How to Do a Judo Back Fall

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village my name is Richard Acuna from Champion Martial Arts in Miami, Florida, today we are showing you beginners judo. Okay in this first clip we are going to talk about the ukemi, falls in judo they are very important to learn at the beginning because usually in judo you are going to be throwing in practice or throw people so you need to know how to fall. One of the first important falls in judo is the fall to the back and I'm going to demonstrate it. You go back like that and stand here and we roll all the way back slowly and we do the ukemi. Now our chin always tucks in to the chest, we don't let our head wiggle so we don't get a headache, and it is always forward so it does not hit the mat and the reason is you hit with your hands if to prevent it from hurting your own body."