Talented 'Rope Warrior' performs and teaches kids jumping rope safety

 

[July 14, 2017]  LINCOLN - Much to the delight of a large audience of kids, David Fisher, aka The Rope Warrior, jumped into the his performance. The event was held last Thursday morning as part of the Lincoln Public Library Summer Reading Program.

Fisher hails from Indianapolis and has been entertaining for over twenty years with his rope jumping skills. He has traveled extensively, appeared on the television show America’s Got Talent, and holds three world records for jumping. He is also a published author of a book on trick jumps and recently branched out into science fiction, taking the persona of the Rope Warrior into the realm of super heroes.

While entertaining with trick jumping, he also shared his knowledge with an enthusiastic young audience. At one point he was jumping with five volunteers, all perfectly completing the stunt. Fisher stressed to his audience the athletic benefits of jumping rope.

Fisher also gave safety instructions to kids and their parents about jumping including eye protection, landing softly on the balls of their feet, and receiving parent’s permission to try advanced moves such as he does. He wanted the kids to promise not to jump near another person. Ropes can hurt when they are spinning at high speed.

One of the world records he holds is jumping, or rather, sitting in the prone position while he pops up and down spinning the rope under him at lightning speed. He had the kids doing Double Dutch even though some had never done it before, and others doing a traveling jump as they passed in front of him. He received lots of volunteers from the audience to try the unusual jumps with him.

He completed his performance by doing some of the very advanced maneuvers that have brought him acclaim. In many instances the rope was spinning so fast that is was invisible, not a blur, but actually invisible.

The Lincoln Public Library summer reading program “Reading By Design” is ongoing. There are two more weeks of Thursday morning entertainment and lots of tremendous books to read. Contact the Lincoln Public Library Youth Librarian Melissa Oxborrow for information at 217-732-5732.

[Curtis Fox]