How to Breakfall and Take a Throw in a Fight - Stop Slapping the Ground!
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024
- There's more than one way to breakfall or take a throw. In this video, I'll show you two methods of ukemi that work for me.
Special thanks to Sensei Arsen for his help tossing me around!
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When you take a fall, there’s a right time to stick out your arm and a wrong time. The right time would be when your head is going to hit the ground before your butt or your feet. That might happen if somebody scooped up both of your legs.
That's not really something you need to train. If your head goes flying towards the ground, you will stick out your arms automatically. What you need to train is how to NOT stick out your arm at the wrong time.
When’s the wrong time? The wrong time to stick out your arm is when you still have one or both feet still on the floor. Here's why...
In a single leg sweep, if I perform a normal breakfall, I immediately create three problems. 1) I turn my back. 2) I take one hand out of the fight. 3) I risk injury to my hand by hitting the ground.
So, here’s my rule: If you can sit down, don't slap the ground.
Instead of a normal breakfall, when you get one leg swept, you usually still have the other leg on the ground!
That means you can just sit down, which solves all three problems. 1) I face my attacker. 2) I keep my hand in the fight. 3) I haven’t risked injury to my hand because I never slapped the ground.
As a bonus, by holding on to your attacker, you can control the speed of your fall.
Now, let's take a look at a hip throw. Even though both of your feet are raised over your head, that doesn't mean you have to land like a bag of rocks and slap the ground.
Instead, reach for the ground with one or both of your feet. That way, you can let your body down with control. And again, you haven’t turned your back and have kept both hands in the fight.
So, now let’s talk about how to practice breakfalls. Some people roll from side to side and slap the ground. They also practice backward breakfalls in a similar fashion, rolling back and slapping the ground.
The problem with that for me is that you’re already on the ground. There is no fall to break!
I recommend adding a jump to your warm ups to create the feeling of falling. Now you have something to break!
Yes, many people talk about landing with your entire body at the exact same moment to spread out the energy of the fall. But for me, it doesn't always work that way. I’ve had better luck using my arm to break the fall, not take the fall.
You can practice the breakfall for a hip throw by changing up your forward roll. As you roll, arch your back and reach with your feet. That way you can let yourself down with control.
Last point. Even if I do stick out my arm to break a fall, that doesn't mean I always have to slap the ground. If somebody grabs your legs, instead of slapping, reach for the ground with a soft hand and let yourself down gently.
That may not apply for parkour or gymnastics, but for self-defense, I think that's smart way to go!
My main point is that not all breakfalls are the same. Taking a fall is an art unto itself!
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Pretty awesome! I've been doing breakfalls and rolls for over 30 years in a variety of martial arts. But you showed me something new! Thanks for making this!
That makes my day! Awesome!
Great show of situations and recovery methods!
Thank you, sir!
Sensei ! I'm joining Taekwondo classes !😄
And your videos have helped me to prepare for them ! Thank you so much 😃
That's awesome! I hope you have a great experience. Happy training! :)
Very practical and well explained!
Thank you for the comment!
I would agree no ukemi is ever the same. The last ukemi you showed (soft hand)is a great way to dislocate your shoulder or break your collar bone...even in controlled training. Slapping the hand first is to reduce the total energy of the fall with a force in the opposite direction...Newton's third law...action-reaction. Ukemi is a good tool to train more effectively for longer periods not necessarily for survival situations. Love your channel.
Appreciate the comment, sir! The soft hand is aided by the fact that I'm also hanging on to the bad guy. If I was falling alone, the slap would be more appropriate for sure!
Another reason I love the depths of the Martial Path...every technique is different, every person is different, thus every outcome in every situation can be different. What works for one is detrimental to another. Application is not a universal concept but a theory that must be proven via individual training. It's not the lesson we're taught, it's the lesson we learn.
See Kevin Secours' video 'Is Your Breakfall Broken?' for another interesting perspective on falls. You can also turn your posted arm into a rolling arm or transition to guarding the back of your head.
I was practicing takedowns two days ago and I landed on my upper back pretty hard after a leg pull. Still hurts pretty bad. We are taught to do hands slap at my dojo but I can definitely see how this last soft landing is way better. Can't wait for my back to get better and to try that on the mat. Thanks for the video sensei!
I feel your pain. Falling flat on your back definitely sucks. Trying to find an angle and connecting with the ground early really can help. Be safe!
I think it's worth noting that yes, while we do have a natural inclination to stick our arms our in a fall, we tend to do it the wrong way, arms straight our and elbows locked, which almost guarantees a break, so I think some training is worthwhile. From experience, both me and my brother have broken our arms after flipping a bike end over end (he broke both at once) from exactly that.
Great point, sir! Even if we can just change that locked out arm into a "soft" arm, it helps. Thank you for the comment!
Great video Sensei! I remember learning that a break fall is not the end of the technique, just a transition; While keeping yourself safe It's also an opportunity to reverse or escape or expose your opponents off-balanced position as they are committed to their movement. It goes beyond just break-falling, but a lot of those techniques begin at that moment; you can use it and improve your position or give up and slap the ground (it's all situational).
I know you are referring to the safety of falling, but it just really brought back a lot of past lessons for me. Thank you Sensei!🙏
"Breakfalls don't always come with mats."
Very well said, my friend. A fall is not a stop sign... it’s a green light!👍🏼
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Thank you very much for your hard work! I look forward to the next video!
I appreciate that! Thanks!
You're so right, I always like to summarize this idea briefly, "Better to hold it than to break the fall".
Exactly! :)
In Bjj I was told to hold it, referring to the lapel of the gi. " You worked so hard to get a hold of it with a good grip, why let it go?" It worked so well for me for so long...then I rolled with black belts who knew how to take advantage of me not letting go. Similar to Aikido, Taiji et al there are some pretty nasty grappling moves and joint locks you can perform on someone who has a grip on you. And the opposite is also true. It's highly situational and requires awareness and training. It's chess, not checkers. So much to think about.
Sorry for rambling. Is that the "hold" you're referring to?
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@@Msosbog You hold the attacker as a fall protection mechanism, once that matter is over you still have to keep fighting.
But at least you will continue to fight for a better position.
@@eliransas55555 Ah, I see. Thank you for the clarification my friend! ☺🙏
Great video, I wish my body would allow training like this but no go. So I'm living vicariously, keep up the good work!
We can just do what we can do. Keep fighting! :)
Thank you Sensei Ando.
Thank you for watching, sir!
I love you're humor
I wish I had something funny to say. All I've got is thank you! :)
Great advice! I recently attended a local Judo competition, and witnessed some Judo players perform beautiful break falls, instead of "staying in the fight with both hands". Needless to say, it did not end well for them. Thanks!! Excellent refresher!!
Thanks for the report, sir! :)
Sensei, you are the coolest old man ever! I say it with love
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This makes a lot of sense. I always thought slapping the ground felt more like hand conditioning than actually useful when tripped or thrown. I'm glad to see it wasn't just me not "getting" it.
It's definitely not just you! :)
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Great tips Sense! Thanks!
Very welcome, sir!
Very insightful! I thought the only way of breaking a fall was by slapping the ground. Thanks for the video.
It’s nice to have options! Thanks for watching!
GREAT VIDEO.. should be MANDATORY in all classes..
Thank you very much!
Awesome stuff Ando. Even with my Judo experience I never thought of break falls from this perspective.
Glad to hear that, sir! I always found it interesting that I would see lots of breakfalls in Judo classes, but not in Judo competitions. Still worth learning, but not the end of the discussion. Thank you for the comment, my friend!
@@AndoMierzwa because in competition we resist it more as good clean throw ends the match.but that's why there is so much more injuries during competitions. as I have explained in my previous comment I have just torn ligaments and muscled while resisting the throw. in free sparring at judo we always take fall and the moment we resist it a bit it's when shit happens. going forward I'm never going to resist any throw competition or not as I'm too old to care that much about winning the match. I'll take a fall and suck it up and try to have better strategy for next time
If it worked, it wasn't stupid.
The ability to ROLL/tumble in the direction of the momentum of a throw/fall is more important than actual break falling. As an old paratrooper, I'll tell you that using a static line military chute and jumping at low altitude into an unimproved DZ at night with 150 lbs of combat gear is a bit different than a civilian jump school, and we were taught to ROLL after absorbing some impact with the legs. But that's about a 40 mph impact with both forward and downward momentum. Break falling is important, and comes with much repetition spread over increasing degrees of severity. But I teach forward and backward rolls (somersaults) and break falling. Good video!
+Ken Morrow I love hearing about your chute experiences. Thank you for sharing, sir!
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@@cesaralvesdemoraes3187 exactly. Dr. Ken's Rules for Life #31: Most traditions and standards were developed over centuries of trial and error by thousands...maybe millions...of people who were just as smart as we are.
I hope you have a wonderfull day and thank you for the video
My pleasure, sir! Hope your day is wonderful, too!
Excellent points! The full body break fall as I was taught in pro wrestling is assuredly not for self-defense. I really like your take on this training!
Good point! A big fall is great for selling the throw... but terrible at stopping it! Thank you, sir!
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Ha! 😄
I like the example with the parachute in this video: because of the feet being first at touching the floor, there is no need of a break-fall. I got it! In MMA, saving as much time as possible to fight back, not to waste it to use a move to do a break-fall when not necessary.
Exactly right, Ingrid! Thanks for the comment! :)
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Wow, this was really thought out. I can't really imagine being able to add anything else to this video on break falls.
Thanks for that! This video took me longer to make than all the others! :)
You won't catch me jumping out of a perfectly good plane lol
Ha! Then I'll give you a little push. ;)
Good info. Thanx sensei.
Very welcome!
Thanks for another great video
My pleasure, sir! Thanks for watching!
We train falls a lot, some of it is to make you tougher inside and some is to strengthen your abilities. I think while you are training falls to become stronger the "Breakfall" would still be best. I do agree, in a fight if I'm going to the ground I'll be holding onto the attacker and they are coming with me.
Hey, if taking falls makes you tougher and stronger, go for it! I just hope it builds goods habits. Thanks for the comment, sir!
is it possible to act deadl instead of breakfall? iam really fat and heavy
That is a great strategy! :)
Smart! :)
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This is really good dude! Thanks for creating.
+Michael Leading Horse My pleasure, sir!
Great break-fall drills, this is something I need to work on more. I'll tack them onto my weird plyo-sprawl day. That was a smooth criminal roll you've goth there, guess I need to work on that too. My rolls generally look like a toddler falling down the stairs. Sideways. Great content, thanks again.
I would love to see some footage of "weird plyo-sprawl day". :D Thanks for the comment!
Thanks! I hope to challenge my fears of performance soon and try making a video. I'd love to see a video about making martial art videos sometimes, that would be fantastic!
Yes! Challenge your fears! DO IT!
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I say that the break fall slap works since when you land the opponent has to give up some structure to throw you and you can take almost all force out of the fall with the slap and use the ground as leverage with 3 limbs for an amazing counter-slam. Also easier to spin and go for a leg. But that's just my experience
Sure, whatever works for you! I'm not sure if someone is good at throwing if they give up too much structure, though. If they have a good follow-up, every second counts!
Sensei the sitting technique is understandable but as you can see in 2:07 that your head is very close to the ground and your stiffened neck is protecting you from the whiplash of your whole body being thrown,
but in a situation when you are dazed by the take down or not properly in guard the whiplash could knock you out or in the least create that sound your head makes when it bangs against something.
still it comes down to priorities in case you rather risk a jolt to the head for better position or not, then you can go for it or vice versa.
Great video and excellent points! I like the BJJ add-ins. 😉
To me, it's just smart fighting! Thank you for dropping by, Sifu! :)
Hey man! I'm a 15 year old boy and want to start boxing. I've never done a fight sport before but I know how to throw a punch and I'm getting used to the footwork. I've got a friend whos been boxing for years and he taught me some stuff beforehand. I've got big hands too so that should help. Your videos and tips really help and motivate me! thanks.
Thanks for the comment, sir! You're lucky to have a friend to help you out. Focus on those basics and build good habits... they'll never change! Happy training! :)
Hey man, thanks for the quick reply! I'm starting soon, luckily I have a gym like 2 minutes away from my home, so I can go whenever I feel like! Thanks man!
That's a great situation! Train hard while you can! :)
I will indeed! I'm quite young anyway so I've got time to progress :)
I DID That-- I actually walke dup and sissy slapped my about to be attacker-- and it shocked him into NOT moving for a couple seconds-- all I neede to pull his head down to my rising knee- and then the cartoon stars were circling his head for a while.. :)
So, would like to see a back breakfall when the kicking leg is caught and the supporting leg is swept after you're overbalanced backwards and don't get a grab in on the sweeper to help break your fall.. This is one of the hardest ways to take a fall as you can't use your legs and at speed, at lease the way we do it, you only get a grab in maybe 1/2 the time because you're slammed back into the overbalanced position.
Sure! That’s like the falling off a ladder example. Be ready for anything!
These gong fu falls are different in optics but serve the same purpose and should be practiced. Nothing wrong with having everything in one’s arsenal….
Fair enough! 👍🏼
Landing with feet first is a really bad idea if tori (thrower) knows what he is doing. If it's a hard and fast tai otoshi, seoi nage, kata guruma, or tomeo nage, you won't have time for it. Second, with a hard throw, such as those listed or worst, any kind of makakomi, you want to spread the force of impact throughout your body, not concentrate the force on your feet. Tried it with a friend who is good at Judo. You will feel the impact on you ankles, knees, and your tests. Yes, if the throw is hard and fast, you will feel it in you tests.
As to why you don't see break falls Judo tournaments, it's simple. You don't want the judges to be certain about giving the point to the other guy, right?
Lastly, the point of the slap isn't to take the fall with the slapping arm. It's a mnemonic for spreading the force of impact across your body, more or less by flattening out.
Do whatever works for you! Just an option that works for me. Thanks for the comment, sir!
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Hi Ando! I think the break falling with the feet may be valid in a self defence or light grappling situation, but I've found that if you land feet first in a Judo class, where your opponent's goal is to slam you into the ground with power, that my thigh bones tend to smash into my hip sockets in a very painful way. Think trying to sidekick a concrete wall.
Am I doing it wrong, or should this not be used in those situatiions, where you're getting slammed?
Thanks!
My point was just that there is more than one way to take a fall. I see people slapping and turning away when they don't have to. If momentum is forcing the slap, then do what you gotta do. But I find that hanging on and staying close makes it harder to get slammed. Hope that helps!
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You can train to aggressively kick out your leg and pull him in hard while crunching. This might throw him slightly off center giving you the advantage at that moment?
Worth a try!
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Good, maybe. God, no way! :)
You know what is better than hard-falls? Feather-falls(aikido)!
Definitely worth taking a look! Thank you, sir!
Should you be relaxed when falling or tensed?
It’s always a mixture of both. Experience sorts out which when. But generally, relaxation is more helpful!
im gonna be honest, I'm more interested in how sensei arson threw him in the first place
Ha! That's another video!
A bit longer video and progressions and drill will be very helpful sensei
Glad to know someone is interested! Thanks!
@@AndoMierzwa please provide reference to more vidi and books. Thanks
I have breakfalls down pat--- every time I fall, I break something.. ha. Seriously- at my age- wtih my condition- if I go to the ground- it's OVER.. so I am doing everything I can to be certain I'm NOT going to the ground. hence my cane (the great equalizer- even in multiple attackers.. )
Well, I don’t want to think that hitting the ground means the end, but yes, staying on my feet is preferred. I say this while looking at my cane as well!😁
once in a fight, I got a hip through and landed with my foot like that and I got injure my ankle. I agree that it's better break my leg than my head but could you make a video that focus in that situation?
I just did! I'm guessing you hit the ground at a bad angle. I try to reach with the ball of my foot. Hope that helps!
Hi Sensei, I do kenpo karate with kids (i'm 16, they're 13-15) and we do point based sparring, and I really suck at it because the main point of the game is speed, but i'm afraid I'll hurt someone, any tips for kicking control for speed and no power?
Hello I'm just wondering who you were taught by?
That's a long list... and it's still growing! :)
Hey, sensei. I wanted to know what do you think about shaolin Kung Fu for the streets ?
It all depends on the fighter, not the style.
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Did you go skydiving specifically for this video? Or were you skydiving and you thought of break-falling?
Ha! No, I don't have the budget to go skydiving just for a video! It was for fun. :)
Hi Sensei Ando
I started Japanese jujitsu last year and I'm struggling with being thrown by a training partner and this isn't helping them.
I think it's a mental thing on my part
Is there anything I can do to mentally prepare for being thrown so I can be a better training partner
Familiarity and experience is always the answer. So, I would practice as much as I can on your own outside of class. Rolling around (slow and steady at first) and working on your breathing and timing can really work wonders. Don’t give up! 👍🏼
sensei how do you get rid of the fear of falling, it's one of the reasons I don't like grappling styles
U WOT M8 fear of falling is perfectly natural and normal. Falling is not good. But it's something you need to prepare for if you're going to play at combat training in any style. I overcame my fear of falling by, erm, falling. But in a very controlled situation, with a training partner that I trusted, that knew I was nervous about it. That combined with breakfall classes occasionally. Now I get the less experienced students to throw me around all over. If they don't throw me properly I spring straight back up and tell them to do it again. I even theatrically throw myself at the floor when larking about. I think it's funny seeing the shock on people's faces sometimes when I pretend to take a nasty fall outside, on concrete. It all comes from practice. Take it slow and steady. Once you realise you can fall without hurting yourself, the fear starts to go away.
Only one way... practice falling. Start by rolling!
Thanks for the helpful comment!
Walking is a form of "controlled" falling...
What do you think about boxing ando
Exuse me? Who said anything about my profile? Just kidding :)
Boxing is great because it allows you to fight multiple opponents at once however, its not ideal in a street fight because you might get into the ground and now, only wrestling will work :)
Good Luck :)
Every art has something to offer, so I have nothing but respect for boxing. I just want more!
I personally don't get the point of making breaking falls generic and training those. I'm contemplating to learn judo and from the throws I see, as far as I can imagine, it feels like every throw needs to have a custom tailored breakfall which mostly can be applied to that move. For another throw, there should be a different breakfall and so on.
We used to practice the back breakfall by slapping on the ground at 45 degree and rolling the hip, but it seemed that I would never use it if I would ever receive a throw. Can anyone tell me if I'm wrong or misunderstanding something?
I think you make a lot of sense! The body can fall at many different angles, so being comfortable with as many as possible is a good idea. 👍🏼
@@AndoMierzwa absolutely my point.
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+Victor Phan Keep going!
What are you rolled that was a Front roll
+Victor Phan Pretty much!
Another advantage YOUR method gives-- is you have hold of him while HE IS OFF BALANCE!!!!
Yes, sir!
7:20 but you can hurt your arm if you put it like that
You can hurt your arm just getting out of bed! Make your choices. :)
Ando Mierzwa hahaha you're right
Great insightful video, Ando. P.S. Can you break FALLING IN LOVE with her HAND in marriage? :-)
Holy moly... never say THAT one coming! :)
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Thank you, sir!
Can training without warm layers on a cold day help you control your fear (due to the shaking)? Or, training with a coat on help with stress (heat)? Or will it just give you pneumonia, heat exhaustion and a smelly coat? I'm sure it is possible to train your emotions physically.
Ha! I've trained in all sorts of conditions and I think the main benefit is just feeling tough or proving you can persevere. But don't go nuts and pass out or freeze to death!
They are NAMED RIGHT-- BREAKFALLS--- If i FALLs I breaks... :)
HA! 😄
lol were you scared before jumping?
I'm too old to care anymore. ;)
Jackie Chan has a move in drunken master in-which he does a standing cartwheel on his head - I can't do this as (even though I can bend backwards from standing onto my head and back up again) I lack the flexibility in my legs... so I do a scorpion/cartwheel instead... The point is that I lost my fear of falling over backwards head over feet on a hard surface and I just left a strange but true comment. Cheers.
Strange, but true... my favorite combo. Thanks!
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all of your breakfall ideas may work in your controlled environment while being thrown gently as you were. but for comparison during wrestling match or judo sparring throw often happens by complete and utter surprise- you did not expect it and speed it was done at its just unimaginable in comparison to drilling. this particular moment in the video 7:09 it's just not a good idea. I know that you think that you could stick the hand and bend it freely to lesser the impact like a suspension of the car but you just don't know exactly how you might land when being thrown with full force with right timing and that hand may lock in or fall in wrong angle and break. I hear you are saying use the hand for fighting but if you breakfall like that chances are you won't have a hand to fight with anyways. it's a matter of priorities in any given moment and priority while being thrown is to fall as safely as possible and in general more rigid we get and more we want to refuse to take a fall worse it gets. we need to tackle the problems in right order, we are falling now is too late to try to resist it. even when going head down- it doesn't mean neck has to be stiff and you fall right on your head you can roll and take the fall. I'm a judoka and wrestled in my youth and what you are saying has no merit whatsoever and it does show that you just don't have experience in this area and that you haven't been thrown by experienced grapplers that know what they are doing. and btw, even though I have trained judo and wrestling for years I sometimes don't want to lose during competition and then resist the throw when is relative low impact and I have done that you have done at 7:09 but while being thrown with drop morote and since I was relative low to the ground I thought I could get away with it I posted like you did hoping I would bend it on the elbow like suspension and it didn't happen it was way faster pace than drilling ... end result: torn muscles and ligaments, off training for 4 weeks, whole arm is purple. it is never ever a good idea to resist the throw you know what would happen if I took the fall? nothing, I would lose the match just and of it wasn't judo rules I could actually sweep and take advantage later on.
Appreciate the counterpoint! 🙏🏻 I’ve actually taken thousands of falls on all kinds of surfaces, so I’ll stick to my tips. If I get whipped over and my arm shoots out anyway, so be it. 😄 Happy training!👍🏼
@@AndoMierzwaok don't take my word for granted just test breakfalls that you have recommended in your video in sparring against solid wrestler and judoka. not drills but sparring. especially the one that you have demonstrated at 7:09 into a video agains solid not collaborated throw. let me know your findings. at the end of the day it's not about personal opinions but about what works and what doesn't against trained martial artists
@@frederickmorton275 Thanks, Frederick! 🙏🏻
you miss the point of the break falls, it is a drill for the passive practice of nage waza. you LET your opponent throw you and use ukemiwaza to stay safe in the practice. this is like saying you should always make contact to your partners face while doing drills together. I am a little surprised that you would make a video of this nature as it shows (with respect) your ignorance.
No one gets hurt practicing either way, right? So, why not practice good habits instead of bad habits? That's all I'm saying.
+kjab poop Sensei Ando is teaching some great habits to develop in addition to the usual stuff. Like he says, if you can absorb a fall with your legs instead of slapping and risking breaking your hand, then why not? Please watch the video in full again.
i have and i agree. break falls are a much needed part of training, when learning to be thrown or learning to throw you need a "passive" partner that can take the fall without fear, so you can perfect your technique. if lower grade students or children think of this kind of drill as a "fight/contest" someone will get hurt i know this as i teach adults and children Japanese jujitsu and have seen it happen during my years of teaching and training. back to my point now, in judo or jujitsu randori you are not in this passive mode and you are looking to counter or stop the throw, how many judoka do you see slapping the ground in tournaments? so it is a drill to eliminate the fear of falling and give the student confidence (like training wheels on a bike) to see and take it as a real self defence technique (ground slapping) to me shows a total lack of understanding (ignorance) of the technique and its place/use in jujitsu/judo. the things sensei Ando says are also already practiced in 99% of jujitsu dojos. no disrespect was meant in my comment.
Right! Just an option.