Yeah that's a great website, one of the first that I came across when I started aikido. What are your personal thoughts and experiences on how Aikido has ...
i'll bite. i have gained about 30 lbs and i have a distinct difference in my rolls. my stomach is in the way, and i can't "ball up" like i used to. but you...
Robert, Yes, and it has probably all consolidated in your gut right? That is where it sucks. Sure you can still do a breakfall but you totally see the...
The following was posted on e-budo.com. Thought I'd repost it here for a bit of conversation. ... I have about a year's worth of training in Aikikai. Recently,...
I would also chip in the point made about aikido ukemi by Daito-ryu practictioners. That a real technique causes a sudden colapse to the mat, not an elegant ...
Christopher Ross
maturin@...
Jul 4, 2005 9:01 pm
7286
I agree. that is why we teach students where their center is and how to do breakfalls. If you throw a beginner, they fall hard and clumsily. They usually hurt...
While we're talking about ukemi, I have a question: how many out there practice ukemi outside of the dojo on non-mat surfaces? I thought my rolls were pretty...
Why would you need to? ... From: yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ext analog_android Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005...
Also, why would you want to? mick.chambers@... wrote:Why would you need to? ... From: yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com] On ...
In Aikido Shugyo by the late Kancho Gozo Shioda he talked about the time when O'Sensei was making them do ukemi on hard concrete. It is a good thing to learn...
I practiced with an aiki-kai group for awhile here in Indianapolis that didn't have mats...they did their rolls on a carpeted floor (concrete under the...
Mick, maybe that's why he needs to practice! mick.chambers@... wrote:that doesn't answer the question why - in real life if you need to do breakfalls...
I'm sorry, I don't see the connection between doing breakfalls in real life and deserving a beating. Perhaps you get attacked and thrown judo-style and need...
O'Sensei used to take his uchi-deshi in to the country to practice outside with nature. Rolling on hard surfaces really boost your confidence in your ukemi and...
haha, I think that was O'sensei but your point is good ... From: yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ext Trygve Olsen ...
Not at this point of my martial training but it is definitely something to look forward to. How can we master Aikido if we don't try to aspire to be like the...
If good ukemi saves your ass then that is basically all you need. But if it looks pretty it usually feels good when you hit. Everything in the right measure...
its also good to do occasionally on hard grass, because you don't think about the "hidden unevenness of the ground and rocks" the first time you roll over a...
I have been a doorman(Nightclub Bouncer) for 13 years and many times needed to breakfall, and have, Then got up on to my feet and been able to deal the problem...
By and large, respectfully, I think you're all missing Sensei Mick's point. The bouncer gets back up and takes on the 5 guys because he's practiced rolls, over...
I don't think the point was to practice ukemi to develop pain tolerance but to practice ukemi so that it wouldn't matter what surface you were on even on...
yea I can see that it maybe useful as a training aid but I hear to often people saying how it is useful because you would need it in a fight in the real world....
as was pointed out - if you can do a breakfall it means you still have your balance - it is not possible to breakfall nicely if you slip say on ice ... From:...
I don't know about that. I did a nice backward breakfall this past winter after slipping on the ice. I automatically got my butt low, tucked my chin in, and...
