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Old 09-19-2005, 10:59 AM   #1
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Vicious Cycles in Aikido

Hi folks,

What sort of "vicious cycles" have you encountered in your aikido training/teaching? How have you worked yourself or others out of such?

I'll start out with one example of people learning how to do breakfalls. Most people whom I've witnessed to have trouble with breakfalls seem to never been taught the landing position very well. Due to this, they'll try a breakfall and land incorrectly which usually hurts. Since the last breakfall hurt, they'll usually tense up before or during the fall the next time which usually causes their fall to mess up again, causing more pain. This, of course, makes them tense up even more the next time, which causes more problems. And so on. This is why I usually provide a lot of work "on the ground" on the landing position when I do breakfall clinics.

(If you wish to discuss breakfalls or any single topic specifically, please start another thread accordingly. Thanks.)

-- Jun

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