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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Verticality is about moving into or extending part of your body into your opponents vertical space by not being vertical. Falling away is the opposite of violating verticality. It is neither moving into your opponents vertical space or extending any part of your body (e.g., arms) into a space you didn't have right to such that it leads to contact. In falling back, all of the movement by the defender is only reducing contact, not creating it or making it worse.
Now, if the opponent were behind the defender, falling backwards would be a violation verticality.
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I don't know what definition of verticality you're reading, but it's not there one in the rule book.
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