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Re: Backward rolls
Well, I would qualify that statement (ubiquitous) with saying that it is a part of our warmups, but again, I can't think of any techniques/waza/whathaveyou that have a full backwards roll as the proper ukemi. FWIW my take on it (totally without any means of validating or confirming) is that training in a full backwards roll was about simply teaching body skills. The ability to fall backwards confidently and go over if need be to regather balance. So I've always considered more a training thing than an actual "ukemi" you would likely take. Interesting to think about it more deeply, however...
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