How to do a cartwheel without hands in Wushu martial arts

This is an animated martial arts tutorial for the cartwheel without hands. Use the controls to pause, slow down and follow along with detailed step by step text instructions that match up with each movement. This instructional martial arts video is incredibly in depth and a great guide for learning the back flip layout.

How to do a Cartwheel without Hands - Wushu

In this lesson you will learn how to do a cartwheel without hands in Wushu martial arts.

The cartwheel whithout hands, also known as cartwheel roll, aerial cartwheel or in chinese "Ce Kong Fan" is a cartwheel where you don't put your hands on the floor. Cartwheels without hands are usually done from the left leg. The animation above shows how the cartwheel without hands is done in wushu.

Trainer advice: How to do a Cartwheel without Hands

* Try to keep your knee and our elbows straight.
* In wushu you can flex you ankles when you are in the air. In gymnastics you should fully extend your ankles.
* If you are a beginner, jump from a wooden springboard or a bump into a sand pit. For wushu jumps, sand is better than mats.
* Lean forward as you jump off. If you sit back and bend your knees too much, you cartwheel without hands will turn into a butterfly kick.
* Learn the butterfly kick and the flying frontkick before you try the cartwheel without hands. Once you can do all the other basic wushu jumps and the butterfly twist, you can try the cartwheel without hands twist.
* If you find it difficult to land with your feet pointing back to where you came from, practice left-handed cartwheels and plant the left hand as late as possible. ( jump from the left leg - plant your left hand - land on the right leg ) This help straightening slanted cartwheels without hands.
* Increase you leg strength with plyometric exercises.
* In capoeira you practice cartwheels from the left and from the right leg.