Ukemi (mae, ushiro, yoko, zenpo)

Also called ukemi

Falling is a skill, and it is the first one. Slap the mat, tuck the chin, round the back — the throw you cannot prevent becomes a landing you walk away from. Judo built a whole art on respecting this.

OfficialKodokan — Ukemi

In these systems

French The méthode française: the deepest teaching pedagogy in judo, and the heavyweights it produced.

Train it with Randori

Canon: the Kodokan 100 (68 nage-waza, 32 katame-waza; IJF/Kodokan classification) · Daigo, Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques · Kashiwazaki