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William Hazen wrote:
... the only experiance the I can add is the more you pratice Ukemi the quicker your fear should disappear....
Try to do the exercises at a quick pace... Your fear has a tendency to make your body rigid...
William Hazen
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Quote:
Nafis Zahir wrote:
There will be times that you may be thrown so quickly and with such force that you don't have time to reach for the mat so early.
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heheh...got a story about the above and speed.
Today I was in the neighboring city practicing Aikido at our satellite dojo, and the instructor there took me, and quickly had me on his back and flipped me over...
What did I do? The cat imitation.
The shear quickness of his movement took me by surprise, and like a cat, I tried to land on "all four legs". - landed on my forearm and hand, the one that was supposed to grab his gi, luckily no injury and I got right back up. (Basically I let go of his gi and tried to catch myself as my feet were in the air. Typically my feet are somewhat closer to the ground which is a bit more reassuring.)
However, I tried it again, same speed, and landed, ok.
It was a weird feeling being thrown so high...again, I was much like a cat who likes to have its legs firmly on the ground, which messed me up. But all this, in retrospect, drove home the point of needing to contour my roll, etc.
Again, many thanks to all of you...this move seems to be coming together. (Theres not anything else like this in Aikido is there...)
Peace
dAlen