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Paul Kerr wrote:
My own experience has been exactly the opposite. You need a heightened sense of awareness and sensitivity as both nage and uke to train on a hard or unpredictable surface. It always does wonders for my zanshin!
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Are suggesting that techniques become
more dynamic and
less prone to injury without mats?
I aggree you'll have a heightened sense of awareness and sensitivity, but it will be in the form of concern about how your uke will land - not your technique. Your technique suffers, as it does when training with a partner who cannot take ukemi - you have to limit the range of what you are doing.
There are enough hurdles in training and developing skill - a hard surface just adds another one in my opinion.