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raul rodrigo · 03-21-2011, 10:29 AM

Many uke in the All Japan demo are doing the over-dramatic falls. And we're not talking Takeda/Watanabe Jedi waza. Just normal waza where people bail far too early. On the other hand, the ukes for shihan like Miyamoto, Kuribayashi, Osawa, and Yokota are doing their damnedest to stay connected to tori, and won't fall unless they have to.

03-21-2011, 10:29 AM	#15
raul rodrigo Location: Quezon City Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 777 Offline	Re: Being Uke - Make Instructor Look Good? Many uke in the All Japan demo are doing the over-dramatic falls. And we're not talking Takeda/Watanabe Jedi waza. Just normal waza where people bail far too early. On the other hand, the ukes for shihan like Miyamoto, Kuribayashi, Osawa, and Yokota are doing their damnedest to stay connected to tori, and won't fall unless they have to.