Lyle.. many thanks mate.. Appreciated.
To everyone else .. Likewise.. thanks
I have a little issue with how the word "ukemi" is generally used.
I try to explain to students that when you "uke" you aren't simply receiving the technique and making the appropriate breakfall.
As we know our training partners are an invaluable source of feedback in our development, after all without an uke, we can't learn however; I often hear the term 'ukemi' to simply refer to the skills of falling to the ground and, although this isn't entirely wrong, the descriptive falls vastly short of explaining the full potential of a student for his training partner when he/she acts as 'uke'
I just wondered if any of you guys have a way of explaining the value of uke's within a class environment ?