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Sitout roll
Also known as Rolls and Reversal Mechanics — the canonical term used on this site.
Training background: Sometimes used interchangeably with granby
Names a sit-out roll among reversal mechanics
Sitout roll is a descriptive name within the rolls and reversal mechanics — naming the sit-out used as a rolling reversal.
Etymology. “Sitout” borrows the wrestling term for sitting the hips through to face the opponent; “roll” names the rotating reversal it can chain into. The label names one mechanic in the broader family of rolls and reversals.
Mechanics. The roll reverses control by rotating around a fixed point: sitting out and rolling under the opponent’s pressure turns their forward weight over the rolling player, so the rotation, not strength, flips the positions. Timing the roll to the opponent’s committed weight is what carries them over rather than stalling beneath them.
Cross-reference. Full mechanical coverage on Rolls and Reversal Mechanics.