safety roll
Falling without injury
A safety roll is a technique for absorbing impact when falling or landing, used in martial arts, parkour, gymnastics, and stunt work.
The practitioner tucks and rolls diagonally across the back, distributing force along the body rather than concentrating it on joints or the spine.
He hit the ground and executed a safety roll, coming up on his feet.
The technique minimizes injury risk when jumping from heights or being thrown.
- parkourMovement discipline over obstacles
- martialRelating to warfare
- martial artsCodified fighting systems
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
- aikidoThrowing art using redirection
gymnastics · stunt · stunt double · tuck · shoulder · mat · landing · soft landing · momentum · impact · hit the ground · fall protection · parachute · dive · somersault · protect · cushion · instinct
- Parkourparkour, freerunning, vault, wall run, cat leap
- breakfalls
safety rollhard landing
Forceful impact upon touchdown
crash landing · faceplant · face plant · splat · belly flop
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