I still get dizzy after a forward roll. Has anyone actually overcome this problem? (BTW - I have read about the possible cures such as breathing out when forward rolling, however I am interested in whether there is anyone out there who can say they have actually overcome the problem.) Thank you
How long have you been practicing forward rolls. I got this too but only for about the first month. Another thing is there should be some tension in your body toward the end of the breakfast as you impact (unless you're doing the tumbling style rolls in which case this won't help). If you tighten the legs as you go over the effect is similar, albeit reduced in effect) to how pilots squeeze their legs when doing rolls in order to contract the blood vessels and keep blood more toward the brain.
I get dizzy rolling if I roll the same direction for a long time, but I still get tired if I run a long time too. I don't think you ever become immune to it but frankly there's not really any situation where you're likely to need to do like twelve front rolls in a row. So long as you can pop a flip and get back to what you're doing without puking, I don't see a problem.
Actually eventually you'll acclimate to it and it won't be such a problem. You just have to practice it about 10 rolls per day for a month. I also found that once I became acclimated to rolling that it was easier to recover from taking a shot to the head.
Try not to roll whilst eating breakfast !!! Like the others I think it just takes a bit of practice and getting used to ... Smurf
I tend to find when doing continuous forward rolls the body is folded up so it's difficult to spot and regain balance, whereas when doing forward round breakfalls across the mat, just getting back to standing on two feet there is enough time to spot and so not get dizzy
couple jumps afterwards should help--helps me. also, my limit when we're drilling across the mat is three rolls. after that, i get too dizzy. same thing with backwards rolls.
