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Sunday, 26 February 2006

Rolling is done after a landing to minimize impact on the joints and to redirect momentum. Rolls can also be used for other purposes, for instance in diving through a railing where it is no possible to land back on your feet, or to get across an area such as a high table where rolling is a suitable choice. Roulade is French for roll.


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1. 11-21-2007 12:44

thanks skynative for making these new tutorials. Nice job
Parkour Addict

2. 01-16-2008 14:10

Hey, what program was used to make these, b/c i like to animate in Flash (complete beginner tho :D ). 
 
thx, and nice job!
wannabeFR

3. 01-16-2008 14:12

Skynative, idk how hard it is to do this, but i think it would be helpful and just plain cool if the animations could be fast forwarded, paused, rewound, etc.
wannabeFR

4. 01-28-2008 00:49

i agree and could you make these vids for every single move too, i noticed a couple missing them

5. 04-18-2008 16:43

i agree with wannabeFR

6. 04-22-2008 10:32

any help on a diving roll, where you don't land on your feet first????? does it just require a super perfect roll?

7. 11-17-2008 17:21

ya u should make a vid for the tutorials too :grin

8. 11-25-2008 18:36

Land on your SHOULDERS people! Or you can mess up your back so bad, that you could never do parkour or freerunning at the same level/period. Its that important.

9. 11-05-2009 01:04

The animation for this tumble roll is incorrect, do not follow it. The animation shows the character land, bend his knees down to absorb impact, then PUSH up with his knees into the tumble. This is the exact opposite of what you want to do, it puts 2x more stress on his knees because he has to push upwards against all that downwards force! 
The right thing to do is to fall INTO the roll. The purpose of it being is that you are falling diagonally- so half the force is going forward and half the force is downward. By falling into a roll, you continue the forward motion, reducing the force by 1/2

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