Forms
- Zenpo kaiten ukemi (前方回転受身?) / Mae mawari ukemi (前回り受身?) - a forward roll from the leading foot's shoulder to the hip on the opposite side.
- Mae ukemi (前受け身?) / Zenpō ukemi (前方受身?) - a forward breakfall. This can be in the form of a hard slapping breakfall or more of a forward roll like motion. There are subtleties in the different types of forward roll but the principle is that when being thrown forwards the uke (person being thrown) is able to roll out of danger in preference to sustaining an injury.
- Kōhō ukemi (後方受け身?) / Ushiro ukemi (後ろ受身?) - a backwards roll or fall.
- Yoko ukemi (横受け身?) / Sokuhō ukemi (側方受身?) - a sideways fall.
- Tobi ukemi (飛び受け身?) / Zenpō hiyaku ukemi (前方飛躍受身?) / Kuten ukemi (空転受身?) - more of a forward flip than a roll, a cross between yoko (landing) and mae ukemi (initiation), often used in response to wrist throws. Tobu (跳ぶ or 飛ぶ) is the Japanese verb for 'to jump' and 'to fly'.
Correct Ukemi will allow the Uke to suffer the amount of least damage possible from a fall. If done correctly, the force of hitting the ground will be spread out along non-critical parts of the Uke's body. By properly doing Ukemi, the Uke can roll out of danger and move into their next course of action without being damaged too much by hitting the ground.
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