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Cartwheel (gymnastics) A cartwheel is a sideways rotary movement of the body. It is performed by bringing the hands to the floor one at a time while the body inverts. The legs travel over the body trunk while one or both hands are on the floor, and then the feet return to the floor one at a time, ending with the athlete standing upright.
The Cartwheel Galaxy (also known as ESO 350-40 or PGC 2248) is a lenticular ring galaxy about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. [1] It has a D 25 isophotal diameter of 44.23 kiloparsecs (144,300 light-years), and a mass of about 2.9–4.8 × 10 9 solar masses ; its outer ring has a circular velocity of 217 km/s .
Operation Cartwheel. The eastern part of the Territory of , and the northern ; the area in which Operation Cartwheel took place, from June 1943. Operation Cartwheel (1943 – 1944) was a major military operation for the Allies in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Cartwheel was an operation aimed at neutralising the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
An aerial cartwheel or side aerial is an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor. During the execution of a standard cartwheel, the performer's body is supported by the hands while transitioning through the inverted orientation whereas an aerial cartwheel, performer is airborne while inverted.
Cartwheel (gymnastics), an acrobatic maneuver; Aerial cartwheel, an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor; Business. Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Corporation; Cartwheel Records, a former record label based in Nashville, Tennessee; Target Cartwheel, a savings app from Target Corporation
A move similar to a cartwheel where the gymnast pushes off the ground and lands on two feet, facing the direction in which the move was initiated in. This move is often used to initiate a tumble. Roll A roll is a rotation over an axis in the body over a surface. Rope A gymnastics apparatus used in rhythmic gymnastics.
A second style of French farthingale, also known as the wheel, great, drum or cartwheel farthingale, became fashionable in England during the 1590s. It seems to have consisted of several hoops made from whalebone that graduated outwards from the level of the waistline in a wheel shape.
The late 19th century street-fighting capoeiragem was a mixed martial art, combining five main fighting techniques: headbutts, foot kicks, open hand blows, blades, and stick techniques. [ 7] The straight razor ( navalha) was most common capoeira weapon, also used for assassinations. [ 8] Blade techniques were a natural extension of unarmed ...