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For example, a back handspring that begins with the performer in a stationary standing position is a standing back handspring. Body movement may be terminated upon completion of a handspring, or the performer's momentum may be leveraged so as to immediately perform another handspring or other rotational move (e.g., a flip or somersault), such ...
A kip-up (also called a rising handspring, Chinese get up, kick-to-stand, nip-up, [1] flip-up, or carp skip-up) is an acrobatic move in which a person transitions from a supine, and less commonly, a prone position, to a standing position.
A boy demonstrates a roundoff followed by a back handspring. The roundoff is a gymnastic technique that turns horizontal speed into vertical speed (to jump higher); it is also used effectively to turn forward momentum from a run into backwards momentum, giving speed and power to backwards moves such as flips and somersaults.
Daniele Hypólito performing a Yurchenko-style vault at the 2016 Summer Olympics The three families of vaults in order from left to right: handspring, Tsukahara, and Yurchenko Yurchenko , also known as round-off entry vaults , are a family of vaults performed in artistic gymnastics in which the gymnast does a round-off onto the springboard and ...
The macaco is similar to a back handspring with the exception of starting with one hand planted behind the capoeirista and the initial movement starting from a low crouch. The macaco begins by lowering the body down into a low crouch and placing one hand on the floor directly behind the back making contact with the ground.
Handspring may refer to: Handspring (company) , a company that made personal digital assistants Handspring (gymnastics) , a gymnastics move involving forward or backward rotation of the body
A front aerial performed as part of an acro dance routine.. An acrobatic flip is a sequence of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and rotates one or more times while airborne.
This move sees the wrestler delivering an open-handed strike with arm movement akin to a cross, usually to the opponent's chin, face or chest. [1] This is a legitimate offensive-defensive maneuver in karate known as Shotei uchi and is often performed by wrestlers with known martial arts background, particularly in Japan where is often ...