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Offline wasureru

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diving rolls?
« on: September 27, 2007, 12:42:26 PM »
if you were diving through something and you wanted to roll on the other side whats the best way to do it, my regular rolls are great and i can land and roll but i keep bumping my head on these

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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2007, 12:58:39 PM »
it's the same principle, it just requires greater body awareness, and more sophisticated timing.

start by trying diving pk rolls over an obstacle in a grassy area, and gradually increase the distance / amount of 'stretch out' in the roll itself.  the biggest thing, is probably that you need to compress yourself into the roll much quicker, which requires alot of sensitivity with how your body is interacting with the ground beneath you.  think sort of along the lines of how a slinky instantly begins re-compressing itself when it makes contact with the next stair.  you want to begin tucking into the roll almost before you touch the ground, and you'll be pulling in with your knees and feet along a line more-or-less parallel with the ground, as opposed to bringing your upper body down to your legs.  it's the difference between crouching down into a squat, and bringing your knees up to your chest when doing jumping squats.  just remember to observe the other rules about pk rolls, especially tucking your head and looking behind you on the opposite side that you'll be rolling on, and also not forgetting to roll diagonally across your back, as opposed to down your spine.

start slow, and increase your speed and momentum gradually.  if you practice fast, you'll learn slow; practice slowly, and you'll learn fast.
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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2007, 06:01:16 PM »
thanks, ill have to try that if it stops raining tomorrow, god damn i hate ohio weather

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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2007, 09:48:25 PM »
yes yes ghostinthebox! couldn't have said it better myself. yeah one thing that you could try (if you know how to do a hand stand) is to jump and block your self and then fall into a roll.
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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2007, 12:58:51 AM »
Hope this helps, watch from 2:50

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5tJAyNxig_A

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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2007, 10:10:49 AM »
for diving rolls is it better to run, hop, and take off with 2 feet?
or is it better to run straight into it and take off with one foot?

most of my other moves i take off with two feet (wallspins, palmspins, reverse vaults, etc)

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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2007, 05:45:13 PM »
Depending of how much height or distance you need. If the obstacle is more high that it is long you want to take of from both feet but if what you want is distance you want to take of with one foot.
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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2007, 03:38:31 PM »
thanks, ill have to try that if it stops raining tomorrow, god damn i hate ohio weather
It rains five days a week here lately and it's really your friend for rolling. My ground is so soft it doesnt matter if i screw up.  I could probably faceplant off of my two story roof and be ok.  Aside from the soft landing, it shows if your roll is correctly across your back.  The shirt i wear for pk has a mud streak neatly connecting my right shoulder to my left hip as im told it should.  As for the cold and the wet, you do pk, you're supposed to be hardcore enough not to even notice.  Btw, dont wear anything you plan on ever wearing in public again.

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Re: diving rolls?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2008, 01:48:07 PM »
Depending of how much height or distance you need. If the obstacle is more high that it is long you want to take of from both feet but if what you want is distance you want to take of with one foot.
Thats true. I'm just afraid of dive rolling over anything thats so high it requires a two foot take off. Usually, it means that I'll be coming more or less straight down, from a high height, and I've yet to master a way to transfer that momentum into the lateral momentum of a roll without hurting my wrists.
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