Aikido - nice falling technique

Aikido ukemi: Mathias Hultman, at our dojo Enighet, shows a nice falling technique that is very smooth in for example kotegaeashi throws. He is doing it in my kotegaeshi video.
Here is my aikido website:
http://www.stenudd.com/aikido
My aikido books:
http://www.amazon.com/Aikido-Principles-Concepts-Peaceful-Martial/dp/9178940176/
http://www.amazon.com/Attacks-Aikido-Kogeki-Attack-Techniques/dp/9178940257/

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• ukemi
• aikido
• falling
• technique
• for
• kotegaeshi
• breakfall

[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.

[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.

[hsedan]

Seems like that all body follow the head.

[bwalker077]

@h45tu Keep your momentum

[shomenuchiraulo]

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

[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.