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Old 01-30-2012, 06:44 AM   #326
graham christian
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Re: "The goal is not to throw"

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Mario Tobias wrote: View Post
Agree. FWIW, for me non-cooperative training is one wherein uke closes an opening once it has been found out so that the center can't be taken. It is the burden of nage to continually look for openings in uke so that a technique can be done. Similar to uke, it is his job to continually close his openings and find weaknesses in nage for a possible reversal.

I'm thinking randori and jiyu waza still fall into cooperative training since nage performs techniques, sure, but is it based on uke's openings? Does nage understand this? You dont know if the technique is valid or not. And uke doesn't put much effort in closing those openings such that nage will have a hard time performing a technique.
Hi Mario.
Admired your sense of humour and allowance with the thread drift. Thank you.

I wish it was possible to have a clear definition for this strange colloquial term called uncooperative training. I've never seen any and never will. Yet another term I find of no use myself.

Better terminology needed methinks.

Regards.G.
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