Thread: Bad Uke
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Old 04-25-2010, 02:50 PM   #8
Dieter Haffner
 
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Re: Bad Uke

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George Howard wrote: View Post
And as has been said already: he might be providing some resistance or what have you, but if he is doing it in such a way that makes the pre-arranged technique impossible (or only possible for people like Gozo Shioda), then what can you do? It drives you to distraction, leading you to lose focus and abandon practice as you want it to be/it should be.
On the other hand, you have the opportunity to practise on something that you might need to use more in nowadays society then actually knowing how to fight.

Don't let him get under your skin. As long as it doesn't get you in any real danger, you should try to enjoy the training with him. You let him defeat you both physical as mentally, and the mental kuzuchi is not even what he is trying to achieve.

As you try to relax more when he attacks you, you might even start to find little holes in the attack that you can use to your advantage. The mind works strangely in this way. The more you open your mind, the more information will get through.

So, try the easy way and go for the groin takedown or even stop training with him all together. Or choose the hard path and see if you can get something positive out of it.
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