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Blake Holtzen wrote:
gave us all a hint : "comes in under uke's force"
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Sure. If your responding force is based on the ground and it comes up under the incoming force from Uke, then Uke is essentially pushing himself away. He is "floating". But to do that, you have to relax the upper-body and use the mind to rig the upcoming force.
If you want to fake it, you stick one foot behind you and use it as a "brace". If you want to do it with "ki", as Tohei, Ueshiba, and others have shown, then you will have to train the skill. It helps to have someone show you how and work with you on it. Particularly if you're going to really make it hard on yourself by standing with feet parallel or try to do it standing on one leg. But those are good ways to train... by pushing your limits.
Best.
Mike