Thread: Bad Uke
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Old 05-15-2010, 09:56 AM   #18
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Re: Bad Uke

When uke and nage have different agendas for the training at hand, situations can arise where, for example, one partner wants to focus on cooperative flow and the other wants to force his partner to move him/her. But aikido is about communication and sensitivity. So a person who clings to an agenda during training, in spite of being faced with a partner with a different idea, is missing a huge point of what is happening. You think that guy with the knife who wants your wallet is going to follow your agenda? That said, part of the training is learning how to lead your partner to abandon their agenda. Skillfully pointing out the openings associated with that agenda is not illegitimate. Atemi is often a good way to do that. So is henka waza.
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