how do i do a front roll?

Question

every one was doing them and i want to know how to do a front roll

Answer 1

1. Find yourself an open space, preferably matted, with no furniture, people, or pets in the way.

2. Go into a half-kneeling position, the "bended knee" position you see men in movies get into to propose. Your left leg should be in the front, with your right leg in back (from right knee down should be touching the ground, with your toes curled under and your foot resting on its ball).

3. Make a circle with your arms as if you were holding a big beach ball. The fingertips of your left index, middle, and ring fingers should be touching or slightly overlapping the fingertips of your right index, middle, and ring fingers.

4. Turn your arms so that your palms are parallel to your left knee. Place your palms alongside your left foot, with about 10 to 12 inches of space between your foot and your hands.

5. Turn your head to the right and tuck your chin down to your chest. You should be able to look past your right side.

6. Keeping your arms circled as if holding a beach ball (do NOT collapse your arms; you'll do a face plant if you do), push off from your back foot and roll forward onto your left shoulder.

7. Continue with this momentum and roll FORWARD. You will actually roll diagonally from your left shoulder, down across your back to your right hip. It's important to go forward because many people tend to hit the ground with their shoulders and then roll over sideways, like a barrel.

8. Finish the roll by landing on your feet and jumping up to a fighting stance.

It will take practice, especially if you are used to gymnastics-type rolls in which you go over your head. Martial arts forward rolls don't do this because the moment your head hits the ground, well, you can't defend yourself if you're unconcious.

Answer 2

kneeling position. The leg that's in front is that hand that's i front.

Bring hands together and have them parallel to your foot. You can have either palms up or down. Down may be better because you are less likely to hurt yourself.

now. from here, you try and look under the arm pit that is towards the back and let your self go. Don't throw yourself into it. Also, you must feel the ground roll up the front arm, over the shoulder, and feel it roll across your back to the opposite hip.

If you put more than 8ilbs of pressure on the shoulder, you may break collar bone, so start on a crash pad or soft surface for beginning. Don't launhc yourself, just let yourself fall into the roll. And don't land on the neck/

Answer 3

Are you asking about front or over the shoulder falling or just a front roll or a front dive roll? Lets assume you are asking about a front dive roll. It's like a front dive-you have to go all the way or you will belly flop-or possibly break your neck in this case so safety is important here. Start on a mat in a squatted frog like position and do a simple somersault. Notice how you roll across the back of your neck, upper shoulders and down your spine to your butt. On a front dive roll you do not roll across your neck and you catch yourself on your hands slightly before tucking and rolling on the back of your shoulders and your spine to your butt keeping it curved.

Once you can do a forward roll out of that squatting frog position smoothly and you can also not roll across the back of your neck you can then try taking just a little more weight on your hands and arms, collapsing them and making initial contact with the backs of your shoulders. Eventually as you get the technique down you gradually increase the height of your squat till you are doing it from a full standing position and even diving out and up slightly and then going down, landing on your hands and arms and across the back of your shoulders and back and then back up to a standing position which is here you momentum will take you if you stand up at the end of the roll before you lose that forward rolling momentum.
I would also talk to the people that were doing this to make sure that this is what they were doing or was it something else. Perhaps it is a technique that you are not ready for or need to build up to learning and mastering and should only be done under the guidance of the instructor. Other types of falling like over the shoulder, etc can result in serious injury if not done properly or learned correctly under the guidance of a good instructor.

Answer 4

The best way to start is from a kneeling position. Go to one knee (say left for this demo.) other leg foot is flat on ground knee bent. Place your finger tips together, middle finger tips touching each other, right hand closest to you. Place your hands, flat on the ground. in line with the knee that is down and slightly above and across from your other foot. Pushing off with the left leg, you roll forward. Make sure that you keep your body in contact with the ground at all times and at all points. There shouldn't be any gaps or holes between you and the ground during the entire roll. Now roll forward, keeping your right arm in contact with ground at all times. Once you reach your shoulder (right) the ground will cross your body down your back and then you'll be rolling across the left leg. Remember to keep contact with ground at all times. Keep your chin tucked in at your chest and do not allow your head to bounce or hit the ground. Once you feel like your doing that well just move up to squatting and then to standing.

Answer 5

also, do not bend your arm too much.

With a bid of bad luck (when someone pushes you from behind unexpected for instance) you could land too much weight on your elbow..so the force will go to your shoulder, and thus your neck could get a shock.

Answer 6

tuck your legs together and stand on your hands and when you feel like you can hold yourself up just roll foward