Its actually easier to handstand walk than hold a static handstand, effort wise. Your brain is just conditioned to static movements. Give it a shot! Worse case you summer sault out.
These stretches are great, especially for track athletes such as myself. Doing these have improved my range of motion greatly. My times have dropped significantly. Thank you. :)
mattiauk Ido Portal Techniques are for those who already have experience with things like this. His lvl for beginners are pretty much for those who are advanced with other movement patterns.
mattiauk I think ido may mean that the path to total freedom in movement is long and once actually achieving these primary movements of both mind and body may take months, years but once achieved you can "begin" as a beginner to achieve total freedom
Some of these types of movements are the ones that I will teach my preschool class. Then we will continue to figure out other movements. The children can add their own as well!! Thank you!!
If you slide your cursor along the progress bar at the bottom of the video from 1:20 to 1:45, the little thumbnails look like Ido is just teleporting forward every 20 cm-s in a horse stance
To all the people that are saying this is not for beginners I believe you are all ruling yourselves out before you've even tried. It takes an acute awareness and attentiveness of the muscles that we all posses but that we simply must exercise. Be open to the powers and potentials of your body and mind and you will do what you once thought of as miracles on a daily basis.
+Alexander Louther the point people are trying to make sire Alexander is that this is not for a beginner, yes even a new born kid can do this after some practice but you can't just go around doing this stuff tomorrow with no PRIOR training. I am talking based on over 20+yrs of experience in gymnastics. He should not use the word "beginner" I know he is the best thing on planet earth and gaining a lot of momentum now I know him way back when he used to offer skype sessions and charge $1500 or so for training. Just saying he should use different word.
A routine for beginners should be something doable for beginners to do right away. An average guy is not doing handstands in less than 6 months. Thays not something you just try every day and it suddenly happens, you need specific training for headstands and most people will struggle a lot with them.
+andreoinepto no, you don't need special training. You can just do it, fail, take the step, try again, slowly get more controlled. Your muscles are working. You don't need to hold the stand. Take it up more child-like. No stress; much healthier.
Absolutely wrong. You "just do it", fail, then hurt yourself in the process. You absolutely need training and progressions or you will hurt yourself. I've seen this time and again. "I'm going to go straight to the hardest progression" and then pulls muscle, sprains joint, tears ligaments, causes an impingement, etc.
Man the horse walk is hilarious. Loving to be able to go back and watch this stuff. It's like seeing the first movie ever made for cinema nerds. I remember learning to do the bridge walk many years ago and loving to do it in front of people just to see them thinking: "wtf"
The types of movement don't stop!!! xD I got aware of this movement culture and I am loving it so much! Thank you Ido for showing all of these! Hope all the best for you!
After years of having my feet cushioned by athletic shoes, my bare feet were the most sensitive to these types of movement. Less shoes more bare feet 😊
Lord Ido, I know you are the best thing to have ever happened on planet earth after the invention of electricity however based on my years and years of experience this is not beginner routine, do you mean a beginner doing this stuff for a year? The word beginner can give FALSE hope and get a lot of people injured. That is my 2 cents to you. Lots of respect sir
+ProChessPlayer I assume the expectation is that you already take good care of yourself. But essentially if you cannot do these things then you will never be able to do the more advanced techniques. I just began watching these videos and getting interested in this idea. I'm having trouble with these too, but if they were easy then whats the point in doing them?
Great movements. Thank you. However, titling it "beginner" will probably get a lot of people to try this who shouldn't, and then they could get injured.
Playing with relative contrast a bit with the term beginner, excellent locomotion exercises though if you have any back issues I would avoid all but the duck walk and the horse walk which do not bend the back
Hi I heard you first built up to ten minute horse riding stance, could you post a ten minute horse stance please. Cant find any long enough horse stances on the entire web. Only horse stance I can find is about three minutes. Great work!
I can get into Bridge easy enough, going from there I don't think I have the motor skills to walk it. I mean I tried and tried but my hands and feet remained glued to the floor... Any tips... Awesome videos by the way. I'm a competitive weightlifter looking to bring some variations too my training as flexibility and movement is a huge part of what we do.
+Eoin McFly Same here with that bridge thing, I guess you just have to practise it and then progressively start moving, anyway have you had any luck now?
Before start doing the bridge walk, it's required some back flexibility skills sure?, i mean, have trained the back with the proper exercises in order to get enough flexibility to do it and not try it having a back rigid as a sheet of metal. Thank you so much for the vids and the movement philosophy.
FUnny because my son (3 y/old) and I do these movements together and have lot of fun. We don't do the bridge and the handstand, even though I can walk while doing the bridge, It's too dangerous for this little guy (I guess) let alone the handstand (too afraid he'd break his neck ). Besides I have lot's of fear doing the handstand with no backup , but I 'll get there !
Hi Thx for this videos I would like to start this week the animal flow Do I have to do like 2 minutes or more on each exercices or 25 mètres each .... can I help me on rep or sets Thx by advance
+warriorfire8103 Someone might be able to give a better answer but from what i can tell, it makes your body used to moving in all sorts of weird ways so that when you get into a situation where you have to do something, your body already recognizes multiple ways to escape, or accomplish your goal. I intend to use Ido techniques for fighting purposes, but being able to move freely yet focused would be good for pretty much any physical application. Movement is huge in anything you do. Also, doing this would help excercise and utilise muscles that you wouldnt normally use just lifting weights and stuff. These techniques help you grow and train muscle that you can use in many situations.
Okay, I'm interested in this training method, but a couple of these movements don't look like beginner movements. Where does a beginning beginner begin?
I'm not sure about that last one how ever ill look into it and the test ill.try even the horse walk i can see how ita usful for other movemets on the floor
Salut ido, je suis en prison et j'aimerais pratiquer le mouvement mais je ne sais pas par quoi commencer. Est ce que tu peux me donner des conseils ou un programme ? Merci
What movements, exercises or disciplines would you guys suggest to build strength and flexibility in order to start to be able to perform these movements? I can only do a couple of regular push ups. I can bridge, but not super easily (I definitely can not bridge walk yet). What is a good starting point so I don't pull something and hurt myself? I want to get fit and this seems great, but it looks like I need to build strength first. Mind you it's during quarantine and I'm on shelter in place orders so no access to the gym or state parks right now.
This is beginners but beginners means the people who have the conditioning to start with this stuff not beginners in the sense everybody in anny condition. Now self esteem if you try these thing even for 10 procent you allready win from the mass who is not starting this thing. Those who do this stuff do this daily because they like it very much.
+Miki Mclauraine Mestre (Vicente Ferreira) Pastinha, founder of Capoeira Angola and Mestre (Manoel dos Reis Machado) Bimba, founder of Capoeira Regional. Two Brazilian martial arts legends.
this is all beginner stuff just do it on grass so if you fall out of the handstand you can avoid injury dont say you cant do it unless youve tried to the point of failure
Looked good until you got to bridge walk. I can do 10 stomach to wall hand stand pushups but cannot get into the bridge pose. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to get into a bridge.
That handstand walk is for beginner ?? I can barely walk on my legs
LMAOOOOOOOOO
lmao im dead
lololol legend
Jajaajajajaja
Its actually easier to handstand walk than hold a static handstand, effort wise. Your brain is just conditioned to static movements. Give it a shot! Worse case you summer sault out.
I tried this routine and had a good laugh for 35 minutes
These stretches are great, especially for track athletes such as myself. Doing these have improved my range of motion greatly. My times have dropped significantly. Thank you. :)
Beginner. “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
great comment
mattiauk Ido Portal Techniques are for those who already have experience with things like this. His lvl for beginners are pretty much for those who are advanced with other movement patterns.
This is beginner techniques for people who are in shape or average.
For and average level of strength they are a good place to start
mattiauk I think ido may mean that the path to total freedom in movement is long and once actually achieving these primary movements of both mind and body may take months, years but once achieved you can "begin" as a beginner to achieve total freedom
Some of these types of movements are the ones that I will teach my preschool class. Then we will continue to figure out other movements. The children can add their own as well!! Thank you!!
The more I watch this the more I really start noticing his attention to every little step and motion that creates his style.
If you slide your cursor along the progress bar at the bottom of the video from 1:20 to 1:45, the little thumbnails look like Ido is just teleporting forward every 20 cm-s in a horse stance
Like he's just sliding across the floor LMFAO!
To all the people that are saying this is not for beginners I believe you are all ruling yourselves out before you've even tried. It takes an acute awareness and attentiveness of the muscles that we all posses but that we simply must exercise. Be open to the powers and potentials of your body and mind and you will do what you once thought of as miracles on a daily basis.
+Alexander Louther Exactly. It is difficult as hell at first (as I have actually tried these) but, like anything else, it gets easier with practice.
+Alexander Louther the point people are trying to make sire Alexander is that this is not for a beginner, yes even a new born kid can do this after some practice but you can't just go around doing this stuff tomorrow with no PRIOR training. I am talking based on over 20+yrs of experience in gymnastics. He should not use the word "beginner" I know he is the best thing on planet earth and gaining a lot of momentum now I know him way back when he used to offer skype sessions and charge $1500 or so for training. Just saying he should use different word.
A routine for beginners should be something doable for beginners to do right away. An average guy is not doing handstands in less than 6 months. Thays not something you just try every day and it suddenly happens, you need specific training for headstands and most people will struggle a lot with them.
+andreoinepto no, you don't need special training. You can just do it, fail, take the step, try again, slowly get more controlled. Your muscles are working. You don't need to hold the stand. Take it up more child-like. No stress; much healthier.
Absolutely wrong. You "just do it", fail, then hurt yourself in the process. You absolutely need training and progressions or you will hurt yourself. I've seen this time and again. "I'm going to go straight to the hardest progression" and then pulls muscle, sprains joint, tears ligaments, causes an impingement, etc.
You'd do well in the Ministry of Silly Walks Mr. Portal!
I tried to do bridge walk after watching this and my gf thought I was possessed by demon
Syauqe Jamaludin haha :D
Syauqe Jamaludin Good. I tried it, but I fell. This is really hard.
haha
Lol
Came here for the exorcist joke.
More relevant today than yesterday.
Man the horse walk is hilarious. Loving to be able to go back and watch this stuff. It's like seeing the first movie ever made for cinema nerds. I remember learning to do the bridge walk many years ago and loving to do it in front of people just to see them thinking: "wtf"
The types of movement don't stop!!! xD
I got aware of this movement culture and I am loving it so much!
Thank you Ido for showing all of these!
Hope all the best for you!
A+ for music choice!! Going to take me a year to get all those walks.
the music makes this really serious
Pulp Fiction, especially with the bonkers "beginner" title that upgrades this to absurdist
@2:31 can’t wait to do this one at weddings next summer
After years of having my feet cushioned by athletic shoes, my bare feet were the most sensitive to these types of movement. Less shoes more bare feet 😊
Hell yeah! Minimalist shoes like the Xero shoe are where it's at.
Well. . . . Practicing this (with correct form) was a humbling experience. Feeling activation that I haven't felt before. . . .happy days!
I love so much your work, Ido, finding you very inspiring and smart, yet tough guy!
some of this is to hard, even for people who exercise. You are fantastic, your movement life idea is great.
I wish you would make a very segmented and guided video series. Somewhat similar to P90X etc.
Is there some exercise that is a build up to these? I can't for the life of me see how these are beginner
That ostrich walk tho...
Do you even ostrich-commute to work, bro?
I was told about 30 years ago that duck walk and bridge are very detrimental. My joints are healthy still. No regrets of having them not done
Since there's no explanation or thesis given...I'm just gonna enjoy this as entertainment!
so glad came across this, just beginning to get into movement culture, yieeeeeww :-)
I was laughing the whole time but I completely lost it at the ostrich walk
This guy looks really good. i think he should do seminars and stuff
Lord Ido, I know you are the best thing to have ever happened on planet earth after the invention of electricity however based on my years and years of experience this is not beginner routine, do you mean a beginner doing this stuff for a year? The word beginner can give FALSE hope and get a lot of people injured. That is my 2 cents to you. Lots of respect sir
+ProChessPlayer I assume the expectation is that you already take good care of yourself. But essentially if you cannot do these things then you will never be able to do the more advanced techniques. I just began watching these videos and getting interested in this idea. I'm having trouble with these too, but if they were easy then whats the point in doing them?
Great movements. Thank you. However, titling it "beginner" will probably get a lot of people to try this who shouldn't, and then they could get injured.
Nope these are basics with a little warmup u r gonna be fine and of course practice
Nick Diaz could pull a few of these out in his next fight
Great man Ido Portal, great culture.
That would be a suspicious looking horse that walked like that. Wouldn't be able to trust it.
That's more like a horse rider on a horse I think...
Derived from horse stance, one would assume. Look it up.
@Rollo Lawson someone would try to put the horse down, the horse would snatch that rifle up and shoot the shooter!
HAHAHA AHAHA
Thanks for the laugh mate
Straight to the glue factory with that one.
Playing with relative contrast a bit with the term beginner, excellent locomotion exercises though if you have any back issues I would avoid all but the duck walk and the horse walk which do not bend the back
lol sorry but the music combined with funny looking movements makes this look like a troll video, Ido :p
+M3Lucky Im all for different music but this is like some "just for laughs gags" stuff.
sexy-yusuf-ip
I actually didn't realise that...but still it's just so troll-tastic.
+OzGooN UGHH Why would you wanna do that?
MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Especially that ostrich walk. Good thing he didn’t begin with that one!
Laughed at the Duck Walk with the saxophone tune 😂😂
Great video
Hi I heard you first built up to ten minute horse riding stance, could you post a ten minute horse stance please. Cant find any long enough horse stances on the entire web. Only horse stance I can find is about three minutes. Great work!
I am sweating and will do thismore often!!!! thanks
I fell backwards on that first hand stand walk and might have sprained the neck a bit. Do with care, or with padded floor!
I can get into Bridge easy enough, going from there I don't think I have the motor skills to walk it. I mean I tried and tried but my hands and feet remained glued to the floor... Any tips... Awesome videos by the way. I'm a competitive weightlifter looking to bring some variations too my training as flexibility and movement is a huge part of what we do.
+Eoin McFly Same here with that bridge thing, I guess you just have to practise it and then progressively start moving, anyway have you had any luck now?
I wonder the name of the figures on the wall. Could you tell me?
The duck walk is excellent really opens up my hips
Before start doing the bridge walk, it's required some back flexibility skills sure?, i mean, have trained the back with the proper exercises in order to get enough flexibility to do it and not try it having a back rigid as a sheet of metal. Thank you so much for the vids and the movement philosophy.
Mestre Bimba e Mestre Pastinha! Axe irmao!
Hey the link for the full workout in your blog isn’t working
I like the background music in your videos :)) please make a playlist with your fav. songs :D
Just getting into this stuff, what's some other basic stuff I can do besides this video ? Thanks
FUnny because my son (3 y/old) and I do these movements together and have lot of fun. We don't do the bridge and the handstand, even though I can walk while doing the bridge, It's too dangerous for this little guy (I guess) let alone the handstand (too afraid he'd break his neck ). Besides I have lot's of fear doing the handstand with no backup , but I 'll get there !
i did these at my gym, the looks and laughs i got from people... But I was laughing too
at their mobility.
thanks , i want to know ,do you have make some study dvd videos
Hi
Thx for this videos
I would like to start this week the animal flow
Do I have to do like 2 minutes or more on each exercices or 25 mètres each .... can I help me on rep or sets
Thx by advance
When I go for a run I'll add sprint intervals and animal walks. After that video I have all kinds of new animal walks to add to my list.
I will do the same. have fun !:)
Lol this reminds me of how animals eat their food! Haha.
This guy is a genius though. :)
Ido the handstand movements don't seem very beginner to me... Please make a gym in Washington state so I can learn. T_T
I'm wonder what the benefit of this is? Looks like it'd be good for overall leg development and moving in strange ranges.
+warriorfire8103 Someone might be able to give a better answer but from what i can tell, it makes your body used to moving in all sorts of weird ways so that when you get into a situation where you have to do something, your body already recognizes multiple ways to escape, or accomplish your goal. I intend to use Ido techniques for fighting purposes, but being able to move freely yet focused would be good for pretty much any physical application. Movement is huge in anything you do. Also, doing this would help excercise and utilise muscles that you wouldnt normally use just lifting weights and stuff. These techniques help you grow and train muscle that you can use in many situations.
Horses don't walk like this !
right, like the "Annun Sogi" in TKD
Okay, I'm interested in this training method, but a couple of these movements don't look like beginner movements. Where does a beginning beginner begin?
Is the point of this, to move your body in uncomrfortable (or unusual) positions so that your never feel stiff or locked up?
So what is the Beginner's Beginner routine if you can't get into a bridge? =)
😂
Isn't the duck walk bad for your knees?
Or does that depend on details in ghe execution?
I'm not sure about that last one how ever ill look into it and the test ill.try even the horse walk i can see how ita usful for other movemets on the floor
Is Ido just passing off capoeira basics as his movements? or just using it as a base?? this is wayyyyy too similar to angola training
Upload a video after doing at outside.
Routine de débutant : faire des atr à la chaine, super !
Can someone please tell me that the heck Ostrich Walk is good for?!
Cool! I want to try it. Thank you!!!
Salut ido, je suis en prison et j'aimerais pratiquer le mouvement mais je ne sais pas par quoi commencer. Est ce que tu peux me donner des conseils ou un programme ? Merci
What movements, exercises or disciplines would you guys suggest to build strength and flexibility in order to start to be able to perform these movements? I can only do a couple of regular push ups. I can bridge, but not super easily (I definitely can not bridge walk yet). What is a good starting point so I don't pull something and hurt myself? I want to get fit and this seems great, but it looks like I need to build strength first. Mind you it's during quarantine and I'm on shelter in place orders so no access to the gym or state parks right now.
תודה רבה! מיוחד!
great routine, and even fun, THX...
Looks silly but it's so damn effective, I'm in the best shape of my life
Inspired me 💜
Thank You Ido
Gonna go do my 5 km hike but only using these exercises
This is beginners but beginners means the people who have the conditioning to start with this stuff not beginners in the sense everybody in anny condition. Now self esteem if you try these thing even for 10 procent you allready win from the mass who is not starting this thing. Those who do this stuff do this daily because they like it very much.
Who are the men in the poster back there?
+Miki Mclauraine Mestre (Vicente Ferreira) Pastinha, founder of Capoeira Angola and Mestre (Manoel dos Reis Machado) Bimba, founder of Capoeira Regional. Two Brazilian martial arts legends.
Ahh, I see. Thank you for the info friend.
How long do you do each exercise for?
Reminds me of some kung fu training drills. Very cool!
for more info on how to use this
on your blog it doesnt work??
You need to warm up first IDO to do that locomotion? Thanks
i think we hv to
this is all beginner stuff just do it on grass so if you fall out of the handstand you can avoid injury dont say you cant do it unless youve tried to the point of failure
ostrich WTF
Great stuff !
Is this realy for beginners
THIS ONE IS REALLY GOOD.......THANKS! JIMMY MERRELLI
Great exercise! Thanks!
Can anyone tell me which music/interpret/song this is, please?
Mashina hamechona
In Hebrew:משינה המכונה
Thank you so much!
Awesome 😎
I tried the bridge walk; I'm still a bridge on the floor, it's been 2 weeks. I think my back is broken.
i love how the ostrich walk was in sync with the beat,
who is that guy in the picture?
The founders of Capoeira are in the pictures mestre pastinha and mestre bimba
Looked good until you got to bridge walk. I can do 10 stomach to wall hand stand pushups but cannot get into the bridge pose. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to get into a bridge.
Sets and reps?
I've got the duck walk ...people say I walk like that anyway LOL
BEGINNER BRIDGE WALK. I lost it...
This is great
Is the ostrich walk safe for brain damage? I ask this because I heard headbangers get brain trauma and neck problems for doing it.
How many reps
This is hilarious, but a great workout!
This is for beginners that have body awareness