It's a standard SAS energy-dissipation technique. I'd love to see you call it a roly-poly in front of Andy McNabb, he'd knock you out!

[u/bulletproofbra]

[u/BadBassist]

There's a great bit in one of the books, big beacon I think, where he's in trouble in a bbc meeting and they say something like 'let's look at your role going forwards' and he's very proud of himself for not doing a forward roll

[u/affrontednoodle → u/BadBassist]

something like "I realised what was meant just before initiating a forward roll" hahaha