He smiled reassuringly, and first went through the steps of the maneuver without contact until she understood. "Now the key, is you use your opponent's weight to help you," he said, "But before we get to that you have to learn how to fall, so if someone uses the move against you, you ca avoid injury." This was followed by a brief description of how to let herself hit the mat, and then he instructed her to come at him so she could give it a try.