To experience the throw. To assist your partner to learn. By keeping a good hold, or connection with your partner, you will be allowing them to experience the technique they are performing properly. Being a good uke allows your partner to perform and perfect the techniques without fear of hurting you. Atemi Atemi means to strike the body.
Some people think it means strikes only to pressure points.
If you do something that diminishes the focus of the attack, so allowing you to facilitate your technique, that is atemi. This helps overcome the tendency of many people to contract, and keep their arms and legs close to their bodies, and allows them to use the large, sweeping movements generally associated with Aikido. Practice begins the moment you enter the Dojo. You should bow when entering and leaving the Dojo and when coming onto and leaving the mat. The only way to advance in Aikido or any other martial art is through regular training.