One way that I like to think of learning the cartwheel is to treat it as an extension of falling forward. If I fall forward and go off balance, I would have to take a few steps to regain balance again. For the cartwheel, I use this idea as an initiation, and then at the moment that I would have to take a step, I reach my hands for the floor and kick my legs over. The idea is that the movement is not balanced or controlled here, but I’m riding the momentum until I can get back into control. No of