salto

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Although you're allowed to do trips mostly we don't do that so much, we use more Greco-Roman type throws, like the salto, bodylock, lat drop and sag.

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  • Kalau Camus mempersoalkan apakah hidup masih cukup berarti dijalani, maka mantan pemain timnas Inggris yang kini telah berusia 38 tahun itu melakukan loncatan maut (salto mortal), dari pemahaman rasional menuju kengerian atau ketakutan (dread) yang mencekam seluruh diri. —  ANTARA - Berita Terkini
  • Yes, in 1968 left-wing intellectuals were still taking the run-up to a world-historical salto mortale, only to find themselves landing with bums in university chairs - pension entitlements included. —  Gates of Vienna
  • She sprinted after it, caught up, jumped on top of it and with a salto, landed in front of the dark figure moving it. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • Microsoft te invita que participes en IT Pro Momentum, un programa dirigido a los "Early Adopters" - Profesionales en Tecnología que buscan generar valor a la empresa para la que laboran y dar un salto ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Although you're allowed to do trips mostly we don't do that so much, we use more Greco-Roman type throws, like the salto, bodylock, lat drop and sag. —  Steph's blog
 

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  1. Italian, from Latin saltus, a leap: see salt, sault.
 

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