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Old 04-15-2011, 09:06 PM   #17
RonRagusa
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Re: Do You Stand Straight Up?

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David Orange wrote: View Post
But when nage commits his weight onto the other person, as I see in David's video clips, that's a lack of centering, which can be used against him.

David
Hi David -

I understand what you're saying. Might not nage commit his weight onto uke and be centered at the same time? As has been observed many times before, it's just not possible to experience what uke is feeling from looking at video clips.

It's been my experience that there's a big difference between leaning into an uke with correct feeling and leaning into uke in the absence of correct feeling, even though outwardly both appear the same.

Best,

Ron

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