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Offline AK47 6112

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Is this a good start?
« on: February 23, 2011, 08:24:26 AM »
I recently decided to start somewhere in mid-January. So far I have only started learning to roll. My drills went something like 50 round of one progression of rolling on grass, then another progress(look at the ryan doyle tutorial and you will know what I am talking about).. and I'm thinking of moving to concrete next. Is this a good way to start? Should I learn to dive roll as soon as I learn to roll regularly on concrete?

Basically my training plan looks like this(by trials I mean rolls):
10 trials on a mattress/pillows to get the feel of 1 progression
50 trials on grass
50 trials of the next progression on grass
10 trials of dive roll on mattress/pillows
50 trials on grass
repeat cycle with concrete(?)
later i plan on learning to roll while landing.

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Re: Is this a good start?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2011, 08:33:57 AM »
Sounds like a great, slow, safe start to me! Glad to see that you're allowing yourself the proper time to progress and you aren't rushing into things :)
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Re: Is this a good start?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2011, 11:39:34 AM »
I love it!  This is exactly what progression should look like.  Too many people don't have the basics down before they get wild with it, and pay dearly later on.  Stick to it.  I'd say that when you feel COMFORTABLE with your roll, that would be the time to move on to diving rolls, but don't EVER stop practicing rolls in general.

Good training. ;D
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