Observation about ukemi....

My ukemi is so much better (and I ache a lot less later!) when I get thrown fast and clean than getting dumped like a sack of potatoes......guess what I spent a lot of class last night doing?  Oh well, lower kyu ranks gotta get their practice in too and I have certainly done my share of really lousy throws and falling on my uke--time to pay it forward.  I'm feeling it today though!  

Erika

practice ukemi like this for a couple of weeks and you'd never be afraid of falling again.
it will hurt like hell for the first little while, but it will kick the fear of pain right out of you real fast.