Well, I can't realy get with Aikido player as that implies that aikido is either a sport or a musical instrument and for me it is neither. So, until this matter is resolved, I will refer to myself as...
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Well, I can't realy get with Aikido player as that implies that aikido is either a sport or a musical instrument and for me it is neither. So, until this matter is resolved, I will refer to myself as...
Baseball bats and Katanas are two very different things (well, obviously!)
They are used for different purposes and as such, the way they are used differs accordingly.
Baseball players desire...
Thanks guys.
First off, when I said soft I wasn't implying that it wasn't effective, I consider my own 'style' to be rather soft in that I try to follow my Sensi's teaching to use good technique...
I was re-reading this section and followed the links to other discussions of a similar nature and it got me to thinking about whether I've used Aikido in a defensive situation before?
The resultant...
I don't mean to offend but to me this sounds as if you are doing things the wrong way round!
People shouldn't be granted respect and treated with dignity simply because they have a black belt....
Ok, I've been training for FIVE years now and it suddenly occured to me I have no idea what style of aikido I do. I am aware of Akikai (a much softer form of aikido) and that competitive styles exist...
It just seems kind of rude to me. Making the assumption that you should be treated as a black belt in a martial art you've never trained. For practicalities sake its probably dangerous too. Not so...
There is an article on Go in this weeks New Scientist (13 April, 2002 No 2338 pg 38-40) entitled Go For It : Teach your computer to master one of the world's toughest games and you'll make a mint,...
I'm just a rookie too (aren't we all :) ? ) but I was taught never to attempt to grab a strikers hands. Specifically because good strikers, like boxers, would never let you. What I am always taught...
Well, thats a fair point. Of course to a certain degree my statement was not even a western interpretation but more specifically my interpretation. I don't necessarily reflect the opinions of every...
Hmmm, I dunno. My Karma in the hands of mortals?
How about scripting some sort of advance AI system that determines my overall karma based on a number of variables such as attitude to other...
You had a kata in aikido? How did that work? Was it with a Uke or solo like a Karate Kata or a Bokken Kata?
We usually only tend to do 4 or 5 techniques at most, but often a two hour lesson can be...
Hmmm. Is it getting of topic in here or is it just me? Never mind, its all interesting stuff anyway. Many dojos in the UK at least feel that Bokken and Jo techniques merely confuse beginner aikidoka...
I think your analogy of shaking hands alone is extremely apt.
I read in Aikido and the Dynamic sphere a chapter on etiquette in the dojo that says everybody should bow including sensi to an angle...
I think this realy only applies when you are first learning a technique. This happened recently in a lesson to me. A new student had been assigned to me by sensi with the express guidance that I was...
Jack,
Do you train in Aikido?
I suppose its possible that you do. Since starting Aikido, I have sought out media covering the art and have been dissapointed to discover overtly aggressive...