Uke Mechanics Playbook: Receiving Drills for Blocks That Stop Hurting

Mat Manual companion guide to "How to Receive a Block Without Wrecking Your Forearms." Print it. The article explains receiving mechanics and draws the honest line on conditioning. This book drills the mechanics: per-technique cards, rotation timing work, meeting ladders, structure checks, and contact-quality logs.

Name: ______________________________ Dojo: ______________________________ Current grade: ______________ Instructor's version notes (chambers, rotations, surfaces): ______________________________

SAFETY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ☐ Contact scale agreed before every partner set (Part 6). Speed and contact rise together only when rotation and placement hold at the current setting. ☐ No blocking on a deeply bruised forearm. Switch sides, switch roles, or drill footwork. Tell the instructor. Hiding bruising fails this block. ☐ Nukite and open-hand partner work is placement work at touch contact only. No full-force open-hand contact to a partner in any drill in this book. ☐ Forearm guards, where a school uses them, are a volume tool for high-rep partner work. They never replace mechanics checks, and a guard is noted in the log when worn. ☐ Repeated heavy bruising in one spot, lingering numbness, or pain that changes wrist or elbow movement stops contact work and goes to a clinician, not to a tougher drill. ☐ This book teaches no bone-bashing conditioning. Any drill that asks you to damage your forearms to toughen them is outside this system. Stop it and tell the instructor.

Part 1: The Receiving Techniques Card

Your instructor's surfaces and rotations govern. Common teaching is listed as the starting reference.