The real-life flexible friend: India's "Rubber Man" by watching Jackie Chan movies

Vijay Sharma can wrap his legs over his head, wriggle through a tennis racket and wind his arms around his back.

'Rubber Man' Vijay Sharma demonstrates his flexibility by winding his arms around
his back and wrapping then around his waist in Delhi


His flexibility has earned him the title of 'Rubber Man' in the Limca book of Records, India's version of the Guinness book of World Records, and he hopes to one-day achieve global fame.

The village boy from Rajashtan's Jhunjhunu district started taking martial arts lessons in 1999 in a bid to learn Jackie Chan's acrobatic fighting style.

It was during these lessons he discovered the extent of his flexibility and started experimenting.

He squeezed into tiny spaces, curled his body into boxes and attempted to drink from bottles held between his toes.

After seeing the tennis racket stunt in Guinness book of world records, he became curious and bought a tennis racket the next day. He quickly removed the strings and tried to pass through the nine-and-a-half-inch surface.

Vijay wants to achieve fame by working on martial arts and body flexibility.

Write caption hereThe village boy from Rajashtan's Jhunjhunu district
started taking martial arts lessons in 1999 in a bid to learn Chan's
acrobatic fighting style

Write caption hereThe village boy from Rajashtan's Jhunjhunu district
started taking martial arts lessons in 1999 in a bid to learn Chan's
acrobatic fighting style

Least interested in his father's clothes shop business, Vijay wants to achieve fame
by working on martial arts and body flexibility