Cartwheel

Designed to teach the practitioner additional body maneuvering skills and gymnastics. Used in combat for escape and evasion. Cartwheels can be used to go from cover to cover, escaping an incoming attack, going with the flow of an attack or broadening the distance between oneself and an attacker.

Facing sideways leap in the facing direction onto both hands

Kick legs up and over your head, maintain the balance until the legs land

End in a protective stance

One arm cartwheel

Designed to teach the student additional body maneuvering skills and gymnastics.Used in combat for escape and evasion.

Facing sideways leap in the facing direction onto the lead or rear hand

Kick the legs up and over maintaining the balance until the legs land

End in a protective stance

Knee level cartwheel

Designed to teach the student additional body maneuvering skills and gymnastics.Used in combat for escape and evasion.

Start on your knees facing sideways

Lean your body in the direction of the technique and place the lead hand down

Kick rear leg up as you spring onto lead arm and place the right for assistance

Come up into a handstand and follow through with a cartwheel

Applications:

 Kicking up into opponent while cartwheeling away (Hands or face)

 kicking head while cartwheeling from side to side

 Looking with eyes the whole time you cartwheel

 Cartwheel from your knees

 One handed cartwheel

 Moving behind one object to another (looking through doorway)

 Picking up objects

 Creating distance from opponent