What is an Aerial?

Series Summary

Martial arts is a sport that involves a sequence of movements and exercises that require strength and flexibility. Typical martial arts moves include punches, kicks, rolls, tucks, somersaults, flips, and other acrobatic maneuvers. Competitive martial arts, like those in the Olympics, take a lot of dedication and practice. There are many types of martial arts but the farther one advances in any of them the more acrobatic moves they learn.

In this series of videos, you will learn more about martial arts and how to do an aerial. Our expert teaches you different exercises and tips on how to do one correctly and safely. Get tips on doing the perfect aerial and other variations of one. It is important to learn beginning martial arts positions or stances first. You can also learn more advanced moves including eye-hand-coordination with your arms and legs. Get tips on warm-ups and stretches as well from our expert martial artist!

Video Transcript

"While we are today, we're going to learn how to do an aerial. I guess a lot of people may say an aerial is basically a cartwheel without hands, which in part it is, it looks very similar. However, I am going to show you how it's a little bit different a cartwheel versus an aerial. So basically an aerial, you'll run, you go flip into the air with your legs apart like so, until you land without your hands touching the ground. So I am going to demonstrate an aerial for you, just so you will get an idea of what we are going to be learning today. The run, and then, landing without your hands touching. So basically, that's how we are going to do the aerial. Now today, I am also going to also show you the steps, from running up, getting into it, flipping over and then landing. So, after that we also get some backward information on the aerial on how to do the clip. From there we are going to be introducing you to the aerial and all its other applications."