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I finally learned how to do ukemi for soto kaitennage. It was one of those things I'd been doing wrong forever and didn't know it was wrong. So just as well today my friday instructor partnered me during the intermediate class and corrected me...and it was one of those he had to tell me cos I clearly wasn't noticing it on my own ...now I know why other people's ukemi while doing this looked so much smoother than mine.
Now I have to figure out nage's role better as I felt I still didn't have a lot of control over uke when performing this technique.
I was also picking up pointers on just simple throws (down and out not straight out)...and using the ken which I think I still need a lot of practice at. Anyway, inch by inch then.
03-24-2008 10:22 AM 
...now I know why other people's ukemi while doing this looked so much smoother than mine.
