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Michael McNamara wrote:
I think we need to have a compromise here Maggie. I'm only saying that knowing what it feels like to roll on the pavement just once is a reality check for when you MIGHT need to do so. Suppose you fell of a motorcycle or bike or whatever, and you knew you could roll off it. You might, in that split second, adjust yourself best to center your roll to avoid serious injury.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure......
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Compromise, I definitely wouldn't learn ukemi for the first time on a side walk lol How many beginners land on their shoulders or worse, heads. A good compromise, I wouldn't put a 6th kyu on the side walk.
Have you tried ukemi at the beach? It seems to really force you to make good connection with the ground, and it forces your falls to be wide. The ground is always moving below you, so if you are too tight you will splat!, or worse, you'll pull a muscle. So sand training is I found out helps keep those falls wide.