Cartwheel (gymnastics)

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The martial art of capoiera has a similar move called the cart wheel.

In gymnastics, a cartwheel is the movement where one moves sideways (in the motion the wheel of a cart would follow) in a straight line keeping the back straight placing the hand of the same side on the ground followed by the other hand as the legs are passed over the body and then come down as the hands and body come up to a standing up position. You can also perform a cartwheel using one or no hands.

The name cartwheel is used because when a human performs this, their limbs move like the spokes of a turning wheel.

Reference

[Animation of a cartwheel]

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