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Old 03-03-2015, 09:11 PM   #14
kewms
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Re: What does being an Uke mean to you?

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Jonathan Hay wrote: View Post
Beginners in the role of uke have a wonderful capacity to expose bad technique. They have not yet been completely schooled into the "right way" to take ukemi. As a result, they move, by and large, fairly honestly in response to what is done to them, which often means that a technique that works wonders on more advanced uke has little to no effect on the beginner (or has an effect that is unexpected). But this is good! Nage sees important things about their technique - things that may often get obscured by "skilled" ukemi - when this occurs.
If the beginner has experience in other martial arts, yes. Otherwise, not so much. Beginners do not, in general, actually attack. And so their responses tend to be completely unrelated to anything that a real attacker -- skilled or not -- would attempt to do.

Katherine
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