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===== Ruppel Backbend =====

Also: Ruppel Bend


Name claimed by [[performers/Alina Ruppel]]

A standing backbend where the shoulders are drawn through the thighs. The arms are braced against the legs, with the shoulders clearly pushed past the plane of the thighs.

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There is a slightly more advanced version where the arms are extended to parallel the legs. While this is not the original version, Alina preferred it as her capstone for many years.

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"While working with Alina Ruppel on [July] 27th in 2009 I had the idea for this pose, and she immediately made it! So I called it "Ruppel-Backbend" and it's still the best in the world! Congratulations to those who tried to reach the same level, but all couldn't." - Gerd Rasquin\grassy2000, Ruppel family friend & contortion coach, NOT Alina's regular coach


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[[https://youtu.be/6FDZMMMHbmA]]
[[https://abenderfan.com/2018/05/31/contortionist-in-focus-alina-ruppel/]]