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Tom Williams (twilliams423) wrote:
Since motion is relative, if your partner is moving towards you faster than you are moving back, to a 3rd person with no other frame of reference it could appear that you are entering towards your partner.
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Yes!
We sometimes train to respond to a strongly entering/pushing uke by stepping backwards while extending forwards; done well, uke is drawn in to his own balance point with no effort on your part.
Well, except the effort of practicing moving backwards while extending forward....over and over because its counterintuitive....but when it does work, oh my!