The front rolling side fall is used when one is falling forward and has a lot of forward momentum. In practicing the front-rolling fall, start practicing the technique from a squatting position and progress to a standing position and a diving position. Protecting the head is vital during this fall.
Rolling often causes apprehension amongst students. They may become disoriented while rolling. However, many throws will quick flip an opponent over the hip which may also cause disorientation. Practice may alleviate so so this dizziness A smooth rolling fall may save one from injury during common mishaps, such as a bicycle crash or a fall down a flight of stairs.
Front Rolling Side Fall (from squatting position)
Start from a squatting position, with feet a shoulder width apart.
- Take one step forward with the left foot.
- Place right hand on the mat on the right side of the left foot, under the right shoulder.
- Place knife-edge of left hand on the mat between the left foot and right hand with fingers of knife hand pointed back toward the body.
- Turn head to the right looking over the right shoulder. If the head does not remain turned, but tucks into the chest, it may impact the floor.
- Push forward with the right foot, rolling along the outside of the left arm, diagonally across the back, and finish in a right side fall position. Keep the body curled like a ball throughout the Sponsors
- Return to a squatting position.
- Repeat with right leg forward, rolling into a left side fall.
- Repeat until the movements become smooth and powerful.
The front rolling side fall is used when one is falling forward and has a lot of forward momentum. In practicing the front-rolling fall, start practicing the technique from a squatting position and progress to a standing position and a diving position. Protecting the head is vital during this fall.
Rolling often causes apprehension amongst students. They may become disoriented while rolling. However, many throws will quick flip an opponent over the hip which may also cause disorientation. Practice may alleviate so so this dizziness A smooth rolling fall may save one from injury during common mishaps, such as a bicycle crash or a fall down a flight of stairs.
Front Rolling Side Fall (from squatting position)
Start from a squatting position, with feet a shoulder width apart.
- Take one step forward with the left foot.
- Place right hand on the mat on the right side of the left foot, under the right shoulder.
- Place knife-edge of left hand on the mat between the left foot and right hand with fingers of knife hand pointed back toward the body.
- Turn head to the right looking over the right shoulder. If the head does not remain turned, but tucks into the chest, it may impact the floor.
- Push forward with the right foot, rolling along the outside of the left arm, diagonally across the back, and finish in a right side fall position. Keep the body curled like a ball throughout the Sponsors
- Return to a squatting position.
- Repeat with right leg forward, rolling into a left side fall.
- Repeat until the movements become smooth and powerful.
Front Rolling Side Fall (from standing position)
Start from a standing position, with feet shoulder width apart.
- Take one step forward with the left foot.
- Place knife-edge of left hand on the mat between the left foot and right hand with fingers of knife hand pointed back toward the body.
- Turn head to the right looking over the right shoulder. If the head does not remain turned, but tucks into the chest, it may impact the floor.
- Push forward with the right foot, rolling along the outside of the left arm, diagonally across the back, and finish in a right side fall position. Keep the body curled like a ball throughout the roll.
- At the end of the roll, slap the mat with the right hand, kiai, and raise arms and legs to a guarding position.
- Return to a standing position.
- Repeat with right leg forward, rolling into a left side fall.
- Repeat until the movements become smooth and powerful.
Front Rolling Side Fall (diving)
Start from a standing position, with feet shoulder width apart. In one smooth motion:
- Forward with the left foot.
- Turn head to the right looking over the right shoulder. If the head does not remain turned, but tucks into the chest, it may impact the floor.
- Push forward with the right foot, push off the left foot and dive forward, reaching out with the knife-edge of left hand out in front of the body, with fingers of knife hand pointed back toward the body.
- Roll along the outside of the left arm, diagonally across the back, and finish in a right side fall position. Keep the body curled like a ball throughout the roll.
- At the end of the roll, slap the mat with the right hand, kiai, and roll forward to a standing position.
- Repeat with right leg forward, rolling into a left side fall.
- Repeat until the movements become smooth and powerful.
- Beginners usually throw themselves forward, landing heavily on the shoulder instead of rolling gently along an unbroken arc. They have not learned to maintain a sense of "center" around which the sphere of their body will roll. They leap forward with their upper body with the rest of the body trailing along. In a correct forward roll, the entire body moves at once as it revolves around the center of gravity like a wheel.To avoid injury, contact must be maintained with the ground throughout the movement. Pain results from the impact of body surfaces with the ground. The greater the distance between a body surface and the ground, the greater the impact and the greater the pain. If there is no distance between them, there will be not impact and no pain. Your body must roll along, not "fall" onto the floor. Contact should be smoothly transferred from the shoulder to the back, the hip, thigh, and finally to the feet. There should be no interruption of the flow.
