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Old 11-05-2011, 03:28 PM   #66
graham christian
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Re: More on High Break-falls

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Demetrio Cereijo wrote: View Post
Are you talking about the kind of breakfalls uke does in this clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=479YHWvilFk
Has a couple of good examples there. You can't argue that one of them was high. However , how he handled hitting the mat is precisely the point. First he knew how to disperse the energy, secondly he knew how to then bounce back ready to attack again.

This is actually advanced on from the basics I describe. This is precisely why I find the view of someone saying show me a demo on film like it's a five minute job unreasonable. There are a number of basics involved in that one shown and you can't know them from watching that.

If all someone sees is 'ouch' then it shows me lack of understanding for example.

Thus you can tell amount of understanding by what someone does say.

Regards.G.
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