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Mark Uttech · 06-11-2006, 05:37 AM

I completely agree. The emphasis in teaching children is teaching ukemi. In 17 years of teaching children I have had only two injuries in my class. Both were injuries from "falling" and both occurred when I was a fresh beginner at teaching children. Joint locks are unnecessary.

06-11-2006, 05:37 AM	#32
Mark Uttech Dojo: Yoshin-ji Aikido of Marshall Location: Wisconsin Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,201 Offline	Re: Too dangerous for children? I completely agree. The emphasis in teaching children is teaching ukemi. In 17 years of teaching children I have had only two injuries in my class. Both were injuries from "falling" and both occurred when I was a fresh beginner at teaching children. Joint locks are unnecessary.