--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Where's that yogic flying video I saw where they showed an > > > > accomplished gymnast trying it by effort alone, and saying > > > > that there was something to it, because he found it so hard? > > > > > > > > Anyone know where that is? Is it on YouTube? > > > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=KOW2wIFhioo > > > > Looks to me as though the poor gymnasts are trying > > to hop on a mat, not on foam. The mat's nice and > > thick, but it isn't resilient. > > > > Not only can't they get any lift, but they're > > having to use some of their energy to keep from > > landing too hard, so they can't get up any > > momentum from hop to hop. > > > > I'd love to see them try it on our foam, and I'd > > also love to see the yogic flyers try it on the > > gymnasts' mat. I'm guessing there'd still be a > > difference, but it wouldn't be nearly so stark. > > Thicker foam would provide far less support for the > initial push-off. And no-one woulkd want to fall from > two feet up onto a regular wrestling mat.
Not sure what you're getting at here. Foam doesn't seem to interfere with the initial push-off in yogic flying. You're probably right, though, that it wouldn't be a good idea for yogic flyers to hop on the mat the gymnasts were using. Not a good idea for the gymnasts, for that matter. But I'd still like to see the gymnasts try it on foam and find out what they could do with some resiliency.
