Yesterday, I was participating in a conversation about the practicality of things like a kip-up, handstand flip or a back flip.
The scenarios I've seen (from being uke for my sensei when he was practising techniques for his grade) are mostly related to escaping from certain joint locks if you are fast enough, or to escape out of a throw. I readily admit that these are not the most applicable things in the curriculum.
It's like in the alfabet: there are letters such as Q and X that are not used all too often (well, Q is used more in the English language than in Dutch, where it is almost never used) but just because they are hardly ever used does not mean that they are not letters. They'll never be a prestigious letter, like E or A, but for the sake of completeness they are in the list.
The reason I want to learn those things as well is because they are cool to do, and being able to do them gives you also a better gut understading about falling, rolling and general body control. And practising front flips is also a good physical workout for the whole body.
The scenarios I've seen (from being uke for my sensei when he was practising techniques for his grade) are mostly related to escaping from certain joint locks if you are fast enough, or to escape out of a throw. I readily admit that these are not the most applicable things in the curriculum.
It's like in the alfabet: there are letters such as Q and X that are not used all too often (well, Q is used more in the English language than in Dutch, where it is almost never used) but just because they are hardly ever used does not mean that they are not letters. They'll never be a prestigious letter, like E or A, but for the sake of completeness they are in the list.
The reason I want to learn those things as well is because they are cool to do, and being able to do them gives you also a better gut understading about falling, rolling and general body control. And practising front flips is also a good physical workout for the whole body.
