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Attention Aikidoists (SOMEWHAT GRAPHIC PICTURE)

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For any still wondering about the importance of proper ukemi, I've got 10 good reasons to get good at it right here...

...well, at the moment I only have nine good ones :(
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My ukemi has been terrible the past few days, and didn't put enough time into fixing it (or put too much thought into fixing it!) Yep, it's broken. That's bad, but what's good is that it wasn't my ankle!

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OUCH!!! :eek: :eek:
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Rub some butter on it.

It won't help heal but it might lighten your mood.
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Have NO idea what your talking about, but it looks darn painful. Hope it feels better soon.
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Yeow! Very glad it wasn't your ankle! How long before it's fully healed?

Ukemi is how to fall, right?
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The Deacon wrote:Have NO idea what your talking about, but it looks darn painful. Hope it feels better soon.
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:spyder: Lemme guess, vinyl mats? :spyder:
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While I was practicing Judo in an other life, I threw someone with a morote sawanage and he rolled, but not his big toe didn't. It got cought between tatamis.

First time in my life I saw a bone sticking out of someone.


Sorry, no pictures ;)

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I had something like that (including the bone-visualization). And yes indeed, vinyl mats :o but that was 13 years ago.

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i broke my toe whilst playing football.
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I hate to say it but things happen in the dojo, that we dont always expect. Thats 7 years of Aikido and 6 of Traditional Hapkido speaking.

ps. OUCH!

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The Deacon wrote:Have NO idea what your talking about, but it looks darn painful. Hope it feels better soon.
Paul, ukemi is basically the technique of falling. Instead of lying down like a pancake, your body is taught to roll and expire during impact. Much of the shock can be absorbed by properly kicking the ground with the arm. Learning it in the dojo is easier than it seems. But becoming a reflex, that takes longer...
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uhiforgot wrote:For any still wondering about the importance of proper ukemi, I've got 10 good reasons to get good at it right here...

...well, at the moment I only have nine good ones :(
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My ukemi has been terrible the past few days, and didn't put enough time into fixing it (or put too much thought into fixing it!) Yep, it's broken. That's bad, but what's good is that it wasn't my ankle!

The moral of the story here is: As much as you'd like to focus on the new, never forget what you first learned!

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Hi Jeff, sorry that I can't congratulate you for the great pic. :o But I wish you safe recovery. Take care.
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have had the same problem from karate-aikido-wing chun-waking up-girlfriends-riding bikes-watching t.v.-surfing the net.
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Get better and heal up.

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Many thanks for all the wellwishes!

My guess is I'm gonna be babying this for about 4-6 weeks as usual (I've broken 3 other toes before, but this is the first time during Aikido). It's bigger and purpler now, but that happens. Doesn't hurt at all unless somebody steps on it :eek: Every now and then I have to eat a little humble pie to help straighten out my priorities.

Ukemi as I have learned it is actually any form of harm-avoiding breakfall whether it be a roll, a proper fall, or even swallowing pride in order to help end an argument on a positive note. Yes, it has been well-addressed in prior posts, but few think of ukemi outside of it's physical context.
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Ouch man....I hope that doesn't plague ya...

On a less painful note...
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uhiforgot wrote:.Michael, I was going to ask how you knew it was VINYL mats until I remembered you're a Shodan. You've probably trained on about everything by now... Is this a problem common to vinyl mats???
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:spyder: I've seen a few toes get broken on vinyl mats;vinyl really grabs the toes. On the other side canvas mats make a lot of dust. :spyder:
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I'd rather be dusty then broken though... :D Anyway: get well soon !
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Capt. Carl wrote:Ouch man....I hope that doesn't plague ya...

On a less painful note...
How does my seven samurai-esque avatar look?
We are like brothers! :)

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I'll probably be drawn and quartered for this, but I haven't seen any of Akira Kurosawa's work yet :( I still got a pretty good laugh out of it, though! :D Thanks, Captain!

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