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Old 04-29-2010, 07:33 AM   #31
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Re: Is Ukemi Destroying our bodies?

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Marc Abrams wrote: View Post
Systema made me rethink this entire area. I just had Kaizen Taki (systema instructor from seattle) teach an entire weekend on ukemi. He made some points that we all should keep in mind:
1) The mats are an unrealistic environment. In nature, what is usually flat is hard and what is typically an uneven surface is soft.
2) The ground is usually harder than our bodies, so why would want to keep any tension, stiffness in our bodies.

Marc Abrams
would love to know how he deal with break falls. my judo habits is killing me.
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