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Old 05-04-2012, 05:42 AM   #44
phitruong
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Re: What is atemi really for?

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Tarik Ghbeish wrote: View Post

If ukemi is about receiving force with the [entire] body, for me atemi is it's mirror image. It's about delivering force, regardless of where that force comes from.
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wouldn't that mean we should be practice half of our time on receiving and the other half on delivering?

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