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  2. Somersault - Wikipedia

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    A somersault (also flip, heli, and in gymnastics salto) is an acrobatic exercise in which a person's body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. [1] A somersault can be performed backwards, fowards or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground.

  3. Aerial cartwheel - Wikipedia

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    An aerial cartwheel or side aerial is an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor. During the execution of a standard cartwheel, the performer's body is supported by the hands while transitioning through the inverted orientation whereas an aerial cartwheel, performer is airborne while inverted.

  4. Professional wrestling aerial techniques - Wikipedia

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    Aerial techniques, also known as "high-flying moves" are performance techniques used in professional wrestling for simulated assault on opponents. The techniques involve jumping from the ring's posts and ropes, demonstrating the speed and agility of smaller, nimble and acrobatically inclined wrestlers, with many preferring this style instead of throwing or locking the opponent.

  5. Cartwheel (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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    Cartwheel animation. A cartwheel is a sideways rotary movement of the body. It is performed by bringing the hands to the floor one at a time while the body inverts. The legs travel over the body trunk while one or both hands are on the floor, and then the feet return to the floor one at a time, ending with the athlete standing upright.

  6. Yurchenko vault family - Wikipedia

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    The roundoff, a quick cartwheel, is then performed onto the springboard with the gymnast's hands placed just before the springboard and their feet on the springboard itself. [7] The roundoff is the portion of the movement that distinguishes the move as belonging to the Yurchenko family of vaults. [ 7 ]

  7. Professional wrestling throws - Wikipedia

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    This move is performed with the wrestler's legs scissored around the opponent's head, dragging the opponent into a forced forward somersault as the wrestler falls to the mat. [7] It is often erroneously called the Hurricanrana in American wrestling, but due to the lack of a double leg cradle pinning combination, it is a standard headscissors ...

  8. Glossary of gymnastics terms - Wikipedia

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    Cassina Kovacs straight with 1/1 turn; named after Igor Cassina. Chestroll This skill to bend the back. It is also called a chin stand. Cartwheel The maneuver where one moves sideways, from hands to feet, in a straight line (in the motion that the wheel of a cart would follow), while keeping the back, arms, and legs straight, and the feet pointed.

  9. Contra III: The Alien Wars - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Bombs and a temporary barrier shield may also be dropped. [3] [7] The player has limited bombs, and using them will damage all enemies on the screen. [2] The player can also perform a spinning jump, firing both guns in an aerial somersault. [3] However, during this move, both of the player's weapons will be at risk of being lost upon ...