Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics

[@meltemdemrin3467]

People figured out that women are strong but couldnt yet understand that men can be elegant.

[@larissapopovych6551]

So true. The main thing is that we can be as we are, and not be afraid of showing it for the world. 😊

[@Jamieleeshelley]

True

[@gpackwood1]

Great Comment! Applies to so many life events.

[@marinasilvina8250]

Factss

[@virginiaandreotti]

god i smashed the like button

[@mateusaguiar5574]

It is very sad that we are already in 2021 and the FIG has not yet embraced the sport in the male category.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

It is indeed.

[@rg1whiteywins598]

Not enough countries do the sport.

[@patem7379]

@@rg1whiteywins598 and not many will do it if FIG doesn't recognize it, same happened with male artistic SWIMMING, for world championships Kazan 2015 there where less than 10 mixed duets, and the number has growing since then

[@ClematisRGVideos]

@@patem7379 Very well summarised.

[@LotusPandaCrane]

@@rg1whiteywins598 we are quickly working to change that. Already, Canada, Russia, USA, Australia, South Korea, and Malaysia have gymnasts and judges who compete and train the Japanese style of MRG.

[@mairedaly4926]

Gosh, I like the style that's coming out of japan, it's really celebrates the beauty of masculinity. I think 'the stick' is a lovely homage (whether by accident or design) to the military roots of mens' gymnastics. Meanwhile the choreography is within the cannon of male classical ballet regarding many of the style of jumps & leaps. Yes, this needs to develop further

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

I wish both develope further and include both sexes in their competition. I would love to see female Japanese gimnastics competition as much as I love watching male rhythmic gymnastics fig style

[@민지야-l3p]

yesss I adore it! it's got the perfect strength ^^ kinda like how artistic gymnastics is different but stunning for both female and male. I'm excited to see how it advances over the years

[@Nomar04x]

As a stick fighter, I was very pleased with the stick choreography. I wish he integrated some "martial" movements. I also hope they add a staff as an apparatus.

[@saram404]

Nothing about those performances was masculine. And thats ok. The idea that it needs to be is whats making it harder for MRG to be acknowledged in the field. Misogyny and homophobia are a disease, truly hurting even cishet men.

[@rainymornings]

​@@saram404 shut up lol

[@antm64]

The Japanese men are spectacular to watch! I'm glad to see new movement that doesn't just replicate what women are doing in their routines. Hope this type of competition continues to increase around the world!! MUCH RATHER SEE THIS IN THE OLYMPICS THAN BREAKING!!!

[@1ML-c4o]

Exactly my toughts, until now it was more like some gay men imitate women, look paradistic but japanese male gymastic is Amazing !!!!

[@Doodlebirds1]

If men can be ballet dancers and figure skaters. Two disciplines that also require strength, flexibility and grace. Why not rhythmic gymnastics as well?

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

FIG loves tradition, hence the lack of men in OG RG

[@Istoeumapemba]

Don't forget the Turkish school of male belly dancing.

[@agneteht]

Exactly. I thought precisely of figure skating men.

[@juditsomi4287]

I think it must have to do something with how feminine this sport is. In half of the planet these athletes would be labelled gay just by the sport they love and that can cost their lives in many places. It's sad, they are fantastic athletes. As for artistic swimming... I hate it, it looks so bad, all the splashing around and calves out of water, fierce-looking faces gasping for air, noseclip... no, not for me😅 I can't even imagine why someone would choose this as a sport, so much work goes into it and the spectators see so few of it.

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

@@juditsomi4287 there is a way how to make it more masculine or balanced at the very least. the problem is that in Spain and some countries practicing the sport that allows men to compete, they copy-paste everything what OG RG did. And the organization who created the sexist sport, they didn't care how time can change and it will not age well that kind of "rule"

[@matthewpayton]

I'm proud to be a male rhythmic gymnast

[@dontkillmyvibe3146]

😎you rock bro

[@dontkillmyvibe3146]

@@yazoshprajmineva5623 huh, whats up with this toxicity?

[@matthewpayton]

@@dontkillmyvibe3146 Thanks

[@inesp.l.7790]

I used to do RG as a teen and now I am a sociology student. I am very touched to see guys entering this sport and I encourage you guys to continue. It gives me goosebumps. You are beautiful :')

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

@@yazoshprajmineva5623 then why comment if you really are? 🤣

[@LotusPandaCrane]

It’s exciting that the Japanese style is quickly gaining momentum internationally. In October 2021, USA Gymnastics announced that it was finalizing the procedures to officially recognize the Japanese style as the discipline that the country will adopt. With this announcement, that means we have 7 countries spanning the globe so far!!! Japan 🇯🇵 Canada 🇨🇦 Russia 🇷🇺 USA 🇺🇸 Australia 🇦🇺 South Korea 🇰🇷 Malaysia 🇲🇾 Additionally, Canada, USA, Australia, and Russia have individuals who have trained and been certified in Japan as judges. I will also go to take the judging certification course as well. This is definitely an exciting time!

[@みどり-q2z]

I'm Japanese and I'm a fan of Japanese style MRG. When I read the comment section, I felt that there was a misunderstanding about Japan's MRG. One is that Japanese MRG has been seen as a male-only sport from the beginning. Japanese MRG is a sport that was born in Japan nearly 80 years ago, but when it was called 団体徒手体操(means group freehand gymnastics) right after World War II, the sport was practiced by both men and women. . In other words, there was a male version and a female version with the same base. There is currently no female version, and there is a reason for that. In the 1960s, women involved in 団体徒手体操had a strong desire to be active in the world. Meanwhile, in 1967, two female athletes and a coach visited the 3rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships held in Copenhagen and were fascinated by the gorgeous and sophisticated style. They brought that rule back to Japan, and proposed that the traditional 団体徒手体操 should be stopped and that only women should do rhythmic gymnastics, which originated in Europe. The proposal was discussed and approved by the Japan Gymnastics Association at the time. As a result, the women's version of 団体徒手体操was discontinued. On the other hand, the gymnastics association and the athletes at that time decided to continue to form the same organization for men and women because men and women had developed together until then. However, there were no individual events in 団体徒手体操. Therefore, in the mens version, we created a new individual event using apparatus to make it consistent with women's rhythmic gymnastics. And the Japan Gymnastics Association decided to call both men's and women's gymnastics 新体操(means new gymnastics).That was in 1968. The following year, 1969, Japanese female athletes participated in the 4th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Bulgaria and finished fifth. It is unthinkable without experience in 団体徒手体操for just over a year after starting rhythmic gymnastics. There are also comments written as if there are no women doing MRG in Japan, but that is not the case. In recent years, although the number is small, the number of women (mainly girls) who perform MRG is increasing in various parts of Japan. There is a problem though. The Japanese gymnastics association does not allow female athletes to perform men's rhythmic gymnastics. This means that when they grow up, they cannot participate in public competitions. They participate in private club championships as a mix. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXfLdXWOg6qbfac I would like the Japanese-style MRG to change its name and officially allow women to participate. I think that would solve some of the confusion and problems surrounding MRG.

[@insideAdirtyMind]

I think we witness something extremly interesting. Two and maybe more ways to interpret mens RG...which one will be "the one" to follow or do they blend into each other? I have no problem to see how they create rules (like the use of two small hoops) that highlight the beauty of mens skills and don´t have something to do with the "original" RG. There is a lot of creativity going on.

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

i think the best thing would be judging both men and women with the same Cop and then watching what is making the difference and making codes acording on what we are watching on the carpet

[@Sneg8]

Well, I hope the "Spanish" version will be allowed in the near future! However, the Japanese version do deserve to be recognised as well! P.S. Russians disliked men competing in Artistic Swimming, but when Mal'cev proved himeself to be a true champion, they changed their minds.

[@Rgjudging]

Same becuase im the boy who do spanish one

[@OuenMRG]

Let me inform you of the history of “Japanese men’s rhythmic gymnastics” and its name, since there seems to be a lot of misunderstandings. Actually, 新体操 was translated from “Modern Gymnastics” (not "New Gymnastics") in 1967, which was performed in many areas in Europe. In Japan, women’s rhythmic gymnastics is also called 新体操. So, discussing the word itself doesn't lead us to the right track. Rather, I think it is just an issue of translation. Also, the first competition for freehand group routine for men was held in 1946, which means men's rg has much longer history than women’s one in Japan. I’m afraid many people misunderstand that Japanese men’s rg is a new discipline created after women's rg was introduced. Actually, it is the sport that was invented originally in Japan, and not the sport which “changed” women’s rg.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Thank you for your comment as I think many people still misunderstand this and as I got it over quickly during the video. Yes, for it's just a translation problem because of English and that's why I though it was good to talk about it. And for adding some informations to the useful things you already said: there are still in fact countries that called rhythmic gymnastics as "modern gymnastics" like Czech Republic or Slovakia or countries that called it "artistic gymnastics" like Russia, Ukraine, Israel etc...

[@mohdghazali3473]

Yeah. Japan for one have a long history of Men's Rhythmic Gymnastic. It's developed indenpendently as a way to improved physical strength and health as early as the 1940s. Men's rhythmic gymnastics in Japan was originally created by adopting elements from Swedish, Danish, and German gymnastics. It has been taught and performed for many years. Since FIG didn't recognized Male athlete in this field the Japan Gymnastic Association have seperated rule for men. Currently, in Japan both Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics and Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics are under the umbrella of Japan Gymnastics Association and major competitions are often held at the same venue. Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics in Japan consists of two types of events: group events of 6 people (freehand or no apparatus) and individual events using apparatus (stick, rings, rope and clubs). Both group and individual events are performed on a spring floor, allowing gymnasts to do various kinds of tumbling during their performance. The Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics in Japan is sometimes called synchronized tumbling, combining the dynamism of powerful acrobatics and perfection of synchronous moves. Male's athletes are judged on some of the same physical abilities and skills as their female counterparts, such as hand/body/eye co-ordination, but tumbling, strength, and power are the main focus, as well as apparatus handling, flexibility and movements called "Toshu" ("freehand"). There are an increasing number of gymnasts, competing alone and on a team; it is most popular in Japan, where high school and university teams compete fiercely

[@mohdghazali3473]

It was brought to Japan first as a male sport as a way to improved physical strength and health and gradually the woman rhythmic gymnastics started to gain popularity while men's ryhthmic gymnastics remained popular.

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

Thanks for telling. I understand that. But both are different sports with different basis and BOTH. Should be considered. Men and women should compete in Japanese gimnastics while men and women should also be competing equally in rhythmic gymnastics

[@gretapetenberg2525]

I only like the japanese style. It is elegant but also masculine and mesmerizing. Because women and men in artistic gymnastics also do different things I think it would be possible for FIG to consolidate men’s gymnastics as official type of gymnastics. Would be amazing.

[@esperantoviro]

I usually donʻt pay much attention to the Olympics except for the opening ceremony - a rare review of all the people on our Earth. But this year I saw womenʻs rhythmic gymnastics and was fascinated. However, I asked myself: why just women? So I looked up menʻs rhythmic gymnastics. This is a beautiful sport. I am so amazed at what humans can do and when they do it together, so wonderfully coordinated, then I have no words for my wonder. I hope that this sport takes off in schools around the world.

[@doychinkutsarov9866]

The sad irony is that men's Japanese rhythmic gymnastic has more rhythm than the modern women's RG. Most of you say that Japanese RG is not RG, but you can't define what rhythmic gymnastics means. RG is perfect fluidity of body and apparatus movement in sync with music representation.

[@kaienzhu8760]

Japanese version is revised AG with apparatus, no flips in air in RG

[@PeiwenTanbassoon821]

I'm so conflicted that I think the Japanese men's rhythmic gymnastic is not actually RG but I also agree they're more musical and fluid which is how RG is supposed to be...

[@dododimitrov9657]

@@PeiwenTanbassoon821 I totally agree, i wish women RG remined like this. The COP during reign of Mamun and Kudryavtseva was one of the best.

[@lidular]

@@PeiwenTanbassoon821 I'am a bit confused. What is it about it you dont think is rythmic gymnastics? It is deffinetly gymnastics and rythmic.

[@PeiwenTanbassoon821]

​@@lidular I'm saying it's a totally different sport from the internationally recognized official "Rhythmic Gymnastics" even tho I actually find it more rhythmic and gymnastics

[@alembess9129]

I like the Japanese men's ryhthmic gymnastics because they demonstrate the gymnastic and athletic moves while retaining that masculine feel. They didn't move like the usual women's rhythmic gymnasts.

[@Visitkarte]

I think male rhythmic gymnastics has a bright future. I especially like the Japanese style.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

The Spanish Gymnastics Federation (RFEG) officially acknowledged mixed groups in its 2020/2021 technical regulation documents. The country already held men's rhythmic gymnastics championships. Meanwhile, Irina Viner is pushing for the Japanese men's rhythmic gymnastics and facing mixed response in her own country. The development of a sport is fascinating. Without pretending to give an exhaustive vision of the problem (because I am very far from it, and there is so much to say, men in rhythmic gymnastics raising at the same time questions about society, sponsorship, television, management, etc ...) here is a very small presentation. I thought about a lot if I should talked only about men's rhythmic gymnastics and not about Japanese men's rhythmic gymnastics, since it's not the same sport. I decided to talk about it because it's actually now part of the discussion and general issues raised in the discussion. Tgymnastics are perceived, from acceptance (yes!) to disgust (unfortunately). The video was posted in February 2021 but since then, in July 2021, Tatiana Navka (quite famous Russian figure skater) made a instagram post criticizing the gymnast Cristofer Benítez, simply for doing the sport he loves. The general situation, with FIG now leaning more towards accepting Japanese men's rhythmic gymnastics, with Morinari Watanabe and Irina Viner being in favor of it, tell us about how men's rhythmic gymnastics (as done by the Spanish) is not seen as the acceptable version, like Japanese men's rhythmic gymnastics is. I think everyone can see that Japanese rg (男子新体操) is another type of gymnastics. If the translation was literal, it would have been "new gymnastics". But for a reason of coherence it was translated into "men's rhythmic gymnastics" (新体操 being already translated "rhythmic gymnastics").

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

I wish Spain France and Bulgaria will pressure the fig now that Russia is out. I would love BOTH to be on the olimpic games with men and women playing both.

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Late reply . I don’t know what you meant by controversy in Russia . But Russia is very United . No Spanish Style. Japanese is acceptable

[@rg1whiteywins598]

I like this, but they need to only compete against other men, because even on those little pieces, you can see the physical strength issue. I love rhythmic gymnastics and could really enjoy a mens competition.

[@sb8095]

what physical strength issue?

[@rg1whiteywins598]

Same like men in ballet. They do turning jumps that I have never seen a woman do. Not in dance nor gymnastics.

[@saram404]

​@@rg1whiteywins598 Mind you then its turns and jumps woman and literal teenagers do in circus and cheer. The huge difference when it comes to performance is more to do with the scoring system than any actual capability. Also the fact that women that have more strength are barred from competing. For example if a cis woman has a higher level of testosterone then what the olympics decided should be normal theyre not allowed to compete while the men have no limit.

[@lanita200384]

I love the rhythmic male gymnastics they do in Spain.I think that’s the most similar to the ones in the competition.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

It is indeed following the women's rhythmic gymnastics FIG rules. And sometimes with some adaptations too, the same there are adaptations of the international code at national and local levels for women.

[@_adrianavelez]

This needs to be a thing I love it Imagine mixed and men rhythmic and synchronized swimming

[@shazzm9252]

Oh, you used Ten to chi to, imagine my surprise to hear one of my favourite pieces of music from my favourite Olympian! ❤️ ahhh, i cannot wait to see more of men and RG. I hope it is allowed, i will definately watch it if I knew where to see it.

[@nadinebotti]

Con estas pasadas Olimpiadas justo me preguntaba si existiría Gimnasia Rítmica masculina y cómo se vería. Me encanta saber que es una disciplina que existe aunque aun tiene que pasar por la lucha contra muchos prejuicios. Espero que algún día como planeta alcancemos y entendamos la verdadera igualdad, y ojalá no tarde mucho en presentarse esta disciplina en las competencias más importantes del mundo.

[@kadeno925]

the japanese men’s rg was amazing to watch. it almost reminded me a little of cheer been had it’s own charm to it. i would love to see it gain popularity because it was simply incredible

[@thedanceshack16]

This is stunning and very sad that there is a male/female imbalance in the artistic arts like this. I see people in the comments arguing over terminology and potentially outdated opinions on what is and is not RG. How about just updating the entire thing to allow everyone to compete and do more advanced tricks? We do not move forward by remaining stuck in the past.

[@ahamedmusaf2185]

In my opinion, the Japanese version is not RG at all. It's more like a mixture of acrobatic and artistic gymnastics. Their most body movements are not related to rhythmic gymnastics. I saw a clip of the Japanese version clubs routine where the athlete does more backflips and I could not see him do a single leap or pirouette during the entire routine. I wish they stuck to the standard Rhythmic gymnastics style no matter what the gender is. The Japanese version should not be called rhythmic gymnastics at all since it misses some of the very basic RG styles.

[@kaienzhu8760]

Yes, I do agree with you

[@kiwisvideos0]

True. I believe they do it that way to avoid being "too feminine" which is sad cause there's nothing wrong with being feminine.

[@LotusPandaCrane]

I disagree. Men’s and Women’s artistic gymnastics are vastly different in both discipline and style. Yet both are called “Artistic Gymnastics.” In my mind I hope the Japanese style prevails. I have started training it in hopes of helping it spread more in my country. I really enjoy it.

[@sb8095]

Exactly!

[@marisa768]

My thoughts - why not? They will be recognizing breakdancing, so this makes more sense to me than making breakdancing an "official" sport. I'm all for equality in sports, so I'd love to see men's RG in the Olympics. If Viner supports it, others easily can too. It would add a cool element to the sport!

[@mairedaly4926]

Break dancing could be an official sport.... in the Xgames which include skate boarding etc.

[@lawrenceworrell5677]

@@mairedaly4926 Its because the current Olympic sports are kind of dry. Mostly old people watch the Olympics, nowadays kids couldn't give af. Breaking is huge and is growing bigger by the day, so they want to tap that audience. Because when this generation grow up things like television broadcasts and Olympics are kaput. They have to start opening up to things. Watch this space, MMA will be one in the future most likely. Breaking doesn't need the Olympics. It's the other way around. Also one of the much cooler aspects of Breaking, though I doubt they'll do it in this Olympics, is kids compete against adults and men compete against women. This is an element you don't get in any other sport. Its a much more radical thing than most realise.

[@cwgtube]

YES! Stick, rope, rings, etc… mens’s group tumbling … more more more. This discipline RG should be open to all…!!! (If break dancing, can make the Olympics… the RG and ACRO, Tumbling, and all the trampoline should be!… LEt’s GOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[@Mel-tr4ic]

I don't get why so many people are arguing against Spanish Men's RG, using ballet as an example for a sport with differences between the male and female parts.🤔 The majority of techniques and training in ballet are unisex, with the exception of partner work (lifts, turns, ...) and pointe - both of which aren't part of RG typically. Furthermore, the base of RG is ballet, both male AND female. Big leaps, many turns, and no pointe would usually be considered "male", whereas fouettes, balances, as well as the "elegant" physique of most rhythmic gymnasts, are traditionally "female" in ballet. Male and female ballet aren't as different as they might seem at first, and even then it's obviously the same sport. When looking at expanding a sport for both genders, the highest priority should be recognisability - whether it's ski jumping, ballet, or RG - anything else can be adjusted to match the expectations. Male and Female RG don't have to be the same, but they should not be so different, that they cannot be recognized as the same sport by a person without any knowledge about RG.

[@sb8095]

true

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

exactly. you can see how both sports look completely different. they come from different originsand they have completely different elements. i thing both should be separated but with mixed genedered competitors

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Wrong again . Spanish gymnastics is literally a copy of women gymnastics . An inferior one and has nothing to do with ballet . If Spanish athletes decide to go after ballet , it will be so much less problematic

[@Azeneesen]

I was not aware that Men's Rhytmic Gymnastics existed until last week when Tatiana Navka posted on Instagram a picture of a male rhytmic gymnast and made a very derogative comment. In the light of this, I am surprised to hear that the leader of the Russian RG federation supports the involvement of male athletes, I thought Navka's opinion was common in Russia. I think men should be permitted to do this sport too (maybe with some differences), if women can do wrestling, weightlifting and soccer. Based on the video, I like the Japanese RG very much!

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Wrong . Omg . That’s not even that complicated . The Russian federation supports the Japanese variant .

[@gamechangersink449]

Beautiful moves and such a pity it is not recognised more!

[@Mady-lo6qb]

Yes please - I was discussing this with my siblings at the 2024 Olympics. 1) have men's rhythmic gymnastics 2) drop the requirement for women to do the cha-cha-cha in the floor routines (non-rhythmic). Edit: I like what the Japanese have developed. I want to see what Brazilians can do with this.

[@riosulysto2068]

The Japanese version looks so cool!!!

[@ila021]

Thanks for this video! I've never seen the japanese RG, only the spanish one (which I am really not a fan of). On the other hand, I LOVE this japanese version! I am going to watch more videos of it! Personally, I think that it should be right to differentiate the sport for the gender, not for sexism but to highlight physical possibilities of both genders: I mean, even in ballet men and women have different "difficulties"! (I hope I'm being clear, it is sooo difficult to express something so delicate, and english is not even my language!). About Paris 2024, it is such a mess: if they approve male RG there is no way a high number of athlets will be ready in 3 years with a brand new regulation for an OLYMPIC competition (not just gala!), so... Oh, and about the "Not popular sport", I think it is really a good point: I've never practice RG because when I was young (I'm talking about 15 years ago!) there was no school close to my home (the closest was more than 2 hours car ride!), and I'm from Italy! After the "farfalle boom" many more schools have appear, and now there is one even in my town, but in many parts of Italy it is still just a "balletto col nastrino" (little dance with little ribbon), many don't take it seriously as a sport(even athlets from other sports...), so it doesn't surpise me at all this disinterest for an evolution...

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Hello! That's a very interesting comment, so thank you for it. I got the same feedback from another Italian gymnast. For girls doing RG in Italy, at least there isn't the "oh you're doing a girls' sport" comment. On ballet, I'd like to add something because it's a (hidden) second passion. While I do agree that there are difference physical capabilities and that it is good to bring the best out of these capabilities, I'd also like to be bring you some keys elements on ballet. Ballet technique come from a long tradition going back to the 1800s and Romantic ballet technique. Women were expected to do ghost/fairy roles with work on point, showing elegant and fairy moves. They works on balance and flexibility first. Men had to do real person, living on the earth and not in the clouds. That's how a whole technique tradition was built: men learning jumps and big trick while women learn to move elegantly and show off their legs, feet and arms. It got more complex with time, classical ballet and then neoclassical ballet bringing new elements, but followed those foundations of ballet. Women and men in ballet have to learn a certain repertoire based on those throughs (which bring us beautiful things, I am not saying abolish the Classical ballet). It is just important to know the context. The difference between men and women in ballet is of course a question of technical abilities but also a question of what technique was learned and transmitted until today.

[@chuiyi7751]

I got you,I know what you mean.

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

NO you can do that with the actual RG code. Im sorry these are different sports AND adopting japanese gimnastics as Male RG would be DETRIMENTAL to the sport. as you can't male mic¡xed groups with girls and boys traind in such different sports

[@orionharmon6017]

I wish we have men's rhythmic gymnastics in USA. ✌️😛🎉🇺🇸

[@LotusPandaCrane]

We do! There are several gyms and experts that are training the Japanese style, myself included 😀

[@orionharmon6017]

@@LotusPandaCrane Ohh well good for you and them👏👍😎

[@sb8095]

@@LotusPandaCrane Wish they'd train the spanish style as well

[@pietrogramegna6518]

Thank you so much for this video which includes many interesting (and rare!) infos about beautiful Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics! P.s.: Appreciation for Yuzuru Hanyu’s music at the end 😌

[@RaineyJAUS]

That was very interesting! Thank you very much for educating me. I noticed there's a new anime series out focusing on men's rhythmic gymnastics and had never known it was a thing, so this was really helpful!

[@matheuslacerda4672]

Which anime?

[@RaineyJAUS]

@@matheuslacerda4672 It's called Bakuten in Japanese or just Backflip in English.

[@revalinapian7095]

I knew someone will talk abt bakuten here

[@eileencollins8799]

A sport has to be widely participated in order to be considered for inclusion in the Olympic program of events. At the moment, male rhythmic/new gymnastics is performed by only a small handful of men and, therefore, does not yet qualify for inclusion in the games.

[@dawnrayho927]

I think men's RG is just as beautiful and difficult as women's RG! it most definitely needs to be included in all competitions that women compete in. I also think every country needs to at least explore the idea.

[@ymt36awq480k]

Somehow the Japanese version looks rather like a mix of modern dance and martial arts.

[@barbaraniccol9313]

i like men rhytmic gymnastic allowing different apparatus than women.Men can have more dynamic choregraphy

[@lidular]

I coach a gymnastics show team in denmark, and I take a lot of inspiration from MRG. I really like it, and it is much more entertaing to watch. Furthermore in denmark it is expected that boys who do gymnastics usually also do rythmic gymnastics. we do have disciplines where you dont have to, but the two most popular are performance and teamgym, where it is more or less a requirement that you do the rythmic aswell.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Oh that's interesting! Thank you for your comment

[@lauragregorio5852]

Japanese version is cool but it’s not RG! They could create a new discipline, but I don’t think that calling it RG and comparing it with the Spanish version will be right.

[@nadejdakopanova415]

Yes, agree! I believe only Spanish version is truly Rhytmic Gymnastic. I would celebrate man joining and developing into RG in that verion.

[@kaienzhu8760]

Japanese version is truly revised Artisctic Gymanstic with apparatus, because RG doesn't have any somersaults in air.

[@nadejdakopanova415]

@@kaienzhu8760 yes and it actually amuses me as this is the one Viner/Morinabi are pushing towards since those elements are actually explicitly forbidden in RG!

[@patem7379]

@@nadejdakopanova415 you're right that Japanese RG doesn't follow the natural emphasis that RG has for the body work nor the apparatus handling

[@marvintheatre]

@@nadejdakopanova415 The absence of danger in RG is why the sport is so boring. The Japanese version is actually watchable. In my not so humble opinion.

[@teijaflink2226]

This a beautiful sport, definitely interesting to see how the sport will developed for men too, hopefully in a positive way.

[@tallypea6193]

From an acro gymnast perspective I like the Spanish version the best I think that the Japanese and russian mixed pairs have a lot of acro elements balance and dynamic moves Acro is also fighting hard for recognition and to get into the Olympics I am alittle worried that rhythmic could start to blur the lines and incorporate acro more into it I would like both acro and rhythmic to have a platform and not have the main defining part of acro lost and then the recognition it does have to be lost because a similar sport has the only pic spot Dunno if it makes sense but I hope that men’s rhythmic becomes more prominent

[@ClematisRGVideos]

I'm not extremely familiar with acro but I watch it occasionally to know how it looks and I was wondering about this aspect of blurring the line and absorbing others sports. Thank you for commenting and confirmed what I expected.

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

i fully see your point, japanese gymnastics is basically acrobatic gymnastics with aparatusses (only in individual category) so it would be the acro gimnasts and male rhytmic gymnast following fig CoP the fully perjudicated ones. My bet is to include the 3 tipes of gymnastics and the three of them with both men and women

[@bwvp-vpr]

I'd love to see men's rhythmic gymnastics in Olympics. I thought it would look weird for men to perform in the sports. But this video changed my mind.

[@hughbryant898]

There are parts of cheerleading that men incorporate gymnastics skills.

[@miramarina8467]

The spanish version of this sport is awesome really, but i’m not a fan of the japanese version ngl because it isn’t rg. They do artistic and acrobatic gymnastics movement that the female counterparts just doesn’t do, so it isn’t the same, it isn’t equal and can’t be compared which is sad...

[@doychinkutsarov9866]

really i think exactly the opposite thing. Modern rg gymnastics doesn't have rhythm and character, it is a cheap circus rush for difficulty. At least the asian men's RG kept the rhythm and the character. The point of RG is the body & apparatus movement in sync with the music, this is exactly that we miss nowadays in RG (women version). BTW the spanish guys play fem rg which is stupid and wrong. Even is artistic gymnastics women and men have different apparatuses for a reason.

[@rg1whiteywins598]

I love it all. The individual of Japanese is original mens rhythmic gymnastics from long ago.

[@vivs9314]

That’s mostly because the Japanese version is it’s own original thing, I think it’s just mistranslation straight up classifying it as RG.

[@miramarina8467]

@@vivs9314 yes.

[@revalinapian7095]

@@vivs9314 yeah,people should read ouen MRG comment,that guy point out abt japanese mrg

[@Paulo-1999]

Surprised to see that the elements here are the same as the ones used by women. In Japan, outside of clubs, they use different elements for men's RG: stick, rope and rings. And they're awesome elements.

[@chilanya]

Both styles are so gorgeous to watch. I'm into recreational ballet so i know what it is to have too few men participate and the stigma and prejudice that men have to deal with. Personally I like the Japanese groups better than the individual athletes because there's something magical about a group moving in perfect unison. And also their act seems to be more atuned to the music than the RG performances.

[@battlehymnoftheempath3610]

If you work with the Japanese Federation that pioneered it, I think it would be possible to introduce it internationally. It can include flight elements in addition to the typical elements written in the womens code. I think it is beautiful, and I dont like Viner because of how she treats the women on the Russian team, but I can respect her for doing this.

[@enerithomasjennery5992]

in my experience as a rgymnast in a very local level in barcelona it was uncommon but accepted to see boys in group competitions. I think it will eventually become worldwide accepted but only one of the two "types" will prevail in the olympic games. from where I stand I find it more possible that it is spain's bc japan's might be considered too different. mainly bc of the choreographies, more similar to acrobatic gymnastics. I honestly find japan's rg beautiful, it'd be cool that both gymnastics developed as independent gender mixed sports

[@keithwalker3890]

Well, I'll tell you what. As a male gymnast who competed in the 70's in high school and can still do back handsprings and aerial cartwheels 40+ years later, I wish RG had been available - I would've made the switch. I think it's fantastic that men are competing now. Before I watched this video I never held Irina Viner in high regard after seeing videos of how she's verbally undressed her own Russian RG gymnasts. But, knowing now how she endorses men to be in RG - she's now earned my respect.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

It's completely fantastic indeed that RG is spreading more and more! However, Viner endorses men to be in RG but in a certain way only...

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

the version viner endorses is the japanese one if i remember correctly.

[@petitpilu1874]

C'est bien, il faut encourager l'égalité !

[@aramisaramis7784]

« RG isn’t even a popular sport in many countries » ok but if the guys aren’t allowed to do RG they won’t be concerned about this sport. Maybe RG is just stupidly loosing audience by sexism. My thoughts are : we must allow people to express themselves in every sports.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

I do agree completely, that's why I said it was a vicious circle and why I placed "prejudices" as the first reason. RG not being a popular sport in many country is one of the reason but not the first reason of course.

[@Sneg8]

I would add that allowing men might be a sweeping change for the podiums! I am quite tired of the same medals for the same countries :(

[@Wiserwords25]

Thank you so much for this video!!!! I learned so much in these 7 minutes, I wish I could hire you to be my school teacher instead 😂😂😂

[@ClaraJansson96]

I would love to see men doing rhythmic gymnastics! I mean the routines that were done by the Spanish and French gymnasts looked fantastic! The Japanese version is cool as well, but I think I prefer the Spanish version more since it’s more similar to the ”original” version and I would love to see a more grounded version where men can show the same qualities as the women. And also, the big reason why it’s still an unknown sport is that we don’t know it actually exists! Like, until this video I didn’t know that there was a version of RG for men that was under the same rules as the women and I only knew of the Japanese version. So how is it going to be more popular if it’s not talked about?

[@sb8095]

exactly!

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

the spanish one is the original one. they are judged with the same code as the females.

[@HospedeDoTempo]

This has been practiced by Cirque du Soleil for decades.

[@akirasantos5187]

Honestly I will join when theres a Men Rhytmic Gymnastics here in my country

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

here in spain it was born because a kid wanted to do rhythmic gymnastics and he was allowed in the club. maybe trying that route could be possible for you

[@vkkoorchester666]

very important topic!

[@gaaraofthesand9370]

I've seen a lot of people criticize and bad-mouthing Japanese Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics saying that it's not really rhythmic gymnastics. I disagree. IT IS Rhythmic Gymnastics!!! Personally, I like the individual Japanese version much more than the Spanish one. First of all, I know that the groups look more like Acrobatic Gymnastics, as they don't have any apparatuses and they do a lot of things that they do in Acrobatic Gymnastics. They probably should add apparatuses in their routines. Secondly, the individual version has a lot of similarities with the Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics, as they both have 4 apparatuses and they use music as well. The only difference is that men do acrobatic skills instead of pivots. They also do jumps and balances, especially in the groups. The apparatus is also similar, as they also have clubs, rope, double rings instead of hoop and stick instead of ball. I want to ask all of you something!!! Why Viner has invited so many times the Japanese rhythmic gymnastics men to Galas, but never the Spanish ones? It's because she likes and supports more the Japanese version. As you can see in this video she included the japanese version in the Charter of the Russian Federation and now it's officially acknowledged as a new sport in Russia. She even has men training in the national team and puts them in Galas. It's obvious that she likes the japanese version better.

[@jerm-gv9rv]

I mean I’m not sure how Viner liking one more than the other makes one more valid I think the fact that Spain’s male rhythmic gymnastics isn’t often seen as often as Japans I can see why that would also play apart in why they put the two against each other

[@tendercuriosity9938]

same thoughts! ultimately, I think I'll like to see a fusion of both styles popularized by Spain and Japan.

[@jerm-gv9rv]

@@tendercuriosity9938 that would be cool although I’m curious how they would do that without sacrificing something important to one or the other unless they just allowed men to do things from both but I wonder how that would affect the training regimen since the acrobatics required more body strength but the flexible difficulties require you to be slimmer I think

[@aramisaramis7784]

To me Japanese RG isn’t RG BUT it’s amazing and I really like it. I don’t think we have to choose between Japanese and Spanish RG. We should allow both.

[@GumGirl]

@@aramisaramis7784 agreed! and also, we should allow women practice the Japanese version

[@alexv1269]

It's sad that we even have this kind of question! Of course this should be an Olympic discipline. Too bad Olypics became so political though.

[@fairuzavagizova6940]

Thank you for using Yuzuru’s Heaven and Earth music! Lol

[@alinemartins4362]

I wish female RG include more "agressive" movements as well. So much more fun to watch.

[@QQ-wl6yt]

I get the prejudice issue that Spain male RG is addressing. But even if the Spanish style departs less than the Japanese from traditionally female RG, it doesn’t mean it makes more sense. Especially in a sport that has ballet as it’s core technique. It’s as if male ballet dancers were doing female ballet dancer elements. Men have different physical capabilities and therefore male ballet is different (and in my opinion superior to) female ballet.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

While I do agree that there are difference physical capabilities and that it is good to have sport that bring the best out of these capabilities (and that you obviously can preferred men doing ballet than women!), I'd also like to be bring you some keys elements on ballet. Ballet technique come from a long tradition going back to the 1800s and Romantic ballet technique. Women were expected to do ghost/fairy roles with work on point, showing elegant and fairy moves. They works on balance and flexibility first. Men had to do real person, living on the earth and not in the clouds. That's how a whole technique tradition was built: men learning jumps and big trick while women learn to move elegantly and show off their legs, feet and arms. the difference between men and women in ballet is of course a question of technical abilities but also a question of what technique is learned.

[@sb8095]

Why do you think male ballet is superior?

[@gretapetenberg2525]

@@QQ-wl6yt I don’t think that male dancers are superior depends in which way you mean it. But otherwise I absolutely agree because men in artistic gymnastics also don’t do same things as women.

[@ryanprebys8675]

We’ve had the Japanese version for 60 years in America.... it’s called Winter Guard.

[@catnipherb]

I am a male and I always wanted to give rhytmic gymnastics a try. But the original version, not the Japanese version. To me I feel like the Japanese made it less feminine than the original version and I didn't like it. I'm glad the Spanish kept to the original curriculum when men practice the sport so everything stays feminine. I like girly stuff anyway like aerial silk/hoop and pole fitness, so rhytmic gymnastics is next on my 'to do' list. There's lot of men out there from any country doing ballet so I don't see why not men give rhytmic gymnastics a try.

[@sb8095]

Yes, that's a great idea!

[@Rarity01]

Achei lindo! Não sabia que existia para homens ❤👏👏

[@kamionero]

I came here cause of Ranma bringing up the subject! It did not dissappoint!

[@alonso1050]

Russians should create their own version of male RG, they have some of the greatest ballet dancers like Nureyev or Baryshnikov. It would be great if we can see something like that in a sport. Japanese version is great but don't have dance elements

[@kaienzhu8760]

Yes, I have the same feeling that why Viner doesn't think about their own-styled male RG, Russia is supposed to have more opportunity than some other countries.

[@joãofigueiredo-j6r]

❤❤❤❤ALL TOPS!!!❤❤❤❤

[@sammavacaist]

Can we have pairs RG too?

[@covi777]

La Gimnasia Ritmica masculina Asiatica o japonesa coincide exactamente en la definición de Ritmo y masculinidad, por lo tanto es la mas idonea a ser llamado GIMNASIA RITMICA MASCULINA..

[@iris3706]

Personally, I support Men's RG, but the thing is, so many sports favour men over women.

[@GumGirl]

agreed... of course men should be able to practice rg if they want to, but just like that women should be able to practice every other sport that "prefers" the opposite sex. I wish people would stop looking at others' genitals and just let them do what they want. Equality isn't only about giving men what they don't already have

[@iris3706]

@@GumGirl I couldn't have put that better myself!

[@sb8095]

@@GumGirl exactly!

[@Fefe_Misskay]

I think a blend of the Japanese and Spanish would do justice, i. E the Japanese Apparatus minus the extensive acrobatic + more RG elements. Just like any other sport that celebrate the male and female bodies , there are elements that showcase the various gender capabilities than others.e.g ballet.I think the Japanese Apparatus will appeal to the masses i.e Male which will then get more people interested in the sport which will then warrant the inclusion in the Olympics. RG as a whole has a long way to go, not many countries participate in the sport, so opening the criteria will go a long way and almost accelerate the adoption of the sport

[@пекельніборошна-т1в]

We have male fugure skating and dancing, why not RG.

[@skadi6750]

I would definitely watch that discipline!

[@jesuscasadopena4858]

Sorry, but japanese rg is another type of gymnastic. The real rhythmic gymnastic is the spanish version

[@ClematisRGVideos]

I think everyone can see that Japanese rg (男子新体操) is another type of gymnastics. If the translation was literal, it would have been "new gymnastics". But for a reason of coherence it was translated into "men's rhythmic gymnastics" (新体操 being already translated "rhythmic gymnastics"). I find it interesting how a discipline who is very different from rhythmics gymnastics is currently the one most favored to be part of FIG.

[@kaienzhu8760]

Yes, you are right！

[@OuenMRG]

@@ClematisRGVideos Hi, I enjoyed your video very much. I can see a lot of hard work and dedication. Let me inform you of the history of “Japanese men’s rhythmic gymnastics” and its name, since there seems to be a lot of misunderstandings. Actually, 新体操 was translated from “Modern Gymnastics” (not "New Gymnastics") in 1967, which was performed in many areas in Europe. In Japan, women’s rhythmic gymnastics is also called 新体操. So, discussing the word itself doesn't lead us to the right track. Rather, I think it is just an issue of translation. Also, the first competition for freehand group routine for men was held in 1946, which means men's rg has much longer history than women’s one in Japan. I’m afraid many people misunderstand that Japanese men’s rg is a new discipline created after women's rg was introduced. Actually, it is the sport that was invented originally in Japan, and not the sport which “changed” women’s rg.

[@locannyhayashi1484]

My opinion: maybe men's and women's RG should probably not hold the same rules. I mean, some movements look very graceful for females, but not as good for males, mainly due to body proportion differences. That's something which needs to be put into consideration.

[@kareharpies]

I totally agree.

[@izasoueu]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@MSquare20055]

I really would've tried rhythmic gymnastics if men was allowed🥺 I love it

[@Evgencia]

Men are allowed now you can still try.

[@benjaminledford3325]

Irish Dance origins have a small comparison: boys only did heavy jigs and horn pipes and girls only did reels and slip jigs back then. A few years later, girls started dancing in hard shoe and soft reel shoes were worn by boys so that they could do reels in soft shoe.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Interesting!

[@sireli8142]

Bernie mac show brought me here

[@emmaborgna5084]

here in Michigan they just changed it and made it available for men to join rg teams

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Nice information!

[@viragbacsi6556]

The Japanese new RG is really hot...the other...let it go...

[@sb8095]

nah

[@Stunde_0]

Okay, I accept !! 1. It`s a hard training 2. Not everyone likes football , 😉

[@patem7379]

Japanese male RG yes it's artistic and aesthetic but it isn't rhythmic gymnastics, it should be named other way because it does not follow the same base of work, for example MAG and WAG despite having different apparatus they still share two apparatus and in general the work on each discipline come from the same base therefore it is inclusive, despite the different physical capacities of each genre, even there's a campaign to promote guys doing balance beam and girls doing rings, parallel bars etc, which for me it's fine it's inclusive, but when it comes to RG why there's an issue about seeing a guy to perform a more ballet based sport which even it's based on male ballet, and that at difference with the Jpanese rhythmic gymnastics, the Spanish school of RG follow the same work base for apparatus handling, risk, masteries and BD, yes I'm pretty sure male rhythmic gymnastics still needs a lot of work to do to adapt it to the physical characteristics of the male body, because we want it or not it has difference with the girls, but these changes will not happen until we give green light to male rhythmic gymnastics, sadly this issue illustrate how much we are narrow to accept that everybody should be able to practise the sport everybody wants, if FIG supports Japanese RG to be the counterpart of traditional RG then it means that equality in sport isn't achieved, I'm not saying Japanese RG should not be supported as a sport, but trying to convince us that that's how RG for male should be then it would be some kind of hypocrisy, because in mynown opinion it would mean that asides from phhsical differences it would be a message that say - Hey women and men cannot do the same

[@sb8095]

yeah true

[@GumGirl]

I don't really know why they Japanese version is called rg... It has nothing to do with it! It's awesome, of course, but there shouldn't be "men rg" that isn't rg at all and "women rg". There should just be rg - practiced by everyone, who wants to practice it. And as I said, I love Japanese version, but I wish it wasn't named like this, because it can be confusing.

[@sb8095]

yup true

[@dinozaur588]

Bonjour. Merci Clematis pour cette vidéo très intéressante :) J'aimerais cependant contredire le deuxième paragraphe de ton commentaire. En gymnastique artistique il y a deja d’énormes différences entre les hommes et les femmes. Les hommes ne pratiquent ni la poutre ni les barres asymétriques. De même que les femmes ne pratiquent ni les anneaux ni les barres parallèles. Le sol entre les femmes et les hommes présentent aussi de sérieuses différences. J'aime bien la gymnastique rythmique des japonais car elle tient compte des différences entre les deux sexes. Je trouve ça dommage de dire que ce n'est pas de la gymnastique rythmique juste car il y a des acrobaties. On retrouve une réelle composante artistique (peut être même plus que chez les femmes ou en ce moment c'est juste des enchainements de difficultés les uns après les autres...)

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Bonjour, Je te remercie pour ce commentaire :) Il est vrai que je suis passée très rapidement sur la GAF et GAM en description et (malgré mes très maigres connaissances) je sais qu'il y a des différences entre GAF et GAM, même pour le sol (musique, certains éléments obligatoires différents...); c'était simplement pour montrer que même quelqu'un qui ne connait pas bien la GA peut dire "c'est le même type de gymnastique" que ce soit un homme ou une femme. Mais il y a en effet de sérieuses différences. Je suis totalement d'accord avec la composante artistique de la rg japonaise: l'attention porté à la musique est souvent merveilleuse et meilleur que ce que l'on peut voir actuellement! Dire qu'un sport ne peut pas être artistique en raison d'acrobatie me paraît étrange.

[@dinozaur588]

@@ClematisRGVideos Je te remercie d'avoir pris le temps de lire et de répondre a mon commentaire :). La seule chose que je souhaite pour tous ces athlètes c'est que la discipline soit enfin reconnue car l'entrainement auquel ils doivent se plier demande tellement de sacrifices...

[@CrossfacePanda]

Not only should men be allowed to do Rhytmic Gymnastics, they should also be allowed to do Artistic Gymnastic events like Uneven Bars and Beam, and women should be allowed to High Bar, Parallel Bars, Pommel Horse, and Rings. There’s no good reason for them to be segregated the way they are other than old traditions. They could always adapt scoring and technique requirements for certain events and gender divisions if necessary, but I think it could be interesting if certain events like Parallel Bars and Rings started attracting more female competitors who focus on upper body strength, for example, as it’d widen the type of athletes the sport would attract, just like Rhytmic Gymnastics could for men. And when it comes to Rhytmic Gymnastics, ideally they’d just add the Japanese exclusive apparatuses like stick and double rings to the list of available ones (can still limit it to four of them for a given competition or season), and then just allow both women and men to compete with the same rules. Can still have gendered divisions of course if that is deemed more fair, but an additional mixed pair event would probably be a good idea (and would probably attract more viewers given how popular it seems to be among spectators in figure skating).

[@darioalcibar5032]

Japanese gymnastics shouldn’t be considered RG at all as long as they use lot of acrobatic skills not allowed in women to keep de identity of the sport …however I find good they try to have a “masculine” version of the sport I think retiring the acrobatics and adding more male ballet-like style would be better In the other hand Spanish version fulfills 💯 the definition of the sport, and it must be approved right now by FIG…even though I guess the artistry and stage presence should be again more close to male ballet technique rather than women RG . Not meaning it’s bad but as WAG and MAG I think is good to have an own identity that differentiates both disciplines To find a balance between breaking the prejudice but also having a very own personality I f I were FIG Technical comitee I would take the Spanish version with some changes: Replacing ribbon for rope Having costume rules that enhance male ballet attires Adding a strength element in use of a technical apparatus element or AD (such as in artistic gymnastics FX) then promoting a strong physique as in male dancers …I mean imagine. A plank position with a ball roll or a handstand with foot hoop handling 😅 Adding jump difficulties similar to male ballet (múltiples tour en l’air, cabriolé, entrechat)

[@Ale.K7]

Thanks!

[@АнгелаКрис]

👏👏👏Молодцы🙌✨

[@Fvhlipe]

Japanese' one feels like another discipline. I prefer the Spanish version of Men's RG and hoping that one is recognized by FIG. I also think the apparatuses should remain the same

[@sb8095]

true

[@bal9944]

I personally like the Japanese gymnastics more than the Spanish one

[@alsuoshepkova7834]

I am for it👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@deepoceankenny]

My view is that 1. Every Olympic events, including all dances and ballet and ice skating and artistic cycling, are favouring men due to criteria from power (that of major muscles.) Only 2 that emphasis delicate control and feminine figuring. We are, heading towards space age, power is going to be less valued than delicate control. There should be more events with criteria supporting the development of women’s body, specifically! 2. Once they mix men into these 2 events, human tendency is to alter the criteria ‘equally’ so that men are winning again. ( power speed ), these plus the condemnation of European women slender long leg figure as racism, will move RG body towards that of artistic floor gym body, favoured by asian women. Sharapova VS Williams, williams win! ( ...but actually racism was on Williams so that black women don’t get that ballet figure, keeping asian women happy). 3. In gala and shows, boys interested should show talent. I support male in gala. Concern is if competitions are the focus, millions of asian boys gets pushed into deadly competitions to ( finish off Europeans lady’s leading edge for asian women ), putting pressure onto boys age 3 (yeah, asian!!!) -25 sacrifice masculinity male development ( helping to make European men unique but American black men wouldn’t agree) and spent 50 hours per week ( try the asian boys!!! Maybe 50+++) getting a none profit three medal every 4 years. It’s a concern about physical and mental/psychological health for the boys but, not every nation sees this way, and half the population on this Earth would just carelessly watching those ‘kamikaze’ keep going. Boys have larger chest and smaller hips, once the criteria gets pushed to favour boys, that slender long leg fit Europeans lady body figuring, is gone explained as ‘Aryan’ myth again.

[@isaacmendoza1084]

It is very sad, because I have been looking for a RG school, but in my country anyone wants to train me, just because I'm a man

[@sb8095]

I hope you get to train and people stop being so prejudiced :(

[@poljails]

Lo siento, pero la igualdad de género en algunos casos no suma

[@stevegrech30]

we fight so much for equality yet from a very young age we teach children another thing!!! shame!!!

[@Evgencia]

Yeah. Sport has no gender.

[@mariesargymnast4912]

I think the men can 100% be recognised in RG but I feel like they should do rope, ball, clubs and hoop instead. The Japanese men are incredible, but that is not really RG. Yes it is really fluid and artistic, but you lose the leaps, turns, balances, risks and masteries of RG. So it is a really interesting topic but surely yes men's RG should be able to be recognised by FIG.

[@kaienzhu8760]

Japanese version is like revised AG with apparatus

[@jaysarno6216]

I agree. Same type of ropes, balls, clubs (possibly larger?), 2 small hoops, and not having ribbon since I find it quite feminine. I think a good replacement for ribbon is a stick or a baton for men. The men could also put masculine ballet and acrobatics together in their routines

[@sb8095]

@@jaysarno6216 Agreed but MRG should also have ribbons as that would look more interesting