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Old 07-30-2009, 04:44 PM   #18
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Re: Knife throwing ukemi.

In one of my old classes, my teacher would swing a bo at you (neck height) as you came up from your roll and for this, we either did a back fall or went into a backwards roll to get away from it. Sometimes he would swing at you and other times you came up and he didn't so you ran by him and went to the back of the line. It was good practice because you had to come up balanced, ready to move and you couldn't just let your momentum carry you up and forward uncontrollably.

We did rolls with knives, bo's, jo's and chucks. Just something interesting to do. Would I use that in a fight.... probably not, but I think it isn't so much about you using it as it is learning other lessons from doing it.

~Look into the eyes of your opponent & steal his spirit.
~To be a good martial artist is to be good thief; if you want my knowledge, you must take it from me.
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