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Old 01-02-2002, 07:29 PM   #11
Peter Goldsbury
 
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Re: controlling uke in iriminage

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oh yeah just a question, when u folks throw do u cup the uke's chin in the crotch of yer elbow or bring him to yer shoulder to throw? Personally i like the former cuz i can use my hips more comfortably, and if necessary, go for the throat...cheers!! [/b]
Arvin,

Are you being given a choice by your teacher?

With this last post and also the other one about shihonage, you asked some important questions. In neither post did you mention how your own teacher does the techniques and this makes me reluctant to offer advice.

I would think that with iriminage the position of uke's head is crucial to the success of the technique. For what it's worth, I do not give my own students a choice. Uke's head is firmly in tori's shoulder and tori's arm is fairly straight and at 90 degrees to tori's body. In my opinion problems with iriminage are due to uke not being unbalanced right from the beginning and, also very important, all through the technique.

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P A Goldsbury
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