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Week 2: Round-Off/Cartwheel Counter to Throws
Jan. 09, 2016 By: Filed in: Throws/Takedowns
For my second week of my 52-week challenge, I decided to try something challenging that I’ve been interested in trying for a while; using a round-off/cartwheel as a way of countering a throw. I’ve seen this done most commonly against a shoulder throw, but it can be done against different types of throws. Here’s a video I used for inspiration: (more…)
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