This is a video of a member of Malaysian dance group Budayawan performing a traditional Magunatip bamboo dance of the Murut people of Borneo, a former headhunter warrior tribe. It involves being blindfolded and dancing between bamboo poles that are constantly being clapped open and closed to the beat. It
This is a clip of Brazilian MMA fighter Rafael Alves skillfully dodging a flurry of five punches from his opponent, smoothly bobbing and weaving his way out of his face getting smashed. Not seen in the video: Rafael depleting his bullet time meter and eventually losing the match. I would
In the Olympic spirit, this is a short video of acrobatic gymnast Sienna performing a series of back handsprings while maintaining the same spot on a mat. Is that hard? I imagine so. For me, impossible — I threw my back out just bending over to put on socks this
Note: Check your volume, or possible mute, I just got enough “LET’S GO KASEN!” in my ears to last two lifetimes, even for an undead warlock. This is a video of young Kasen absolutely flying through a children’s USA Ninja obstacle course, ripping through each section without a single mistake
This is a video of US Army Band tromboner trombonist and CrossFit trainer Sam Woodhead (my head is recycled plastic) playing the trombone while performing some of his favorite exercises. That’s a deep squat. The last time I squatted that deep I didn’t get back up and I live at
These are a couple videos of performance artist and double dutch world champion KO-YA.REG dancing while jumping double dutch. He’s smooth. Me? I would have been tripped up in those ropes and scouring the ground for a piece of a tooth faster than you can sing, ‘Miss Mary Mack, Mack,
This is a colorized clip from France circa 1923 featuring some gentlemen participating in cycle-skating. Cycle-skates each had one giant wheel on the inside of the foot so you could roll around doing donuts to impress the ladies at the park. And you know how I feel about impressing the
This is a video of a man attempting a feat of strength and dexterity by performing some sort of handstand on the handle of a shopping cart in the middle of a Walmart. It looks like it’s going to be pretty amazing until it doesn’t. Hey — it happens. If