Japanese Men's Rhythmic

[Denn]

Adapted from the comments:

1. There's 3 scores — composition/artistry, difficulty, and execution.
2. The hardest 3 acro and hardest 3 non-acro count for difficulty. A → 0.1, B → 0.2, C → 0.3, D difficulty → 0.5, E difficulty → 0.7. Elements go up a rank if all 5 gymnasts do it at the same time.
3. Other elements count for composition and artistry. This is something I have called for MANY times, as people here will remember — it's wonderful to see it used in a sport that values artistry like this one does.
4. There's other bonuses, too

0:33 — (Five at once) I-leg balance → C difficulty 0.3 (Non-acrobatic ①)
0:47 — (Five at once) Pike jump to forward bend → B difficulty 0.2 — COUNTS FOR ARTISTRY
0:55 — (Five at once) Shimbi handstand → D difficulty 0.5 (Non-acrobatic ②)
1:07 — 1st tumbling pass → E difficulty 0.7 + bonus 0.2 (Acrobatic ①)
1:35 — (Five at once) 2nd tumbling pass → E difficulty 0.7 + bonus 0.5 (Acrobatic ②)
1:47 — (Five at once) Star-shape jump → A difficulty 0.1 — COUNTS FOR ARTISTRY
2:21 — (Five at once) Supine front-back split → C difficulty 0.3 (Non-acrobatic ③)
2:30 — 3rd tumbling pass (cross skill) → E difficulty 0.7 + bonus 0.3 (Acrobatic ③)

 

[Sasha]

Thanks for sharing. Those synchronised layout fulls were SO satisfying!

Does this sport exist only in Japan?

 

[Denn]

Thanks for sharing. Those synchronised layout fulls were SO satisfying!

Does this sport exist only in Japan?

I don't know, but I can say that I personally have never seen it anywhere else. Which I find striking because it seems so cool.

 

[MaryClare]

Thanks for sharing. Those synchronised layout fulls were SO satisfying!

Does this sport exist only in Japan?

No. Spain and Russia’s national federations have both recognised men’s RG for quite some time. I don’t know when Spain first did, but Russia has since 2009. Irina Viner was federation president at the time and she organised for a group from Japan to tour Russia, sponsored by Gazprom. Individual is more popular than team event here. Artem Sokolov is the top gymnast currently. There was a feature in the federation magazine earlier this year, covering the national championships.

 

[Denn]

Are there teams like that, though? If so, any videos?

 

[MaryClare]

Are there teams like that, though? If so, any videos?

I edited my post to show the magazine feature. There are teams, but only 2 contested the national championship. Tatarstan beat Krasnoyarsk Krai. The individual event is far more popular. I’ll try to find some videos on VK, I remember seeing a couple earlier this year. It is definitely different in style to japans RG men, since a lot of influence here comes from men’s traditional folk dance, Cossack and others, where use of hand apparatus is common.

The numbers are small, although provision is increasing. Karelia launched a men’s RG program earlier this year. But it sort of competes directly with Men’s acro 4s for the same sort of gymnasts

 

[Denn]

That was going to be my next question, actually. Thank you — if you find videos, I will really be excited to check them out (and maybe others will too!)