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YoshidaYui

(42,621 posts) Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:13 PM Apr 2023

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Everyone Should know How to Practice All Falling Techniques! This is For Judo Beginners (Original Post) YoshidaYui Apr 2023 OP

The older we get-- viva la Apr 2023 #1

bad falls faster. luckily i did tumbling when i was a kid. pansypoo53219 Apr 2023 #3

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1. The older we get--

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:39 PM

Apr 2023

the more important it is to avoid injury because we can't really avoid the fall.

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2. I had the honor of being instructed by Judoka Sensei George Harris 10th dan

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 07:41 PM

Apr 2023

some 56 years ago. Of that instruction in the Kodokan discipline of the "Gentle Way", different falling techniques were among the very first lessons.

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3. bad falls faster. luckily i did tumbling when i was a kid.

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 11:02 PM

Apr 2023

i tend to fall mostly on my ass. i have tripped an done somersaults. did a pirouette to land on my butt. or my hands.