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Old 07-29-2013, 10:39 PM   #9
Janet Rosen
 
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Re: Leading a Low Impact Aikido Class

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The Chinese characters are 後方転倒, where 後方 kouhou means backwards and 転倒 tentou means falling. However, it is not a waza, if waza is understood to be something like irimi-nage or shihou-nage. As Janet states, it is 運動 undou: movement.
Thank you - much appreciated language lesson!

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