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Old 09-26-2011, 05:21 AM   #22
Tim Ruijs
 
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Re: Single-side movement

Thanks,

Funny that you mention the (common) Aikido teaching paradigm is backwards. In my dojo I always point out falling is not a goal. You try to off balance the other. Like you said gradually make it harder and harder. When practised this way ukemi becomes an escape of necessity, not of will.

Some Shihan will take ukemi from you, while others never ever do....

In a real fight:
* If you make a bad decision, you die.
* If you don't decide anything, you die.
Aikido teaches you how to decide.
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