USHIRO UKEMI

Ushiro-Ukemi is a safe falling technique used to minimise the impact with the Tatami when a player is thrown backwards.

Key technical points:
1. to "curve / round" the back and roll backwards.
2. to keep the chin in touch with their chest while doing UKEMI (in order to avoid direct contact of the back of the head on the Tatami).
3. to stretch the arms forward (in order to protect them from directly striking the ground in an uncontrolled manner).
4. slap off the mat with arms and bounce the back off the mat.