastics is related to both Men's artistic gymnastics and wushu martial arts. It emerged in Japan from stick gymnastics. Stick gymnastics has been taught and performed for many years with the aim of improving physical strength and health.
The technical rules for the Japanese version of men's rhythmic gymnastics came around 1970s. For individuals, only four types of apparatus are used: the double rings, the stick, the rope, and the clubs. Groups do not use any apparatus. The Japanese version includes tumbling performed on a spring floor. Points are awarded based a 10-point scale that measures the level of difficulty of the tumbling and apparatus handling.
On November 27–29, 2003, Japan hosted the Men's RG World Championship. This first championship drew five countries from two continents: Japan, Canada, Korea, Malaysia, and the United States. The 2005 World Championship included Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Russia, and USA. Men's RG is not currently recognized by the FIG.
Sexy stuff. I love those tights the guy is wearing in the first video.
Not quite ambiguous, but if you scroll the page so her head is not visible ("above" the screen), I would say that the torso belongs to a men.
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(23 Dec 2010, 08:59 )culmor Wrote: [ -> ]I think I've probably posted some of these before but some should be new...the guys top right of the first pic and bottom left of the second (in yellow) look quite ambiguous:
Some male rhythmic gymnasts;
Edited to spell 'rhythmic' correctly....
I like to think that they are ALL boys! And I would be loved to be asked to pose for this advertising!!!!!!!!!!!!