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henry brown · 08-29-2002, 10:35 AM

I was originally thinking tenkan (get out of the way), but after reading Lynn S.'s vote, I agree that ukemi is the most important technique. We will all end up falling when we are elderly, osteoporotic and have bad vision, but most of us will never face an attack (and would we use aikido if we did?).

I'd rather not break my hip, thank you.

08-29-2002, 10:35 AM	#32
henry brown Dojo: Soseikan, Worth IL Location: Chicago suburbs Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 46 Offline	I was originally thinking tenkan (get out of the way), but after reading Lynn S.'s vote, I agree that ukemi is the most important technique. We will all end up falling when we are elderly, osteoporotic and have bad vision, but most of us will never face an attack (and would we use aikido if we did?). I'd rather not break my hip, thank you.