grappling and falls

[Jaron Bernstein]

Makes sense. Next class I will try to roll with my waster and see what happens.

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[Jaron Bernstein]

Are you saying that with a forward roll, the hand the contacts the ground first has the sword in it?

[Randall Pleasant]

Jaron

I not attempting to answer for Casper but it appears that he and I are talking about same thing. So yes, the sword may (or may not) be in the hand that is starting the roll. For example, if you are rolling from your right shoulder to your left hip then you will be starting the roll with the right arm. Your right arm will be aligned towards your left hip, which moves it out from under the bulk of your body and by relaxing your grip your sword should also lay flat during the roll. If you have the sword in you left hand, the sword is pointing to your right, and you are rolling across the right shoulder then just pull your left hand out from under you and try to get the blade flat to the ground to reduce the danger of the guards and the edges. As I said earlier, I also practice the Russian roll in case I might have my sword in my right hand with the sword pointing to my right and I need to roll across my right shoulder.

[Jaron Bernstein]

Let me see if I get this: You can do a forward roll with the sword in either hand, provided the sword is aligned on the roll to be away from the bulk of you body as it rolls?

[Gene Tausk]

"Let me see if I get this: You can do a forward roll with the sword in either hand, provided the sword is aligned on the roll to be away from the bulk of you body as it rolls? "


Yes


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[Jaron Bernstein]

Cool. I'll try this one on Sunday. All of my other tumbling has been empty handed.

[Casper Bradak]

As a matter of fact, the guys from Ochs showed us a pretty cool warmup along these lines at the international event. Toss your weapon out on the ground, then dive for it, retrieving it and ending up back on your feet in a fighting position using a roll.

[Shane Smith]

Let's not forget Gene Tausk's excellent class on combat breakfalls at the Intl. Event as well... I needed those skills when practicing counters with John later in the day <img src="/forum/images/icons/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />