MODULE 6
FUNDAMENTALS
OF JUDO
TOPIC : BREAKFALLING (UKEMI)
Bernardino G Garcera, LPT
PE INSTRUCTOR
“ As your training progresses, always remember that the
key to gaining the ability for spontaneous and creative
techniques is a good ukemi.
- Mitsugi Saotome
Objectives
• Define the fundamentals of
breakfall (ukemi);
• Familiarized with the different
types of break fall techniques;
and
• Perform and develop the good
break fall habit and prevent
inuries.
What is Breakfalling or Ukemi?
- is one of the most essential
technique of falling safely and
prevent from gaining injuries.
Ukemi means receiving the fall
(body or self) gracefully.
Uke – receiving
mi - body or self
Key points to remember when
dropping:
1. breath naturally;
2. learn to blend in and do not resist
the fall;
3. create and keep a smooth
crescent shape as you fall;
4. prevent your arm from bending;
5. relax and fall like a baby or
drunk;
Key points to remember when
dropping:
6. To break fall maintain one or both
arms with open palm strike
downward at 45 degree angles to
the body;
7. remember the five points
contacts. ( ball of the feet, calf,
thigh, buttocks and pull up muscle)
The common methods of falling:
1. Direct fall (dropping)
- falling directly to the
ground dissipating the forces from
your arms and legs.
2. Rolling
- blending body with the
ground by creating crescent body
shape and rolling.
The common methods of falling:
3. Combination (Drop & Roll)
THE DROPPING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Ukemi Waza)
FORWARD FALL (DIVE) (MAE UKEMI)
THE DROPPING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Ukemi Waza)
BACKWARD FALL (USHIRO UKEMI)
THE DROPPING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Ukemi Waza)
SIDE BREAK FALL (YOKO UKEMI)
THE DROPPING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Ukemi Waza)
HANDSTAND BREAK FALL (SAKADACHI UKEMI)
THE ROLLING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Kaiten Ukemi Waza)
FORWARD SHOULDER ROLL (ZENPO KAITEN UKEMI)
THE ROLLING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Kaiten Ukemi Waza)
BACKWARD ROLL (USHIRO (KOHO) KAITEN UKEMI)
Koho Ukemi – backward roll
THE ROLLING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Kaiten Ukemi Waza)
SIDEWARD ROLL (YOKO KAITEN UKEMI)
THE ROLLING METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Kaiten Ukemi Waza)
CARTWHEEL (moji KAITEN UKEMI)
THE COMBINATION METHOD TECHNIQUE
(Kaiten Ukemi Waza)
SHOULDER ROLL – HANDSTAND
SHOULDER ROLL –SIDE BREAK
END OF
PRESENTATION
