{"id":733,"date":"2012-03-05T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T11:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2012-03-05T13:36:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T11:36:06","slug":"shaolin-monk-does-a-handstand-on-two-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/shaolin-monk-does-a-handstand-on-two-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaolin Monk does a Handstand on Two Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/shaolin-monk-does-a-handstand-on-two-fingers\/extreme-sports-inspiration-shaolin-monk-handstand-on-two-fingers-gif-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4492\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4492\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/extreme-sports-inspiration-shaolin-monk-handstand-on-two-fingers-gif1.gif\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[post_content]\" title=\"Shaolin Monk does a Handstand on Two Fingers\" alt=\" A shaolin monk performs an amazing stunt, a handstand on only two fingers\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are only a few people in the world who are able to do this handstand &#8211; most people lack the strength in their fingers to hold up their entire bodyweight on just one finger from each hand. This Shaolin monk shows how the fingerstand can be performed, but only as a result of years of dedication, perseverance and training.<\/p>\n<p>For more amazing people, take a look at these inspirational extreme sports and body work videos on mayhemandmuse.com:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/watch-this-and-youll-want-to-play-on-monkey-bars\/\">Watch This and You&#8217;ll Want to Play on Monkey Bars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/daredevil-combines-parkour-and-skateboarding\/\">Daredevil Combines Parkour and Skateboarding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/danny-macaskill-trick-bikes-across-scotland\/\">Danny MacAskill Trick Bikes Across Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are only a few people in the world who are able to do this handstand &#8211; most people lack the strength in their fingers to hold up their entire bodyweight on just one finger from each hand. This Shaolin monk shows how the fingerstand can be performed, but only as a result of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,93,246,249,278,323,383,388,438,472,487,491,545,559,655,668,701,720,772,792],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}