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Old 08-11-2014, 05:00 AM   #15
sorokod
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Re: A demonstration of Master Chida Tsutomu from 1992

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Karl Arant wrote: View Post
...You can get kicked as hard as possible by a grown man and not fly around that much.
As NagaBaba pointed out, uke has to be soft to preserve his own integrity. Consider this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIJDj7rPDoM

Another example of properly soft ukemi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtPGTuPzo1k

On the other hand the uke shouldn't have the luxury of unilaterally disengaging and hopping into a little roll just to satisfy a social contract.

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