tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post1874926922686397589..comments2024-03-04T15:54:08.626-06:00Comments on A Virtual Weltanschauung: Uke EtiquetteZeppoManxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366476693738248059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-26814147725528118842007-06-16T16:19:00.000-05:002007-06-16T16:19:00.000-05:00I thought I was going to have to wrestle Alberto t...I thought I was going to have to wrestle Alberto today. I gained my composure but I don't think he was demonstrating a technique as much as trying to hurt me. I guess I have learned enough to truely avoid being hurt by someone who wants to hurt you. Being Uke may also mean being composed during a conflict!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-14116663271384370732007-06-15T23:41:00.000-05:002007-06-15T23:41:00.000-05:00Interestingly both parts (Nage and Uke) require aw...Interestingly both parts <BR/>(Nage and Uke) require awareness and responsiveness.<BR/><BR/>Which is even harder to learn than the techniques themselves.ZeppoManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366476693738248059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-38142581261466989022007-06-15T12:31:00.000-05:002007-06-15T12:31:00.000-05:00Here is my uninformed opinion in being UKE. While ...Here is my uninformed opinion in being UKE. While Uke initiated the attack, the positions change once the technique has begun. I think this maybe the most important part of aikido because while we are Uke we are focused on recovering our balance. From what I have read, this recovery while being Uke eventually leads to positioning ourselves so that we can act as Nage again before we are thrown or our attack has been neutralized. <BR/>In a martial situation I think that recovery to a good position is crucial to survival. Since each nage will act slightly differently Uke cannot know what is going to happen exactly. But because we are aware of our attack it allows us to more consciously appreciate the feeling of the technique. <BR/>By repeatedly paying attention to how Nage performs a technique we might learn about how to better move with an attack -- which is AIKIDO.<BR/>I think that being a bad Uke means that you are trying to fight the technique or resist Nage. Since it is hard to stop resisting we learn how to not resist in our aikido by being Uke and we learn to protect ourselves in the process.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the disertaton. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-63298294976948316452007-06-12T00:03:00.000-05:002007-06-12T00:03:00.000-05:00Good comment!Good comment!ZeppoManxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366476693738248059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105610832882566030.post-10017692782385289382007-06-10T22:16:00.000-05:002007-06-10T22:16:00.000-05:00It is hard to appreciate the "realness" of Aikido ...It is hard to appreciate the "realness" of Aikido until you have actually been Uke. Once a good practitioner -- particularly our 3rd degree black belt teach -- has you in a technique, you comply because you have no choice. And that is when he's going EASY on you! <BR/><BR/>Yes, it is hard to find that balance of being a real attacker while not offering so much resistance that your partner can't learn the technique. I suspect that its just a matter or time and practice, to gain the ability to really tell. <BR/><BR/>Good post.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325436965459275625noreply@blogger.com