Aikido - nice falling technique

[hsedan]

Seems like that all body follow the head.

[h45tu]

it's a very good lesson. would you mind suggesting me how to not feel tired in falling? because in jiyuwasa, just only doing three or four rolling in a row, takes whole lot of my energy. thx b 4

[Aikidostenudd]

@h45tu Maybe you should check your breathing? Concentrate on breathing out, powerfully, and don't worry about breathing in. Your body will take care of that, automatically. Generally speaking, the more you practice, the more you can do without getting tired.

[bwalker077]

@h45tu Keep your momentum

[shomenuchiraulo]

thank you....it will be very helpful to teach my friend how to fall properly =)

[mjjuna]

is the spinner doing something with his thumb to the spinee's wrist behind his thumb?

and would you get dizzy if you practiced this for too long?

[Aikidostenudd]

@mjjuna, this is just a falling exercise. I do nothing to make him fall. He does it all to himself, as a way of practicing the fall. As you can see, he has already practiced it a lot.

[mjjuna]

@Aikidostenudd i've had a better look, i see what you mean.

[MarioGiMo]

HI , This is a video on an exam, I don't use this ukemi here but in the next in the series at the end

, But that other video is not mine

Thanks this helped me to resist Trashing XD

Regards

[swainemile]

I to had wondered about how to practice this so i asked my Sensei. After a couple of attacks he just threw me into it. I guess the point here is that rather than practice the break fall itself, practice a move with confidence and have faith in your practice partner to help you practice it :-p I did however practice a lot of forward and brackward rolls and attacking with intention (i.e. don't think about the roll/fall).

Nice video, interesting to see what other rolls you can practice with.

[kulni]

search "comkaijudo"

for more aikido vid.

[Shareefm1]

I've been trying to get this! This is a very difficult ukemi, particularly when your body is so accustom to the "slam" , "bang" breakfalls.

Very nicely done!

[Derukugi2]

No, in my case slam bang comes from landing on a large surface, leg and arm at the same time, just as practise endlessly in Judo.

In this video, he reaches way over his head with his arm, kind of feels the ground, and then instead of slamming, turns the the breakfall into a sort of roll. Looks very cool, but I just can´t get this into my system; all my reflexes work against it.

Also, while it looks very elegant, it seems a bit set up; I doubt it can be done with a non-cooperating partner.

[Derukugi2]

I still wonder how to learn this. I have looked at the demonstration video on Youtube many times, but I just can't get it into my system. I am too set with the slam-bang Judo breakfall that I am used to.

[SmartGuyMan]

Exactly :)

[AikidoEnth]

The whole slam bang normally comes from the legs being straight of close to when falling, they stop the fall and coz a BANG.

Rolling on your right hand, right leg forward: As you roll, hips go over your head, as they do you should tuck your left leg in behind your right leg, and the right leg should bend over it. Remember to bend your back to create a circular shape, and with this you should be able to roll quietly, without much banging.

Good luck.

[solt87]

How to learn it? I guess it's just like everything else. As Master Han said: do it ten thousand times, and you will have no questions. (I don't want to be a smart-ass, I know practicing is hard, and I haven't learnt it yet, but I guess there's no "secret" about it, "just" the need for practicing.)

[MusicNazis]

Nice instructive video. It's easy to see, thanks for the slo mo.

[lucasinsane]

This one is a hard one!!!!!!!!!!

[MarioGiMo]

if you can't roll coz your partner holds you, use the scheme shown in ukemi in unam!!

[urumixxx]

what u have to do press the guys hand?

[Aikidostenudd]

This is not a throwing technique, just a falling exercise. I just hold Mathias' hand, so that he has a central point around which to fall. He throws himself.

[MarioGiMo]

this is awesome but see ukemi in unam it is similar but the two schemes could help you if you visit a different school, that's what i do.

[franheidenhain]

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS its the best explained, the slow montion is great, thanks for being here for beginners like me.

GRACIASSSSSSSSSSSS está muy bien culega, en plan cámara lenta y todo, gracias por ayudar a principiantes como yo

[geting89]

Vad är hemligheten med denna underbara ukemi?

[Derukugi2]

It is called a soft breakfall (often called "neko ukemi" in Japanese).

Can´t do it myself, but I have to admit it looks very cool.

I am not quite sure though it can really always replace a hard breakfall. It seems to me it requires some space to roll out. But yes, very very cool. I have to wrap my hand around this swinging the free hand over my head while falling... very counter-intuitive.

[The48thRonin]

Nice, thanks for sharing that with us!

[szodiac]

I'm no expert, but isn't it somewhat counter-intuitive to do the high fall first landing on the hand followed by the rest of the body, as shown here? It seems to defeat the main purpose of high falling - to dissipate the energy of the fall by landing with the entire body at once.

[Aikidostenudd]

It would seem that way, but this technique makes it a horizontal roll more than a vertical fall. Try it, and you'll be surprised :)

[Derukugi2]

I have tried, and not succeeded. I have too much Judo in my system.

But yes, if this makes makes a break fall more like a roll, where does it leave you if you can not roll, i.e. if the partner slams you down and keeps hold of your arm?

[Aikidostenudd]

If you cannot roll because of how your partner throws you, it will have to be a break-fall.

[Vuduchild]

you diddipate the energy with the hand that touches the mat in first place. its like the falling of the leaf of a tree. the body touches the mat gradually.

[TheGiantRobot]

Nice, thank you.