Rolls

A safety roll that one performs to distribute the impact of from drop. A proper parkour roll can prevent injuries and allow an athlete to jump from very high distances. Safety rolls should be used when a landing is too dangerous to attempt with simply bending the legs.

Jumping into a roll. This is not a gymnastics roll. You must go over your shoulder.

It's the parkour roll done backwards. Mastering it can prevent a lot of injuries when falling backwards.

Starting backwards you do a 180 into a roll.

While lifting one leg, like you would kick a ball, jump into the opposite direction inwards and roll out.

A dive roll with a full twist

Starting backwards you done and a half twists into a roll. This is typically done out of a round-off

Two twists into a dive roll