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Old 03-13-2014, 07:20 AM   #4
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Re: Ikkyo with Small Hands

Having small hands creates tremendous initial frustration, as people tell you to "stay connected" and "keep holding" -- your instinctive response is to grip and grab. What helped me most with ikkyo was seeing someone demonstrate the rolling-over of the wrists that you don't want to have happen at the end of the pin, and that WILL happen if you have small hands and try to grab at the beginning of the technique. That, and seeing other people with small hands do it correctly and effectively.

As for grabbing fingers, if it's deliberate, I'd put a stop to it in a hurry. Explain to the people doing it that it's borderline escalation (maybe not so borderline at that), and you really don't want to escalate the situation in partner practice. Someone's gonna get hurt and it may not be who you think.
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