On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > And, yes Boris, knowing how to take a fall is critical. It's pretty > much the first thing you learn, and something you practice as much, or > more than throwing. It's also the one part of Aikido that I've ever > really needed. Years ago, I had a get-off where I parted company with > my motorcycle at probably 40-50 MPH. > > A few months later the guy that was in the car in front of me > recognized me at a trade show. He watched the incident in the > mirror. Traffic had suddenly come to a stop. I hit the brakes, the > front end went out from under the bike and I was launched six or eight > feet in the air. He said that the roll I did was very impressive.
Big ouch! :-( -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
