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Old 07-18-2015, 01:07 AM   #15
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Re: The unbendable arm in ukemi

Peter, I think visualization may be a key for you here. In fact, you may be visualizing the point of contact in a manner that infers a collision of sorts, and that is going to be detrimental to holding your arm position. Instead, visualize your arm as a solid piece, and try to deal the mat a glancing impact. As a "person of size", I pretty much had to learn it this way out of sheer self-preservation...
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