Stilt Walking

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Simply Circus Introduction to Stiltwalking Textbook.  This is our textbook on learning to stilt.  This book is designed for use with the Simply Circus Introduction to Stilting class.  It is NOT a replacement for hands on stiltwalking instruction

The English method.  This page describes the traditional English method of learning to stiltwalk.  Please Note that this is NOT the method we teach at Simply Circus, and is included here ONLY for reference purposes. 

Stiltwalking How-to.  Eric Bagai's stiltwalking guide is one of the most widely read resources on learning stiltwalking.  Well worth a read.

• Circus in Schools Handbook, pages 46 - 59 (Sharon McCutcheon. 2004, Tarook)
• Circus Techniques, pages  78 - 82 (Hovey Burgess.  1989, Brian Dube)

Falling on Peg Stilts Video.  This video shows the proper method for falling from stilts.

Wikipedia article on Stilts 

Wikipedia article on Stilt walking