Bruno Angelico Bruno Angelico born in Paris France is a professional performer well known as the creator of an extreme and acrobatic sport based on the concept of the gymnastic Traveling rings A specialized physical discipline of training which he calls Drifting His performances have been featured in many commercials such as Nike LA Inc Direct TV etc Also seen on the internet or on TV with Discovery Channel He is also photographed and featured in newspapers such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times Magazine He has trained to this discipline with different techniques he developed stuntmen traceurs personal trainers and performers from various circuses including Cirque du Soleil At today s date he is still the only one in the world to be able to perform some very difficult stunts on the traveling rings He is also a stuntman a race car driver an actor and a musician who recently created a Funk Soul band called Baby Funk The Children of Truth He performed as an actor and a stuntman in major film productions such as LA Confidential as a Guest Star with actors like Kiefer Sutherland Tom Cruise Geoffrey Rush Jewel and many more He was also seen with Enrique Iglesisas in the Wild Wild West Bailamos production or TV shows such As Sliders Traveling rings They are part of a structure of 75 feet long by 16 feet wide and 16 feet High 10 rings are suspended about 8 feet off the ground and 8 feet apart The basic goal was to swing from one ring to another and come back to the starting point The first structure of this size was standing at the Original Muscle Beach of Santa Monica California in the US It was built and designed by stuntman Russ M Saunders in 1963 And then demolished in 1998 2 were rebuilt in Feb 2000 Bruno Angelico seriously started to focus on this discipline in 2000 with the rebuilt structure He is known to have created a multitude of stunts that he performs with ease grace and style Bruno Angelico was the first one to incorporate the structure which was taboo then in his wild and acrobatic expression He was known to be the first one to bounce off the poles or going around the poles or changing grips between poles in a middle of a routine He was also the first one to skip a multitude of rings in a full swing He was also the first one to create Mid air stunts in the middle of a routine meaning letting go of all rings skipping rings with the same hand He could also perform flips in mid air catching another ring in the middle of his swing Not only he swings from one ring to another by his knees he is also known to be the first one to be able to go from one ring to another by his feet and toes completely barefoot He can also skip rings by his feet with a small grip apparatus attached to his ankle What Bruno Angelico created and developed could be assimilated to a form of Parkour on the gymnastic rings Filmography Acting 2009 Frankie s Jewels as Bruno 2006 True Caribbean Pirates as the French Captain 2006 Mutiny on the Rings II as Bruno Angelico 2004 Shot From the Sky as Georges Banlier 2003 L A Confidential as Chuey 1999 Sliders TV series as Pimp Stunts 2006 True Caribbean Pirates TV movie stunt performer 2006 Mutiny on the Rings II video short stunt coordinator 2004 Shot from the Sky TV documentary stunt double 2003 L A Confidential TV movie stunt driver 1999 Magnolia stunt driver 1999 H