Calisthenics, the Art of the Free Body Gains Ground in Lebanon

Makram Haddad, 15/04 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Dimitrios Yaacoub Calisthenics National champion Lebanon

No, it is neither a rare disease nor a new fashionable treatment. Behind this slightly barbaric name–which could evoke an antique medicine or a forgotten pathology–calisthenics is indeed a sport. And not just any sport, it is an art of movement, a cult of the free body, a spectacular mix of strength, flexibility and control. Also called ...