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George Donnelly wrote:
For me, and I get the sense my son is having a similar experience, it's like being thrown into the fire with little or no preparation. A significant amount of being pushed into things we don't seem to be ready for. (But maybe that's just how aikido is done?) For example, mae ukemi and ushiro ukemi (I think - it was a backwards roll).
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That's not just how aikido is done. I certainly wouldn't push a 5y.o. to do anything, and even with an adult, I think it is a very bad idea to push them past their limits when learning ukemi (all of my sensei's so far agree with this). I would be a bit concerned about this dojo.