Oh my achin' back! Really need to work on my rolls and flips. Just got to keep at it. Training is the key, do it enough times earnestly, and something's gotta improve, no shortcuts to it. 1,000 flips, 1,000 rolls. Did a lot of them in class today, which I'm happy about.
Forward roll
Ukemi (Receiving the throw/attack) is almost as important as the actual defense techniques in Aikido. Kinda satisfying when you do a roll, and you give the mat that loud thwack as you land.
I wanna do this! (Nope, not the guy on the right, the other one, on the left, hehehe)
That does it! Extra practice after the next class. Can't wait!
Illustration 1: http://www.aikidofaq.com/bilder/drawings/or_mae-ukemi.jpg.html
Illustration 2: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~aikido/
Forward roll
2 comments:
Erik
Thanks for visiting and for the kind words! Will definitely check out your website.
heron
Woohoo! Today was awesome dude! Had an excellent time. Definitely should do it again.
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