I always thought "without uke's assistance" meant that you make no physical contact with uke. And with uke's assistance is being able to have uke control his joint, and help you in w/e task your doing.
Definition from Dictionary: –noun the act of assisting; help; aid; support.
So if the task if jumping the highest without uke's assistance, then it seems to me that any interaction used that help assisting, helping, or aiding the goal of jumping higher would be considered using his assistance. The synonyms: benefit, service, and benefit also reinforce such argument. Though I understand many other old schoolers and replay makers have said that uke's assistance only means you can't control uke's joints.
I think a fair remedy to settling this for everyone is break it down into 3 catergories instead of 2, With Uke's Assistance: moving Uke's joints to accomplish the goal better, Without Uke's Assistance: moving only tori's joints to accomplish the goal but being able to interact with Uke as long as uke isn't being controlled (aka, grabbing a head and throw it for more momentum, or jumping off his head, etc.). And No interaction where the player can only use Tori and isn't allowed to interact with Uke's body (aka, jumping off it, using his limbs for momentum, etc.) to accomplish the goal.
Last edited by Bodhisattva; Sep 18, 2009 at 03:31 PM.