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Old 08-04-2010, 11:54 AM   #37
Janet Rosen
 
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Re: When Should You Turn Your Face Away When Being Pinned....?

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Maggie Schill wrote: View Post
Also, tighter pins are actually easier to gain rotation in, in my opinion. It is pins that take you out wide that robs you of your footing and rotation. Tight pins, even pins that go straight down, are extremely easy to spin out of... for me at least.
AHA! I think part of the problem is that you and I are talking "apples and oranges." I only use the term "pin" to mean the final application once uke is planted face down on the mat.

It is very possible, and not unusual in my experience, for a person to do an excellent ikkyo or nikkyo opening and takedown but still blow the final pin.

And one way to know the final pin is not effective is when uke kicks legs up and over the outside shoulder and rolls out of it.

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