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	The Moving Centre
		Ukemi can be literally translated as “to receive with or through the body.” If you are Uke, you are the one attacking and then being thrown or pinned.
		Ukemi is strongly emphasized in this dojo not only for safety purposes (you must learn how to protect yourself and fall safely), but also because it is a way to learn Aikido techniques from the inside-out.
		Ukemi is not easy to learn especially as one gets older, but if you hang in there the rewards will become in quickly evident.
	www.themovingcentre.com /page.asp?pageid=39 (719 words)

	Aikido in El Paso - El Paso aikido - Aikido El Paso - aikido of el paso
		This is the initial form of ukemi, but there is a great deal more to it than meets the eye.
		Ukemi is therefore a practice in preserving balance, not in losing it.
		Ukemi is an opportunity to see clearly in practice the different ways we react to fear, pressure, and pain.
	www.elpasoaikikai.com /ukemi.htm (1102 words)

	Tendoryu Aikido Berlin e.V. - Ukemi
		Ukemi means reading your partner`s breath, and if one will not respond towards the nage (the person who throws) you cannot speak of true ukemi.
		Mastering ukemi means noticing the signs of your environment, which enables you to deal promptly with the circumstances.
		Though it is hard to learn a natural ukemi, an ukemi without force, you have made a huge progress in your technique whenever your body understands a little bit more about it.
	www.tendoryu-aikido.org /en/kawaraban/shimizu_sensei/ukemi (450 words)

	Chenango Aikido
		Ukemi is the art of being uke, and the quality of nage's practice depends on how well uke has learned this art.
		Ukemi involves creating the conditions that make a given technique appropriate, responding correctly to nage's movements, and taking whatever fall concludes the technique.
		In fact, those who excel at taking ukemi will most likely excel in technique also, for they will be able to absorb knowledge through their bodies of how a properly executed technique feels, as well as absorbing knowledge through their minds.
	www.chenangoaikido.com /ukemi.html (209 words)

	Turnouts: Unorthodox Ukemi - by Gerald Lafon, 5th Dan, USJA Master Coach
		Regardless of why traditional ukemi is what it is today, many modern participants in Judo, especially competitors, resort to all sorts of maneuvers to prevent falling on their back.
		The most compelling justification for unorthodox ukemi for me was a Japanese documentary on Judo that I remember watching on French television in the mid-60's.
		Nonetheless, while we don't focus on traditional ukemi or spend time "bashing the mat," all our students learn how to fall on their back as early as their first lesson when they are introduced to throws via the crash pad.
	www.judoamerica.com /coaches/ukemi (2451 words)

	Why Ukemi
		Understanding the value of ukemi in aikido practice is the first step to improving your ukemi.
		Ukemi is initially taught as the most basic form of self-defense.
		Practicing ukemi actively with sensitivity and intent will allow you to calibrate the power, balance and center of your aggressor.
	www.budodojo.com /whyUkemi.htm (1108 words)

	Tsuki Kage dojo - "UKEMI - From the Ground Up" DVD review
		The purpose of the instruction is to offer a logical and understandable method for performing ukemi, and Amdur states that he does not mind if proponents of his method adapt them to suit their own needs.
		During the opening prelude lecture, Amdur points out how the art of ukemi is relatively new, and that since the ukemi of aikido has developed into something distinctly flamboyant, it has for the most part moved away from its original purpose of providing a method of safe practice during the performance of techniques.
		For reference, Amdur researched the ukemi found in other arts, such as judo and sumo, and even studied the rolling methods of chimpanzees to better understand the most natural way for the human body to redirect the percussive energy of falling.
	www.tsuki-kage.com /review_amdur.html (854 words)

	Bujinkan Czech Dojo - Shidoshi Pavel Slavík
		There are many different types of ukemi depending on what Ryu you are studying This article is from a 1986 NINJA magazine, written by Hatsumi Sensei on the subject.
		Although it is extremely difficult to translate, ukemi involves rolling or falling movements in different directions in response to an attack.
		In the old days the ninja were referred to as masters of escape, sometimes thought of as superhuman beings because of their awesome ability to avoid danger and, whenever possible, elude confrontation completely.
	www.bujinkan.cz /pavel/english/articles_hatsumi_sensei_ninja_magazine_ukemi_waza.htm (698 words)

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		Ukemi is the Japanese term used to describe technique for falling safely.
		Breakfalls are a type of ukemi where you decelerate yourself with a sharp slapping motion to the mats using your arms and legs.
		This is a leg swinging rear ukemi to a front neck bridge to a side shoulder roll.
	dcthomas.com /budo/bjj/drills.html (2764 words)

	Ryusei Karate-Do
		Initially we learn ukemi and use it sparingly in the practice of bunkai, or as a warm-up at the beginning of class, or perhaps by accident while sparring.
		But you have waited until the takedown is inescapable and the ukemi may be your last act before the opponent applies the coup de grace.
		This concept of how to use ukemi is a departure from what I was taught and I believe that senior karateka should strive to understand the importance of ukemi in their defensive arsenal.
	www.ryusei-karate.com /english/newsletters/ukemi.html (513 words)

	My Ukemi Journey... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		While the guys in your dojo are rolling all over the place, continue with your own progress and striving, but appreciate the fact that they must strive and struggle to "feel" the techniques and learn the subtleties which we as women have a natural affinity for.
		Not that silent ukemi isn't, but slapping the mat really helps me. A lot of the momentum dissipates and much of the energy of the fall is absorbed in a safe way.
		Learning ukemi has been a truely evovling journey for me. I look back at my older posts and forget how hard it really was for me. I pretty much feel like a rolling expert these days.
	p202.ezboard.com /fwomeninaikidofrm19.showMessage?topicID=1.topic (4866 words)

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		Ukemi involves creating the correct set of circumstances and responses so that a given technique may be studied by the Nage.
		Whilst learning Ukemi take things slowly and do not be put off by the fear of falling or the soreness that usually follows practice at first.
		When Ukemi is well learnt you will always retain your balance in all things, but those who force their Ukemi will never see these positive results either inside or outside the Dojo.
	homepage.eircom.net /~willowbrook/ukemi.DOC (808 words)

	Ukemi
		Once simple break-falling from different heights and positions has been mastered, other applications such as silent break-falling, break-falling with a weapon, break-falling followed by a roll, picking up objects, changing your direction, being pushed, and break-falling accompanied with a punch or kick or both, may be attempted.
		You should also be able to spring back up instantly and kick etc. The most important thing is that all parts of your forearm and palms hit the ground at the same instant and that you relax by breathing out.
		Koho Ukemi - from shizen no kamae fall backwards or kick one leg straight out and bend the other knee to take you down and backwards as fast and hard as possible.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /sukisha/ukemi.html (607 words)

	E-Budo.com - Ukemi in Aikido
		That depends on how good your ukemi is. I personally would not want to try a forward roll or kotegaeishi on concrete unless it was absolutely necessary.
		I feel that if you want to use your ukemi in a self defense situation you have to practice to do it safely on all surfaces.
		Good ukemi is spread out so the entire body absorbs small pieces of the impact, but eventually, especially in shiai, it rarely happens.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/printthread.php?t=5218 (2454 words)

	Ukemi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In Japanese the word "ukemi" means "receiving." In the context of Judo it consists of the skills and conditioning to be thrown, to fall hard to the ground, without being hurt.
		I consider Ukemi to be the single most important part of my martial arts training.
		The second basic idea is to absorb the energy of the impact in those parts of the body that can handle the impact (like your arms and legs) and away from areas that can't (like your head).
	www.sff.net /people/dburkhead/Judo/ukemi.htm (200 words)

	Nina's Budopages: Balancing between falling and resisting
		The other functions of ukemi, whether rolling, falling, or whatever, are to get back up quickly and safely, and to allow uke to reverse techniques on nage.
		To know instinctively which ukemi is the safest response is allow the body to respond to the direction & flow of the energy.
		The practice of ukemi helps us to learn how to be round, to be supple, to follow, to cooperate, to develop a strong structure as we work with the ground, to develop a body which is well connected from the center to the periphery.
	www.kotegaeshi.net /aikido/e_falling.html (979 words)

	WadoWorld: technical>kumite>kihon kumite>gohonme
		Ukemi: left suriashi and attack with tobikomizuki jodan.
		Torimi: keep pressing your right fist against ukemi's arm; take his left hand and press with your thumb the back of his hand, at the location of the ringfinger: the pressure will force ukemi to open his fist.
		Torimi: Move into shikodachi on the inside of ukemi's left leg and bend your knees a little; keep control of ukemi's right arm and attack with empi to suigetsu.
	www.wadoworld.com /technical/kumite/muramatsu/kihon5/kihon5.html (456 words)

	AikiWeb Aikido Information: Training: Appropriate Ukemi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Uke doesn't have the ukemi required to protect himself if nage pulls off a technique that he is resisting.
		Once your ukemi gets to the point at which you can stay connected with your partner through the fastest and most complex techniques, then in a situation requiring martial application, you can sense any small openings in the technique of the opponent and apply a reversal.
		Part of the structure is taking the ukemi in such a way that it challenges the partner but doesn't defeat the technique being practiced (unless the partner simply blows the execution).
	www.aikiweb.com /training/ledyard1.html (1291 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Although it is extremely difficult to translate, ukemi involves rolling or falling movements in different directions in response to an attack.
		In the old days the ninja were referred to as masters of escape, sometimes thought of as superhuman beings because of their awesome ability to avoid danger and, whenever possible, elude confrontation completely.
		If you do not know the essence of ukemi, you might as well be a mindless animal for you will not survive many combat situations that require more than just brute strength.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /mahoutsukai/archive/ukemi.html (683 words)

	MI Magazine
		In this article she talks about ukemi and the need to understand it as more than just "break falling".
		It should be the case that there is a certain exhilaration in feeling the power of tori's technique, knowing that we have survived it without injury and are able to attack again.
		This is where an understanding of ukemi as "receiving body" as opposed to a breakfall is important.
	www.mimagazine.com.au /Issue05_May/05_Ukemi.htm (1036 words)

	WadoWorld: technical
		Kihon Kumite should be seen as an exchange of techniques for the purpose of understanding the fundamentals of fighting in terms of mind body and spirit rather than a set of exercises to learn a few techniques.
		It is quite possible that the initial transliteration from the Japanese language has often confused tori and uke with, what appears to be an attack and defence exercise and common usage has institutionalised this within western karate.
		In the Kihon Kumite Ipponme for instance: both Torimi and Ukemi must have the intention to attack as the primary motivation...
	www.wadoworld.com /technical/ukemiandtorimi/ukemiandtorimi.html (325 words)

	East Bay Aikido - Oakland, California - Articles
		The more you can hone your ukemi to flow with your partner, the better their Aikido can be and the more you will understand the techniques.
		That's the part of ukemi that is important to practice on your own, when you're not being thrown.
		Another thing I include in good ukemi is connecting your center to your arms, so that when you strike or grab there is energy flowing there.
	www.eastbayaikido.com /articles/rooseveltukemifun.html (888 words)

	Bu Jin Newsletter: Training Tips
		The purpose of ukemi is to protect your body, and learning good ukemi is just as important as learning the throws.
		In this case, your ukemi should be as clear and as precise as possible to facilitate the teacher's lesson to the class.
		Taking ukemi for dan tests requires a level of experience, and for the most part, it should be yudansha who serve as uke, although occasionally an upper level kyu-ranked student may be called upon.
	www.bujindesign.com /training_tips/ukemi_2.html (876 words)

	Bujinkan Dojo - Ukemi for Life Preservation
		As well as proper methods to carry and use weapons during ukemi, leaping, cart wheeling, countering skills (hajutsu), methods of sutemi nage, and striking skills during the ukemi event, in its more advanced aspects.
		As you can see ukemi is involved in many more aspects than what is traditional taught as a method of surviving a throw or fall.
		As a final note, ukemi is about survival, not just falling as a defensive skill, but as a method of self-protection that should be applied in an infinite variety of ways, for your opponent\'s downfall.
	bujinkandojo.net /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=29 (553 words)

	Aikido From the Inside Out-Ukemi
		A common misconception among beginners is that ukemi, or the art of falling, is thought of as the passive, difficult, or the less desirable aspect of aikido practice.
		But there is a different way to approach ukemi that will make it more interesting, considerably easier to learn and perform, and more effective.
		A more advanced version of ukemi is when you move in an unexpected direction (that is, not the place where nage expects you to fall) after losing your balance.
	www.designeq.com /deq/aikido/insideout/ukemi.html (668 words)

	Ukemi - on Engish
		Through developed, sensitive ukemi to he able to feel the true heart of a technique.
		It is a much bigger thing than this: it is a description of your response to either nage-waza (throwing technique) or to osaewasa (pinning technique).
		When uke attacks, whether by a grab or a strike, they should do so with a feeling of attacking from their centre: not just holding tightly or hitting hard with the hand or arm, Likewise, tori's intention is to control uke by controlling their (uke's) centre, not just by controlling the attacking hand.
	www.aiki.co.yu /cath_1_e.htm (1000 words)

	Aikido Journal Home
		In the last “Aikido and Psychotherapy” blog I wrote about ukemi practice, arguing that the same functional principles apply whether we are dealing with a powerful throw or a life-crisis: confidence, relaxation, letting go of attachment to a preconceived outcome, and so on.
		My point here is that the “limits” of ukemi might be only the result of our instinctive tendency to disconnect prematurely from a challenging situation and to turn our attention to the past or the future (both nonexistent from a purely factual point of view), while losing touch with the moment-to-moment unfolding of our experience.
		The benefits of ukemi, and from ukemi, are one of the unique benefits we obtain as aikidoka.
	www.aikidojournal.com /?id=2944 (1175 words)

	Aikido falling videos / DVD -- Ukemi by Bruce Bookman, 6th Dan
		This video provides detailed instruction of advanced aspects of falling and is a systematic continuation of the Ukemi: The Art of Falling.
		Topics covered include breakfalls, multiple attack ukemi, falling while holding a weapon, falls from Judo throws, how to fall while throwing a kick, and advanced fluidity practice.
		Advanced Ukemi serves as an invaluable guide to Aikido practice as well as other martial arts.
	www.seattleholisticcenter.com /store/aikido_video.shtml (302 words)

	Mokuren Dojo: How to improve your ukemi
		The key is to do slightly more than you are comfortable with and repeat this application of stress regularly - most days of the week - that's at least 30 minutes per day, 5 days a week of walking slightly faster than comfortable.
		I agree totally, though I don't think we should be spending class time on situps and pushups when we can be working on skill improvements for which you need a coach.
		Not only does groundwork improve your physical fitness, but it seems to me that most problems with ukemi are caused by uke trying to stay off the ground or being afraid to go to the ground.
	mokurendojo.blogspot.com /2007/04/how-to-improve-your-ukemi.html (882 words)

	Understanding Ukemi -- Judo Falling Techniques
		It appears clear that there has been a misunderstanding on the role of ukemi and the meaning of ukemi in Judo, which leads me to inevitably conclude that the true concept of Judo as conceived by Kano Sensei, has been misunderstood, even distorted, by some judokas world-wide.
		In the following, I will discuss the definition and the role of ukemi, the origin of ukemi, the difference between ukemi and bogyo, the dangers of turnouts, the case of Kyuzo Mifune, and, finally, the meaning and the true spirit of Judo as conceived and intended by Kano Sensei.
		Ukemi in a literary sense means "receiving body or self." In the simplest terms possible, the "uke" part of ukemi as in Tori and Uke means "receiving" and is a person who is on the receiving end of throw.
	www.judoinfo.com /lee.htm (2539 words)

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