Hmmm. 100th post of 2025 today, so we'll go back to one of our favourite subjects. Everyone admires acrobats for their flexibility, strength and balance. Well, those are the things that come from regular training, alongside - most important of all - commitment. If you are working with a partner, then we need to add in 'trust'. Trust that your partner is always prepared in case something doesn't quite right and you need to be caught or supported. It takes years of dedication to achieve some of the things you see in shows, circus or indeed in amateur acrobatic gymnastics clubs. Friendships made doing acro last for life. We should know. Here's a succession of things going well, and occasionally not so well. Above all, make it FUN.  That is from the top acrobatic gymnastics club in the UK - Spelthorne - part of their Christmas display from a few years ago. The art of the possible with good training. We go next to the USA to admire the current generation - one lad from S...

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Combat sports provide training in cardio (endurance, strength and agility (flexibility)) and, properly supervised, are FUN. Loads of kids have discovered not just wrestling (which we generally treat separately here) but variations like Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mauy Thai, and so forth and, although less popular perhaps, boxing itself (under very specific rules and conditions). W actually think boxing is still dangerous, but there are plenty out there who see it as just another form of fitness training. Be that as it may, we admire the tenacity of the upcoming generation in their training for combat sports and, of course, training generally. Let's share.  Bjj is actually blurring the boundary we have usually kept around wrestling (which we have treated as a special topic for posts). Maybe bjj and anything similar could just appear in either sort of post in the future - wrestling, or other general combat sports... Let's see what comes up!