Handstand workshop
Janchivdorj Sainbayar
Saturday 4th Jan 2025 1-4pm
£80
This workshop will mainly focus on the perfect two arm handstand!
There will be a fairly intense handstand specific warm up and explanations of what to do with your body to get a perfectly straight handstand. Numerous exercises to help you understand the alignment both on the floor and on your hands. You will be working with a partner so you will also learn how to spot and correct someone else’s handstand. The session includes a lot of conditioning and flexibility exercises specific to handstands. This is a very useful workshop if you are starting out, or if you can already can hold a handstand but want to perfect it.
All exercises are aiming at improving your awareness in your handstand balance.
Sainaa’s life began in Mongolia 1972. He trained as an elite gymnast and after winning the national championship for two years running he retired from competitive gymnastics at age 18.
For next ten years he worked as multi skilled circus performer touring world with the Sukhbaatar troupe, circus Krone, Blackpool tower circus and many other world famous circuses, festivals and gala shows all around the world. He specialised tumbling, banquine, handbalancing and swininging trapeze.
In early 2000s Sainaa’s career lead him to teaching… He settled in London where he combined adult gymnastics coaching at Sport Centres with key role at UK’s most prestigious circus school: National Centre for Circus Arts. Since 2004 he has been responsible for all National Centre for Circus Arts degree students handstand and acrobatic technique. Since 2010 Sainaa has been running London School of Hand Balance and trained many well known yoga teachers, fitness coaches , and circus performers.
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